July 2011
53 posts
The Netprospex Social Business Report Summer 2011 →
Google Offers To Re-Write Your Webpages On The... →
Google has long been obsessed with speed. It’s paramount in pretty much everything they do. Which is why the launch of Google+ with some — gasp — attention paid to design is even more surprising….
Apple has More Cash Than the US Government
Via CNN:
According to the latest statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance Wednesday of $73.8 billion. That’s still a lot of money, but it’s less than what Steve Jobs has lying around.
Tech juggernaut Apple had a whopping $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June, according to its last earnings report. Unlike the U.S....
Google Relaunches Boost As AdWords Express →
Further consolidating the products (or at least their names) in the local and mobile space, Google has re-named Boost as AdWords Express, also stepping up marketing efforts and consolidating sign-up…
Creative Victuals: Introducing Commit Threads →
creativevictuals:
Last summer when Dan and I were planning our wedding, this idea for aesthetically pleasing athletic tees kept coming up. So in between work, the wedding and pushing ourselves physically, we started coming up with ideas.
I’m happy to say that we have something to show for it: An online…
Use Google+ For An Easy Home Surveillance System →
Google+ is bringing people together. The video chat service is just so easy to set up with a click-and-go sort of system. It’s so easy that, as a Lifehacker user pointed out, the Hangouts are…
Groupon Therapy Article in Vanity Fair
Killer article on Groupon in Vanity Fair this month. There is a long list of great quotes from their founder throughout and it gives a nice peek into the world of the “fastest growing company in history”.
Read the article here.
Thanks to my lovely wife Kristi for pointing it out!
That Crazy Carrot Top...
From CNN:
They gotta be related, right?
And before you get your freckles in a bunch, remember, I married a Daywalker.
Yeah Kutenda! →
Blog Design for Killer SEO...
Created by Dawn Shepard for SEOmoz
Google Loves Insurance
Looks like insurance is the top money-making category for Google AdWords by far…fun to have been a part of the insurance AdWords madness in the early days (guessing not so much now).
Interesting infographic below.
How Commercial Airplanes Should Be Laid Out →
Jello Pudding Face
Check the site - Jello Pudding Face. Here’s an explanation:
Nobody wants to keep the world smiling more than we do. That’s why we’re monitoring the mood of the entire world, by tracking all those little frowns and smiles on Twitter. So whenever the mood starts to dip, we give away FREE pudding until the number of smiles raises right back up*, proving once and for all, when the...
Analyzing And Reporting Data Only Sounds Like A... →
Always a pleasure to find that there are innovative startups building really cool stuff in my own backyard. Meet Wondergraphs, a bootstrapped company that is building Web-based software that…
Hitler Also Hates Our Redesign →
People hate change. People also hate ugly things. It’s up to you to decide what’s been motivating the torrent of redesign hate we’ve received since we decided to change our logo to the…
WatchWe’ve had 7 days of crazy storms - and last night’s lightning storm was the wildest I’ve seen. Here’s a video of a minute and a half of the hour long insanity. Enjoy!
Personalized Training Platform Gain Fitness... →
Gain Fitness, a startup that creates personalized workouts based on certified trainers’ expertise, is launching an iPhone app today to allows fitness enthusiasts to access programs on the go….
Baby Analytics! Nerd Parents Rejoice!
For those of you that are soon-to-be parents or parents of a new baby, check out the startup Evoz - in short, it’s a baby monitoring and analytics app that will let you be the ultimate helicopter parent AND give you charts to show you how much you didn’t sleep the night before. How cool is that?!
Here’s a rundown from TechCrunch.
WatchWater Jetpack?! Yes please!
Sale Alert! PUBLIC Bikes, starts July 12, 2011. http://t.co/pKOCsCu via @Fab
Fab.com Invites - I have 3! Get one Quick! →
How Apple became a monopsonist http://t.co/l59EpdO via @FortuneMagazine
ZeroCater: Because Lunch At The Office Doesn’t... →
Lunch at the TechCrunch office has always been an interesting affair. We’re fortunate enough to have it paid for by the company several times a week, but the logistics involved — in other…
5 Best Things about OSX Lion. A quick rundown... →
Loosecubes - Find a Place to Work
Check out this story on Loosecubes from TechCrunch.
Really cool concept - which I had something like this when I worked from home.
The Primary Difference Between Mayonnaise and... →
Either way, both are gross…
Something I'd Like to Try Out - WakeMate →
I don’t really have trouble sleeping, but I’d love to see my sleep patterns and do some experimentation with the sleep analytics.
AdWords Remarketing Plugin for WordPress - Yes...
Just saw that there is a AdWords remarketing plugin for WordPress - which I’m guessing will make setting up AdWords remarketing MUCH easier.
Here’s a link to the plugin page.
And if you’re not using remarketing yet, you should be. Learn more about it here.
