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How You Can Use WordPress Functions to Run a Smarter Blog &8212; Pearsonified (6)
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We bloggers have it rough. We live in a world full of more WordPress themes than you can shake a stick at, yet most of us are still tied to one old, worn out template. It’s unfortunate, but let’s be honest here—changing themes is a huge ordeal. Generally speaking, whenever you opt for a new theme, you’re going to have to do a fair amount of customization to get everything just right for your site. ...Shared by Andrew Wetzel (30) Cody (7) fatihturan (67) Guioconor (17) Jason P (12) Tiffany Monhollon (1)Contribute comment -
The secret of the web (hint: it's a virtue) (161)
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Patience. Google was a very good search engine for two years before you started using it. The iPod was a dud. I wrote Unleashing the Ideavirus 8 years ago. A few authors tried similar ideas but it didn't work right away. So they gave up. Boingboing is one of the most popular blogs in the world because they never gave up. The irony of the web is that the tactics work really quickly. You friend ...Shared by Aashay (4) Adrian (33) Alex Plank (3) Alexandru Popescu (3) Andy (3) Andy Wibbels (11) Annette Schulte (1) barry (0) Benjamin R (4) blake borgeson (12) Bob Walsh (0) Brian (26) Brian Carter (8) Brian Halligan (1) Brian.LeRoux (4) brian.moschel (17) Bruno Torres (3) Bulent Duagi (1) burkinaboy (142) Caleb Elston (29) CannonGod (226) Carl (9) Cast42 (19) CB (13) Cem (2) Charlie Park (4) Chris Bartlett (6) Chris Wills (7) ckstevenson (9) Claude (3) cmm324 (6) Colin Plamondon (0) colleen wainwright (6) Courtney (23) Damien (15) Daniel (12) Daniel (13) Daniel C (7) danliebke (56) Dave (4) Dave Fleet (10) Dave Q (1) David (6) David (14) dcorts (0) dekrazee1 (0) Derek Powazek (0) Dora (9) Doug (4) DrBaher (6) Duane (12) EirePreneur (13) Ethan (16) exactaBob (2) FlorinGrozea (38) g9yuayon (7) Garry (2) Garsen (2) George Tziralis (9) ghuth (1) Gloria (0) Goktug (16) Graham (6) haraldf (1) Hashim (19) Hendrik Dacquin (2) Hourou (1) Ivan Žužak (5) J.Wo (7) James (2) Jason Cartwright (10) Jason P (12) JasonTheDCE (16) Jay (1) Jay Liew (11) Jeff (2) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (86) Jim English (10) JJFlash (1) Joe Taylor Jr. (2) Joel (20) Johan (12) John (0) John Magnus (39) Jon (2) Jonathan (4) Jonathan (1) Joolliee (2) Josh Lawton (0) Joshua Wilde (1) Kareem Sultan (3) kicha (0) kiran (68) Kirk (3) koles (1) kristinmyers (16) LauraLee (214) Lee (6) leo (8) Liam (8) lizunlong (10) Lloyd (4) Lorraine (17) Lucindo (12) Maciek Pasternacki (4) Marc A. Pitman (14) mario r (17) Mark Davidson (0) Marshall (5) mase (12) Matt (1) matthew hunt (23) Matthew Kimberley (8) Mattias (9) Michael (28) Mike (0) Mike F (460) mndoci (46) Nitin (0) oblonski (2) Peter Du (11) Phil (9) phoenix (11) Piotr (16) pongle (1) psi (9) pwielezynski (0) Ricardo M. (25) Rick Weiss (10) roborj (3) Rodgers (0) Ryan (2) Ryan Kellett (14) S. Anthony Iannarino (15) SAWagner30 (5) Scott Johnston (10) Sean (9) Seth (12) Shane (16) Shea Gunther (114) Sids (19) Sonciary (3) Stuart (12) sturob (14) Sue (33) tarrask (26) Teresa (3) Thijs (1) Thomas B (22) Thorsten (19) tina-m (6) Tinu (14) tomi (12) Tony (4) vrypan (23) Walt (5) webduck (0) Wesley Donehue (231) wrburgess (4) Xdroot (31) yudai hanza (1)Explore read seven notes- Scott Johnston said: So, so true.
- Liam said: Good, solid advice, and a reminder to myself that I gotta stick with it!
- blake borgeson said: well said thoughts on patience in building something successful, though i'd more call it determination
- ghuth said: Timely advice for World Vision Australia... Thanks Seth.
- CB said: Patience
- Matthew Kimberley said: Couldn't be truer
- matthew hunt said: Sounds like the classic tortoise versus the hare story.
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Is Linking an Antidote to Plagiarism in Journalism? (3)
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Journalists are seeing red over yesterday’s Slate piece on rampant plagiarism. Writer Jody Rosen got a tip from a reader that it looked like a small alt weekly had lifted one of his stories. His research resulted in this fantastic piece: Dude, you stole my article. As one who has had my hard-earned copy “lifted” by other publications, without attribution, I completely understand Rosen’s outrage and obsessive Googling to find more dirt on the Texas ...Contribute comment - The Most Plagiarized Publication in History (4)
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http://eatsleeppublish.com/how-to-beat-comment-trolls/ (2)
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The New York Times magazine arrives on doorsteps this morning featuring The Trolls Among Us. Penned by Mattathias Schwartz, a staff writer for Good magazine, it is an excellent peek into the lives and morality of the people whose comments you probably hate the most. You have to realize that anonymity on the internet is a joke. Trolls, as they are known, are some of the most formidable problems that newspapers face in their attempts ...Shared by gort581 (29) Jason P (12)Contribute comment - New Musical Crush: Lykke Li at Rabid Space Dog (1)
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Feed Reader 169 of "Let's Take It Offline" (3)
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That's what I am, of Google's "traditional media blog," launched early this month. Here's the feed. Here's the mission: The recent launch of our traditional media advertising platforms enables you to advertise on TV, radio, or in newspapers. We’ve created this blog as a place for you to turn for the latest in feature launches and tips to help you run effective traditional media campaigns. I think the idea that Google, which most "traditional" media ...Contribute comment -
Scarcity (184)
onOne day, you may be lucky enough to have a scarcity problem. A product or a service or even a job that's in such high demand that people are clamoring for more than you can make. We can learn a lot from the abysmal performance of Apple this weekend. They took a hot product and totally botched the launch because of a misunderstanding of the benefits and uses of scarcity. First, understand that scarcity is ...Shared by _original (46) Aaron (6) AJ (190) Andrew Boardman (69) Andy (3) Andy Beard (7) Andy Yates (0) angol (21) Anton (6) atul (75) Ben (11) Ben (8) Benjamin Shyong (9) Bhavesh (36) Bill (5) Brad Davis Seal (28) brice (19) btvillarin (13) Burcu Sarar (7) Buzzworkers (20) Caleb Elston (29) Chandoo (9) Charles (11) Chris (6) Chung (111) Cliff (0) cvander (16) Daan (9) dafmetal (1) danliebke (56) dedlam (19) Deep.ed (48) Del (12) Derivadow (7) dH (10) dobata (366) DOCBook Howto (116) doransky (43) Dr. Ernie (58) Dread Pirate PJ (4) Dustin (3) e.p.c. (21) Ed Dale (11) Eino (17) Eli (8) erbianchi (27) Erika Klein (4) ernohannink (2) Evette (1) Evgeni L. / Reepicheep (15) Filippo (1) frivmo (5) g b (39) G$ (7) Gauravonomics (40) Gavin (23) Gene Locklin (49) glaforge (38) glongman (10) Gonzalo Jimenez (21) gtanuel (1) guercheLE (7) Hakim (15) haraldf (1) Hashim (19) Hendrik Dacquin (2) idhorat (2) Ihar Mahaniok (5) imabonehead (74) Iulian (9) J. (2) James and Tom (12) James Cridland (4) Jason (6) Jason P (12) Jay (8) Jay Liew (11) jb (13) Jean-François (4) Jeff Crites (0) Jeff VanderGiessen (0) Jevgeni Kabanov (5) jfiorato (9) Joe Erickson (7) John Swords (2) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) jrodgers (9) Juan Fernando Zuluaga C. (11) Julius (13) Just Mohit (19) kb (0) Keith B (3) Keith Bradbury (3) Kenneth (9) kepp (18) Kerry (31) Kevin Donahue (3) kleinman (2) Krrrazy (3) kskobac (17) lizunlong (10) louisgray (147) Luis Jorge (10) Mac (0) Macky (14) MadsK (4) MAlbano (8) Manuj Darshan (9) Maria Palma (14) Marina (0) Mario Sundar (20) Mathieu Ravaux (10) Matt Wilson (14) Matthew Homann (13) max (11) mehori (1) MERc (2) Michael (28) miguel lucas (4) Mike (0) Mike F (460) minmax (9) mndoci (46) morgan180 (41) MV (23) Nate (32) Nick (11) Nick Campbell (5) nicknich3 (17) Ole Begemann (12) Pat (3) Patrick Altman (10) Paul (5) Paul Helmick (25) Peter Duke (5) Phillip Baker (1) Pramod (21) rafiq (1) Rahul Gaitonde (15) Raphael Lullis (7) Ray Grieselhuber (10) Richard (24) ritesh (16) Robert Scoble (70) Ryan (20) Ryan O (15) sahu (6) sarunas (4) Scott (7) seanness (3) Shawn (19) shivanand (4) Shyam (6) Simon (1) Simone (11) SimonStudio (67) Stephanie Booth (4) Steve (2) steve (3) SubEWL (23) susi_oneill (5) Talk (9) Tarun Jain (8) Terence Lo (4) Thai Son (1) The Happy Rock (0) The Roxy Theatre (1) Thomas (0) Thomas (6) Thomas Reimer S (13) Todor Christov (31) urbansheep (7) venkks (3) Victor Medina (0) Vlad (7) warza (15) Will Cole (9) wrburgess (4) Xdroot (31) Yuvi (29) zappy (2) Zubin (7) zuzur (9) 狮子真好吃啊 (23)Explore read six notes
- Jeff VanderGiessen said: good marketing lessons for Apple...
- James Cridland said: principle #2. Great idea.
- Dread Pirate PJ said: Seth totally rocks. Constructive criticism for marketers on how not to botch your product launch next time. This is great advice for those who may be doing product launch for the first time, too.
- Tarun Jain said: Waiting in line is a very old-school way of dealing with scarcity. And treating new customers like old customers, treating unknown customers the same as high-value customers is painful and unnecessary.
- Jevgeni Kabanov said: What bullshit. Stuff like that only strengthens following and Steve knows that. It makes the iPhone so much more valuable if you stood in line for it.
- zappy said: Will the iPhone 3G really only be available again in October in Germany? Did Apple really screw up or does the media overreact?
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Cornstarch,water and bass video proves conclusive awesomeness of physics (76)
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If you ever doubted, even for a second, that non-Newtonian goo (e.g., cornstarch and water) is from a totally different (and infinitely preferable) universe, behold! Cornstarch paste + subwoofer == proof positive. Link (via Neatorama)Shared by Adam (15) Alex (5) Alex (1) Andrew (4) Azeem (36) Ben Shoemate (23) benh (52) brizbane (9) Bruce Williams (0) captbunzo (0) Dave (10) dave (16) Dave (7) DeeFresh (11) Derek (7) dH (10) DJ (17) dj empirical (90) Dogan (8) E_Miller (3) E.Z. (3) elsterama (40) eoin (3) Fearghas (13) Federico Fasce (5) Fidel (3) Gangles (4) gizmo (23) grange85 (13) Grapes 2.0 (0) heather (4) Helvick (4) hominid todd (15) Ian (3) INCyr (29) Jared (19) Jaron (5) Jason (14) Jason P (12) Jason R. Hunter (41) JayCrossler (10) Jeff (19) Jeff Daly (42) Jeffrey (9) jimyjoshi (4) Joe (7) John (11) Jon (27) Jonathan (10) jrsquared (10) Justin (11) katmandu (1) Louvaro (29) Mike Todd (2) Ming (0) Nick Sanders (0) norcalbarney (19) Philip (6) phrakture (5) potentato (25) Ricardo (20) Rob (25) Rob (1) Rob (4) robertogreco (41) Rui (12) rveguilla (5) Sam (56) Simon (0) Skabber (5) SugarSmax (6) tosh (0) Victor Bogado (2) War-N (5) Will (2) zbrox (32)Explore read five notesContribute comment -
Quintessential TSA stupidity: taking airline cutlery away from a pilot (31)
onSalon's Patrick Smith, author of the excellent Ask the Pilot column relates the incredibly frustrating -- and quintessential -- story of the day a surly TSA screener confiscated the airline-issue, safe-certified knife from his luggage (part of his hotel stayover emergency kit): "No, this is no good. You can't take this." "Why not?" "It's serrated." He is talking about the little row of teeth along the edge. Truth be told, the knife in question, which ...Shared by Allen (11) Army of Gnomes (39) Bill (3) Brenton (3) Camtron 9000 (20) Chris (34) Chuck Lawson (11) HokieGeek (25) Jack Teague (4) Jaron (5) Jason P (12) John (14) John (11) Joi (3) Kelly (4) Larry (12) Maarek Stele (59) Melkir (16) Michelle Martinez (34) naovouporai (1) Nick Sanders (0) potentato (25) Rob (4) Sam (23) Sam (56) Simon Janes (1) Steve (14) Steven (111) Thomas (6) Tim (3) Yerameyahu (21)
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Thinking About Obama (2)
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Some of my friends who were big Obama supporters in the primaries are fretting that he's lost his way. They've taken to sending around Arianna Huffington posts urging Obama not to remake himself for the fall race. I don't take much stock in what Arianna says. She has remade herself too. And very nicely I might add. Every presidential candidate retools their message for the fall race. McCain is doing it too. And there are ...Shared by Danielle (7) Jason P (12)- Danielle said: I absolutely love what he has to say about the tough reality that manufacturing jobs aren't coming back. Read this.
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Should you offer your print newspaper subscription for free? (1)
onNewspapers today generally offer two products: they offer an online product and they offer a print product. These products are different in some very basic but inconspicuous ways, which is why a lot of papers are still trying to shoehorn their print product into their digital offering; they haven’t figured out how important those little changes are. The print product is becoming less and less viable. The online product is growing at ridiculous rates, even ...Shared by Jason P (12)Contribute comment
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Verizon humor (1)
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I think I have a pretty good sense of humor. I like to make jokes. I like other peoples' jokes. I just don't get Verizon's peculiar sense of humor. I ordered FiOS in May. I got an installation date of June 11. On June 11, Verizon Guy #1 came to my house and said: I am here to install your FiOS. Did someone from Verizon bring the fiber line up from the street to your ...Shared by Jason P (12)Contribute comment -
Puppet Masters (1)
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There are few things I enjoy as much as a good conspiracy theory. The upcoming election in the United States will be fascinating because there is a high probability we will find out if there are any hidden puppet masters running the United States. That would happen if, for example, Obama is clearly ahead in the polls in November but somehow loses the election. I consider both of those outcomes likely.Obama's tax plan involves taking ...Shared by Jason P (12)Contribute comment -
Do Loose Lips Sink Ships? (2)
onYes, I am sure they do when it comes to war and certainly there are many aspects of business where confidentiality is important. But in a post on the Union Square Ventures weblog, my partner Brad notes that there is a high correlation between how open an entrepreneur is with the market and how successful they are. Brad says:I noticed that, at least anecdotally, there was a correlation between how open entrepreneurs were with us ...Shared by Chip (16) Jason P (12)Contribute comment
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Winetweets - A Self Organizing Twitter Group Bot (1)
onYesterday I saw this tweet from JD Lasica:1st Twitter wine review: I love the Rivola Estate Grown Sardon de Duero 2004 "Abadia Retuerta" (Spain), $16. Supple, tangy, big and complex.I thought, "ooh, that would make a great twitter group bot." And so I replied with this: @jdlasica we have to create winetweets when you have a great wine you send to @winetweets. You in?Not only did JD think it was a good idea, so did ...Shared by Jason P (12)Contribute comment
