Archive for the ‘Producing/Managing’ Category

Norwegian Websites Declare War on IE 6

Several large websites in Norway have launched an advocacy campaign urging Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 users to upgrade their outdated web browsers, according to Wired Epicenter. I love this explaination of why its so disliked: IE 6, released in 2001, is the scourge of web programmers, user-experience designers and technical-support staff alike. The browser is stacked with quirks that cause web pages to render differently from all other browsers, and special considerations must be taken by web builders to accommodate users running IE 6. Most wish the browser would just go away, eliminating the... [read more]

Link Appeal

Link Appeal is a tool from Webmaster Toolkit that let’s you see if a certain page on a website is a valuable place from which to get a link. Enter the URL in which you’re thinking of asking to link to your site,  and you’ll find out how valuable a link from that page would be.  Results are based on factors such as PageRank and number of outbound links.  [read more]

Tinker – a Twitter Events Firehose

I liked this TechCrunch article on a new company called Tinker, “..a persistent search for multiple keywords on Twitter. Each Event is associated with one or more terms, which Tinker then searches for across all Tweets and presents in a single stream. For example, a Tinker Event for March Madness might present tweets that included the terms ‘NCAA’, ‘Basketball’, and ‘Final Four’…” “..After creating an Event, users can share the event’s feed using an embeddable widget, which they can place on their webpage or blog. These widgets allow users to both view the... [read more]

Seesmic – online video conversation

I am not much for sending video email, and I am not a video blogger, but when I heard about Seesmic my attention was aroused. Seesmic is a way for people to start public conversations or send private video messages. Users are alerted via email when a chat has been sent to them, or when someone has participated in a public conversation they started. I wondered how this service was different YouTube, Vimeo, you name it. I figured the best way to figure it out was to try it… The downside of Seesmic is that (since its only about a year old) it doesn’t have alot of the bells and whistles... [read more]

Open source web analytics: piwik

Here’s an interesting alternative to Google Analytics…has anyone tried piwik yet? Features include: A customizable dashboard showing traffic, viewing patterns, and referrer details. Ability to show traffic patterns over time (so you can see if there was uptake related to your releases) and how numbers are looking over the last year. Embeddable widgets and APIs to provide access to your piwik data. Here’s the high level messaging…. Piwik is a downloadable, open source (GPL licensed) web analytics software program. It provides you with detailed reports on your website visitors:... [read more]