Archive for May 2006
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Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Ed.
May 30th, 2006 |3rd edition update: The third edition took a bigger leap from the second than the second took from the first. Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd ed., comes with a greater focus on Web standards and cascading style sheets (CSS). In fact, the book opens with a chapter on Web standards, whereas it was merely [...]
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Build High-converting Subscription Pages
May 26th, 2006 |When I find my way to a Web site, I may have gotten there through a search engine or through a link from a colleague or Web site. After I’ve scanned the content and fiddled around in the pages, the site may impress me if the information proves valuable. What do I do then? The possibilities: [...]
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Rules and Resources for Puzzles, Card Games and Other Games
May 24th, 2006 |Bridge Is Cool teaches you how to play mini bridge and regular bridge. Paul and I learned to play bridge with our parents when we were first married and had more time on our hands. Since then, we’ve gotten busy with out children and other things plus our friends don’t know anything about playing bridge. [...]
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Online Customer Service
May 23rd, 2006 |Carter Bloodcare rules. I donate blood on a regular basis, or try to anyway. Carter makes it easy to set up an appointment as it can be done online. The donation appointment form, however, doesn’t play nice with Firefox. No biggie. I’d rather use IE than to navigate a recording to schedule an appointment. You [...]
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Taglines, Marketing and Branding Haikus
May 22nd, 2006 |I’m reading a book about Google Adwords (I’m not planning a campaign — it’s for an abstract I’m writing), which calls the ads “haikus” and I just read about “the haiku of branding” in reference to tourism slogans. Neither use the 5-7-5 syllables khaiku rule unless a Google ad just lucks out with 5-7-5. Just [...]
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Examples of Rhetorical Tropes
May 19th, 2006 |Blogged about Rhetorical Figures earlier this week and got my assignment back with input from the instructor. So I can share my examples without feeling embarrassed as he confirmed I’m not too bad at it
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Free Online Courses for Many Topics
May 18th, 2006 |If I could, I’d take at least one class at all times. By now, I’d have two masters degrees and maybe even a PhD. Well, maybe not that. It’s a shame that online degrees didn’t exist when I was in college or was mostly by correspondence (snail mail). I took my first non-class course in [...]
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Word Resources
May 17th, 2006 |Whenever someone has a baby, I always ask how they came up with the baby’s name. Stories have ranged from fascinating to “just ’cause” (we liked the name). Amazing how English words coming from 26 letters of the alphabet have led to unforgettable plays, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, songs, movies, and muscials. Even a simple letter, [...]
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PDAs: Soft and Hard Resets
May 16th, 2006 |A friend of mine bought another PDA when her Zire 22 wouldn’t charge. I asked her why didn’t she tell me as the solution could be an easy one. Nonetheless, I told her to try a soft reset and then a hard reset. She said she was charging the new one and then was going [...]
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One Part for Another and Rhetorical Figures
May 15th, 2006 |Don’t remember studying anthimeria in school. Its origin is Greek meaning “one part for another.” “Google” is a popular anthimeria for searching. People say, “Google that.” Of course, using a company name as a generic name or verb is dangerous for the company. Here’s a good read on the topic. Better to verb nouns with non-proper [...]
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