The Bitter Pill

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Archive for November, 2005

It’s ugly, but it’s good - I hope.

Obviously, the design of this thing isn’t nailed down, and I’m way too busy with other projects to even think about starting a blog. but I think I’m going to push through and do this thing.
Of course, no one is reading this, but hey, no matter how unlikely, someone may stumble across here and […]

Make it suck less.

Marketing is not complicated.
Marketers try to make it seem more complicated than it is, so they can justify their parasitic career choice, but despite all their self-important puffery, marketing is just not that hard. Whatever you’re trying to market, one simple rule will make your marketing campaign — and your product — successful. Ready […]

On value and money

I don’t know if Ramit Sethi can really teach anyone to be rich or not, but he’s got some really interesting thoughts on when (if ever) the bottom line should be the first priority:

Here’s a pattern I see a lot:
1. Somebody launches something
2. He tries to make money
3. Then he tries to make it valuable […]

Newsvine

I’m sure anybody who even thinks they’re anybody on the web has already heard, but Mike Davidson (of sIFR fame) is prepping his latest venture, Newsvine.
With absolutely no first-hand experience (and therefore absolutely no good reason you should listen to me), I have to say this Newsvine thing is intriguing. It appears to be a […]

Do it well, or not at all.

Hats off to Malarkey for saying what many of us have been thinking for quite some time:
People still delivering nested table layout, spacer gifs or ignoring accessibility can no longer call themselves web professionals.
The full interview is at Accessify.
If your mechanic said he had no interest in learning about fuel injection or electronic ignition, you […]