Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 by Ben Rowe
I’m reposting this hilarious list of Top Ten Worst URLs that I found today, via the Razorfish Amnesia Blog. It’s great. Among my favorites:
Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at www.penisland.net
Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at www.therapistfinder.com
And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales: www.molestationnursery.com
Want to holiday in Lake [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 by Ben Rowe
If you’re looking for an example of company that never stops innovating, and never stops improving – look no further than Automattic, the creators of WordPress.
I’ve been running this little blog on wordpress.com since 2005. Back then it was good. And I’ve seen countless improvements, new features and themes since then. It honestly gets better [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 by Ben Rowe
Ahh, “The fold”.
That mythical line that we all get so worried about. Originating from Newspaper-speak, “the fold” refers to the fact that the paper was folded in half for delivery, or display in a shop.
It was therefore crucial for the key content, and your advertising, to be above that fold. Because that’s what people [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by Ben Rowe
I’ve been wandering through my delicious links for the past year, and I thought I’d share with you some of the blog posts that sum up some of things that I really enjoyed in 2008. Without further ado …
Kevin Kelly (The Techium) – 1,000 True Fans
Possibly one of the most talked about posts for the [...]
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Posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 by Ben Rowe
One of my goals for 2009 is to improve my web design skills – starting off with CSS, and maybe even following up by some other coding. To get me started, I’m putting together a list of great looking websites in a set my flickr page. Here’s a link to what I’ve added so far:
http://flickr.com/photos/roweben/sets/72157612144305794/
My [...]
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Posted on Friday, January 2, 2009 by Ben Rowe
Wow – Check out this beautiful Monopoly Set … re-packaged by Andy Mangold.
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Posted on Thursday, January 1, 2009 by Ben Rowe
Happy new year everyone! I thought I’d welcome it in refresh to my blog’s look and feel. Hope you like it. I’ll probably be doing a bit more tinkering in weeks to come. write some proper posts too.
I really like this 2009 Bubble Calendar, with a bubble to pop for each day of the year.
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