The kind folks at Overnight Prints — purveyors of fine printed products such as business cards , postcards, greetings card and flyers — are offering one lucky reader of my blog 500 free business cards (free shipping included too). How to Win .
Topics: Real Life

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Last year I wrote about 12 essential web site building blocks — things that you should check when you take on responsibility for a new web site, or even just launch one. Well, this year I've come up with a few more, mostly as a reminder to me..
Topics: Web General

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I enjoyed this conversion rate analysis by Dustin Curtis on the link he places at the bottom of his articles to his Twitter account. It's fascinating to see the results of this sort of A/B testing, especially when the results can be so dramatic. ...
Topics: Writing for the Web

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If it's been a little quiet around here lately, it's because I've been busy with, among other things, launching a new website for Mytheon , the next game from True Games Interactive. A few months back we launched a teaser website to kick-off..
Topics: Web General

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I recently came across a collection of website navigation bars from a few years ago. I couldn't help but wonder how those navbars looked today, and how the impact of site growth, redesigns, branding updates, etc. have affected them. Here's a...
Topics: Web Design

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