Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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eBay Gets More Social But Leaves Out Easy Linking
A while ago eBay launched blogs because, um, everyone else has them. They’re going even further now with eBay MyWorld, which is a MySpace-y page where you can put your listings, bio, feedback, blog, reviews, guidelines, etc. It’s a great idea, and definitely a valuable set of features. The first thing I thought of when…
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Weirdest ABCNews.com Breaking News Email Ever.
Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: Congressman Mark Foley, Republican from Florida, resigned today just hours after ABC news questioned him about a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving current and former underage male Congressional pages. Foley used the login name Maf54. Maf54: Do I make you a little horny ? Teen: A little. Maf54: Cool.…
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Ask.com is Getting Some Play
I’ve been hearing more and more from Ask.com lately. The other day a guy from work told me he sis a side-by-side experiment doing some search terms and found Ask.com had better results than Google. Hear on Search Engine Roundtable they note a spike in referrals from Ask.com as well. I’ve been impressed with their…
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DevCorp North Is Making a Difference in Rogers Park
Here is an excellent article in today’s Sun-Times about postive change in Rogers Park that was helped along by my client, DevCorp North, Rogers Park’s business, community and economic development organization. This is a group of people who work every day to stimulate new stuff. They have a ton of programs that just keep going…
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Amazon aStore Enhancements Soon
So Amazon aStore (here’s mine) is going to be improved soon. Here’s a snip from their email: The next release of aStore (currently slated for a late November release) will allow Associates to: * Build and maintain multiple aStores using a single Associate ID * Specify products to feature on Category and…