SXSW is feeling its growing pains. The title is, of course, a rhetorical question. South by Southwest could no more move from Austin than Mardi Gras could exit New Orleans. But the 2012 incarnation …
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Is Gomez Behind Massive Traffic Spikes?
A few weeks ago, a site I work with began seeing a big rise in traffic - from a baseline of 10K visits per day to spikes of as much as 40K. The odd thing was that the traffic looked kind of human, …
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SEO and Web Credibility Guideline #11
Although the Stanford Web Credibility Guidelines are a few years old now, they are still a great starting point for anyone trying to boost their web results - ecommerce orders, business inquiries, and …
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Steampunk Chic
Tired of high tech designs that look hopelessly dated in just a few years? Longing for a more Victorian sensibility? You may need to get up to speed with steampunk, a design movement whose …
Contrary Thinking: Web Apps Suck
Conventional wisdom is that web-based applications are the Next Big Thing. Current apps like Salesforce.com's CRM show that critical business data and processes can be outsourced to third parties and …
10 Things To Do While Rebooting
How frustrated are you when you have to reboot your PC in the middle of the day? A full shutdown and reboot cycle can take a several minutes - instead of staring at your screen watching the icons …