February 2009

The art of squint-free, tiny type

February 27, 2009

Need some tips on how to make tiny type more legible? Take a look at Art of Type: Squint-Free Small Type at Layers Magazine. If you’ve struggled to read a drug disclosure, you know that a light, condensed face for small type is bad news. What you really want is a face with a wide [...]

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Paper and scissors still rock

February 27, 2009

Mass communication is all about electronic media these days, so it’s sometimes easy to forget that paper still rocks. If you need any convincing of that, take a look at Paper + Color + Concept = 40+ Creative & Inspirational Piece of Art at Noupe. It’s a showcase of some fabulous work that conveys information [...]

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There may no longer be any glory in guts

February 26, 2009

Some words get used and others just get used up. “Squeeze,” “guts,” “stick,” “throw” and “dirty” are destined for the great dictionary in the sky, according to researchers at the University of Reading in the U.K. The researchers, who study how languages evolve and the rules they follow, used an IBM supercomputer dubbed ThamesBlue to [...]

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The best apps on my iPhone out of the 250 apps I’ve downloaded in the last 3 months

February 22, 2009

Based on an analysis of 30 million downloads from Apple’s App Store, only 1 percent of downloaders are still using are still using those apps after 90 days, according to  Pinch Media’s CEO Greg Yardley. Pinch Media builds analytic tools designed for developers so they can  monitor their App Store downloads, app usage time and [...]

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When it comes to WordPress themes, it’s often worth paying a premium

February 17, 2009

When I launched my first blog about 3 years ago, I used a free WordPress theme called “Cutline,” designed by Chris Pearson. At the time, it was among the most-downloaded free themes on WordPress.org. It’s a terrific-looking theme and it was designed with the reader in mind. Cutline uses plenty of white space, which makes [...]

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In praise of WordPress

February 16, 2009

The Editorial Engine is built on the hugely popular WordPress blogging platform, although I don’t think of this place as a conventional blog . I don’t have an axe to grind and I’m not interested in monetizing this site, which partly explains why I turned off WP’s comments feature. I set up this corner on [...]

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British Royal Family’s new Web site has the commoner’s touch with SEO

February 12, 2009

Not even the Queen of England gets the royal treatment when it comes to SEO. Julian Sambles, Head of Audience, Telegraph.co.uk was asked to evaluate the British Royal Family’s new official Web site to determine how well the site followed search engine optimization’s best practices. Sambles says he’s surprised by the number of points where [...]

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Read up on everything on Apple’s iPhone free

February 11, 2009

Soon after Amazon intro’d the new version of its Kindle 2 e-book reader, some analysts already were predicting that smartphones would knock the device off the shelves in Amazon’s store. I’ve tried a few book readers for the iPhone and despite the small screen size, it works for me, at least well enough so that [...]

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Amazon introduces a slimmer Kindle but keeps the fat

February 9, 2009

As expected, Amazon today introduced its Kindle 2 with a new slim design, longer battery life, faster page turns, seven times more storage, sharper images, and a new read-to-me feature. More than 230,000 books are now available in the Kindle Store, including 103 of 110 current New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases, which [...]

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Blogs do many wonderful things, but making big money isn’t one of them

February 9, 2009

If you think you can make a living as a blogger, read Daniel Lyons piece in Newsweek. Lyons once wrote The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: For two years I was obsessed with trying to turn a blog into a business. I posted 10 or 20 items a day to my site, , rarely taking a [...]

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