online shopping from the home office
Friday, den 31. October 2008The last two days had been rather busy for me as we finished our last workshop for the year. Before I could take another breather, it may be another busy week ahead as my MIL visits us. I ain’t going to comment much about that but I do hope that I can get some rest [...]
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Do you really want to create a Wikipedia out of your website?
Friday, den 31. October 2008People often say that they want to have great content in their website. If you ask them what they mean by great content, they will invariable start talking about Wikipedia. They would also say, how Wikipedia answers all the queries. These are stapled examples when someone is looking to hire a content writer.
It’s fine to have great content like Wikipedia in your website but answer me one question, what do you want from your site? What do you want the readers to do? What is the main purpose of the page? Do you simply want to educate the readers or do you want to ask them take some action?
Do you really think that the content of Wikipedia is good enough to motivate the reader to take an action? Even if your content is developed only to educate the readers, aren’t you asking him to take an action after reading the page?
There is a basic difference between eHow and Wikipedia. In case of eHow, you are actually teaching the reader how to do something. This style invariably motivates the reader to take an action. It compels the reader to do something. And more importantly it dictates the way - how to do that thing.
Does Wikipedia serve this purpose?
Wikipedia provides you great information on a topic. And after gathering the information, you are free to move on your own. You can apply it on something or move to another page. Wikipedia have thousands of interlinked pages. Once you start moving from one link to another, you have actually nowhere to go.
Do you want same thing to happen in your website - where the reader keeps moving aimlessly! Or do you want your website to be like eHow - where you subtly dictate the reader to take an action?
Think about it before you ask someone again to produce great content like Wikipedia. To the most, you can create a glossary in your website in Wikipedia style and leave people to roam around - if you are so much in love with it. Wikipedia is pure information. And pure information = no bias = no business.
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Copper Helps Kill Harmful Super Germs
Friday, den 31. October 2008Remarkable news has popped up on the materials front. Recent studies have shown copper to have amazing anti-germ properties. In a trial at Selly Oak hospital in Birmingham, it was found that copper plumbing fixtures and toilet seats helped kill off deadly super bugs like MRSA and C difficile.
The Telegraph reports:
Although it is widely believed [...]
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A New Future for Coney Island
Friday, den 31. October 2008Coney Island has experienced a decline in recent years, owing to rising costs of real estate, mismanaged development proposals and a general economic downturn. But despite all of these setbacks, the core aspects of the “world’s playground” remain intact. Recognizing this, a new initiative spearheaded by the Municipal Art Society of New York is in the early stages [...]
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TouchCounters: Interactive Electronic Labels
Friday, den 31. October 2008Toss your sticky white labels and tacky clear containers. These new electronic labels, created by Paul Yarin at the MIT Media Lab not only tells you what is inside a box, but they can relay the information over the web.
“TouchCounters are interactive electronic labels consisting of modular electronic devices with an integrated communication and sensing [...]
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Jules the Robot is Scarily Realistic
Friday, den 31. October 2008Just in time for Halloween, Gizmodo has posted what may be the creepiest thing you’ll see all day. A team at The University of Bristol, UK, have created a very realistic looking robot head capable of complex facial expressions. Jules is the robot’s name, and 34 servos can mimic human expressions real-time. Prepare to be [...]
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Video: “Mankind Is No Island”
Friday, den 31. October 2008“Mankind Is No Island” is a beautiful, poetic short film that uses found typography and simple, powerful imagery to highlight the connection all of humanity shares. Amazingly, it was shot entirely on a cell phone video camera. Jason van Genderen’s film recently won the $20,000 first prize at Tropfest in New York.
[via The Tastemakers Society]
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How to Innovate: Interview With Dean Kamen
Friday, den 31. October 2008The Telegraph has a lengthy and inspiring look at the life of Dean Kamen. It covers in depth the history and ideals of the eccentric inventor. A great read if you want to study the work habits and mindset of a great innovator (Kamen keeps distractions low - he hasn’t even watched a movie since [...]
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Skins & Punks: Lost Images From Gavin Watson
Friday, den 31. October 2008Gavin Watson started out taking photos of his family and friends when he was 14 in Wycombe, England - eventually, his images of working class youths from the 1970s and 80s, first published in Skins (1994), would become classics, influencing a generation of photographers.
More recently, Vice Magazine Editor Andy Capper brought Gavin Watson out of a [...]
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VBS.tv in Africa
Friday, den 31. October 2008All three parts of VBS.tv’s “Gorillas In The Midst“, their piece examining the plight of the mountain gorillas in the war ravaged region of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Republic of Congo, have just been released for viewing on VBS.tv. The series offers a first-hand account of the strife in the region, and how it’s on [...]
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