The Daily Roundup - July 23, 2007
Linkworth - Alternative to TextLinkAds.
How to write a business plan. 10 questions with Guy Kawasaki
SaundersBlog - redesigned by Blend Interactive. Glitches on the redesign and the old look was restored. Noted only to remind myself to go back and check out the redesign.
Design History of Be Good Not Bad and his blog:
BeGoodNotBad: v1, v2, Current.
Blog v1, v2, v3 - Final/Discontinued.
Having been developing since 1995, I’ve recently begun tracing back the design history of some of my sites - spinning globes and all. The same thing that makes The Wayback Machine so much fun.
Vote for upcoming features of Google’s Webmaster Central.
Speaking of Google. I have invites available for Google’s latest acquisition, Grand Central. Grand Central is a phone service that lets you:
- Personalize Greetings by caller or by group
- Listen in from any of your phones as callers leave you voicemail messages
- Record any received call at any time with the press of a button
- Switch phones mid-call, seamlessly, between any of your phones
- Block annoying callers or telemarketers with Phone-SPAM Filters
SEO Sabotage. Yet another thing to worry about when your site is dependent upon search engine listings for the primary source of traffic.
RustyBudget. A tool for bloggers and publishers to manage their day-to-day storyboard of topics. Looks good on the surface. Need to play around a bit more to get a better feel. My debate: Which is a better, a third party organization tool or a private, self-administrated wiki for my blog ‘properties.’
The KC Royals have moved into a tie for last place in the AL Central with the Chicago White Sox. KC has a 4-game homestand against the inconsistent Yankees while Chicago has a 5-game homestand against Detroit. Things are looking up for the boys in blue; Gordon is looking more relaxed as the season has gone on, surprisingly solid Billy Butler is going to force some lineup questions when Sweeney is back from the DL, Teahen has converted well to right field with one of the top guns in the league for assisted putouts, and the pitching. What looked liked the biggest problem in the off-season has carried the team when bats were slow to get going.
