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Seth Godin, master squid at Squidoo celebrated the org’s 50,000th lens by creating a “favorite things” challenge. All lensmasters were challenged to create a “favorite things” lens  with the earnings going to a favorite charity. His theory is that if all lensmaster created a new lens pointed at a single charity, it would have an […]

When I got more involved in blogging and this web2.0 stuff (Squidoo, HubPages, Swicki, etc.), I learned how to open links in a new window (the trusty target=”_blank” code) and have pretty much used it wherever I had a link and could add the code. It seems I’ve been a bad boy!
 
I did it because […]

I’ve been playing with Swicki by Eurekster, which is in beta test. With Swicki, you create a search engine and focus it on a topic. In theory you can train it yourself, and also inform it by adding user searchers experiences. You put the code for the Swicki engine on your site, and encourage others […]

Since I’m a Squidoo expert, and learning to be a HubPages expert, what is more natural than creating an expert page (Lens) on Squidoo about HubPages. Confused or not, check it out at my new lens - HubPages.
If you are interested in getting into the HubPages beta test as an author and build your own […]

HubPages sent me an invitation to participate in their closed beta testing. The site is only open to members as they get some user testing done and build a platform of hubs before opening the portals to the public. I joined and built a couple of HubPages. I can’t offer a link to my HubPages, […]

I decided to experiment with webrings and see how they could impact Squidoo traffic. I joined an OTR webring for my OTR Squidoo lenses, and found a site (Zootradio) that had  an ad for the beta of Microsoft’s new service, Office Live. No it is not, as the name implies, an on line version of […]

Heath and others at Squidoo are often exhorting lensmasters to make specific recommendations to make the lens more useful and effective. I’ve been attempting to do that and decided to go the whole way and make some lenses that are just about recommendations.
My first is at www.Squidoo.com/pcrecommendations/
 
Since I’m a computer consultant it’s natural that I […]

That thought struck me this morning as I was thinking about the upcoming 4th of July.  In my Squidoo lens on Benjamin Franklin, I’ve purposely held back on his founding father credentials since they are so well known and obvious and just a piece of the man. On reflection this is the time to update […]

I love maps! Since I’ve been playing with Squidoo, and have an Arizona series of lenses going, well one thing leads to another … so I created a Maps of Arizona lens at Squidoo. The address is www.squidoo.com/arizonamaps. I decided to focus on different types of maps with only one or two per category. Any […]

One of the books that inspired me as a youth was Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography. As a kid, I found reading it to be slow going, and raised my eyebrows at some of his moral posturing. But I was impressed by the drive and accomplishment of the man.
I’ve been attracted to any story, article, web site […]

So, of course I’ve done a Squidoo lens on Hydroculture! Check it out.
Hydroculture - How to grow houseplants in water
The pictures today are placeholders that I’ve copied from the web. Will replace them with personal hydro plant pics over the next few days.

“But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“Fish and visitors smell in three days.”

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”

“A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.”

Give up? or did you […]

I’m intrigued by the idea of lenses. They are, in effect, a summary type of web site. A lens is a single web page. Each lens focuses on a specific topic. It might be an introduction to that topic, and as such, a great place to start your research. The lens might a person experience […]