Archive for August, 2006
Naked, came the detective
0 Comments Published August 28th, 2006 in Reading(t) , I love a mystery(t) , Recommendations(t) , Quirky Detective(t)The detective – Pete Amsterdam, in The Naked Detective by Lawrence Shames, makes the cut as a quirky detective, by being a complete fraud as a detective. He hangs out his PI shingle as a business tax shelter on the advise of his accountant. He is living a good life in Key West that consists […]
Opening a link in a new window? I had no idea …
0 Comments Published August 21st, 2006 in Blogging(t) , Law Office Ideas(t) , Squidoo(t) , Internet(t) , expert web sites(t) , Swicki(t) , Web2.0(t)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 […]
Swicki, now I’m in the search engine business …
0 Comments Published August 19th, 2006 in Blogging(t) , Squidoo(t) , Internet(t) , HubPages(t) , expert web sites(t) , Swicki(t) , Web2.0(t)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 […]
Did Ben Franklin invent the Internet?
0 Comments Published August 7th, 2006 in Blogging(t) , Benjamin Franklin(t) , Reading(t) , Internet(t) , expert web sites(t) , Recommendations(t)I just finished reading, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend the book. There are many things that fascinate me about the man, but his general cleverness and adaptability got me thinking about how his approach and style would overlay with today’s world. I think he would take all […]
HubPages has slipped quietly into an open beta phase.
0 Comments Published August 3rd, 2006 in Blogging(t) , Computer systems(t) , Squidoo(t) , HubPages(t) , expert web sites(t)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 […]