February 28, 2008
Keyword Cloud Generator, Tag Cloud Generator, Blog To Word Cloud, Image Clouds
Page To Keyword Cloud Generator takes all the words in a page and converts it into a Keyword Cloud. A Keyword Cloud is a visual representation of words based on a weight associated to each word. Page To Cloud uses the frequency (density) of [...]
February 27, 2008
12 Essential Blogwriting Tips for Building a Successful Blog
In hopes of sharing some of this knowledge with my fellow bloggers, I’m going to list some of the key things I’ve learned about blogwriting. I hope to develop some of these things in future posts, but I thought a good overview would help.
(tags: blog lists tips [...]
February 26, 2008
The Happiness Hypothesis - Jonathan Haidt
You know that happiness and meaning come from getting the right relationship between yourself and others, yourself and your work, and yourself and something larger than yourself. OK, so what exactly do you do now?
(tags: happiness inspiration life psychology science tips 37signals)
The Happiness Project: Why Alicia Silverstone’s “Dumbest Celeb Quote” [...]
February 25, 2008
Bob Sutton: Give Me Your Black Sheep
To help fight against such complacency on The Incredibles, Bird wanted people to work with people who weren’t satisfied with how things were done and so — to staff the film– he requested “Give me your black sheep.” I’ve studied and taught innovation fo
(tags: leadership management Innovation pixar [...]
February 24, 2008
Images: Lightning strikes–on Venus - CNET News.com
The second rock from the sun looks beautiful from a distance, but ESA’s Venus Express probe shows that it’s a hellish place to visit.
(tags: venus atmosphere environment)
Personal History: Parallel Play: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Actually, it has been a struggle for me to perceive just what these “boxes” [...]
What a glorious sunshiney day. My semi-elderly cat is soaking up the rays, moving from chair to chair in the dining room as the sliver of sunshine arcs across the room. He’s loving the sunshine too, flipping over now and then to “brown the other side”.
February 21, 2008
Slate Magazine - How To Be a Better Browser
I’m down on RSS at the moment, but I’m not ready to abandon it just yet. That’s why I’m excited about Persai, a new service that promises to solve my two big problems. The application, which is now in private beta test, bills itself as a smart [...]
February 20, 2008
Drinking Tea in Groups is Good for the Environment!
Now, unless your super-power is to boil water spontaneously, energy will certainly be required to boil (or nearly boil) water to brew tea in the traditional fashion. So what’s an environmentally-conscious tea drinker to do? Only heat as much water in
(tags: tea green sustainability community)
Data [...]
February 18, 2008
Mmmm….Vernors…. again, originally uploaded by DetroitDerek.
Back in the day there was a Sanders ice cream parlor on the main street of my town, and a big day was when I got to go there and order a Detroit Cooler–Vernors and ice cream. Vernors was one of the first soft drinks in the US, of course [...]
February 16, 2008
Commuting to Pure Visibility HQ in Downtown Ann Arbor | Own Page One: Search Engine Visibility Blog - Online Marketing Strategy and TipsYes, we do use cars to go to client meetings. Yes, our team includes folks who do drive to work. Still, there’s something wonderful about our group of dedicated pedestrians and the support [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103