AJAX in the catalog
Friday, May 30th, 2008CatalogSuccess.com talks about the judicious use of AJAX. He makes the critical point that you need to be sure to degrade gracefully (i.e. don't fall off the cliff if the user has JavaScript disabled).
Archive for May, 2008
CatalogSuccess.com talks about the judicious use of AJAX. He makes the critical point that you need to be sure to degrade gracefully (i.e. don't fall off the cliff if the user has JavaScript disabled).
Beyond Blogs
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Business Week revisits the topic. They repeat the theme that non-hierarchical connectedness and dialog - promoted by Web 2.0 style tools - is the next big thing. Interesting article ... but is it just me, or does Zuck look a bit too much like a Greek ...
Three words from Seth Godin about email
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Seth Godin speaks to Google - a wonderful talk that's well worth an hour of your time. Most interesting story: creation of Hallmark collectible ornaments (about halfway through), with followup marketing by email. Takeaway: the most effective email campaigns are Anticipated Personal Relevant The "email blast" approach has never worked, will never ...
Adding boilerplate text to your Zen Cart product descriptions
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008At the request of a user on the Zen Cart forum, I beefed up this tip page to describe how to add boilerplate to the new products, all products, featured products and product listing pages.
Gas Tax, please
Monday, May 26th, 2008Dr. Greg Mankiw calls it "The Pigou Club" (after economist Arthur Pigou, who advocated using taxes as a way to correct for negative externalities). That Software Guy calls it the "fund the war and the follow up costs, including veterans benefits, instead of screwing our warriors and giving our kids the ...
RIP J.R. Simplot - from chips to chips
Monday, May 26th, 2008J.R. Simplot passed away today. A real Horatio Alger story - started in business at 14. In 1923, he left home with four $20 gold coins and paid $1 a day for room and board at Declo's only hotel. As a shrewd young businessman, Simplot bought interest-bearing scrip paid to teachers ...
Sales Training Videos
Sunday, May 25th, 2008Probably not what you're used to. Boiler Room Glengarry Glen Ross
Next year in Jerusalem
Saturday, May 24th, 2008New life goal: to attend MashBash in Israel. Have fun, guys! I look foward to reading about it this year.
The most famous blog post ever
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Last month's Inc. Magazine had a story on Evan Williams, the creator of Twitter. The story was interesting on its own, but one of the things I enjoyed the most was the reference to an early blog post by Williams called "Ten Rules for Web Startups."
