September 2011
7 posts
SEO for Non-dicks →
Matt Gemmell:
So, shockingly, you should try to make your site’s content trustworthy, genuine and relevant. … Good SEO is a by-product of not being a dick on the internet.
Blasphemy.
Who Killed Videogames? (A Ghost Story) →
Tim Rogers — designer of Ziggurat — spills some beans:
This time, I put my white iPhone 4 to sleep, lay it face down on the board table, fold my hands, and say, “It’s all math. It’s all math and psychology. By which you might say, it’s all economics.” I clear my throat. “Economics and philosophy. By which you might say it’s modern video game design.”
(Via Whitney Hills.)
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Disqus Ranks
We launched Ranks today. Disqus Ranks allow you to reward active and loyal users of your site.
This is a first glimpse at what I hope will become something much bigger.
I’m excited.
Needless to say, I’ve already enabled them here and will be playing around with them to see what feels right. Join me.
UPDATE: Forgot to mention Fred Wilson’s 500+-comments Disqus Ranks post....
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TSA Creator Says Dismantle, Privatize the Agency →
Increasingly it’s becoming easier to target the TSA for stupidity, thievery, and molestation. There’s been no shortage of ass-hattery and, even worse, broad incompetence:
In 2006, screeners at Los Angeles and Chicago O’Hare airports failed to find more than 60% of fake explosives during checkpoint security tests.
Yikes.
Audrey Hudson, talking with Rep. John Mica...
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Views Differ on Shape of Earth, Climate Edition →
I don’t even.
(Via Daring Fireball.)
And don’t miss John Gruber’s follow-up analysis, including a classic Paul Krugman quote that I won’t spoil for you.
Bottom line: 100% of climate scientists believe global warming is happening and 98% believe it’s mostly caused by humans.
Mike Lofgren: 'The Republican Party Is Becoming... →
Mike Lofgren, for Trouthout:
John P. Judis sums up the modern GOP this way:
“Over the last four decades, the Republican Party has transformed from a loyal opposition into an insurrectionary party that flouts the law when it is in the majority and threatens disorder when it is the minority. It is the party of Watergate and Iran-Contra, but also of the government shutdown in 1995...
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'Leaders Are People Who Go Their Own Way Without... →
John Holt, in Teach Your Own:
Leaders are not what many people think–people with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see whether anyone is following them. “Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them. The include, at the very least, courage,...