Aside: 6 More Free WordPress Themes from iThemes
By · CommentsWe just released 6 more free WordPress themes
Twitter Official Blog on Blogger?!
By · CommentsI’ve been using Twitter for over a month now (find me at corymiller303) … and most, if not all, the people I follow on this hot Web 2.0 communications platform use WordPress for their blogs … but Twitter doesn’t!
Their official blog is on Blogger.
Now, this might seem trivial … and I’m sure “new blogging platform” isn’t even on their priority radar, but I’m sure somebody at Automattic or one of their thousands of WP users might offer to help them make the switch.
Heck … we’d do it for them! How about it Twitter?
Newsweek’s got a neat article on Shutterly. I love the company’s slogan — Tell Your Story. I think it really captures the heart of what they do, the essence of their business. The story attributes CEO Jeff Housenbold as forcing the company to “think broadly about photos as memories, stories and social connections.” See also their Storytelling Blog.
Start-Up Junkies: A TV Show about Serial Entrepreneurs
By · CommentsI just found a TV show that “follows serial entrepreneurs who thrive on the excitement of working on new ventures” on Hulu called Start-Up Junkies.
There’s 8 episodes online and I’ve already watched 6 so far. This particular season follow Earth Class Mail, a service that allows you to get your postal mail online.
As a recent startup entrepreneur myself, I’ve learned a lot about the fascinating world of venture capital and this neat startup venture through watching Earth Class Mail’s CEO Rob Wiener explain things and the pop-up explainer boxes that appear in the episodes.
I can share in some of the highs and lows of Earth Class Mail’s staff and leadership as I’ve been through many of the same experiences — albeit a bit smaller!
It’s a great introduction and education to the world of startups … go check it out.
3 Reasons Why Content is Priceless
By · Comments…. or maybe it’s just gold.
But whatever you say about “content” …. text-based, practical, highly-readable, linkbait-able writing … it’s worth more than people suspect.
After more than four months of advertising online and two years of blogging personally, I’ve realized our advertising money would be better spent developing our own content, on our own sites.
Here’s my rational for why I believe content is priceless … or pretty darn valuable anyway:
Aside: Email Design Guildelines for 2008
By · CommentsCampaign Monitor has posted their 2008 Email Design Guidelines … good stuff
Aside: How to Contribute to WordPress.org
By · CommentsAside: 10 Questions with Matt Mullenweg
By · CommentsAside: Email Opens Rates from Aweber.com
By · CommentsI use Aweber for our email newsletters and they just released some stats about their users’ email open rates. Neat stuff.
Aside: Dallas WordCamp Audioblurbs
By · CommentsLorelle was getting soundbites from people at the Dallas WordCamp and I made the cut