Archive for the 'Webword.com' Category

WebWord Needs Food Badly

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

I’m not even sure what I should write. I’m kind of stuck.
The story is simple. A couple of days ago I launched a new home page for WebWord. It was a Faustian bargain. In exchange for a new home page I’m now dealing with the following problems:

RSS feed is broken
Commenting is broken
Categories are […]

New WebWord Home Page Launched

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

I don’t fear change but I do avoid making updates to WebWord. I’ve probably made 4-5 major updates to WebWord since I launched back in August of 1998. The reason is that when I make changes to WebWord, I inevitably have technical problems. Let’s hope that the release of the new WebWord home […]

Popular WebWord Content on Del.icio.us

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Usability and Games: 17 Excellent References
The 14 Tips That Will Make You Happy, Wealthy and Successful
The Psychology of Search: Chapter Three (Related: Found and Lost)
Usability Redefined: Howability, Taskability, Recommendability, Profitability
A Business Case for Usability
Information Architecture for the Rest of Us
How Social Bookmarking Can Help a Project Team
Google 2.0

WebWord is Open, Again

Tuesday, July 6th, 2004

Once upon a time, WebWord was a free and open web site, where people could post comments without being registered. That stopped after two things happened. First, WebWord blew up. The content management system I was using (Movable Type) decided to implode. The database driving the site ate itself and I was left alone and […]

WebWord Traffic

Thursday, April 1st, 2004

So, how did WebWord do in March? We’re back! I’m happy to say that in March, despite numerous setbacks, we had 4511 visitors, making 7420 visits, generating 42281 page views, sucking down around 550 MB of data. About 74% of users stayed less than 30 seconds, but about 7% stayed 5 minutes to 30 minutes, […]

Advice on Sending One Time Bulk Email

Saturday, March 13th, 2004

I have my old list of subscribers to WebWord. These are the folks that were getting my newsletter, which was 100% opt in. I would very much like to tell people that WebWord is back up, and alive. First, is there any real issue with sending off a message? Ethical, legal, or otherwise? Second, assuming […]

Beat Up WebWord!

Saturday, March 13th, 2004

Here is your chance, folks! Provide me with a list of things you can’t stand about WebWord, PostNuke, the fonts, the layout, and so forth. I’ve been generating my own list of things to fix, but I want you r advice. I’ll do what I can to make this a better site for all. Wink, […]

Toilet seats are cleaner than keyboards or telephone dials: study

Friday, March 12th, 2004

Yahoo News — “Desks are really bacteria cafeterias.”
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Widgetopia

Friday, March 12th, 2004

“Collection of Widgets and UI elements from various websites, with notation of their sterling or plate metal qualities” (Comments: Via Elegant Hack)
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