Loud Dog Links

February 26, 2009

• Should We Let California Go Bankrupt? (RealClearMarkets)
  Cogent overview of the financial, fiscal, and economic problems facing California. Interesting reading for anyone with a connection to California. Which is pretty much everyone in the US.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: interesting, politics
• Um, museumssuck.com?
  Great, funny, and insightful article on making a museum not suck. But really, on making any organization not suck.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business
• Twitter FAQ: RT, HT, OH Explained. (Brent Ozar)
  Twitter slang explained. I found this useful when I kept seeing things everywhere.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: onlineMarketing, twitter
• How to Change the World: How to Use Twitter as a Twool (Guy Kawasaki)
  More twitter tips.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: onlineMarketing, twitter
• The 90-10 Rule for Successful Twitter Networking (TwitTip)
  Cool advice for using twitter for bidness.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: onlineMarketing, twitter

February 25, 2009

• Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter Rams
  The only commandments worth taking seriously.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: advice, art, design, designer, dieterrams, ideas, innovation, inspiration, louddog, rams

February 24, 2009

• 9 Common Usability Mistakes In Web Design
  by: Matt DeClaire | tags: design, usability

February 23, 2009

• mParallax
  I love parallax.
  by: Matt DeClaire | tags: design, parallax

February 19, 2009

• The Hofmeister Kink: A Lasting BMW Design Detail (New Media Campaigns)
  Fascinating look at "the Hofmeister Kink," a design element from BMW that other manufacturers have copied to make their cars seem more upmarket.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, interesting

February 18, 2009

• Understanding the New Canonical Link Element (ClickZ)
  Great overview of the new canonical link element, what it's for, and how to use it.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: development, seo, webdevelopment

February 17, 2009

• Non-Hierarchical Management (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
  Interesting thoughts on management.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, management
• Art & Fear (Kevin Kelly)
  Short review of Art & Fear, on making art, by Kevin Kelly. Contains great excerpts.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: art, interesting

February 16, 2009

• What really happened at Ma.gnolia and lessons learned (FactoryCity)
  Ma.gnolia was a popular social bookmarking service that completely melted down when their database became corrupted. This is a frank and honest conversation with the founder about lessons learned.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: development, webApp
• Outsourcing artwork through 99designs.com (Successful Software)
  99designs.com is a "design contest" site. Things like this are absolutely horrible for designers, but very interesting from a business perspective. (And, hey, this is what the market is all about.)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, design
• GM's past and present collide in sibling rivalry (Los Angeles Times)
  Good overview of GM's real problems. Notably, it's not the unions - though they are a problem, they are minor relative to GM's other issues, which are more systemic, related to branding and distribution.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business

February 11, 2009

• 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites | How-To | Smashing Magazine
  Great article about the challenges of maintaining corporate websites.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: business, corporate, design, development, howto, louddog, marketing, smashingmagazine, strategy, usability, web, webdesign

February 10, 2009

• Looking Back, Looking Ahead - How to run a Post-Mortem (Rothman via PMClinic)
  Long, detailed, and useful article describing how to run a project post-mortem (which the authors call a "retrospective").
  by: Josh Orum | tags: howto, projectManagement

February 9, 2009

• Adobe UI Gripes
  An extremely bitter, but dead on critiqué of all the bizarre UI weirdness that seems to have crept into Adobe's entire product line since they absorbed Macromedia. Funny cause it's true.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: Adobe, blogs, design, funny, humor, software, ui, usability

February 8, 2009

• Study: Best and Worst Subject Lines by Open Rate
  Interesting look at actual subject line open rates. The more straightforward the subject, the higher the open rate.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: emailMarketing

February 6, 2009

• 30+ Apps for Doing Business on Facebook
  More tips for business promotion on facebook. Yipee!
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: applications, apps, branding, business, facebook, howto, marketing, media, networking, productivity, promotion, social, social.media, socialmedia, socialnetworking, technology, tips, tools, web2.0