Loud Dog Links

April 7, 2009

• Aesthetic-Usability Effect (Mark Boulton)
  Interesting argument regarding the impact of aesthetics on perceived usability.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, usability
• Lotame: Size matters in online advertising (Adotas)
  A recent study of a bazillion ads served (well, 148M) discovered that square "medium rectangle" ads had the biggest impact based on time viewed, over twice as long as leaderboards and way way longer than skyscrapers.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: bannerAds, onlineMarketing

April 6, 2009

• Let the Top Online Content Come to You | Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog
  This guy Mark has some great tips on how to automate your content consumption to make sure you're caught up on the most popular links shared from Delicious to Twitter.
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: community, content,, RSS,

April 5, 2009

• Using Google APIs in an iPhone App (Official Google Mac Blog)
  Interesting use of Google Docs.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: development, iphone
• Why Small Companies Will Win in This Economy (HarvardBusiness.org)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business
• How Geico Wastes $90MM a Year on Search Engine Marketing (Tippingpoint Labs)
  Good point about online marketing spending. Basically, there are uses for paid links, and uses for organic links. Be smart about them and you'll save lots.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: onlineMarketing
• Twitter: Building Businesses Tweet by Tweet (BusinessWeek)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: marketing, twitter

April 3, 2009

• Stupid htaccess Tricks
  The best reference for htaccess files that I've found.
  by: Matt DeClaire | tags: programming

April 2, 2009

• Daring Fireball: Complex
  Nice article highlighting the path to building great, sustainable products using the iPhone as exhibit A of a complex system which started out relatively simply and was iterated and evolved.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: Apple, complexity, daringfireball, design, development, evolution, iphone, louddog, platform, simplicity, strategy, technology, ui, usability