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Twitter Bootstrap »
Bootstrap is a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites. It includes base CSS and HTML for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, and more. (via Wuori)
5 months ago on Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 3:23 PM / Permalink
Xena’s Paradoxes
- willjardine: Woke up this morning with the idea to make a game based on Zeno's Paradoxes. Although I'm not sure how much fun of a game that would be.
- heyrevolver: Maybe Xena's Paradoxes instead?
- willjardine: Ha! I'd probably play that.
- heyrevolver: "To chop this guy in half, first I have to quarter him and before that I have to cut... [Xena Battle Cry]!"
- willjardine: You're a genius.
6 months ago on Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at 12:32 PM / Permalink
What is a dickbar? »
11 months ago on Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 4:00 PM / Permalink
Tweetwally »
Tweetwally is a Twitter power tool to save and customize search results and present them in different formats—at a specific URL (your own, or at tweetwally.com). Users can experiment with different searches and view a continuously updating stream of new information from Twitter. (via Ron)
12 months ago on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at 12:10 PM / Permalink
Sour / Mirror »
Another ridiculous, in-browser music video. (via Joe)
1 year ago on Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 5:42 PM / Permalink
“You don’t have to be good to succeed. You just gotta be the least shitty option. Example: We’re eating at The Olive Garden.”
1 year ago on Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at 4:04 PM / Permalink
The Importance of Web-based Casual Games
A few weeks ago, my friend Keeley wrote a blog post for our company’s blog. Here’s his original draft (before it was muddled up with rewrites):
Lately, all the buzz has been around social media and how every company needs to connect with their customers on a personal level. Facebook this and Twitter that. I think that social media can work for some companies, but for many it’s just not applicable. I could care less what some big corporation or the art store down the street is Tweeting about, but give me a fun game to play that happens to highlight their product and I’ll check it out. If it’s really fun, I might forward the link to friends or post about it on my blog. You’re probably thinking, “Oh well you only care about games because you’re a 20-something boy who’s never grown up and would play any game just because it exists.” Well, you might be right but there’s some pretty solid data to show otherwise.
Casual, online games generate about $2.25 billion a year with an average growth rate of 20%. The ratio of male and female players are about 50/50, and a whopping 74% of people actually paying to play the games are women. Who says playing video games is only for smelly boys in their mom’s basement anymore? Apparently times have changed.
So, how can you use online games to increase your web traffic and get consumers interested in your product? It’s possible to license pre-made games for users to play on your site, and although that may get a few users to come back and play or spend a little more time on your site that’s not really going to get them interested in your product or service. The best thing to do is have a custom game made that can highlight your product or service. It needs to be fun to play without overdoing the sales pitch. One game that does a good job of this is Chargy Bargy. It’s promoting O2’s phone service and branded in a way that lets you know it, but it doesn’t beat you over the head with what they’re selling. Several people forwarded that game to me and we don’t even have O2 service in the US. That just shows how a decent game can go viral and reach more people than you even expected. Regardless of how many people are playing the game more than once, O2 is getting its name and its service out there in front of tons of people.
There’s a reason why big brands like Mountain Dew and Red Bull are including branded games on their websites. It’s because they know times have changed and the people who are spending money on their products are the ones who grew up with Super Mario and Sonic.
1 year ago on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 7:09 PM / Permalink
Shit My Dad Says »
This is the best Twitter account ever. Also, I love how the only person he’s following is LaVar Burton.
2 years ago on Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 11:40 PM / Permalink
I really like Joey Ellis’ Twitter Avatar for today.
2 years ago on Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 10:50 AM / Permalink
The Complete Social Media Douchebag™ »
Tip #128: Always tweet in all-caps. BECAUSE CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE-CONTROL FOR AWESOME!
(via Glasshoff)
2 years ago on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 5:01 PM / Permalink
Spreadtweet »
It’s Twitter disguised as a spreadsheet.
(via Glasshoff)
2 years ago on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 2:05 PM / Permalink
Twitter Magnets »
Create poetry via the Flash interface and submit to either your own personal twitter account or the generic twittermagnet account. Design by +GOOD.
2 years ago on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at 9:49 AM / Permalink
