Wellfire Interactive

2011-08-12

People in restaurants have a sense that they want to create an entertainment experience online—that’s why disco music starts, that’s why Flash slideshows open. They think they can still play the host even here online.

— It’s not just restaurants, of course. People running businesses in all kinds of industries try to apply the same control they exert in their own domains to their websites and online strategies. It very rarely works. It’s a different experience altogether. If only they had someone they could talk to… some experts or something…

(Source: Slate)

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2011-07-29

QR code fun.

thefader:

Bernhard Hopfengärtner (German, born 1982) Hello World! (2006) Wheat field, 6299.2 x 6299.2″ (16000 x 16000 cm) Photo Credit: Thomas Xaver Dachs

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2011-06-24

We are not asking for tax breaks or favorable regulatory rulings, we are asking for restraint.

—

Brad Burnham

The PROTECT IP Act Will Slow Start-up Innovation - Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing

(via fred-wilson)

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2011-06-15

Category ownership.

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2011-06-13

Our practical guide for managing your business’s web content.

Keywords and beyond: A practical guide to creating and managing web content to reach your customers and market your business.

Check it out - it’s on SlideShare.

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2011-06-03

The seven things every business owner MUST do TODAY

Ain’t linkbait grand?

8 outrageous frauds involving the CIA

Why social media should scare you more than Osama Bin Laden

8 ways the 2010 Olympics can help you survive a plane crash

Need more B.S. blog titles? These and more, courtesy of the Linkbait Generator. Reblogged from the ol’ Wellfire blog.

Happy Friday.

posted by bennylope

2011-05-27

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Friday tunes: Oh, The Boss is Coming, Arkells. We can’t always post about the web and web tech.

Oh, the boss is coming!
You better look busy,
They aren’t paying you for nothing.

Why do we so often mistakenly conflate activity and results? Is it a deep rooted cognitive bias? Or a cultural vestige from the factory age? Mull that one over and have a rocking Friday.

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2011-05-26

littlebigdetails:

Chrome - Notification bar overlaps with the browser UI, that way it can be distinguished from fake bars.

/via stefanwehrmeyer

Via sephcoster.

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2011-05-25

Plant materials should thrive, be non invasive, and require little maintenance. The design should conserve the natural features of the site to the greatest extent possible and provide for the continued ecological health of the area.

— Frederick Law Olmsted on landscape design, but relevant to design of all kinds, the web included. via 37signals Signals vs. Noise.

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2011-05-24

Eric S. Raymond charts smartphone trends. Raymond is, of course, the author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, an essay and collection of essays on open source development.

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