Archive for the ‘ Site of the Day ’ Category
Mixx is a social bookmarking site that has some potential, I think, and its users seem to be hell-bent on building up the actual community — something I like. A lot. Check it out, guys. And add me as a friend! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
Got a word you need to make shorter? Try this handy thesaurus on Ironic Sans, which takes any word and finds out a shorter synonym. Useful for Twitter and other microformatted sites. Play around with it a bit! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
Need to make a Web site quickly? Wix may be for you. Wix has all sorts of templates for personal, professional, design, art and MySpace sites. It’s quite cool! Know any cool new Web sites? Please drop me an e-mail! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
If you’re looking for an internet jukebox, Songza is it. You can find basically anything you want, and it’s free. The best part: You don’t have to download a thing, as it functions primarily as a search engine. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
Funny. Check it out here. Tell me how many you can take! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
Time for a little shameless self-promotion, folks! I recently helped launch a new blog for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago’s Best Blogs. It highlights the best from around the Chicagoland blogosphere. If you have any suggestions for it, please drop me a line here! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
I’ve recently been checking out Drew McClellan’s site, Drew’s Marketing Minute. (See the link on my blogroll? Uh-huh. It’s official.) Drew, as you may not know, along with Gavin Heaton, are the folks behind Age of Conversation, a collaborative book about social media. Well, Gavin and Drew are compiling this year’s edition of the book. And guess [ READ MORE ]
I have to thank Todd Andrlik for posting this on his site. It’s nothing huge, but it’s a viral RPG-type game, in which you create a city and then try to make it grow by getting other people to simply navigate to your page. (Hint, hint.) This is Honigman City right now: Please make Honigman City larger. [ READ MORE ]
Still undecided for the presidential primary? YouTube is now hosting video clips of all of the questions answered by candidates in both its sponsored Republican and Democratic debates. Check them out! (Thanks, Todd.) If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
You absolutely have to check this site out. FreeRice, a sister of the World Poverty site, is pretty damn cool. On it, you’ll find a Web-based, multiple-choice vocabulary quiz, and for each word you get right, site advertisers donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help fight world hunger. If you enjoyed this [ READ MORE ]