The trends are everywhere. Facebook just bought FriendFeed. Google Voice is currently in beta, and Google is launching Wave later this year. What do all these tools help to do? They consolidate multiple streams of information into one thread. With FriendFeed, you can now see all of your friends’ status updates from Twitter, Facebook, and […]
Lifehacker Lists the Five Best Video Players
Recently, Lifehacker asked its readers to recommend their favorite video player. Not surprisingly, all of the resulting players are free. All of them run on Windows, and two of them run on Macs. I’ve been using VLC on both platforms for years. With all the different platforms, media, and codecs out there, it’s nice to […]
Tag Cloud Is Up for craigphares.com
I’ve finally gone through and tagged each post in my blog. This should make it much easier to explore posts according to interest. Currently, the most popular posts are Flash and Games.
craigphares.com Redesign
The redesign is complete! Links to new work are up.
Do You Want to be a Freelancer or an Entrepreneur?
From Seth Godin’s manifesto, The Bootstrapper’s Bible.
iPhone May Be Cool, but Only Has 65% Reliability in NYC
PC World tested the major 3G services in 13 cities across the United States with Verizon showing significantly more speed and reliability overall.
GOOD’s Transparency Infographics Present Data Creatively
GOOD is a collaboration of individuals, businesses, and nonprofits “pushing the world forward.” Their articles cover a broad spectrum of topics including better living, improving the environment, design solutions, business, and technology. I’m particularly drawn to theirTransparency section, housing graphical explorations of data in the world around us.
Abbey Ryan Makes One Painting a Day
I’m hypnotized by Abbey Ryan’s videos documenting how she paints one painting every day and then sells it on eBay.
Quote of the Day: Neil Gaiman
When I was four I believed everything, accepted everything, and was scared of nothing. Now I was eight, and I believed in what I could see and was scared of anything I couldn’t.
Seth Godin and The 7% Solution
Seth Godin asks his readers to imagine they’re real estate brokers and need to charge above the standard 6% commission. How can they justify a higher rate. This is a great exercise to reevaluate what you’re offering your customers. What if you had to charge more than your competitors? What will distinguish you? Can you do that for what you already charge? Clear and simple, Seth.