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Twitter Tuesday: The size (or at least length) matters
Last week a friend tweeted an idea for Twitter: To charge users for being able to write extra long Tweets. Ouch! There's a point in keeping Tweets 140 characters long in maximum. The point is it makes it necessary to think what you want to say and to form it so that it's short and precise. I have a tendency to ramble. My emails are horrible and my blog posts go from here to there. But on Twitter I must keep it short and in focus. This has made me to learn (slowly) to be more economical with my words count. Anyone who has been bombarded by my lengthy and messy emails can say that's a good...
Why is support more important than "constructive" criticism?
Here's a thing about constructive criticism: Most of the time it's not constructive at all. Giving criticism without sounding arrogant all-knowing-asshole takes skill and most of us don't have it. When most think they are being constructive they end up being nothing but destructive. Being all "honest" and pointing out the mistakes or things that need improvement results in tearing apart, instead of building on. It's not honest, it's just rude. See, constructive means building on, not tearing down. To be truly constructive the criticism should be able to enhance the good qualities, i...
Que queue?
Queueing is a form of art. Or at least it's mighty difficult to most people. Today, at a clothing store, I was in a line waiting to get to the fitting room. There were two girls before me and two after at that point. The shop assistant had been busy in getting people in and out from the booths. She was coming just back from getting someone in as a girl in her twenties waltzed pass the line. The shop assistant asked the girl if she was coming to fit clothes. She answered yes and mumbled something about not knowing if she had to queue or not. I could only think: "Yeah, you idiot! What in t...
Twitter Tuesday: When and how often should I tweet?
Okay, I must confess something: This week's Twitter Tuesday has a tad misleading headline. There's really no one straight answer to the question. No, not really. But there's some data others have collected. And this data may help you to decide when and how often you'll want to tweet. Yes, in the end it's up to you, no matter what the so called gurus will tell you. Some say it's best to tweet on around 10 to 12 times a day. This way you'll be noticed, but won't be too noisy. Please notice that in my opinion the @replies aren't usually counted in this. There's even at least one a st...
Going responsive
Responsive (web) design is a very trendy thing currently. Basically it's about design the site adapt to different devices and screen sizes in a (more or less) fluid manner. To try responsive design out in practice I decided to make a new design for this little blog. And boy did I do some. I wanted the new look be clear, simple and spacious, yet kind of soft. The softness I created with using a scruffy surface like a recycled paper as the background and with Allura font for headers and such. I also recycled some elements, colors and such from the previous design(s). The layout changes...
Twitter Tuesday: Finding people and brands to follow on Twitter
Twitter isn't just about posting Tweets and hoping someone will read, reply and ReTweet them. It's also about finding new information, connecting and being social. Following other users. So, how to find people and brands to follow? Use web If a person or a brand has a blog or any other sort of website as well as a Twitter account, they are likely to link to the account from their site. Look for that link. Check out the sidebars and footers of interesting sites. Some use nifty little buttons (with the "t" or a bird usually) and some just tell you to "follow them". Check the following/fo...
Hot Font #6: Allura
This time the Hot Font is another decorative font. I was looking for a nice, fancy script to enhance a web design. Allura is a heavily stylized, yet clean. Best used for headers and other shorter chunks of text. Created by Rob Leuschke the font is free and licensed under SIL Open Font License (OFL). Allura on Font Squirrel and Google Web Fonts.
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