Why use Twitter?

By Simon, 5 May, 2009, 2 Comments

Twitter is one of those things that just keeps on growing. For how much longer? well that has very mixed opinions. The real question is “why use it?”. I (simonday09) actually love Twitter for discovering new ideas, tips and tricks for web design. I have a targeted group of people I follow so whenever I log in all the posts are relevant to my work. I can’t find that anywhere else.

But what other reasons should people want to use Twitter. Here’s my breakdown of the people and the uses:

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Conversions slowing? Maybe Adwords causing it…

By Simon, 16 April, 2009, No Comment

If you use adwords and you’ve noticed sales slowing down it might be worth checking on your account and in particular the ads for the campaigns to see if any have mysteriously paused.

Since the new and improved version of the Adwords interface I have noticed a couple of issues but an ad block being paused is a little worrying…

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Tips to help your website convert

By Simon, 6 April, 2009, 2 Comments

Smashing magazine has a new post which, as posts go, is one of their best!

I have been following usability for a few years and the tips in this post are highly accurate and well explained.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com

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Greenbird smashes speed record!

By Simon, 26 March, 2009, 1 Comment

Breaking news story – Richard Jenkins breaks the World land wind speed record in his vehicle The Greenbird.

On the morning of March 26th, on the ‘dry’ Lake Ivanpah, The ‘Greenbird’ driven by British engineer, Richard Jenkins smashed the world land speed record for wind powered vehicles. The Greenbird clocked 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h) , eclipsing the old, American held, record of 116 mph , set by Bob Schumacher in the Iron Duck in March 1999 at the same location.

My interest is I coded up the site’s HTML and CSS so I’m over the moon that he’s finally achieved it and I really look forward to the madness in the office tomorrow. Once again congratulations Richard!

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