Martini Musing: Web Stuff You Can Use
On Fridays, I try to finish up, catch up and and focus on new things - and that includes looking at new sites, and getting current with good blogs. So, here’s some recommended Web reading for you:
The Art and Science of the URL: Good URL, Bad URL. If you’re just starting up and are looking at Web strategies, this is a good place to begin. (Your Web address is critical.)
Web Budgeting: Launching a site is just the beginning. You also need a maintenance and renovation budget. Won’t do you much good to have a terrific site if you can’t afford to keep it updated and spiffy. Roxanne at Bare Feet Studios lays it all out (with some bonus tips for bloggers.)
Tools for Virtual Teams: Bruce Fryer points you to some good tools to use in today’s ever-expanding Web World.
What Does That Mean? Mike Sansone at ConverStations gives us a good glossary of blogging and social media terms.
What Do People Buy Online? Bryan Eisenberg tells us what Google knows.
Just For Fun! If you’ve not already seen this re Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft - who knew he was so funny? My fav is the scene with Matthew McConaughey and the exercise balls. And, watching George Clooney explain why he can’t play Bill is pretty cool too.
Happy Friday!
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January 11th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Thanks for the link Mary - what I didn’t mention was that we actually have some clients who spend about the same amount annually on upgrades as they did on the initial launch. Really gets down to two things:
- how you much you want to trick things out
- how web-competitive your industry sector is.
Plus, it can be real fun when Google opens its kimono and gives us peek inside their/our world??
I just picked fresh lilikoi (passion fruit) off the vines this morning so it looks like Lilikoi Cosmo’s for me tonight!
January 16th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Rox,
Here’s the other piece of all this (as you’ve seen time and again) - people have to take some responsibility for the site - to make informed decisions about what they want to do and when. They simply can’t just dump it on the “techie” and expect it to all work out. (I just got a call from a colleague with an issue - she’s coming in at the 11th hour on a web project she inherited. I gave her your name as a back-up.)
Yummmmm…passion fruit cosmos!