July 26 Link Love Worthy Of Your Attention

Link Love Worthy Of Your Attention

Design:

15 Famous And Successful Logo Redesigns – What Has Been Improved?

Below is a list, in no particular order of what I think to be famous and successful logo redesign from their old logo to the latest with explanations of what has been improved.

Domains:

How to Choose a Domain Name That Work

One of the first things you need to do when launching a new web business is choose a domain name for your website. Having your own domain name gives you the ability to brand your business website and will help create a long-lasting asset for your business. The process of coming up with a domain name is fun and creative, and is also the first step in announcing your business to the whole world.

Tools:

GoodSync: File Synchronization, Backup, Data Replication, PC Sync Software, File Sync, Data Synchronization Software

Goodsync has saved another client. It may just be the easiest way to Sync files between backups and different computer. I am a proud user and highly recommend at least trying it out.


Blogging:

Fluency Admin 2.3: Change the WordPress Admin menu look

Now compatible with WordPress 3.0. Added more customisation options including iPad friendly menus, and the ability to turn on/off hover menus and hot keys as needed


A Complete Guide To Tumblr

Think of Tumblr as micro-blogging on steroids (technically, it’s called “tumblelogging”). Whereas Twitter and similar services limit posts to 140 characters or less, Tumblr lets you post updates of any length, although it’s best suited to short-format posts. Tumblr bridges the gap between full-blown blog and micro-blog.

In The News:

The Peekaboo Paradox – The Washington Post

The Great Zucchini works 2 days a week, makes $100K a year. He’s scruffy and his trademark is putting a diaper on his head. This entertaining piece from The Washington Post looks inside the wacky economics of children’s entertainers. Beyond being a terrifying reminder to save all of my pennies, and the perils of living day to day, it’s actually an object lesson in marketing, supply, demand, branding, and the value of transparent innocence and customer empathy.” (Alistair for Mitch).

Good Reading:

Seth Godin’s: Getting unstuck: solving the perfect problem

The only problems you have left are the perfect ones. The imperfect ones, the ones with a clearly evident solution, well, if they were important, you’ve solved them already.

It’s the perfect problems that keep us stuck.

Have any good links we missed this past weekend?

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