Typography – 20th Century Timeline

Interactive audio timeline of Typography in the 20th Century.

Tracking the Growth of Competing Sites

Aaron Wall gives a list of tools one can use to track the growth of competing sites for SEO.

I Guess Mims is Hot

Alhamdulillah I stepped away from the scene and being that I’m in Jordan now I guess I’m free of even hearing the latest songs at stores so all I can go by is these charts of why Mims is hot. They sure do look convincing.

Tufte would be proud.

I was disappointed that there was no reference to Kwames “lyrics so hot they make the spit boil” but I guess he didn’t use “like” so it’s understandable.

Free Font Manifesto

Free Font Manifesto

A small but growing number of designers and institutions are creating
typefaces for the public domain. These designers are participating in
the broader open source and copyleft movements, which seek to stimulate worldwide creativity via a collective information commons.

Breakthrough Ideas for 2007

Wow.

That was just after reading the first of the breakthough ideas of 2007 titled “The Accidental Influentials” which
is making me really rethink the whole influentials part of the Tipping Point. It’s too late for me to read the rest. I have to read the rest tomorrow.

Brand 2.0

DigitAllmagazine has 5 interviews on Brand 2.0.

The 1% Rule

The Church of the Customer Blog writes on the 1% rule, where approximately 1% of all users in a democratized  community will actively do the dirty work and create content.

The Top 5 Reasons You Don’t Need 4 Easy Ways To Start Your Own Business

The Top 5 Reasons You Don’t Need 4 Easy Ways To Start Your Own Business

Report: Visitors to Fashion Websites are Upscale, Women & Young (Surprise?)

eMarketer reported today on the profile of Vistors to Fashion Websites. The stats show that over 60% are women, over 76% are between 18-44, over 22% have household income of over $100,000 and the top 12 websites make up over 41% of visits.

Canada: Online Upswing

Canada has generally been a tougher place to market to for ecommerce companies. But in the new post by eMarketer we find that things are changing for the better as Canadians’ use of the internet is on par with the US and are far ahead in broadband usage.