UX, Twitter Analytics and more – The Monday April 16th Roundup
Man, last week was quiet. A short roundup this week, with 10 must have WordPress plugins, discussion of press releases and spammy link practices, discussion of Twitter analytics, and just a touch of UX advocacy. Read on…
Create
We start the week with a useful post for any other WordPress bloggers out there: 10 must have WordPress Plugins for the Modern Blogger.
Attract
There’s some talk on Linkbuildr about whether PRWeb counts as a spammy link practice. There’s also some conversation between Matt Cuts and Amit Singhal about what c0unts as good practice with press releases. A bit of a weird once, since I know PRWeb, etc. all charge extra for turning text into links, which seems oddly like selling links.
Next up, Bronto Blog on ways to increase daily deal revenue through lifecycle messages. Interesting since the number of daily deal services seems to be increasing.
BtoB Online has an article on the rebooting of Twitter’s analytics, which includes the purchasing of TweetDeck and the t.co URL shortener.
Optimize
Techcrunch has a UX advocacy post that I thought was pretty interesting, talking about how “amazing design” wont get you as far as usable design, and how several companies have taken over their market space by just making their core action easier to perform than their competitors.
Some have compared him to the Dalai Lama, others to Kublai Kahn. When he isn't teaching third world children how to purify water with nothing more than a plastic bottle and a garden hose, he is creating mad waves for surfers off the west coast with little more than a paddle. Some say there is a boat involved, others that he walks on water.
Little is known about his background. he appeared from nowhere 15 years ago and claims heritage from a land with neither want not need. He makes little comment, stating only that it was a pretty cool place.
Fire does not burn him, cold does not hurt him. Words could... but they don't. When he passes, pedals fall off branches. When he speaks, hair tugs at skin, pulling just slightly in his direction.
He does not sleep but he does dream. He has muscled his way into the lives of the famous and whispered his way into their hearts. And in the wee hours he plays oboe softly, as if to sooth the night to sleep.