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To the commentators

Published on December 20th, 2011 Read the 27 comments »

Blog comment count

In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action.

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Using Twitter in the information (overload) age

Published on June 13th, 2011 Read the 26 comments »

information overload

As someone who does almost 100% of my business online, a need to filter the bombardment of info ranks highly when it comes to paying the bills.

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Online advertising earnings

Published on April 18th, 2011 Read the 26 comments »

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Here are the details of my online advertising earnings and website traffic for March 2011 in the hope that they help to either initiate or increase your own additional income stream.

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Don’t build websites using Flash

Published on April 14th, 2011 Read the 101 comments »

The Flash logo

15M+ iPads have been sold. If your website is built using Flash, that’s 15M+ potential customers you’re alienating. Read why Apple’s mobile devices don’t support the tool.

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Boycotting GoDaddy

Published on April 1st, 2011 Read the 89 comments »

elephant close up

Elephants are highly intelligent creatures, and I don’t want to give my money to a man who glorifies their hunting and shooting, before standing triumphantly over his kill.

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Twitter recommendations

Published on January 10th, 2011 Read the 5 comments »

Twitter typography

Those of you on Twitter will likely know the idea behind “Follow Friday” where you mention the names of those you deem followable. Rather than restrict myself to 140 characters, or Friday, here’s my take.

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Amazon Associates: helping designers look sharp

Published on January 5th, 2011 Read the 22 comments »

Amazon smile logo

It’s hard to imagine someone clicking an Amazon link for a design book, then thinking to themselves, “Mmmm, peanut butter.” But it happens.

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Design blogs on my subscription list

Published on November 2nd, 2010 Read the 35 comments »

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You told me you’d like to see what’s in my subscription list, and as such…

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ICDSoft web hosting

Published on October 11th, 2010 Read the 48 comments »

computer tunnel

I received a nice email from my web host, ICDSoft, offering a couple of free accounts for any sites I was planning to launch. There’s nothing I want to use them for, so thought I’d give the codes to you.

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WordPress plugins on davidairey.com

Published on May 12th, 2010 Read the 36 comments »

WordPress logos

I’m frequently asked for advice about starting a blog. Many of you will know I use the freely available service WordPress to power both davidairey.com and Logo Design Love, but very few of you will know what WordPress plugins I’ve installed to help make the most of the publishing platform.

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