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About | Zen Habits

Leo’s done a great job of clarifying what kinds of communications he’s able to accept. A good model for other overwhelmed bloggers!

Optimizing for Gmail’s snippets and Outlook’s AutoPreview – Campaign Monitor Blog

I routinely send out emails for clients and this looks like a good strategy. I’m going to do some split-testing to see how it impacts open rates.

Annals of Medicine: The Checklist: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

You would not believe what simple checklists can do to save lives (and dollars) in hospitals. I’m not in the medicine business, but I’m going to harness the power of checklists to systematize my business.

Ribbit – Silicon Valley’s First Phone Company
Geek Trends: 15 Footers with great usability by Pop Upon Magazine

I wish more blogs used clever footers (mine included!).

phpThumb() – The PHP thumbnail generator

This is a very useful class for doing all sorts of nifty things with images… thumbnail generation is just the tip of the iceberg; it also does rotation, white balance, and transparency, among other things.

How To Identify & Target The Right Niche Social Media Sites

Good basic info that I imagine I’ll pass on to clients.

83 Social News Sites – Categorized By Niche | Search Engine Marketing, Social Media & Web Solutions | Squareoak – New York, NY » Blog Archive

Another well-ordered list of social networks.

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) — Tropical SEO

A list that’s actually got enough information to be useful! I’m going to use this for some posts on social networking.

WordPress YouTube Widget

I’m going to use this Widget on a client site. It’s pretty handy!