Testimonials on Your Site: Dealing With Positive and Negative Feedback
When I applied for my first adult job, the business owner asked for some letters of recommendation. Until that point, my part-time jobs had been the usual jobs young teenagers…
Geek Ethicist: Friend your Spouse?
“Dear Ethicist– Perhaps this is a question for the Internet Miss Manners, but I have yet to find her. So I’m asking you. Here’s my question: Should spouses be friends…
Specials, Discounts and Giveaways: Will They Bring People to Your Site More Often?
I like to reward people who are nice to me by being nice to them. A good client gets a discount, a close friend gets free help with their design…
Deadly Downloads: The moral frontier of 3D micro-manufacturing
In their article, “Sci-Fi That Foretold The Future,” Google’s Think Quarterly gives a list of science fiction films that have become, to some degree, a reality. More surprising than the…
The Dawning of the Age of Etsy
“I spent the morning reorganizing my board on pinterest. I feel like I really accomplished something.” Those are the words of the social media customer, your next customer. These are…
Content Marketing: The Best Way to Conquer the Market!
When I use Wikipedia as a source for information in an article, people sometimes get upset and insist that it’s not a reliable source of correct information. I assure readers…
Micro-Manufacturing: A Revolution Begins
Social manufacturing is upon us, and it has transformed manufacturing from macro-factories to micro-factories. The new Google DRIVE will be a part of it, since only robust and readily accessible…
iTech Review: eCoupler, T-Ink, Cereal Killer, Life in 2014, the “Dew” Doesn’t!
The great thing about technology is there will always be news about innovations and wacky mistakes that make you wonder if smart phones are smarter than their owners. Some of…
Geek Ethicist: Moral Shortcuts and Property Rights
“Dear Geek Ethicist, Do apps that promote ethical behavior diminish our ability to make just decisions? Signed- Librarian At Large” Dear LAL, Yes. They do. But no more than any…
Getting Involved With Augmented Reality
When I wrote about QR codes (Designed QR codes: the next level), it was very well received. When I wrote “SnapTags: Will they kill QR codes?” people got a little…
Indiegogo or Kickstarter: Crowdfunding Part 2
Indiegogo, Charity, Art, Revenge… “Artevengity?” My first exposure to charitable crowdfunding was Matthew Inman’s (the Oatmeal) campaign to finance his counter attack to a $20,000 lawsuit from FunnyJunk using the…
QR Codes: Are You Using Them to Your Best Marketing Advantage?
Say what you will about QR (Quick Response) codes: they are just a fad, they will be forgotten once augmented reality takes hold or they’re just an extra step in…