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It's the Weekly What? for Friday, September 23rd.
Let's mix some business with pleasure...We've put together a good mix of fun stuff and boring business-y stuff for you this week. But we've left out the really weird junk. You'll have to get your bad self over to our Facebook page if you want to see the stuff that was too funky to make it into this fine publication. While you're there, take a minute to answer the Weekly What? end-of-summer, last call, patio cool-off question: "What is your favorite drink?" We'll see you there! 
More bling is not better in website design.Simpler, more focused, content-driven web sites are more effective. Design is not the practice of "prettifying" something, but making information accessible. This article provides some great advice on simplifying your web site. Read more >> HOWTO: Make a Sock Monkey!Here's a site with free downloadable sock monkey plans. As a bonus, you also get instructions for making a "sock elephant." Never trust a monkey! >> Posters for the Electric Mayhem concert that never wasWe loved The Muppet Show (still do, in fact!) and one of our favorite characters was the irrepressible Animal from the "house band" Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. Designer Michael De Pippo created some fantastic concert posters for a notional Electric Mayhem concert. Ah-ni-malll!! >> Comic book color chart: Good vs. evilIn the world of comic book supervillians and superheroes, questions of morality and justice are not black and white. Oh no. For instance, "reluctant heroes" are found in black and radioactive evildoers are resplendent in "unnatural green." Blue is the color of the "ultimate superhero" with purple representing poisonous characters. Ka-pow! Sok! Biff! >> Light up the night skyNight Sky Lanterns produces a variety of paper lanterns, but their most impressive are the "Sky Lanterns" that take flight just like little hot air balloons. (Which is exactly what they are!) Illuminating! >> Don't let your boss catch you reading this!Have you been feeling the urge to strike out on your own? Have you been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug? Well, before you burn your business suit and power tie, go through this list of 12 qualities of successful entrepreneurs and see if you've got what it takes! (Really, be careful with this. We're not trying to get anyone in trouble with the higher-ups...) Do you have what it takes? >> An inside look at grocery stores' secret selling tacticsIn a practice called "priming," grocery stores (and other retailers) ply shoppers with subtle psychological cues to encourage favorable perception and, most importantly, increased spending. Read this fascinating article and then take a trip to your local grocery store and see how many of the "priming" tactics you can spot! We will control the horizontal, we will control the vertical... >> This is clearly the winner of the entire Internet...We kept this one for last, because if it had been the first link you visited we'd never get you back. Go to this site, draw a little stick figure and watch it come alive! You continue helping your creation throughout an interactive story by drawing various accessories. Pure Awesome! Go play! >> If you know of someone that might enjoy an extended coffee break, please click the "Forward email" link below. They'll be glad you did! |
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