Here’s What I’m Reading This Weekend
Waiting on the NFL playoff games to start and need to kill a little time? Here are the articles I’m reading this weekend.
- 35 Beautiful and Effective E-commerce Sites. One of my predictions for 2010 is that “experience” will be the big web buzzword. Smashing Magazine has put together a set of attractive online stores that try to do just that by creating an eye-catching look and also focusing on usability.
- Google SEO Resource for Beginners. Straight from the mouth of the 800lb gorilla, Google hands out SEO bananas for you to make your site leaner and meaner in 2010.
- Posterous taps Post.ly to help share your media via Twitter. Attach photos, music, videos and docs to your tweets. Post.ly takes care of the rest.
- Chris Guillebeau over at The Art of Non-Conformity kicks off his $100 business forum. The premise being to teach individuals to start small businesses on a budget of less than $100. I was lucky enough to get into the first class beginning in February. I’ll keep you updated on how it works out.
- Microsoft makes learning Office fun (yes, you read that right). Microsoft turns learning Office into a game where participants score points for unlocking challenges and achievements. Badges can then be shown off via Facebook.
- How to create custom YouTube, Twitter and MySpace backgrounds
If you’re interested in seeing more, check out my Google Reader Shared Items.
What are you reading this weekend? Let me know in the comments below.
