http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog the Blog Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:34:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We used to have an option on the Interactive 8Ball search page to "show reported questions". We recently received an email from someone who objected to some of the questions submitted and didn't like that the questions he reported were still available. Upon further reflection, we also decided that it ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2008/04/07/reported-questions-on-interactive-8ball-now-going-into-oblivion/ I'm speaking on a panel that will hopefully help some Bryn Mawr and Haverford students get jobs after college. You can see me 7pm EST on 3/18/2008 at this link:  http://www.haverford.edu/cdo/opportunities/events/ http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2008/03/19/im-on-ustream-right-now-at-bryn-mawr-university/ Over the past year, we've helped launch over 20 new or refurbished websites. We've used just two hosting companies to host the majority of those sites. 1and1 We use 1and1 to purchase and manage all of our domains. At just ~$7 per year, it's hard to beat. We also use 1and1's Linux Business ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2007/10/09/web-hosting/ Stranger Studios has recently launched several great new websites. Check them out! ComiteSkin.com Philadelphia-area Dermatologist, Harriet Comite, came to us for a total revamp of her growing practice's (Advanced Skin Care) existing website. The site is balanced in its appeal to masculine and feminine audiences and conveys loads and loads of information ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2007/09/09/weve-been-busy-rolling-out-new-websites/ So we've jumped on the Facebook bandwagon a bit. You can now install the Interactive 8-Ball application to your Facebook profile. Why would you want to install I8B on your Facebook profile? I don't know, but if you use Facebook as your homepage instead of iGoogle it's nice to have I8B right ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2007/06/28/interactive-8-ball-facebook-app/ Way back, I wrote the tutorial on how to create a pagination scheme similar to the one that Digg uses. The code in the tutorial was meant to educate readers on how the algorithm works. Meanwhile, I was using completely different code for my own projects. Typically I put all of ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2007/04/27/easier-way-to-implement-diggstyle/ Sometime in February Interactive 8ball was discovered by what I'm guessing is a group of high school kids from Steven's Point Wisconsin. Since then the site has spread around the US a bit and is currently getting about 200-400 visits a day and about 3x as many pageviews. More recently, ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2007/03/02/interactive-8ball-picking-up-steam/ On Saturday, January 27, Jason and I will be speaking at Villanova University's Beyond Ideas: The Art of Entrepreneurship. Here's what we are speaking about: Introduction Our Story Jason, Kim, and Stranger Studios Winelog Background on the idea and development and an overview of what WineLog is. Types of E-commerce Businesses E-commerce as an extension of an ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2007/01/26/a-presentation-on-e-commerce-and-entrepreneurship/ We are getting ready to release mobile access to WineLog. I wanted to pose a question around this, and I hope to get at least a few responses. So here goes... What should we make the address for the WineLog mobile site? Here are a few options. Feel free to come up with ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2007/01/17/what-address-to-use-for-winelog-mobile/ Earlier in the year, I wrote a tutorial on how to create pagination similar to Digg's. The article focused on the basic algorithm for displaying the pagination, and there was definitely some opportunity for improvement in its implementation. Well, the improvements are in. We have a modularized PHP version and a ... http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/12/29/pagination-update/