DISQUS

Love the comment about using Wordpress or Tumblr as the backend of a website for 0 cost.

There are a lot of people who still think running a website costs a fortune. For $10 a year, and maybe $200 for a nice design from sites like SitePoint.com, you can have a professional website to run your business from.

Which leaves me wondering, Gary, it's no surprise why you're famous (your a brilliant guy), what I don't understand is how you got to be so damn smart.

Brilliant, as always.

Thank YOU Gary for being so inspirational. I know there are a lot of people in the world who look to what you've done in your life and for your business and are completely awestruck. Thank you!

Love the app guys! Thanks for all of the hard work you've put in to creating a seamless Campfire iPhone app.

People visiting your website want to know what the page they are visiting is about, and they want to know it RIGHT NOW.

All of these points can strengthen your website's content because it lets people visiting know exactly what they can expect in a fast and efficient way.

Simple, and straight-to-the-point headlines work because that's the first thing most people look for these days. Having great-looking typography helps because it makes the content on your web page easy to read (and can also, subconsciously, separate your website from all of the others). Subheadings, bullet lists, clean writing, and avoiding intrusive ads are also all great ways to help your visitors understand exactly what the page they are visiting is about and why they should care.

The rest of the points are frosting on the cake. ;)

Thanks for posting a link to my new site, Jack.
Hopefully other's can find it as useful as I have. :)

You have a knack for writing and sharing unbelievably motivational insights, did you know that Jack?

The mindset here isn't about being "closed", it's all about being a community.

I think the biggest appeal to this is that anybody can join. Is it really that hard to subscribe? No, of course not. If you don't want to subscribe to get the information then you aren't really interested in the content provided, right? And if you are, then you can subscribe (unsubscribing is just as easy).

It's about being a part of something, and that something is open to anyone who is interested. :)

Some great discussion going on here, I think.

Thanks for posting about the blog Mark, I've just sent you an email with some interesting details about Creative Something and the "RSS wall" approach to blogging.

Interesting. Seems like Yahoo is trying some innovative things to get themselves out of the mess they're currently in. They should keep it up IMO.

That's pretty cool.

Somebody should take this a step further and offer to mail out all of the letters people create online for them. All you would have to do is sign up, pay a small fee, write a letter, select a design, then click send. How cool would that be?

Thanks for sharing!

Love it. I downloaded the racer for my Mac and I'm playing it now. Nothing beats a free game, even if they are low quality graphics and effects.

Story submitted, thanks for the opportunity! This was a brilliant idea, I can't wait to see the other stories (and who wins)!

With all of the info that is becoming available on personal branding, this is a great treat. Thanks for making it free!

Scary. I remember reading something about this exact same thing happening to a big blogger a few weeks ago. I'm glad nothing like this has happened to me.

Great list, especially considering that the Amazon email offer could very much be a reality. Did you write these from experience?

I typically hate leaving these types of comments, but it's just too true for this scenario: GREAT post. Really insightful. I didn't even think of using Google Insights for such a test.

Is Google's mission to discover everything, everywhere, and share it with everyone, everywhere? Better question: is there anybody who thinks that's a good idea?

Very true, with a few exceptions. One exception is a local creamery that serves the best cookies and cream icecream that any human will ever taste. It's so delicious that one serving is not enough. Actually, even after finishing off an entire box of the stuff myself (yeah, it comes in boxes, not cartons, does that skew the results?) I was STILL craving more.

The second exception that comes to mind is cars. I just bought a brand new car, and yet I still find myself wanting more. I wouldn't even mind buying the same exact car that I just bought. How could would it be to have two of the exact same car?

I forgot Cameron was offered a design gig at Apple. What a jerk.

Too true. I'm surprised that nobody has tried to sue fortune cookie companies for false advertising.

Brilliant.

Great list, thanks for posting it!

Apple use to have it setup so you would get a receipt immediately via email. I've noticed now that they don't do that any more, instead they add up totals for a single day (they assume you're going to buy more than one thing a day, I guess) and then add tax and bill you the next day. It's made the process better, but definitely takes a lot longer to get receipts and such.

It's awful because, for a while, when I didn't get a receipt for my iTunes purchase I figured I was getting free stuff and just kept buying! That was a bad choice.

Pumping gas slowly means that you get more fuel than air while filling up, actually. So you are getting more of a full tank if the pumps are working slower than they use to be. I haven't noticed any real change, but then again, I try not to fill up as often as possible.

What a positive change. It's amazing how something as little as two words can change an entire experience.