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Re: “Curious Collection of Compound Conundrums” – How To Write a Simpler Article

Sketchee — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:00:38 -0000

The titles tip is a pretty important one. I've been writing much more straight forward and to the point titles.

Putting in a few keywords in your title isn't just an SEO thing, it helps the reader know what you'll be talking about. Just make sure you deliver on your title's promises

Re: Introducing the New DISQUS

Sketchee — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:51:16 -0000

It must be a "hiding in plain" site kind of thing, I still can't seem to find it and I'm really trying. =)

Re: Missing Comments

Sketchee — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:56:26 -0000

The issue continues for me also, Disqus when enabled doesn't show most of my comments. Re-importing was no help. It seems like that aspect of this thread is being glosses over (worked on behind the scenes I hope). Until then, I have disqus disabled =(

Re: Mygazines creator defends mag-sharing website - Press Gazette

Sketchee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:12 -0000

It's great for magazine advertisers. The online publications have all of the print ads looking beautiful. the potential for exposure is great. And if I like a magazine that I see on mygazines.com I would definitely consider subscribing. I also like how they have a subscribe button. The magazine publishers need to strike a deal to allow mygazines to continue. There are certainly ways that the publishers could benefit. Just as the music publishers could have found ways to make money by making a deal with Napster. Instead iTunes swooped in and Apple profited much more from the whole thing than any in the music industry

Re: We get it, green is the new black

Sketchee — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:10:52 -0000

Number 6 on your list is one that really stood out to me. It's so much more important to reuse and buy old and used goods. That's so much greener than buying newly produced "green" and organic goods. And on the other side, make sure to donate your used items too.

Re: David Bromstad | Arts | SKETCHEE

Sketchee — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:39:24 -0000

Or Vern and the judges for that matter?

Re: 12 Social Websites for Artists & Designers | Arts | SKETCHEE

Sketchee — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:33:22 -0000

Great tip about embedding myartspace galleries onto other pages. I didn't know you could do that! Definitely the key to these social networks is connecting with people you want to be connected to and being able to ignore the rest if you want.

I guess I should have mentioned in the post that one thing you don't want to do on these sites is become a spammer. I often get completely impersonal spam messages of "check out my art!" from other artists. If you want to make a connection, talk to someone about what they're doing and start a conversation. Then get to your art when you're talking to someone who might care what you say. The same goes for passing out business cards. No one needs your business card until you've made some kind of impact that makes them think of you.

Re: Publications Vocabulary You Might Not Know | Arts | SKETCHEE

Sketchee — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:29:27 -0000

Thanks Beverly, glad I could help. I never knew a lot of these terms before I was working in it all heavily. So I bet a ton of people don't know them either.

Re: Mygazines Offers a Look at the Future While Testing Copyright Law

Sketchee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:14:27 -0000

It seems a bit misinformed to me to say that Time gives you that diversity. You'd get a lot more diversity from reading different magazines.

And you can read certain magazines in this way and not just pick certain articles. But still that article you might get in this fashion could be something you'd never read. What if the site would take you to just any random article, that would be a more diverse strategy than Time

We have the ability to have tunnel vision with traditional magazines as well, there are many niche publications

Re: 2008/12/04/google-reader-gets-a-major-makeover-it-rocks/

Sketchee — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:30:40 -0000

" the ability to mark a read article as unread would also be an improvement. "

Can't you just click "Keep unread" on the post as always? The option seems to still be there.

Re: Yahoo Makes the World a Safer Place

Sketchee — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:17:43 -0000

Google already employs similar techniques of course

Re: 5 Types of T-Shirts that will make you look like a stereotypical douche

Sketchee — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:46:28 -0000

Hey people will judge you on what you wear. Frankly, message shirts should go away in favor of design and illustration. Reading someones shirt is not cool. Band shirts might be the exception, but an arbitrary once a week limit to wearing them seems appropriate