Ryan Imel

Asides

• Knowing what an acronym is—the what, the why, the true purpose of it in practice as well as conversation—is important. Knowing what the acronym stands for is only for geeks.

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• Thought this post was an interesting look at good and bad design decisions. Turns out it originated (sort of) at Brand New.

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• As I've mentioned before, I'm on a regular posting schedule over at Daily Blog Tips now. A post of mine talking about widening your blog to take advantage of larger average screen sizes went up today. There is a decent discussion starting up on the topic, which will be worth checking out if that's your kind of thing.

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• Westmont Public Library in Illinois has (as far as I know) just pioneered an innovative way for libraries to use Flickr.

  Someone over there is thinking. They're publishing photos of new released books with notes attached to each book that link back to reserve that book on their website. Awesome.

  Another great use of Flickr notes that I can remember seeing was this one featuring a lot of web 2.0 logos and notes linking to the relevant website. Any others you know of?

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• The official location of my personal blog has changed from http://blog.aspiringindie.com to a new and (hopefully more) permanent location: ryanimel.com.

  I've had issues with name-based personal domains in the past, but I figured I'd swallow it already and go with what seemed the easiest choice. And here we are. The old blog location will still be used, but as the official Aspiring Indie Company Blog. Exciting, right? Maybe just for me.

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