Back in August 2009 I created Giftputer.com. Giftputer uses crowdsourcing to find the perfect gifts given age, sex and personality. This project uses Amazon.com RSS Feeds, the python Universal Feed Parser, PHP and MySQL. Giftputer was designed to be a useful tool during the holiday shopping season and to bring in a few bucks in Amazon referrals.
A Geek Chart is a web badge that shows where you share stuff online. Each slice of the Geek Chart is a link to your profile on sites like Flickr, Twitter, Youtube and more. What does your Geek Chart look like?
YumGifts.com is a site that I built while experimenting with the Python Universal Feed Parser and Amazon.com feeds. It displays the top selling gourmet food items. The site updates hourly.
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Earlier this year, I rewrote the inner workings of WittyProfiles.com, a website I created way back in 2003. I optimized a lot of the backend code and added a number of new social network features. The new features led to more usage, and more confusion. After listening to a lot of user feedback and questions, I redesigned the site to make it easier to use. In the end, Witty Profile's bounce rate went from 45.0% to 24.9%, pages per visit went from 6.7 to 10.6, average time on site went from 7m:42s to 12m:25s and daily page views went from 30,000 to 100,000.
AtomicBusinessCards.com lets you create and print your own business cards for free. Simply enter your contact information, upload a logo, and get a printable PDF of your custom business cards.
I spent the last couple of months rewriting WittyProfiles.com from scratch. Witty Profiles is a site I started in 2003 that now contains a library of nearly 250,000 short text messages for people to copy and paste into their profiles on social networks. Over the years I've collected a lot of user feedback and decided now was the time to implement the most requested features. Included in this release: rich text editing of quotes and profiles, elimination of quote moderation, quote voting, enhanced user profiles, and improved search.
Boston Organics: Delivering fresh organic produce to your door!
Economic Scene - Success of Stimulus Bill Is Noteworthy as Another Is Weighed - NYTimes.com
iPhone Apps Need Low Starting Hurdles (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Jakob Nielsen is getting cranky: "Although I've said it a million times, I apparently have to say it again to penetrate some thick skulls at Pizza Hut: Speak the user's language in the UI."
YouTube - Music Discovery Project
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) PALAOA - Livestream
You can listen to the underwater sound of the Antarctic Ocean with a delay of only a few seconds. Hear whale song.
Recent Earthquakes for Yellowstone
Large earthquake swarm continues at Yellowstone volcano with increasing magnitude. Jan 18 - 23 2010
Handwashing Education Materials - Mass.gov
Welcome to the Handwashing Information Web Page!
How Do You Look When Merging Fails ;-) « Andi Albrecht
Rocket Surgery Made Easy
The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems by Steve Krug
Four color theorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well targeted ad
The avatar I usually use is a black and white picture of a diplodocus dinosaur. I just got a targeted ad for this poster.
