I came across this site a while back and thought it would be great to share.  It’s an Austrian site that’s selling T-Shirt’s with your blood type written on the front.  It’s simple, yet clever, but their site is what really caught my attention.

http://www.rhesus.at/

Hey Everybody!

Just wanted to let you all know that the Extreme Home Makeover St. Louis edition will be airing this Sunday at 7pm on abc. Thanks for everyones help in getting their site up and going!

I’m working on a logo, and I was considering Trajan as a font choice. But how the heck do you pronounce it? So I Googled it, sorry, performed an Internet search for it… Turns out the “j” makes a “j” sound, not like in Spanish. Anywho, I didn’t realize just how widely Trajan is used, until I saw this…

I think I’m gonna use it anyway…

I found this while tooling around online:

Do a Google search for “Find Chuck Norris”, and click “I’m Feeling Lucky”.  It’s worth it.

I found this article and it made me feel not as bad for using the smiley face so much in my correspondence.

 http://tech.msn.com/products/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=12007147

The other day I received a heartfelt email from a company who was reaching out to it’s partners in an effort to let them know how important they were to the success of the company. They wanted partners to know that during these times of economic instability, they were doing everything they could to make the company more profitable, as well as the partners. The email began like this:

“We understand that the recent economic turmoil has created a lot of uncertainty in the lives of [removed] publishers. During these difficult times, we’re continuing to invest in innovations that improve publisher monetization and advertiser value in the content network.”

The letter then went on to say that the company realizes the partners are one of the company’s greatest assests and the company does not take for granted the fact that their success is tied to their partners’ committment.

“We’ll keep driving technological progress, but our best asset will always be our publisher partners. The strength of [removed] lies in the value of the content you bring to users and the quality of the sites you bring to advertisers. Our success is tied to yours. We look forward to partnering with you for the long term, and remain dedicated to helping you succeed.”

So it’s probably obvious to you now who this letter came from even though I removed their product name twice. It came from Google. The phrase that was removed twice was “Adsense.” Google is reaching out to Adsense publishers with a heartfelt email. 

One would think that an email that went out in mass to an entire nation of Adsense publishers wouldn’t have much of an impact on an individual level. But it did have an impact on me actually. It made me think for a couple of reasons:

1.  It caught me off guard initially because Google isn’t exactly known for customer service with Adsense Publishers. Granted their CS has been improving quite a bit over the last couple years, but still, it was unexpected.
2. After the initial “huh” moment, it made me think of something more important. I thought about how critical customer service can be when times are tough economically. When your clients are feeling the pinch of a recession, a little extra customer service goes a long way. Letting your clients know that you value their business and that you’re committed to helping them succeed can make all the difference in the world. It could be the difference between developing a long-lasting and respected relationship with them or being the first to find out they’ve recently had budget cuts.

If you are like me, you are always looking for an open source version of everything.  Not just for the sake of using an open source OS or app, but because you want to have more control over how your computer or device behaves.

One device that seems to always keep me locked out with proprietary software and drivers is my cell phone, but not anymore.  The new Android-enabled phones have an open source framework that will give any developer the ability to take mobile apps to the next level.  Read more about Android on Google’s website:

http://code.google.com/android/