Somehow, somewhere, I got on the email list for US News and World Report. When I finally unsubscribed today, I thought their opt-out page was pretty sneaky.
I have always hated the “opt-out confirm” step, and think that unsubscribe links in emails should be a single click unsub. This one though used some subtle placement and [...]
As someone that is involved in building community based sites, a quote from Markus Frind (Plenty of Fish) in a recent INC Magazine article really resonated with me.
Frind has resisted adding other commonly requested features, such as chatrooms and video profiles, on the same grounds. “I don’t listen to the users,” he says. “The people [...]
By now you probably have at least seen this, which is awesome. But here is a bit more awesome Amtrak internetting!
I was looking at trains from Boston to NYC, and on the dates I was looking, there is some 10 options to NYC and some 3 options back…lots of combinations. I tried one and got [...]
I’ve been seeing these fake yearbook photos bouncing around the web for the past couple of weeks, and thought they were funny. I didn’t even realize until just now when I visited the site, that they were part of a marketing campaign from Colle+McVoy for Taubman managed malls.
Very well done little campaign. And lots of [...]