Cool Hunting
| 04 January 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Fortune: Why There's No Escaping the Blog
by Josh Rubin
...In late September, just after McQuade received an early sample of the Voltaic Backpack, he asked a friend, Graham Hill—who runs a "green design" weblog called Treehugger—if he'd mention the product. Start up the swarm! Within a few hours of Voltaic's hitting Treehugger, the popular CoolHunting blog mentioned McQuade's product, which got it seen by Joel Johnson, editor of Engadget competitor Gizmodo. Each step up in the blogging ecosystem brought Voltaic to a broader audience. (Yes, for all its democratic trappings, there are hierarchies of influence in the blogging world.) In came a flurry of orders...
by David Kirkpatrick and Daniel Roth
Spam Shirt
by Josh Rubin
Spam Shirt is a site dedicated to making your own custom spamified t-shirts. You pick the colors and the phrase or enter your own, and $25 later you have your very own VãLIUM AND X.ANAX SUPERSAVINGS spam shirt.
I Want an Award
by Josh Rubin
Clearly I have no shame about self promotion. Apparently I'm fine with solicitation as well: nominate me for a Bloggie award, please. What's a Bloggie? Here's the rap:
The Bloggies™ are a set of 30 publicly-chosen awards given to weblog writers and those related to weblogs. This is the fifth ceremony, with previous winners listed on their respective sites: 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Everyone's invited to take part in the awarding process, so read below to find out how you can nominate and vote for your favorite blogs!
So whether you've been reading my site for the last 2 years or 2 weeks, nominate me if you like my site! Thanks.
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