Google Maps Street View has added Raleigh to the elite list of cities you can see from an eyeline perspective instead of the rooftop satellite view. Our entire office came to a grinding halt in productivity yesterday when we realized we could navigate the streets without getting out of our chairs. “Hey, go to my [...]

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T Magazine, aka New York Times Style Magazine, finally has a look that matches its content: fashion and style. It’s full of juicy images against a stark white backdrop. It’s a pretty flashy (no pun intended) site, with left to right navigation as opposed to top to bottom. My eyes start to cross a [...]

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So I was at a friend’s house talking about this blog experiment, and she agreed to help me get my ideas all down into some sort of plan.
Search 1, Google.
“blog success”
results: included a disconcerting yet fascinating series of phrases like “monitize” and “optimize” and “leverage the power of the internet.”
Search 2, Google.
“writing a business plan?”
It [...]

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