RasterWeb!Kinja is good. Kinja really does fit the bill of being a simple directory/aggregator of content aimed squarely at the non-geek population. I consider myself part of the geek poplulation, so I’ve got other tools to use, but for the casual web user, I think they hit the target quite well.
Well, it seems that Gateway couldn’t pull off the retail store thing, and they are closing all stores. Apple on the other hand, appears to be doing well with it’s stores. Everytime I talk to someone about them, they usually say they find it very difficult to leave without buying something, or at least lusting after some well-designed product.
Even people who aren’t Mac users will go into the Apple store, often to check out the iPod, a consumer electronic device. What’s that? Gateway is all about consumer electronics? Really? Hmmm, I didn’t know that, I thought they were a second rate PC manufacturer.
I wonder if Dell could pull off operating a retail store. My guess is they couldn’t, due to the way they operate, which seems to be about good enough quality and keeping costs low. (User experience be damned!)
The W3C Link Checker version 3.9.2 (the first standalone release) is now available…
Grab the W3C-LinkChecker source if you want…
Now who’s a minor threat?
I remember hearing about Pancake Mountain in an interview with Ian MacKaye a while back, but I didn’t see this until
recently, The Evens performing “Vowel Movement”
Wow, Ian is getting old… (I can’t help but notice the lack of hair!) It’s amazing he’s been making music for more than 25 years now…