Dart, Responsive Design and Dark Patterns – The Monday October 31st Roundup
October is at an end, and you know what that means: winter is coming. Ahh well, it was fun while it lasted.
However, on a positive note, lots of events coming this winter to keep you occupied, including Get Your Business Online Montreal on the 8th, S4S San Diego on the 14th and more.
Finally, this week we have posts on Google’s new programming language, responsive CSS grids, dark patterns and more.
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Google has officially released Dart. No, that’s not Doubleclick for Advertisers, rather it’s Google’s own programming language specification. Might be wise to stop rename one or the other…
Bronto Blog has a post on how email and social marketingare similar (I mean, they are both social media…), including the importance of goals, scheduling, and re-posting.
Avinash has seven simple analytics mistakes that people make. The best part of this post is the “figure out what’s wrong with this report” sections, forcing you to do the kind of business oriented bug fixing that you should be doing on your own reports.
Google has announced non-interaction events. What are these? They allow a few tricks, such as making certain events (such as slide show views) not get counted as page views, and as such not count for stuff like bounce rate.
Social Media Today has a useful post on using story archetypes to improve your marketing. Conceptually. I love this idea, but am curious about how well it would actually work. I almost suspect that the power of this lies in how it forces you to think through your writing more.
Kent Clark
Some have compared him to the Dalai Lama, others to Kublai Kahn. When he isn't teaching third world children how to purify water with nothing more than a plastic bottle and a garden hose, he is creating mad waves for surfers off the west coast with little more than a paddle. Some say there is a boat involved, others that he walks on water.
Little is known about his background. he appeared from nowhere 15 years ago and claims heritage from a land with neither want not need. He makes little comment, stating only that it was a pretty cool place.
Fire does not burn him, cold does not hurt him. Words could... but they don't. When he passes, pedals fall off branches. When he speaks, hair tugs at skin, pulling just slightly in his direction.
He does not sleep but he does dream. He has muscled his way into the lives of the famous and whispered his way into their hearts. And in the wee hours he plays oboe softly, as if to sooth the night to sleep.