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Pinterest Should Be Proud: 3 Reasons Spam is Good

If you’ve been on the Internet at any point in the last few months, you’ve heard of Pinterest.  It’s a runaway success, and has literally changed my life.  There’s a story there, but I’ll save it for another time.  Anyway, yesterday evening I received the email below, my first Pinterest spam.  I was having a cup of coffee about a block away from their office, and if it was during work hours I probably would’ve walked over and congratulated them.

Congratulate them!?!  Why?  Everyone hates spam…or do they? Read more

Making a case for document.write()

I work extensively with Javascript on a daily basis and I often find myself Googling best practices, tips, tricks, etc. Over and over I come across articles proclaiming the horrors to befall you, your loved ones, and your website’s performance should you even consider using document.write(). I’m fairly certain at this point that there’s a law somewhere stating I should be taken out and stoned for suggesting that document.write() may, in fact, be ok to use in some situations. Let’s just hope the authorities don’t read this, eh? Read more