Weekend Links

Category: Web Development Author: Gary R. Hess

Here’s a few pages I found quite interesting when passing by the webosphere.

How to Write a Killer “How To” Article That Gets Attention

Picture your blog post sitting on the del.icio.us popular page, or the front page of Digg, for a day or so. By the time you finish reading this article, you’ll be in a better position to make that scenario a reality.

How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)

The HowTo team at Mahalo has been an amazing surprise effort. We didn’t plan on making howto articles, but when we built various how to search pages we realized that many howto articles were, well, lacking. So, we started building select ones where we thought we could help. This one on how to save money is very good.

SlideShare

SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world. Let your ideas reach a broad audience. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to create a webinar.

LAF Title Check

Enter a title and the tool will breakdown the words and display the effect they had on the link accumulation of popular Digg stories. Or you can check a specific keyword’s effect with the keyword tool.

Does your code pass the Turkey test?

Over the past 6 years or so, I’ve failed each item on “The Turkey Test.” It’s very simple: will your code work properly on a person’s machine in or around the country of Turkey? Take this simple test.