The Boundless Wolf theorem states that if you give a wolf a Moleskine and a Sharpie it will eventually recreate Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man. (Source Image: Gray Wolf on Flickr)
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Archive for June, 2010
The Boundless Wolf Theorem
The Most Popular Government In The World
Imagine a government that hasn’t updated its laws for thousands of years. That, in its manifesto, tells you it’s illegal to vote for another party. The same manifesto is so bizarre that party members have to explain which parts you should pay attention to, and which should be ignored. This government only provides pensions...
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Am I a Content Curator? A Content Surgeon? A Quontent Physicist?
I thought I’d take the ‘content curator’ discussion to the extreme by adding yet more noise, in the shape of lowest-form-of-wit: sarcasm. Here are some new definitions for you to start using. Content Physicist. Someone who understands how content moves through the environment of the web, and can extract rules/laws about how it does...
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Tumblr vs WordPress SEO, Revisited: The Aftermath
Almost four weeks ago, I switched my personal blog (this very one) from Tumblr to WordPress, because I didn’t think Tumblr was particularly versatile or good for SEO. The graph above shows my search engine referrer numbers, by the week. I realise this isn’t a huge amount of evidence yet, but it would seem...
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New and Very Useful! View any Post in Diva Mode!
Driving around Phoenix, you hear a lot of ‘classic’ 70s and 80s music, and the worst of modern music. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard Whitney Houston and Leona Lewis. Argh! Anyway, in my insanity, I decided to write a quick thing that converts and post on this site into diva...
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PHP Script to Follow Someone Else’s Twitter Followers
I was going to write an introduction about how I don’t think that Twitter follower numbers are particularly important, but how/why I wrote this script anyway. But, to be honest, if you have a practical ethical use for this, that’s all I care about – who cares why I wrote it in the first...
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Museum Search: Recommendations
About four weeks ago, I played around with a huge log of people’s search data from a museum/gallery/collections website. Lots of interesting little findings ‘fell out’ of the analysis, that I thought I’d quickly share with you: Museum search boxes should be at least 20 characters wide. It’s diminishing returns after that. Museum searches...
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