Marcelo Somers:
One year ago this week, I launched The Syndicate, my first venture into running my own business. It’s been a roller coaster - a blast getting to work with some amazing writers who I greatly respect.
To celebrate, this week I’ll be writing several posts to give a glimpse behind the scenes of the business: things I’ve learned, how it’s run, the technology I’ve built to simplify things, and suggestions for marketing your own products and services.
This month, we look at two products that marked a shift in Apple’s business — the iMac G3 and the iPhone.
The iMac G3 is the machine used by Steve Jobs to turn around Apple after his return. After slashing the product line, he leveraged the iMac’s state-of-the-art tech, low cost and good looks to bring Apple back from the brink.
The iMac enjoyed 7 refreshes over the course of three years, before being transformed to the “Lampshade” G4.
Aaron Mahnke, on the R&T Blog:
Over the last few months, it has become clear that this amazing content deserves more than the limitations of an email newsletter. Larger text, gorgeous layout, and a much more friendly payment system. We can do better.
Enter the Read & Trust Magazine. Rather than the weekly emails that you’ve been used to, the Read & Trust Magazine will now be a monthly collection of articles from five contributing members. The text is still the star, but the content will be delivered in a way that is better for everyone.
The first image of Forkbombr’s layout, from July 2008.
On September 12, 512 Pixels will turn four. Well, actually, Forkbombr was founded four year ago, but I view them as the same site. Here’s a brief rundown of where it’s been, with a look toward the future.
(I wanted to get this post about before we get in to September, as I’m sure the news will be crazy all month.)
Here are some quick stats on 512 Pixels:
Late last week, I announced that I had moved 512 Pixels to Squarespace’s platform. The move went smoothly; their import tool sucked in all my content and placed it with no trouble whatsoever. After the move, however, I started getting email about broken links on the site.
After several emails back and forth with Squarespace’s support team and some digging on my own, it was discovered that the issue was a result of my changing my permalink structure in WordPress several weeks ago. The resulting change made old links unreachable from inside or outside the Squarespace version of the site.
I’m happy to announce that I’ve joined Shawn in curating Tools & Toys, a link blog highlighting products and services for nerds with good taste. If you have suggestions, get in touch!
I’m happy to announce System Extension, the new monthly magazine companion to 512 Pixels. System Extension includes bonus content, an inside look at what I do here on the site, tips, tricks and more.
You can download the first edition here
(Chrome on the Mac hates my PDF, so a right-click to download might be your best option there.)
It’s a little inside baseball, but here’s how PJ got my fancy linked list arrow things working in CSS.
I’m sitting here doing my quarterly taxes, so I thought I’d remind you that 512 Pixels isn’t my full-time job, and if you wish to donate or become a member to help pay the bills around here, I’d really appreciate it.
Thanks to those of you who have supported me in the past — without you, I couldn’t be where I am today.
In March, I wrote a good bit about linked lists, and why 512 Pixels didn’t do linked items the way most other sites like it:
At this point, I am not changing the way the site works. I understand that a majority of people who responded to my survey would like me too, but I don’t think I’m doing anything convoluted by writing the way I do.
But after hearing Jim and Dan talk about links, I started getting nervous about if my previous method was the right one. After a nice chat on the phone, Jim encouraged me in how I was linking at the top of my posts, saying the mechanics didn’t really matter as much as intention and practice.
Earlier today, I was alerted by @FloridaLegal via Twitter than a full copy of my ebook, Bartending: Memoirs of an Apple Genius was for download, free go charge, on a website named “Ebookee.”
The site describes itself this way:
EBOOKEE is a search engine of ebooks on the Internet (Hotfile Megaupload Mediafire Fileserve Rapidshare) and does not upload or store any files on its server. Please contact the content providers to delete files if any and email us, we’ll remove relevant links or contents immediately.
If you’re dying to know how I handle paperwork at my day job, this interview is for you.