Feb
27th
2010
5 “read later” web apps to lifehack your bookmarks
posted in: Blogging
5 “read later” web apps to lifehack your bookmarks

In addition to design related scrapbooking - often there's textual content on the web that requires a little extra reading-  whether it be technically complex, hard to digest in one sitting - or simply too lengthy to read all in one go. Whilst many people are partial to the good old fashioned br...

Feb
22nd
2010
3 ways to improve your online brand recognition.
posted in: Social Media
3 ways to improve your online brand recognition.

There are a number of ways to grow a website's traffic organically. But if you look a bit further at how the web is evolving now, you'll know that you have to go a bit further to market your site, and indeed yourself online. Social media has introduced an additional avenue for business growth, and o...

Feb
21st
2010
MaxCDN now sponsoring us.
posted in: Business
MaxCDN now sponsoring us.

I'm pleased to announce that the kind folks at MaxCDN - a CDN (content delivery network) are now sponsoring Webdistortion. They have agreed to offer us their service at no charge, which is great for you guys as the site should now be a good bit faster.  We now join online monoliths such as  Mashab...

Feb
16th
2010
60+ .NET libraries every developer should know about.
posted in: Programming
60+ .NET libraries every developer should know about.

Every good developer knows never to re-invent the wheel, especially if there is software out there that has been tested by others, and has an established track record. As a developer using the .NET framework I've found some of these libraries invaluable, so I'm sharing them for some of the other dev...

Feb
03rd
2010
7 kick ass web apps to rock your conversion rate.
posted in: SEO
7 kick ass web apps to rock your conversion rate.

So you've managed to actual generate traffic to your website. You've got a steady flow of visitors, merrily munching on your content, and life is good. Not only are the consuming what you write, but they are interacting with it as well, sharing it on Twitter, Liking it on Facebook, Bookmarking on De...

Feb
03rd
2010
Twitter running on App Engine?
posted in: Twitter
Twitter running on App Engine?

Just received a pretty interesting Google alert this morning for - my Twitter account. I'm pretty sad when it comes to this stuff, however every once in a while in turns up something interesting. Anyway, the alert in question gave out this URL - which looks to be an exact copy of my Twitter account,...

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