Wednesday, January 22, 2020

On-Page SEO: The Definitive Guide

https://backlinko.com/on-page-seo#on-page-seo-basics
fine details of on-page SEO

The Most Underrated Python Packages

https://towardsdatascience.com/the-most-underrated-python-packages-e22bf6049b5e
ok, almost all of these were new to me

Towards A Tokenized Data World: A New World Is Being Created

https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/towards-a-tokenized-data-world-a-new-world-is-being-created-68d2d03768c7
Credit card processors have been using tokenization for a while, time for everybody to?

Why it only costs $10k to ‘own’ a Chick-fil-A franchise

https://thehustle.co/why-it-only-costs-10k-to-own-a-chick-fil-a-franchise/
Hint: you don't really own it. You're just an operator. 

Welcome to Emory Startup Launch

https://emorystartup.com/
Emory ups their incubation game

The no-code delusion

https://www.alexhudson.com/2020/01/13/the-no-code-delusion/
"no-code" has a place, but not everywhere. 

How Two Companies Hooked Customers On Products They Rarely Use

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-two-companies-hooked-customers-on-products-they-rarely-use
Build loyalty via content and community, not product repurchase. 

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Building Blocks for DC Energy Systems

https://libre.solar/
Modular open source hardware to make energy accessible to everyone.We'll see where it goes.

How to Start a Podcast in 2020: The Complete Podcasting Tutorial

https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/guide/start-podcast-pats-complete-step-step-podcasting-tutorial/
Not sure about "complete" but at least a starting point. Gives short shift to hosting

Releasing GraphQLite 4: GraphQL in PHP made easy

https://thecodingmachine.io/graphqlite4
If graphQL is the Next Big Thing, this is a good start

30 life lessons I learned before turning 30

https://nesslabs.com/30-life-lessons
Not sure I agree with all these at 60, but some are good. Produce more than you consume. 

How to etch a PCB

https://imgur.com/a/3p2PUkg
Nice walkthrough of home-making PCBs

Rankshaper – Onpage SEO Ranking tool

https://www.seotool.ee/
Does a part of SEO, the easy part

PHP-ML - Machine Learning library for PHP

https://php-ml.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
still behind python, but nice to see ML in PHP

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

This startup founder raised $1.25M. Here’s her advice for other fundraising first-timers

https://technical.ly/philly/2020/01/07/jenzy-startup-founder-raised-1-million-advice-fundraising-first-timers/
Advise for seed funding

Why Talk With Lead?

https://www.talkwithlead.com/Contents/Index.aspx
website lead generation form. looks expensive as hell to me.

How to Start (And Grow) a YouTube Channel in 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_eRcdE8NKA
from the backlinko guy

Podcast Generator: podcasting has never been so easy!

http://www.podcastgenerator.net/
Open source PHP based podcast generator

I scraped the top 100 e-commerce stores using Shopify. Here are my boring findings.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/elckkv/i_scraped_the_top_100_ecommerce_stores_using/
It's a fashionable world, 

13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings

https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/10/23/13-learnings-13-years/
like the last one especially

LaTeX,Evolved The easy to use, online, collaborative LaTeX editor

https://www.overleaf.com/
LaTeX online

Let's make music with a free, cross-platform tool for your computer.

https://lmms.io/
Opensource DAW

The Healthiest People in the World Don’t Go to the Gym

https://elemental.medium.com/the-healthiest-people-in-the-world-dont-go-to-the-gym-d3eb6bb1e7d0
move every way, every day

Monday, January 6, 2020

The state of JavaScript in 2019

https://2019.stateofjs.com/overview/
React is the leader, Vue.js coming up, Angular lagging. 

PodcastGenerator 3.0 release

https://github.com/albertobeta/PodcastGenerator/releases/tag/v3.0
just the code

Content Marketing in 2020: The Definitive Guide

https://backlinko.com/content-marketing-this-year
Some of the same: re-purpose, fresh, hot topics, some new: linkedin.

The death of the web design agency Oliver Lindberg

https://medium.com/net-magazine/the-death-of-the-web-design-agency-a79dd531bee2
There's still room for niche agencies, I believe. 

Top 25 ecommerce articles in 2019

https://www.practicalecommerce.com/2019-top-25-our-most-popular-posts-of-the-year
A lot of social and seo

Quick-Start Guide to Creating Amazon A+ Content

https://www.channeladvisor.com/blog/marketplaces/a-guide-to-amazon-a-content/
Not just for big sellers anymore. Does better content = more sales?

The Flaws a Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Wants You to Know About Yourself

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-flaws-a-nobel-prize-winning-economist-wants-you-to-know-about-yourself
Common lists, but great annotations. 

Price’s Law: Why Only A Few People Generate Half Of The Results

https://dariusforoux.com/prices-law/
Interesting twist on the 80/20 rule. 

Confessions of an Accidental Job Destroyer

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/confessions-of-an-accidental-job-destroyer
Hard lessons in staying relevant.