For those who don’t know already, Twitter lists is now live.  If you only use tweet deck, you might want to log onto web-based twitter to check out the new features.  Techcrunch has a comprehensive review.

Here’s why I’m excited and why I think Twitter has really pulled out the stops here.

1. You’re notified about which lists you’re on which is going to have a lot of utility for brands and individuals.
2. Lists act almost like users.  You can @reply lists.  Cool.
3. You can see everyone else who’s on a list.  Basically other users can filter twitter for you using lists.  I’m lovin it.

What are your favorite things about twitter lists?

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When widescreen monitors first became mainstream a few years ago, web designers everywhere heralded the end of the limitations that the old standard computer monitors inflicted upon us.

We could make websites that were wider.  We had to learn to use CSS more effectively.  Now, there is a new contender to widescreen.

Challenges presented by Netbooks

While netbooks typically have wide screens, they are typically not optimized for ultra wide web formats.  This is definitely something you should consider when building websites.

A good rule of thumb is to never go wider than 950 pixels for all the pages on your website.  Any wider and you risk display issues with netbook wielding visitors.  Remember, netbook owners are often tech savvy (I own one) and they are making up a larger portion of computer owners every day.

Read your competitor’s posts.

Review a book you’ve read recently.

Watch videos on youtube for inspiration.

Find a blogging nemesis.

Be a filter.  Make a reading list of good articles you’ve found.

Spend 5 minutes searching Google for terms relevant to your industry/topic.

Read your favorite news site.  See if anything pops out at you.

Find someone to do a guest post.

Write something very short.

Or just don’t.

Laryn and I had some fun carving out the first ever Official Tribeswell Jack-o-lantern.  It was a ton of fun and it really turned out great!

1. Get all your people on LinkedIn.  Have them find everyone they know.
2. Start posting 1 blog post every work day.  Doesn’t have to be more than 3-4 paragraphs.  Short sentences are better.
3. Go to Google and type in ‘web design’ followed by the name of your city.  Schedule a meeting with one of the companies that comes up and ask them approximately 1 million questions.  Make sure you let them know you won’t be able to hire them right away.
4. Install Google analytics on your website and look at it every single day (I even do this on weekends).  You have to know where you are before you can ever get to where you want to go.
5. Leave 3 blog comments on other people’s blogs every single day.  Pick people in your market, in your geographic region, or even just blogs that interest you.  Warning:  this is harder and more time consuming than it sounds, but it’s worth it.

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