Archive for April, 2008

• V is for Volatile

  Volatility is a measure of instability. And instability in the wrong places can be bad. You don’t want a volcano to be volatile. You don’t want volatile acidity (or... »

  

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• The Robot Conundrum (and a blog you shouldn’t miss)

  Question of the day: If you were a robot, and I knew but you didn’t, would you want me to tell you? http://www.squidoo.com/If-You-Were-A-Robot No, really. Think about it for... »

  

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• Lensrank, Search, and Less Bugs!

  The bad news: during the course of our recent server migration, our lensrank algorithm was thrown out of whack for a few days. It led to some very strange rankings, and... »

  

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• Printing with Coffee

  Java junkies and art aficionados, this one’s for you. Evelyn Saenz’s “Printing With Coffee” lens is a fascinating look at Saul Bolaños’ Coffee Art... »

  

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• Egg Tempera – Resources for Artists

  First things first: thanks for hanging in while Lens of the Day was on mini-hiatus! We’re back, full of Spring fever, and revved up for spotlighting some more standout... »

  

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• Knowing is half (or, 99%) of the battle

  We know: Squidoo has been buggy the last few days. We know: There’ve been confirmation problems, security word errors (this one just got fixed as I type) and patchy access... »

  

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• Twitter your way to more readers

  When Twitter first came out, it was followed by a deluge of neat tools for promoting, automating, following, and maintaining a Twitter account. Today, dozens of smart lensmasters... »

  

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• Spring Fever and New Ways to Promote Yourself

  Goooood morning Squidooers! It’s a brand new month, and to kick things off, how about a rejuvenated version of the SquidU Review? While in Wisconsin it’s still snowing... »

  

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• New SquidServers, w00t!

  Gil is migrating Squidoo to our new servers tonight, sometime between 8:00 and 8:30pm EST. Here’s how it’s gonna work. We’ll be disabling the lens wizard and... »

  

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• One recipe for getting Famous

  Here’s the coolest thing I’ve seen today. Famous Mortimer is making himself famous. He’s a fan of our HeyMonkeyBrain project. But rather than just being a fan or... »

  

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