Everyone has a good Idea for me

Isn't it funny how everyone has a good idea for a website/service that will make money? Does this ever happen to you? Every now and then one of my friends or colleagues gives me a call with a new idea for a website or service to offer. They call with excitement and a tone of voice that sounds like they believe they'll be rich soon. They never do any due diligence to see if the same exact service or niche is already being filled. Even when their idea is unique that seems to be all they want to…more
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How not to advertise on the web

I dug this old post up from a blogspot blog that I have and never use anymore. This was from circa 2004, but still holds true. I can't tell you how annoying it is to have advertisements that play any kind of sound when the page loads. These are usually flash advertisements. This is very rude, this is like talking to someone while they are trying to read the newspaper. This gets even worse when the noise coming from the advertisement is some voice over speaking. Please, I did not come to the page to view all the …more