Things learned today:

  • How to put on a watch. It was a very productive day, I know.
    • Ocho85cincofan96 also learned how, and says “thank u!!!!!1”.
  • You don’t know JS- a series of books on Javascript, starting with one on mastery of prototypes.
  • An interesting look at how a spambot works. They will post on many random blogs to establish backlinks (although this is not very effective any more).
  • Cool analysis of Lego’s 1981 ad campaign.
  • Canned emails for almost every occasion (breaking up? look here first!)
  • Tips on keeping a change log.
  • Slick CSS icon project.
  • Sci fi book recommendations.
  • Did some research on payment models for freelance bloggers. It seems like a lot of major blogs (Buzzfeed, Ars Technica, Vice, Engadget) have full time staff writers and do not have a defined process for freelancers. They have Tips email addresses and I assume sometimes reach out based on this. Gawker pays $7/10k views which typically works out to around $50/day, Lifehacker pays by the day.