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April 13, 2010

Flickr: The Center for Jewish History in New York City…

…welcomed as a part of The Commons on Flickr. The collections constitute one of the most important resources for the documentation and exploration of the Jewish experience.

Center for Jewish History, NYC’s Photostream

Vocational guidance

Photo from the American Jewish Historical Society set: Vocational guidance, Hebrew Technical Institute; photographer: Hiram Myers; ca. 1920

By Gris-Gris at 5:00 pm CET | Category: Linktips
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Twitter With Adverts Now

»We hope you’ll share in our enthusiasm as today we unveil a simple service we’re calling Promoted Tweets.«


Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, Inc., in: Hello World (Twitter Blog, April 13)

Promoted Tweets are ordinary Tweets that businesses and organizations want to highlight to a wider group of users. Starting today. Advertising partners include Best Buy, Bravo, Red Bull, Sony Pictures, Starbucks, and Virgin America.

Tags: world of twaddle, monetization, promoted Tweets

By Eric at 3:23 pm CET | Category: Great sayings, In Flagranti, Linktips
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April 12, 2010

Week 15 / U.S. Stock Markets / Today: Kick Off…

… of the first-quarter 2010 reporting season. More good news expected – but:

The worry is that [...] stocks could do the same thing they did in the last earnings season: sell off when the good news actually arrives.

WSJ: The Downside of Optimism on Earnings (April 12)

By Gris-Gris at 4:13 pm CET | Category: Linktips
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Google: Ladegeschwindigkeit einer Website als neues Ranking-Kriterium

Bereits seit einigen Wochen angewendet. Wie – wo – warum? Ausführliche Antworten findet man im Eintrag

Using site speed in web search ranking

vom 9. April auf dem Webmaster Central Blog von Google. Im Eintrag sind auch Links zu Test- und Opimierungs-Tools (ways to improve website speed) aufgeführt…

… was uns einmal mehr daran denken lässt, dass wir in vielen Jahren noch nie eine Google-Site angetroffen haben, die gemäss W3C valide ist. Aktuell leidet beispielsweise www.google.ch an 54 Errors (Screenshot):

Google Validation

…aber immerhin lädt die Site schnell.

Parking

SymbolGIF: Parking in una velocità quasi infinita… from 4chan.org. Animated – give it time to load, pls!

By Eric at 4:05 pm CET | Category: In Flagranti, Linktips
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April 9, 2010

Our Weekly Postcard (CVI)

We don’t have time to blog during the next two days because the outdoor pools here in our hometown Winterthur, Switzerland, will open soon, and we need to buy swimsuits, swimming goggles, and a life buoy. But we hope to be back on Monday – meanwhile:

Have a nice weekend!

Front side:
A young woman in an office nearby. She practiced yoga during the long winter nights, but at the start of spring, she returned to her swimming strength training program to improve her swimming performance, especially her breaststroke swimming performance. (GIF by Paperholic, made in cooperation with Franco-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard)

breaststroke swimming training

By Eric at 10:05 am CET | Category: Backyard
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