Cool Technology of the Week – MobileMe

When I went into business for myself last year, I decided up front that I would make a concerted point to only use software and equipment that was easy to use and maintain. I also decided that my clients should never be exposed to technological issues on my side, whether that be email, phones, calendar [...]

Google Chrome – Google’s own web browser

Wow. Over the past 3 years I loved watching anxiously as Google made multiple strategic acquisitions (like Writely, Jot, and Tonic Systems), and was impressed with each, but not as impressed as when they tied them together into Google Docs and Google Sites. And it hasn’t stopped there…Google Gadgets that can be embedded and customized [...]

Cuil.com – a new approach to search

Anna Patterson (an “inventor” of search algorithms) developed her own search engine in 2004, which was so impressive that Google bought it up to upgrade elements of their own search. Today, she launched another project dubbed “Cuil” (pronounced “cool”). And this time she says Cuil isn’t for sale. There are plenty of news stories about [...]

Analytics tools worth trying

A couple nights ago I had a conversation with Stephen Landau of Substance, and he shared with me a very cool tool that inspired me to write this post for you. When we think of analytics, we typically think of the primary web analytics players (WebTrends, Omniture, Visual Sciences which is now Omniture, Google Analytics [...]

paulwille.com is is on the move

Well, not really. I’m just moving my blog and RSS feed to the root of paulwille.com. I only mention this in case you subscribe to the feed from this site. You can now use the following: www.paulwille.com – takes you to my blog feeds.feedburner.com/paulwille – RSS feed for my blog Hope this doesn’t cause too [...]

Engagement metrics – how users respond to your digital brand

This April 7th, I’m going to be a panelist at the Oregon Governor’s Conference at the Expo Center in Portland, Oregon. The topic? Analytics. But its not about conversions, conversion funnels, and measuring intended “action” on a website. No, we are talking about something that has been on my mind for a bit actually…engagement metrics.

Google Sites – why you should care about it (Part 1)

Most people know that for the past 6 months or so, Google has slowed its releases of very cool, interesting tools, and have acquired a good number of companies (some that make sense, and some that don’t…yet). But not too many people have figured out what Google is doing with all these seemingly one-off tools. [...]

Paul’s Reviews: VisitFlorida.com

A good friend and colleague of mine (Mo from TravelOregon.com) in the Travel and Tourism industry notified me about the new VisitFlorida.com website today. Having worked on the TravelOregon.com website myself as well as a number of other travel-related websites, I have to say I’m pretty floored by the VisitFlorida folks for their extreme “web [...]

New Starwood Hotels look

Starwood recently launched their new Preferred Guest site. Note the usage of rich imagery as the backdrop for the whole site (in fact, refresh the page a few times, as there is different photos in the rotation). I’m a big fan of this for travel sites, as I mentioned in previous posts. Simplified navigation options, [...]

Redefining Culture (India, Day 1)

Incredible!ndia. This is what you see superimposed atop a number of vibrant advertisements for the country of India, the moment you step foot into this country. I consider myself very fortunate to be able to be traveling to this amazing place for my job. And although I am just embarking on it, I have had [...]

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