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Thursday

26 May

2011

CA . FYI . Productivity Tools . Quora . The Guest Experience

Quora activity added to the Chief Alchemist work-stream

FYI => I’m sure I’ve mentioned Quora before. Have you tried it? The idea is similar to LinkedIn’s Answers but more addicting. I’ve decided to add my activity there to what I capture here. Makes sense, right?

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Wednesday

25 May

2011

CA . Consumed . WP Customization . WPMayor.com . WordPress

Getting to know WordPress taxonomies

Consumed => “The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Taxonomies” by Jean on WP Mayor.

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Wednesday

23 March

2011

Authenticity . CA . FYI . Social Media . Web Design

Chief Alchemist website self-beautification

FYI => As mentioned in passing a week or so ago, I wanted to mentioned that I just updated the social media icons in the site’s header’s toolbar. Delicious was dropped. Diigo (which replaced Delicious) and Quora were both added. And finally, the Twitter icon was changed from the old lower case T to the more current birdy.

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Wednesday

16 March

2011

CA . CSS . FYI . Web Design . Web Dev

Just speeding it up boss

FYI => After reading Andy Killen’s article on SpeckBoy about being more efficient about CSS coding, I decided to make a couple tweaks to Chief Alchemist.

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Friday

11 February

2011

AU . Anticipating Change . BBR . CA . Consumed . HCH . KYR . NYTimes.com . SEO . Soc Nets . Social Media . VxP . XX5

How SEO made Arianna Huffington even richer

Consumed => “Web Words That Lure the Readers” by Claire Cain Miller on NY Times.

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Monday

7 February

2011

AU . CA . Consumed . Copywriting . HCH . KYR . PR . PRWeb.com . SEO . VxP

It’s pizza and PRWeb night

The reality of the fast & furious power of AU_WPing is setting a fire under my butt. Time to rev up the PR machine!

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Saturday

18 September

2010

CA . IA . PHP . UX . WP Customization . Web Dev . WordPress

WordPress Taxonomy Functions – The Remix

I’ve made some (final?) enhancements to the custom functions I’ve added to this WP theme. These functions are for displaying the taxonomy terms.

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Friday

17 September

2010

Anticipating Change . CA . The Guest Experience . UX . Web Design . Web Dev . Yahoo! YSlow

The Need For Speed

Over the last couple days I’ve been exploring (the previously mentioned) Yahoo! YSlow as well as Google Page Speed.

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Thursday

16 September

2010

Best Practices . CA . Consumed . DIYThemes.com . Google Page Speed . Tips & Tricks . Web Design . Web Dev . Yahoo! YSlow

More Faster

Consumed => “Performance Unleashed: How To Optimize Websites For Speed” by Willie Jackson on DIYThemes.com.

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Anticipating Change . Bookmarked . CA . HCH . KYR . TripwireMagazine.com . VxP . Web Design . Web Dev Mobile . WordPress . XX5

On the WP Road Again

Bookmarked => “20+ WordPress Themes Designed to Look Great on Mobile Devices” by Roldan O. Roldan on TripwireMagazine.com.

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Monday

13 September

2010

CA . Consumed . Google Analytics . Google.com . Measurement . Tips & Tricks . Web Design . Web Dev

Google Analytics Refresher

Consumed => Three links about Google Analytics on Google.com. I’ll be implementing these for CA.com some time tomorrow.

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Friday

3 September

2010

Bookmarked . CA . Google Analytics . Mashable . Web Dev . WordPress . eMarketing

Better Than Feedburner?

Bookmarked => RSS Link Tagger for Google Analytics.

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Sunday

29 August

2010

BBR . Biz Needs . BlueBots.com . Bookmarked . CA . HCH . PHP . SVS . VxP . Web Dev . WordPress

Cool WordPress Comment Page Hacks

Bookmarked => “20 Very Useful Comment Page Hacks for WordPess Users” on BlueBlots.com

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Saturday

28 August

2010

BBR . CA . PHP . WP Customization . Web Dev . WordPress

WordPress: Taxonomies – Pt 3 (And Done?)

Today confirmed that WordPress taxonomies don’t have much support in terms of build in functions.

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BBR . CA . JustinTadlock.com . PHP . WP Customization . Web Dev . WordPress

WordPress: Taxonomies – Pt 2 (And Counting)

I’ve concluded that WP’s taxonomies are great but somewhat not fully supported by the WordPress core.

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Friday

27 August

2010

BBR . Biz Needs . CA . PHP . UX . WP Customization . Web Dev . WordPress

WordPress: Taxonomies

The restructuring earlier today was the result of installing the WordPress plug-in Simple Taxonomies.

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Analysis . Anticipating Change . Biz Needs . CA . IA . The Guest Experience . UX . Web Dev . WordPress

Please Stand By

I’ve come to realize that in order to maximize its effectiveness, I need to do a bit of restructuring.

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Thursday

26 August

2010

AU . BBR . Biz Needs . Bookmarked . CA . HCH . KYR . SVS . TripwireMagazine.com . VxP . Web Dev . WordPress

More WP Plug-ins For the Tool Box

Bookmarked => “Overview of New WordPress Plugins in August 2010″ on TripwireMagazine.com.

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Monday

23 August

2010

Bookmarked . CA . Consumed . Google Analytics . Inspiration . PPC . SEO . ThemeFlash.com . Web Design

Monday Morning Inspiration

Consumed => “82 Fresh Examples of Single Page Website for Design Inspiration” by Wajid Khan on ThemeFlash.com.

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Wednesday

18 August

2010

Biz Needs . CA . PHP . WP Customization . Web Design . WordPress

How Do Ya Like Me Now?

Thus far today has been more tricking out – both design as well as restyling the WP theme – of the CA site.

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About Mark Simchock

Business, Technology & Marketing—The rockstars of the 21st century. In that context, the quest of this site is to capture my expertise, capabilities, intelligence & capacity to learn. Ideally, you’ll also be inspired by my passion. I love what I do. I get jazzed by the thrilling evolution of building things. Brands. Business models. Marketing strategies. Websites. Etc. My mission, whether online or off, is to maximize the ROI of the growth minded brands I collaborate with. I’m focused, committed and ready to rock. If you’re the same then let’s go!

Testimonials

“Mark jumped into a difficult situation and saved an important project for me. He is knowledgeable, conscientious and has a great attitude. He is a pleasure to work with.”Tom ColelloPrincipal, Overlook Digital (Saugerties, NY)
“Mark has been very insightful. We're very excited about our new web site.”Jana HarrisonExecutive Director & Founder, Recovery Revolution Inc. (Bangor, PA)
“Mark brought vision, leadership, technical skills, marketing know-how and patience to to our team.”Thomas SauermanFormer Director of Development, EducationWorks (Lawrenceville, NJ)
“Mark is great. He has had a very positive effect on our organization. He is knowledgeable, thorough, responsive, very detail oriented and, most important to me, accountable!”Carl FalcoPresident, Falco Design (East Brunswick, NJ)
“I'm finally on the internet! Mark did a great job helping me define the look and feel of my brand. He then used that foundation to build a website that was appropriate. The fit is perfect. I love it. ”Tom Ostrowski CPAPrincipal, Tom Ostrowski & Associates (South Plainfield, NJ)

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ON CALL CLIENTS WEB SITES BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY MARKETING TOOLS & RESOURCES NEWS MY FAVES HIDE

On Call - The links I'm most likely to reach for the most often.
- Add This Adobe Kuler Adode Acrobat.com Alchemy United Browser Lab Browser Shots Copy Paste Character Data Science Toolkit DreamHost ExpressionEngine Forums ExpressionEngine User Guide EZ Widget 1 Google Closure Complier Service Google Insights Google Keywords (Adwords)Google Page Speed Google Rich Snippets Tester Google URL Builder Headway Themes Mail Chimp Marketplace NPR.org Open Site Explorer Pixlr Postling Slick Deals Smashing Magazine SpeckBoy.com Sprite Box The Noun Project WP Snippets Yahoo! Smush It Zoho
Clients - Present as well as past. Direct as well as indirect.
- 21 Plus ABS ALL-STATE Legal Boom Bap Radio CAINJ.org Dr. Vagnozzi Bucci EducationWorks Exactly Jobs Falco Design Gregs Landscaping Hub City Heartbeat Johnson & Johnson Killington Year Round Local Wisdom Nanny Consultants NJ NJCCVTS One Simple Wish Overlook Digital Recovery Revolution Robins Nest Rhythm And Blues SchaeferNY.com Shanachie Entertainment Sharim V' Sharot TANAHome Thomas Ostrowski & Associates Vox Princeton Xero Xero Five
Websites - Completed projects as well as beta and alpha projects.
- 21 Plus Alchemy United Boom Bap Radio Chief Alchemist Conscious Wellness Designed By Jillian Exactly Jobs EZ Widget 1 Gregs Landscaping Killington Year Round Nanny Consultants NJ NJ Green Program of Study NxT LvL MrktnG One Simple Wish Recovery Revolution Robins Nest Rhythm And Blues SchaeferNY.com Shanachie Entertainment TANAHome Thomas Ostrowski & Associates Xero Xero Five
Business - Sources and resources that are less techie/design and more traditional in scope.
- Alchemy United Marketplace Mashable NPR.org NYTimes - Business TED
Technology - Business and life as seen through the eyes of ones and zeros.
- Google Closure Complier Service Google Rich Snippets Tester Make Tech Easier Marketplace Mashable NYTimes - Technology Open Site Explorer Stippleit TED The Noun Project
Marketing - Connecting with and inspiring the less objective side of the brain in order to create and communicate.
- Google Rich Snippets Tester Mashable Open Site Explorer Six Revisions Smashing Magazine SpeckBoy.com TED The Noun Project Tripwire Magazine Yahoo! Smush It
Tool & Resources - Direct links to sites and brands that often have been mentioned here.
- Add This Adobe Kuler Adode Acrobat.com Browser Lab Copy Paste Character Data Science Toolkit DreamHost ExpressionEngine Forums ExpressionEngine User Guide EZ Widget 1 Google Analytics (Metrics)Google Closure Complier Service Google Insights Google Keywords (Adwords)Google Page Speed Google Rich Snippets Tester Google URL Builder Google: Rich Snippets Headway Themes Mail Chimp Make Tech Easier Mashable Open Site Explorer Pantone to Hex Conversion Pixlr Postling PR.com PRLog.org Smashing Magazine Social Mention SpeckBoy.com Sprite Box Stippleit The Noun Project WP Snippets Yahoo! Site Explorer Yahoo! Smush It Zoho
News & Current Events - Appreciation for the fact that business exists within the context of a much bigger picture.
- BBC's World Have Your Say Marketplace NPR.org NYTimes - Business NYTimes - Technology TED
My Faves - The ones I like for both personal and professional reasons.
- Add This Adobe Kuler Adode Acrobat.com Alchemy United BBC's World Have Your Say Boom Bap Radio ExpressionEngine Forums EZ Widget 1 Google Closure Complier Service Google Page Speed Gregs Landscaping Headway Themes Hub City Heartbeat Killington Year Round Marketplace NPR.org Postling Recovery Revolution Slick Deals Smashing Magazine SpeckBoy.com TANAHome The Noun Project Vox Princeton Xero Xero Five Zoho