Rob Goodlatte  

Paul Scrivens wrote a post today blasting Bryan Veloso of Avalonstar. Bryan stopped blogging for the month of April without responding to emails, and Paul felt it appropriate to “call him out” in a post today. Avalonstar was a popular member of Paul’s 9rules blogging network and was one of the network’s greatest proponents. Despite their past relationship, Paul chose to publicly defame Bryan based on speculation and frustration.

Paul and the 9rules crew kicked Bryan out after not posting for just one month.† During that month, Bryan’s blog hosted a message from his fiancée explaining that Bryan was taking an indefinite break and asked everyone to understand. Yet Paul felt like he was owed an explanation.

There is an interesting relationship between the usefulness of a product and its quantity of features. Too few features—your product fails to accomplish the set of tasks your core audience demands. Too many—you risk confusing your users with intimidating interfaces.

I recently fell out of my regular exercise routine - in part due to spring break and South by Southwest, and in part due to endless freelance and school work. To motivate myself to return to the gym and workout, I decided to pen an actual workout schedule - a list of all the exercises I’m planning for every day of the week. So, largely to scratch my own itch, I’ve built a simple service called Workout Week that serves up workout schedules. Every week the workouts change, and day-to-day I’ve designed schedules that changes things up to prevent your body becoming accustomed to a routine. You can subscribe via RSS, we’ve got print-friendly versions, and all the information is 100% free.

Viral advertising on the web can be awesome when pulled off successfully. Look no further than examples like BK’s “Subservient Chicken� or Microsoft’s stealth ilovebees.com puzzle for Halo 2. Heck, even stupid things like the Milwaukee’s Best flash games were effective because they provided a really fun, entertaining experience that just happened to be branded. Agency.com, on the other hand, has absolutely no clue what they’re doing. Try brainstorming some more in your corner office guys.