I admit it! I am a Squidoo addict!
A few months ago, I was enjoying my early retirement from IBM and I happen to come across a site called Squidoo. It was different from other web sites that I've seen. For some reason, it was appealing to me and I thought I should register. Besides, it was free and I can help some charities. That was the hook. Now, I am totally sold on this new concept of "permission marketing". Now, after 80 lenses later, I am totally hooked.
I will try and describe my experience with Squidoo over the last few months.
It may take a while but I promise it would be educational if not entertaining.
-Jack Lee March 2007.
Breaking News*** Today March 15, 2007 - Squidoo has reached 100,000 lens.
March 2008 - Squidoo breaks 500,000 lens...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction - Table of Contents
- My first lens (testing the waters)
- My first real lens (helping the 9/11 Memorial)
- Creating a biography lens
- Learning the basics
- Helping to locate a lost Artifact (NWP)
- Solutions to the Iraq War (a poll of possible solutions)
- Other political lens
- Technologies (Palm Pilot)
- Financial Advice
- Family Tree
- Digital imaging for the web
- Creating an index of lens
- My novel idea - "Squidbook" a new terminology and a new way to use Squidoo
- My first book (Common Sense of a Conservative)
- Lensranking (a mystery...)
- Squidoo Takes Off
- Other Charities...
- My most popular lens (How to rate a lens)
- My most controversial lens (global warming solutions)
- A lensmasters directory
- My first group (squidbook)
- My first commerce lens (Palm repair)
- A victory against a business (BBB) and "denial marketing"
(My favorite success story) - Final Thoughts (lensmasters unite) and poll
Chapter 1 - Background introduction
Unfortunately, we were too far along in our development to change and this new HTTP protocol was not ready for production. If the project was done 1 or 2 years later, there would be no doubt we would have gone with a web based solution.
In fact we have done numerous projects since and have developed award winning systems such as the State Hermitage Museum. A paper was published in the CACM that describe this work.
Populating the Hermitage Museum's new web site
Anyway, I am well versed in the web and web design and my expertise is with digital imaging processing. I am familiar with web design and what constitute a "good" site and the "standard" practices of a web site designer.
When I first came across Squidoo, what attracted me is the ease-of -use of the system and the fact you don't need to know about HTML or stuff to create a decent web site. Of course this has limitations to the design of the page and the concept of "modules" makes it both easy to use but forces a template style design. There is nothing wrong with this and in fact for some applications, it is perfect. It allows the common person to create web sites that would have cost much more effort and dollars. That is one of the key to Squidoo's success.
Next Chapter
Some related information...
- My index of lens
- My index of lens by category.
- Paper on the Vatican Library Project
- I was one of the co-author of this technical paper published in the IBM Journal of Research and Development. (1996)
- The State Hermitage Museum
- An award winning web site developed jointly with an international team of experts that span 7 locations.
New Featured Lenses
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Squidoo Addict Part II
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The second six months on Squidoo. Happy Anniversary!!! Flash *** I am a Giant Squid!!!
Reader Feedback
savvygrandmother wrote...
Great lense - I am just starting and learned a lot from your lense. Thanks for the tips!
PS. I sent you a blurb but I think it was on about page 10 so I was afraid you wouldn't get it. I don't know how blurbs work exactly. If you get 2 let me know. Thanks - Have a blessed day1
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Jack,
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KCStargazer wrote...
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