Entries from Earthling - EarthLink blog tagged with 'bests'
Two Bests For Belkin
Electronics accessories manufacturer Belkin impressed me in two ways recently.
Scrabulous Talks Human
I have to award Scrabulous a best for this straightforward, honest, clear communication to their users. It lets us know that actual human beings build the application, that their code upgrade took some unexpected turns as new releases sometimes do, that they're open to help from the outside world to get things going quicker, and that they're taking some more time to get things right.
A Best for the iTunes Store
I hadn't noticed that there was a minor flaw in my video download. (I think) Apple decided it was worth it to point out to everyone who downloaded the episode, whether or not they complained or noticed. The fact that Apple pointed it out to me even though I didn't complain doesn't make me think any less of them. On the contrary, it shows they care about delivering the product they intend to deliver.
Best Use Of A Blog Header
Noah Kagan recently added a "submit a quote" to OKDork.com's header image, and it's worthy of a best. It's a total click/refresh magnet, and it also provides something of some value to readers.
Best Again: Etsy.com and Alchemy
My first double-best. The Huxtable Dog Sweater I wrote about when I gave Etsy.com its first best last December is long gone now. I'm giving the site a best again today for a feature I just noticed after visiting Etsy this morning via a blog called Miss Malaprop.
earFeeder is Easy and Helpful
Another excellent Lifehacker.com find. If you let it, earFeeder takes a look at the music on your computer and prepares a custom RSS feed for you with ticket announcements, pre-sales, news, and album releases. You can take that feed and add it to the RSS Reader of your choice. If that reader happened to be Reader.earthlink.net, I'd commend you on your discriminating taste in readers.
Most Edutaining Corporate Blog
I only cottoned to it recently, but judging by the archives Dreamhost's blog has been around for at least a year. Whether they're talking about a legendary company kickball game, revealing some of the spam complaint calls they get, or taking on the issue of large scale outage problems head-on and with aplomb, it's all good stuff.
Best myFavorites Public Tag Yet
When I saw the Applemaggots tag in myFavorites last night, I guess I assumed it was some enthusiastic Apple computer hater. But it turns out that Paul L, whoever and wherever he is, has collected some extensive information about maggots that hang around apples. I love that.
From D: Times Are Changing...
"Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of consumer electronics giant Sony, provides the quote of the day: 'People want the status quo to continue long after the quo has no status,' he declared.
A Best Example Of Treating Users Like Humans
The full text reads:
Hey! Is Flickr acting weirder than normal for you? We see it too! Please, check this FlickrBugs thread for updates
Best And Most Infectious Demo Booth At E3 2006
This is sort of a pre-emptive best, since the game hasn't been released in the U.S. yet. It's called SingStar. For some reason I keep calling it SongStar. Hopefully I didn't call it SongStar too many times as I spoke to Kevin Mason, the game's lead designer and holder of one of the world's most awesome jobs.
Amazon's Gold Box And Refrigerator Staring
In some strange way, I think we also get some comfort from being reminded of the 'land of plenty' that is the American retail landscape. Seeing a store stocked with stuff is comforting. Somewhere in the back of your head, it makes you feel like everything is ok. And the same goes for variety. Knowing that Amazon can surprise me with strange, wonderful, and occasionally useless products makes me feel like things must be good in the retail world. Obviously, the presence of the gold box offers is not a good economic indicator for the thinking man, but I think that's probably the effect it has on me emotionally.
A Particularly Best Way To Share Audio Comments
The good people at Odeo blogged the other day about this neat little embedded audio recorder they built. Odeo is a site that lets you record and share audio through your computer or phone, and find podcasts and other audio recordings. It's free to sign up for a membership and get access to the tools. It took me five seconds, and then I was able to get this embedded audio recorder for Earthling.
Best New Digital Camera Feature
This best is about the idea of wireless photo transmission between your digital camera and your computer and/or printer. Pictures tend to stay awhile on my digital camera. Rather than traveling the few feet from the camera to my computer,...
More From CES: Why Does No One Edit? You Should Edit.
We all seem to have plenty of time to shoot video, but editing what we've shot? Apparently not so much. It irks me that internet video has gotten so much attention lately, when most pieces you'll find online are almost unwatchable.
Best Of The Worst Technologies At CES
There were a ton of lame products at CES, from iPod sharpeners to bluetooth paperweights to "computer machines". I've narrowed the field down to just a few.
Best Robotic Dreidel
This best is a mishmash of useful/wonderful/just odd holiday-related things I found on the world wide web this week, err, year. The only qualification for inclusion in this list is sincerity of motive. You'll find no parodies or jokey set-ups...
Best Huxtable Dog Sweater
I'm so glad it's still for sale. A friend pointed out the Huxtable dog sweater on Etsy.com a few weeks ago, and it's been burning a hole in my bookmarks ever since. This best is Etsy.com.
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