Dan Merton

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• 10:15:57 am on November 3, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  MC Hammer is launching his own search engine to compete with Google and Bing. Yes Really. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-10-20/tech/tech_web_mc-hammer-search-engine_1_search-engine-mc-hammer-google?_s=PM:TECH

   

• 09:36:24 am on September 13, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  Windows 8 Demo
  

   

• 04:05:01 pm on July 25, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  Want to be Happy, do more things, don’t buy more stuff: http://www.newser.com/story/124066/want-to-be-happy-do-more-dont-buy-more.html

   

• 02:05:09 pm on July 13, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  This is the coolest online ad I have ever seen:

  http://pleasurehunt.mymagnum.com/?lc=en_us

   

• 02:02:39 pm on June 6, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  eBay to acquire Magento

  http://www.ebayinc.com/content/press_release/20110606006390

   

• 08:03:16 pm on May 26, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  Amazon has 100 mostly decent, many old school MP3 albums for only $5 each. Check it out here

   

• 09:11:47 pm on May 1, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  good advice on visual/layout design: http://www.visualmess.com/

   

• 12:22:09 pm on April 19, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  Great article on Ecommerce checkout design by Christian Holst at Smashing Mag: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/04/06/fundamental-guidelines-of-e-commerce-checkout-design/

   

• 03:39:35 pm on April 15, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  I just updated my LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/danmerton

   

• 10:37:06 pm on March 27, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  Creative idea? I suppose, struck by lightning for using it? probably… going to Hell if you created it? definitely.

  http://careerexcuse.com/funeral-excuse.html

   

• 04:55:35 pm on March 22, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  NYTimes paywall = their head up their own arse…. http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-digital-subscription-prices-2011-3

   

• 10:39:55 am on March 9, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  If you have an iPad, you want Flipboard. This is the coolest App I have seen in a while: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=v2vpvEDS00o#at=20

   

• 02:00:15 pm on March 3, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  Audio slideshow: Human Planet from BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12618167

   

• 10:57:16 am on February 25, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  Looks like Classmates.com is now officially gone, unofficially defeated by facebook, the site now redirects to soemthing called MemoryLane: http://www.classmates.com

   

• 10:19:38 pm on February 13, 2011 | 0 | # |
  
  

  BlockBuster’s last gasp?