Last time I looked at one aspect of what Google did right with their very intuitive and fun to use Reader.

This time, I’d like to focus on the group management and collaboration software: Basecamp.

Designed and built by 37signals. They really hit the nail on the head with a easy to use and intuitive product. Today I’ll be looking at a specific aspect that really made me go ‘wow, that’s so simple - why doesn’t everyone do that?’

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Originally created to cut down on blog spam, the nofollow rel for links in all actuality hurts your blog/website as well as your visitors. There’s less incentive for them to leave comments - which helps their pagerank a little.

Read more about it at Randa Clay.

Check out this really easy to use plugin and start following!

I’ve been using Google Reader to handle all my RSS feeds and be my primary start page for nearly 2 years. For handling RSS feeds, I’ve found nothing better. I’ve used Netvibes, Pageflakes, Google Home, and an assortment of desktop RSS aggregators.

The one thing that keeps me coming back to Google Reader is so simple it’s laughable:

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I was sitting in on a meeting today where we were discussing redesigning a website. Keep in mind that I was probably the only one there that had any actual idea of what goes into a good website. I knew this, and I was ok with this - until one of the ladies spoke up and said she wanted the ability to be able to have pop-ups. You know, to pop-up promotions. As in pop-ups.

I stopped her dead in her tracks with a stare I’ve honed by practicing on infants and small rodents. “Why on Earth would you want to do that?” I asked.

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I’ve been using COLOURlovers for quite some time. It’s always been an amazing resource for both inspiration as well as assistance in choosing color palettes when designing sites.

A couple things that make this site unique over other color-palette-sites is that you can create palettes as well as rank other people’s. If you decide you like a certain color within a palette you can simply click on it to see what other palettes it’s been included in.

For all your color craving needs.