This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, Follow Friday recommendations, cats on catnip, and the week in review on kikolani.com.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging
- WordPress 2.8.4 security fix
- Tapping into unlimited ideas
- What bloggers do
- Social media blueprint to promote your next blog post effectively
- 9 effective tactics for persuasive writing
Business / Finance
- You’re grammar affects there decisions
- How to sell ads and find advertisers
- Where 14 of the top internet businesses were started
- 10 ways to get closer to your customers
- 7 ways to motiviate employees without being a jerk
- Your back at work
- Frugal tips – how to make your money go farther
- 13 ways to win customers for free
Graphic / Web Design
- 50 high quality Photoshop navigation menu tutorials
- 50 beautiful and creative logos with heart
- 100 free tools to track everything on your website
- 20 web based image editors
Personal Development / Growth / Self Improvement
- 9 reasons to wake up early
- The science behind happiness – 25 incredible findings
- When lightning strikes
- Knowledge is power – 200 sites that give you power
- Finding reasons to agree
Photography / Digital Art / Illustrations
- An excellent digital photography resource
- Nice optical illusions
- Amazing underwater photography
- Adorable sleeping positions
- Genetic engineering has gotten way out of hand
- Lightning – the big picture
- 100 websites to teach yourself photography
- Real objects, abstract photography
- Incredible wave pictures
SEO / Tech
- How to use keywords to improve search traffic
- Topic analysis in terms of Google Pagerank
- Testing Google search caffeine update
- How to create a popular blog with keyword research, heatmaps and seo
Series
- Anti-Social Lists
- Flashback Monday – Coupon codes, funny pictures & a new video series
Social Media
- Finally, an official retweet function on Twitter?
- 3 steps to attract fans to your Facebook page
- Free virtual social networking business cards
- 10 useful applications for a fabulous Twitter
The Last, but not Least
- How men and women argue
- Religious humor – The Bad Vicar
- Adopt an animal
- My top 16 sci-fi movies of all time
#FollowFriday Recommendations on Twitter
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Week in Review
This week on Kikolani, I shared my exciting pictures from last weekend’s Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas.
The next part of the Thesis Customization series is a work in progress – it’s turning into a lot longer post than expected. I should have it all finished by next week.
Cats Getting High on Catnip
For all cat owners out there, here’s an interesting look at what happens to cats who get a fair amount of natural catnip.
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Kristi, is it my imagination or is FF getting bigger? This is going to take awhile. You got me with the cat video, I’m a long time cat lover. Thanks for the link and all the great resources.
.-= Jonathan – Advanced Life Skills´s last blog ..When Lightning Strikes =-.
Wow, the cats in the video definitely look like they’re smoking weed! I guess natural catnip to cats is like weed to humans. Speaking of which, I think I know what’s up with one of my client’s neighbor’s cat. She acts just like that and keeps rubbing herself against everything she sees. Probably getting an OD of catnip!
.-= Celes | CelestineChua.com´s last blog ..Why I Wake Up Early (And 9 Reasons You Should Do So Too) =-.
Kristi,
As always you are amazing. I really enjoyed this article – 100 free tools to track everything on your website. A must bookmark for anyone who loves tracking tools.
.-= Frank J´s last blog ..Burn Any Video File with DVD Flick =-.
I agree with Jonathan, Fetching Friday is showing some growing muscles here. Which I’m really happy about. Thanks again for the mention, and by the way, you really made me think at Hemingway with that cat video. I don’t know if you know, but Ernest was a big cat lover and one of the things he was doing while living in Cuba, during his last years, was to feed his cats with a lot of love, caring, understanding, and… catnip
) You can red more about that – and a lot of other stuff – in his last novel, “Islands In The Stream”.
.-= Dragos Roua´s last blog ..Assess – Decide – Do for Programming =-.
Twitter: Mike_hts
August 14, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Krisit, Another great Fetching Friday collection. Loved the catnip video, funny but actually a bit educational too. I appreciate the link along with all the great info. I always plan on spending some time each weekend to explore FF.
.-= Mike McEvoy´s last blog ..Using Bing Search Preferences, Helpful Search Tips =-.
You have done a wonderful job as usual Kristi. I changed my routine this week and read through the articles before commenting here.
Jonathan and Dragos are right Fetching Fridays is getting better and better each week.
You are amazingly finding the best informational updates for us. I really appreciate all your dedication and hard work.
Have a great weekend.
.-= BunnygotBlog´s last blog ..Eleanor Roosevelt: Speaking Volumes, Part 2 =-.
I have become a huge fan of these posts. They are always so full in their diversity of content. This weekend, I will be checking out the posts I missed that you have highlighted; there aren’t many of them.
.-= Rich Dansereau´s last blog ..Atlanta Braves are on fire =-.
Kristi, thanks again for the kind mention. I am glad that you liked the article enough to include it on here.
.-= Danny Thornton´s last blog ..Rich Dansereau commented on the blog post You’re Grammar Affects There Decisions =-.
Wow this was a long FF! I’m definitely interested in a lot of these links but it’s going to take me a while to get through them. That’s what the weekend is for, right? -Jason
Twitter: FamousBloggers
August 14, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Thank you Kristi, I loved the Social Media links of this week!
.-= Hesham´s last blog ..Win A Custom Logo/Header Image For Your Blog contest by Techgenuine =-.
Just as an example of how strong this FF is we are like exactly the same on Alexa
except I may write 3-5 a week and you do one LOL
thanks again
Stumbled and RT
.-= John Sullivan´s last blog ..Topic analysis in terms of google page rank =-.
Twitter: HotBlogTips
August 14, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Another great job Kristi. I’m going to start billing you for the hours I spend on those links. Some are so good it’s easy to get lost for a while. I especially like the ‘Adorable sleeping positions’. Probably because my daughter is having my fourth Grandson soon
.-= Brian D. Hawkins´s last blog ..PPC Tips That Will Blow The Competition Away =-.
Wow, a great list of featured posts. Good job
.-= Jacob Yap´s last blog ..Funky Lunch – 15 Pieces of Amazing Sandwich Design =-.
Kristi, I loved the cat video
Your resources are fantastic. The 200 sites for power and the 25 findings of happiness science were my favorites.
.-= Stephen – Rat Race Trap´s last blog ..The Power of Less – Focus =-.
Once again, Fetching Friday is probably my favorite segment on any blog…I was out of town for most of the week and missed a lot, but this article is quick to get me up to speed. Love it!
Kristi, I liked the ‘Personal/Growth/Self Improvements’ for this week and of course the sweet Cats Cantip
.-= Hicham´s last blog ..The Giza Zoo: Boo! =-.
Twitter: FamousBloggers
August 16, 2009 at 2:56 pm
This post is from a super blogger
just want to share my latest post!
.-= Hesham´s last blog ..17 Super Interviews with Famous Bloggers Club Members =-.
Twitter: wchingya
August 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm
What a video, I have no idea about such behaviors from cat though. A new discovery besides all the great links as usual. ^^ I enjoyed some of the photography this time from the list, also the resourceful compilation of the tools we could use. The authors from respective articles sure have put in lots of efforts. =)
@wchingya
Social/Blogging Tracker
.-= Ching Ya´s last blog ..WCHINGYA.COM Is Now A Do Follow Blog (Free Images)! =-.
Fetching Friday post is rocking dear
thanks for sharing another great resources.
.-= Yogesh Gautam´s last blog ..Hindi Film Kaminey =-.
yaa Kristi,
nice update on Friday here very interesting Men and women arguing i like the way of explanation i agree with this…. one more important point here adopt animal and save nature i like your views. and very nice update on keywords help for getting good SERP yup no doubt keyword play major roll for getting serp!!!
.-= SEO Company´s last blog ..Website Promotion – Boost Your Products and Services. =-.
Wow, I’m honored to make my first Friday post; thanks Kristi! I’ll have to check out some of the other winners also.
.-= Mitch´s last blog ..Lots Of Blather On Twitter =-.
Very nice list of featured post. I am waiting for that. Very nice video. Are these your cats these are very cute. thanks for it.
Twitter: AussieSire
August 19, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Thanks so much for including me this week Kristi. Seeing as how I don’t have as much time as Brian
, I’ve stuck to my normal routine of picking one post and this week it went to Promote Your next Post Effectively, and as usual I’ve learned something new. Thanks mate.
.-= Sire@ WassupBlog´s last blog ..Sedo For Buying, Selling And Parking Domains =-.
Really very interesting post! i like it very much……..
Hello Kristi! Thank you for including an article from my blog in your list. Hope I can do better with my future posts. By the way, nice video of the cats.
.-= Rob Angeles´s last blog ..Social Media Considerations For PR And Advertising People =-.
Oh my god, that catnip video was really funny! I didn’t know it did that to them… Also thanks for the links. Off to read the post about reasons to wake up early as I woke up early today and am feeling grumpy about it!
Thanks,
Forest.
.-= Frugal Living´s last blog ..Pampered Chef Recipes =-.
the mention, and by the way, you really made me think at Hemingway with that cat video. I don’t know if you know, but Ernest was a big cat lover and one of the things he was doing while living in Cuba, during his last years, was to feed his cats with a lot of love, caring, understanding
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