Willie Jackson is a technology consultant who provides marketing, branding, strategy, and web design services to individuals, small businesses and non-profit organizations.

I saw a Tweet yesterday that made me smile and think at the same time (a dangerous combination). Jamie‘s son asked if the logo on the side of a truck indicated that it was a toilet paper truck.

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Later that day, I had a great conversation with a graphic designer at a coffee shop who was working on an amazingly ornate digital tire tread for a client logo and she asked for my feedback.
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Complicated doesn’t mean dull, nor does technical imply boring.

The Google Chrome team released version 5 of their already lightning-quick web browser today. The post accompanying the release delves into some technical details that likely interest only a small subset of software engineers and the technically inclined.

This post could have been (and almost was) written off as the standard “technical press release” in the form of a blog post, but the team is obviously very serious about getting the word out about Google Chrome:
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One of the most effective ways to increase the speed of a website is to integrate a Content Delivery Network (CDN).

A CDN is essentially a network of highly optimized servers that replicate the static content of your site (CSS, Javascript, images, etc.) and serves it from the closest Point of Presence (POP).

Um, why do I want this again?

There are several reasons why you might want to consider integrating a CDN. Let’s walk through six of them (or skip to my recommendation):

  1. Dramatically decrease load times
  2. Increase in the number of concurrent users
  3. Lower hosting costs
  4. Lighten the load on your server
  5. Better search engine rankings
  6. It’s easy to do—there’s no excuse

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Just a quick note to let my readers know that I’ve published a guest post on Art of Blog. It’s called Using WordPress Pages like a Pro and walks through a few examples of how established professionals and Internet Marketers are using Pages on their site.

Check it out! I’d love to know what you think.

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