Eight Ways to Get Users to Fill Out Their Profiles - ReadWriteWe. "Hi, my name is MrCucumber69, I have a gray blob for a face and that's all I care to share about myself - will you be my friend?
" Silly as that sounds, this is the way users of many social web applications greet each other. It's not very useful or inspiring. Communication works better when you have a good idea who it is you're talking to. How can new online services get users to describe themselves, though? Bellow, we discuss some of our favorite ways it's being done well. LinkedIn = Boring but Effective One of the most well known ways to get people to fill out their profiles is the way LinkedIn does it.
It's much better than nothing, but let's look at some more creative and fun solutions. What's Your Most Common Username Elsewhere? Personal search engine Lijit does a great job of making it easy to associate your account with them with all kinds of other accounts you own around the web. It's the first step new users take when they click the button to register on the site. Did You Know...? How to build a 150$ Linux PC. From Wired How-To Wiki If you've always wanted to build a computer from the ground up but never really had the time to find the necessary parts online, a coupon-centered blog called Coupon Codes Mall has done all the work for you.
We think their choices lead to a pretty solid build, and all the coupon/sale links are current, but let's just say this straight-up: You should temper your expectations right now. It's a simple bare bones PC and it probably won't win any real tough benchmark contests. But it's hard to argue with useful and efficient cheapness. The CCM PC includes some of the cheapest parts available on the net. Motherboard: Intel's D201GLY2 with CPU. Price: $67.24 at Buy.com, with free shipping. This ‘sub-value market’ chip includes the average 10/100 LAN, plus support up to six USB 2.0 ports and 2 SATA (1.5 GB/s) –- quality Intel chip for a good value.
RAM: Crucial Technology’s 512MB 240-Pin PC2-4200 533MHz DDR2 RAM. Price: $10 (used) at Amazon.com, plus $5 shipping. Weekend Round-up: Bringing Music to the Earth. By Student Media Freelancer Aram Zucker-Scharff, GMU Event Roundup This weekend's biggest event is EarthFest, but that's not the only music on campus for the next three days.
As the semester comes to an end, you have the opportunity to hear some of Mason's finest music majors and their professors perform in their student recitals. Look below to see the ones on-campus. While on the subject of student creations: don't forget the Uber Film Festival, on the Cinema Series this weekend. Friday (Apr. 18) Saturday (Apr. 19) Baseball v.
Sunday (Apr. 20) Yard Fest 2008 [Admissions] - 1 to 4 p.m. @ SUB1 Quad - Spring Preview meets Student Orgs. <div class="disqus-noscript"><a href=" the discussion thread.