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An Unlikely Unicorn: Lynda.com’s Journey From Garage To $1.3B Sale

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A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. In 1995, Lynda wrote one of the first books on web design, Designing Web Graphics. I recently interviewed Bruce Heavin, Co-Founder and Head of Innovation at Lynda.com, as part of UC Santa Barbara’s Innovator Stories series.

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

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Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. Who is this article for? Before you rush to implement the things suggested by this article, I should probably mention the following prerequisites. Preliminary Information What are bots?

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The 1/9/90 Rule of UGC & Why It’s OK to Have Lurkers

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And more embarassingly to me Garindra Prahandono gave me this link to an article written by the guru of web design, Jakob Nielsen about the 1/9/90 rule written back in 2006. From the Neilsen article I loved this bit: “How to Overcome Participation Inequality. But perhaps the lurker category is smaller.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

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free weekly Infochachkie articles! 8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! 10) Lynda, why does the world need lynda.com?

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

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free weekly Infochachkie articles! 8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! 10) Lynda, why does the world need lynda.com? .

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Why Facebook OpenGraph Will Work and Why To Hate It

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I was reading an article by Robert Scoble earlier today about how amazing Spotify and some other news app are on Facebook, and how awesome frictionless sharing is for the Internet. I openly can’t stand OpenGraph. It’s the one feature that stuck with me the most from the F8 conference this past September. What is OpenGraph?

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How This Entrepreneur Went From Poverty To CEO Of A Dead Sexy Startup

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A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Although he was excelling as a web designer, Don began to get the itch to start his own business. Don''s perseverance and chronically positive attitude is inspiring.

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