Around the Nine #4

Every Sunday, I showcase some of the great content produced by 9rules members in the last week. It’s a great way to keep up with what’s happening around the network and highlight some of the best authors on the web today.

1. The Glass Is Too Too Big: Reading the Iraqi Constitution

   J Wynia makes the Iraqi constitution part of his nighttime reading and gains a picture of the country you won’t see in the media. Some of the document’s provisions, it turns out, are a little more reasonable than others — at least to North American sensibilities.

2. Pronet Advertising: Thanks Everyone

   Cameron announces that Pronet Advertising has won the award for Best Social Media Optimization Blog of 2006. Cameron, and the entire crew at Pronet, run an extremely interesting weblog and have been a favourite of mine for a while now.

3. Warpspire: MooTools: Review

   Kyle reviews the MooTools Javascript framework, covering issues like inheritance, effects, and documentation. A great read for anyone interested in learning more about MooTools.

4. Marketing.fm: Advertise Different: NYC Taxis Dressed Up As Cows

   Eric runs across some New York taxis dressed up in rawhide and wonders just what could be going on. Thanks to a helpful reader in the article’s comments, the mystery is solved, but I’ll leave that for you to discover on your own.

5. The Web 2.0 Show: Are Blogs the New Forums?

   Darren wonders if blogs, with their options for commenting on articles, are slowly beginning to replace forums on the web. “However it is so easy for people to start Blogging today that if people want to start their own discussion they can just do it on their own Blogs.”

6. Snook: SXSW 2007 Interactive Pass Contest

   Jonathan is running a t-shirt design contest. Come up with the winning design, and you’ll find a brand spankin’ new SXSW Interactive Pass, worth $275, in your possession. SXSW is one of the biggest geek events of the year, so why not submit a design and see if you can’t get in for free?

7. Not Too Geeky: Editing Comments: Think First

   Tyme comments on an ongoing discussion in 9rules’ notes section, warning bloggers about the implications of editing their reader’s comments. A great read for beginners and blogging veterans alike. “Comments are a direct reflection of the commenter’s thoughts, personality, etc. and have zero reflection on the blogger/writer. I cannot grasp why anyone would want to change that.”

See you all next week!