When you first sign up for Pinyadda, this is your image. I thought this was a great way to encourage users to upload an image of themselves. Twitters default image is pretty bad, but no one wants to be a rookie.

Although the end of summer is coming, I am hoping I still have some time to relax. I have been looking forward to reading both these books for a while. Crowdsourcing was a recommendation I first heard about on one of my all time favorite blogs and Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead, I’m sure I’ll love and is written by two locals David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan. I look forward to writing reviews later on.

The Google Search Box. No ads, just a search box.

Posterous, the screen to create a post. The user is not overloaded with options just a title, a box for content, a simple way to upload images, and a button “Post”.

Twitter, all they want to know, “Whats happening”, the user types less than 140 characters then presses “Tweet”.

Groupon only offers each city one deal a day, with one side offer.

Just because a product is simple doesn’t mean it’s not effective. I apologize, I’ve already said too much.