Rollin’ Like the Mogul - A review of JohnChow.com

February 24, 2007 at 8:07 pm · Filed under Site Critique, Personal Opinion

First off, I’m writing this review primarily because I have been a reader of JohnChow.com for a while now and I truly find his posts entertaining (and often educational) and secondly, because he’s offering to link back to this review and hopefully bring me some new readers.

Who is John Chow?

In a nutshell, John is a self-described “dot-com mogul” and he really is. He started the highly popoular TechZone and then went on work on several other online content ventures. John Chow calls his writings “ramblings”, but it’s really not. His posts are coherent, clear, and most of all authentic. John hails from Vancouver, British Columbia (that’s in Canada) and from what I can tell, he’s in his mid-30s, loves cars, food, and life.

JohnChow.com in a Nutshell

John’s first post on his new blog was on December 1st, 2005 so JohnChow.com has been in existence for little over 2 years now. JohnChow.com includes posts about his work, dot-com news, as well as details from his personal life including restaurant reviews, cars, and blogonomics (the economics of running a blog).

In many ways, John is a great example of way the internet has elminated the barriers to entry and has allowed almost anyone who has common sense, smarts, and most of all heart to be successful.

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ClubIt.com Review - Roaming Gnome Knockoff

December 6, 2005 at 2:33 pm · Filed under Site Critique

I don’t know what possesses perfectly good designers to go out and knock off the long standing campaign of another well known brand. In this case, ClubIT.com, a new online computer components/electronics retailer, has decided to use the well known “gnome” on one of their homepage graphics. As you know, Travelocity has been using in their current campaign and which was made quite popular in the States through the movie Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)

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