I’ve always loved Steve Krug’s foot notes. They are hilarious!

Chech out the footnotes in his review of Ginny Redish’s excellent new book, Letting Go of the Words.

Microsoft Office Live is out of beta.

Microsoft Office Live isn’t what it sounds like. It’s not like Google documents & Spreadsheets. It is a way to create an online presence. The Basics version is free.

Microsoft Office Live Basics

• Use Internet Explorer to register for the account and manage it
• a free domain, you must use a credit card to secure your domain, no charge is actually made though
• 500 MB of web space
• customize the look of the site using the themes and templates provided
• minimal webstats

I’ve created a site to mess around with, but haven’t really dug into it yet. I chose the domain searchablewebsites.com to test out the basics.

There isn’t a way to modify the overal page markup. You have to upgrade to one of the paid levels to get that functionality. You can upload graphics. When I started, it told me I needed to download a tool to help me upload them, so I haven’t tried it out yet.

It’s rare that you get anything for free. As a webmaster, I’d rather pay for more features through a normal webhosting service like 1and1 or Lunarpages. I think of it as free parking on a domain I might want to use in the future.

On Valentine’s Day 2007 Google announced that you can create a Gmail account without an invitation or a cell phone!