Dan Cathy

This is the blog of Dan Cathy, President and CEO of Chick-fil-A. Dan writes about business and life, offering a world of insights to regular readers.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Dan’s site shows how useful a professionally styled, personal blog can be for major figureheads and corporate leaders. The site’s unique header shows the blog’s four categories (live, love, lead, Chick-fil-A) and mousing over any one of them changes the header image to a photo and text-brief connected with the most recent post filed in that category.

Margaret Cho

Margaret started performing stand-up at age 16 in a comedy club called The Rose & Thistle above a bookstore her parents ran. Soon after, she won a comedy contest where first prize was opening for Jerry Seinfeld. She moved to Los Angeles in the early ’90s and lived in a house with several other young performers.

I moved out because I wasn’t the most famous. If the Manson Family had come, I wouldn’t have been Sharon Tate; I would have been one of the supporting victims, and who wants that? Janeane Garofalo moved into my old room. Anyway, ‘Cho’ written in blood on the wall doesn’t look as cool as ‘Garofalo.’

Spotify

Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want.

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a free, academic, peer-reviewed resource for encyclopedia articles on philosophical topics. It’s hosted at the University of Tennessee at Martin and edited by two philosophy professors, Brad Dowden and James Fieser.

Why it’s in the Showcase: The IEP has many readers, is a free academic resource hosted at a university, and has over 500 articles written by philosophers from around the world. The site was recently redesigned in 2009, and the university chose to move to WordPress from static HTML pages.

Tene Investment Funds

Tene Investment Funds is an Israeli Private Equity firm focusing on established growth companies with leading global market positions. Our highly respected team has strong operational and private equity experience and an unrivaled reputation in the Israeli financial community.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Tene Investment Funds is one of Israel’s most prominent private equity funds. The sites includes a completely controllable sliding AJAX gallery for logos, controllable header images per page, a private login for client, photo galleries for staff, and more.

Robert X. Cringely

Robert X. Cringely is the pen name of both technology journalist Mark Stephens and a string of writers for a column in InfoWorld, the one-time weekly computer trade newspaper published by IDG, which is now entirely electronic.

Why it’s in the Showcase: Writing as Robert X. Cringely, Mark Stephens has contribued to a variety of major publications, including The New York Times, Forbes, and Newsweek. His popular blog is powered by WordPress.

OpenID

OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.

You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the OpenID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.