June 2009
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Homeless and Online in San Francisco →
In America today, even people without street addresses feel compelled to have Internet addresses, but staying wired on the streets takes determination. (See related article.)
Charles Pitts checks the Internet at the H2O Cafe on Polk Street in San Francisco. Mr. Pitts, 37, says he has been homeless for two years.
Mr. Pitts goes online at the Transbay Terminal. He has accounts on Facebook,...
May 2009
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trendpreneur » Pitching for beginners →
I had the pleasure a couple of days ago of attending a pitching workshop at the British Library, organised by Techcrunch and UKTI. (It’s part of the lead-up to Geek’n’Rolla). As well as meeting some awesome fellow entrepreneurs, there was a lot of solid advice on pitching, tailored towards the TC-style 2 minute pitch.
Having previously attended Bill Joos’ pitching seminar here in Edinburgh,...
Andrew Baron - 10 Entrepreneurial Concepts to Live... →
This is a post I created awhile back which outlines ten major concepts I live and work by. This may seem pedestrian to some though I think it’s a good foundation for conducting entrepreneurial business activity on the internet:
1. Always work with people who are better than you. You can only do a few things really well. One of them should be understanding your weaknesses and looking for the best...
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Reid Hoffman: My Rule of Three for Investing →
The guest post below was written by Reid Hoffman, CEO and Founder of LinkedIn. Reid, who’s been a prolific writer lately, is a strong advocate of entrepreneurism and the startup mentality. See his recent Washington Post article Let Our Start-Ups Bail Us Out, and the guest post he wrote here on TechCrunch, Stimulus 2.0: It’s The Startups, Stupid. Reid has recently appeared on Charlie Rose,...
Tips To Branding Your Blog →
If you have a blog, how do you brand it? What is branding your blog?
If you brand your blog, you will, promote the name of your blog, its look, and feel throughout the Internet. You will attempt to provide a unique experience for those who read your blog. McDonald’s, Nike and Capitol One brand their products. Shouldn’t you?
Here are some useful tips to help you brand your blog.
Pick a name...
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Things Every Geek Should Know →
If you consider yourself a geek, or aspire to the honor of geekhood, here’s an essential checklist of must-have geek skills.
The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to...
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Google is calling Wave "e-mail of the future" →
Google Wave combines e-mail, documents, photo sharing and chat in one Web app. Credit: Google
Ever feel like you have information overload?
You start Gmail to find a few dozen new messages, thousands of spams and a bunch of friends shouting at you via instant message the moment you sign-in.
Then, you hop over to Picasa, Google’s photo-sharing software, to find your family and friends...
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HDMI 1.4 officially detailed: Ethernet / Audio... →
We already heard that HDMI 1.4 was just around the bend, and now HDMI Licensing has come forward with all of the official details surrounding the specification. Unfortunately for AV enthusiasts, it seems as if we’re taking two steps forward and three back, and we get this sinking feeling that HDMI 1.5 will be here before we know it. At any rate, the main additions to the format are an...
Could HTML5 Could Be the Web3.0 OS Killer? →
For companies that compete with Microsoft, HTML5 is almost the Holy Grail, offering the ability to run applications regardless of the underlying operating system. While the browser isn’t more important than operating system today, Google this week firmly suggested it is only a matter of time.
We’ve heard that story before. Java was supposed to raise apps above the level of the...
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10 Firefox extensions that help keep you safe →
Being safe while you surf the web is extremely important, yet safe surfing sometimes seems like an oxymoron. For users of the Firefox browser, downloading security extensions can help increase your level of protection from worms, hackers, phishers and the like.
BetterPrivacy protects against long-term tracking cookies that can’t be deleted. The extension makes you aware of those...
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Seth Godin: Is marketing an art or a science? →
It’s both, and that’s the problem.
Some marketers are scientists. They test and measure. They do the math. They understand the impact of that spend in that market at that time with that message. They can understand the analytics and find the truth.
This sort of marketing works when it works, but it usually doesn’t. That’s because we’re dealing with...
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U.S. Military Developing Hacking-for-Dummies... →
U.S. Defense Department officials were so impressed with the level of coordination between ground military ops and cyberattacks against strategical targets during the recent conflicts, that they are now looking for ways to weaponize hacking. Aviation Week glanced at such a device and reports that it is being designed to be easily used even by non-techy soldiers. The recent armed confrontations,...
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Geek Graffiti →
Binary for “amor” (love, in spanish)
via Oddee
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How To Stay Focused - 63 (Very Focused) Ways →
Struggling to stay on task? Jumping from here to there and back to here, only to forget where here was. The good news is you are not alone. The bad news is if you don’t fix it, you will be alone (with a struggling business). Thanks to the amazing TPE Community, here are 63 tips on how to stay focused. OK, go ahead and read, and make sure to turn off the email while you read this…. you need to...
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Fake It ‘Til You Make It? How Confidence Can Make... →
Confidence is a common characteristic among the most successful people. We’re drawn to those who act confidently and exude self-assurance. We trust them; we want to like them.
It can be very obvious to those around you if you have low self-esteem and are consistently second-guessing yourself. In fact, it can make people uncomfortable with your abilities and unsure that you can do what...
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Becoming a Better Entrepreneur →
Do you want to be a better entrepreneur?
Do you want to make more money?
Here’s how you can do it in 6 steps.
1. Take a break
Just for a moment, sit back and relax. Before you dive back into your work you need to figure out where you are financially in life. One of the main reasons you are going into business is because you want to make more money. So the main question that should come to...
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The cost side of freemium →
When people talk about freemium businesses and business models, most of the time they’re talking about it from a revenue or product perspective. Revenue, because the essence of the model is to give away something for free. And product, because this is the key to freemium success. Only a compelling, unique and engaging experience will keep people coming back regardless of whether they pay you...
Twitter Might Start Adding Comments &... →
At the 140 Twitter Conference yesterday, Alex Payne, Twitter’s API lead told Robert Scoble that Twitter might soon add location-based information to every tweet. Currently, users can set a location on their profile, but individual tweets are not geo-coded in any way. If Twitter did indeed add a geo-references to every tweet, then that would open up the door to a wealth of new possibilities...
WatchiHologram - iPhone application on Vimeo
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The Espresso Book Machine can print any of 500,000... →
It’s not elegant and it’s not sexy – it looks like a large photocopier – but the Espresso Book Machine is being billed as the biggest change for the literary world since Gutenberg invented the printing press more than 500 years ago and made the mass production of books possible. Launching today at Blackwell’s Charing Cross Road branch in London, the machine prints and binds...
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Skip The ER Waiting Room →
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CDBaby $3.3M mistake by Derek Sivers →
285,713 artists sell their music at CD Baby
5,462,541 CDs sold online to customers
$111,332,812 paid directly to the artists
Ever since I was a teenager, my dad would occasionally send me things to sign. Things for the family business, where I was part owner. I didn’t understand the complexities of it, and didn’t need to, so I’d just sign without question.
In 1994, as I was recording...
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6 Amazing MS Paint Masterpieces →
While Adobe’s Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) may be the choice for most design professionals, these graphic artists prove that Microsoft Paint can be used to create masterpieces as well.
Check out these videos
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Fantastic Photo Manipulation Designs →
Photo Manipulation is one of the most complex, highly detailed and creative art forms to come out of the digital age. mixing a bunch of photos together isn’t quite as easy as it might look, Blending different elements to form a single convincing image requires a very diverse skill set. Composition, color theory, the need for a solid concept and the technical skill
List of 36 Fantastic Photo...
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The Pizza Box of the Future Has Arrived →
Don’t you love when something so right is also ingeniously simple?
via Asylum How to Build A DJ Scratch Pad from A Pizza Box Amazing and simple. (Walyou)How to Make A Bacon and Cheese Stuffed Pizza Burger Daddy wants. Daddy wants it bad. (The Chive)Pizza Box Prank For the college student with time on his hands. (College Humor)Pizza Clippers: Excessive, or Clever Kitchenware Design?...
Internet addiction disorder - Wikipedia →
robot-heart:
Internet addiction disorder (IAD), or more broadly Internet overuse, problematic computer use or pathological computer use is excessive computer use that interferes with daily life.
I think I have this.
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Trompe l'Oeil →
Trompe l’oeil - A French term literally meaning “trick the eye.” Sometimes called illusionism, it’s a style of painting which gives the appearance of three-dimensional, or photographic realism. It flourished from the Renaissance onward. The discovery of linear perspective in fifteenth-century Italy and advancements in the...
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9 Amazing Software Mashups - Apps that Work Better... →
maximumpc.com — Some killer programs perform even better when combined with other software. For example, Dropbox is awesome, but when used with the little-known Mklink command, its potential is exponentially expanded. We call these unions “software mashups” — the use of two apps for utility that’s greater than the sum of their parts. Yes, 1 + 1 can equal 3.
Dropbox +...
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Ten Tips for Better Burgers →
Just in time for summer’s burger season, ten easy tips for grilling juicy burgers.
TIP #1 GOOD MEAT Good meat makes a difference. For a few months, we’ve been devouring pound after pound of corn-fed, pasture-grazed locally raised beef. Honestly? With good meat, you could dispense with TIPS 2 through 9, it’s that good, even salt and pepper can be superfluous.
TIP #2 WORCESTERSHIRE...
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Display Wolfram Alpha results in Google searches →
If you’ve casually been using Wolfram Alpha, but don’t want to give up your Google addiction reliance, there’s hope for you yet. A new Firefox extension lets you keep using Google, while showing Wolfram Alpha results on the side of the page.
I’ve been using it all morning and it’s a nice addition if you’re a search enthusiast. Your Google results come in just...
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New mobile app helps you avoid traffic - and cops →
Waze, a free mobile app that uses crowdsourcing to create driver-generated maps, is launching today in the U.S. Its technology gathers information on driving patterns, traffic, accidents, police traps and more and analyzes it in order to inform the driver of the best possible route available.
Waze drivers are building the first dynamic driving map reflecting the roads right now. Driving...
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How to move an iTunes library to an external drive →
If you’re an iTunes user (download for Windows|Mac) whose appetite for music, movies, and podcasts is outstripping the capacity of your computer, it might be a good time to think about offloading that library to an external hard drive or a separate internal drive. If you do it right, the process is relatively simple, although the transfer time could take an hour or more, depending on the...
Best Exercise Planning and Tracking Tools →
Technology and exercise make an excellent pair; you can now track, plan, and graph your workouts more easily than ever. We’re here to take a look at six of the most popular tools for the job.
Most popular tools among Lifehacker readers for tracking, measuring, and quantifying their exercise endeavors.
RunKeeper (iPhone, Basic: Free/Pro:$9.99)
RunKeeper turns your iPhone into an exercise...
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