Are The New Woot Ads Funny Or Just Offensive? (12)
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The advertisement on Google, which pops up on a search for “Goog” (Google’s Nasdaq symbol): “Before you jump out of that window, why not spend your last remaining dollars at Woot?” An alternative version: “Losing your House? Without that mortgage to pay, now you can buy more of our junk!” Offensive, or offensively funny? It probably depends on whether you are one of the people who’ve lost it all on Google’s stock recently. And really ...
Gnip 2.0 Launches, With A Business Model (65)
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Gnip, the guys that are helping move data around from one social network to the next, launched v 2.0 of the service tonight. The new version of the service allows data consumers (services like Plaxo that take data from other services, like Twitter, Friendfeed, Digg, Delicious, etc.) to have data from requested users pushed to them. It’s no longer “Hey, TechCrunch just tweeted. Go query the API to get the data.” Now it’s “TechCrunch just ...
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eschnou said:
On top of features to implement into storytlr ! Aaaarghhh... I need more time !
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Alard said:
powerful stuff!
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Chip R said:
This is one of those easy smart ideas that is going to make a bundle.
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CannonGod said:
I'm in favour of Gnip. Whatever reduces the overall redundant social net info. is a godsend.
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ReducedHackers said:
Data portability resolved by using the JFD approach. Less talking over concepts more just getting it done. Good job too.
2001: A search odyssey (57)
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Now that we're a decade old, we figured we're long overdue for some spring cleaning. We started digging around our basement and found all kinds of junk: old Swedish fish, pigeon poop, Klingon translation books. Amazingly enough, hidden in a corner beneath Larry's and Sergey's original lab coats, we found a vintage search index in mint condition. We dusted it off and took it for a spin, gobsmacked to see how different the web was ...
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Isaac said:
such a super idea
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Jeton said:
Google takes us back in time on how the Internet was in 2001. Ah, nostalgia...
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Muhammad Basheer said:
Nice, many things were not there that time !!
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Sandor D said:
A friend of mine helped put this together. Fun to play with.
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wolfie toutomoutochan said:
this is fun!
Gritty Entrepreneurs: Jigsaw, a Profitable Web 2.0 Venture (11)
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To kick off our new Gritty Entrepreneurs interview series, at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York we sat down with Jim Fowler, the Founder and CEO of Jigsaw, a business information and networking service that we noted in our recent review was a complement to LinkedIn rather than a competitor. As we sat sipping espresso in the Starbucks in the lobby, the CNN screen above us told of market mayhem. Ho hum, just another ...
How to Define Your Niche for Your New Business (2)
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Sometimes it seems as if the “to do” list never ends when you’re starting up a new business. You’ve figured out who your niche market is, what their pressing problem is, how your product or service provides the perfect solution, and you’re still not done. Now you need to put all that into a niche statement. Why? Because you want to make sure your business stands head and shoulders above the competition. A good niche ...
The Dumbest IT Questions Ever (7)
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IT consulting firm Robert Half Technology asked over 1,400 CIO weird questions people ask their company’s tech support. Here are some of the oddball questions they got: CIOs were asked, “What is the strangest or most unusual request you or a member of your help desk or technical support team has ever received?” Their responses included: * “Why isn’t my wireless mouse connected to the computer?”* “My laptop was run over by a truck. What ...
Clean HTML Files Online with Word Off (12)
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If you ever tried converting an Excel sheet or a Word document into an HTML web page, you know the amount of useless tags and styles that are added to the output making the HTML file bulky and complex. Similar is the situation when your copy-paste rich text from an existing web page into another text editor. CSS formatting styles that become part of the copied text actually make no sense once that HTML snippet ...
Mouse: The Best Mouse You've Ever Had (30)
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Yesterday we asked what the best mouse you've ever pointed and clicked with is, and hundreds of testimonials later, we're here to report back. From high DPI gaming mice to ergonomic RSI-killers to graphics tablets to portable mice perfect for laptop use, we had a ton of power users extolling the virtues of their chosen input devices. We've compiled the mice earning top marks into the following roundup of peripheral goodness for your consideration. Read ...
Wallpaper Your Desktops by Context [Featured Desktop] (5)
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Reader karindalziel uses multiple desktops with activity-themed wallpapers to help keep each desktop organized and streamlined for that activity. Her setup uses five different wallpapers like so: "Read" - pretty self explanatory "Write" - Blog posts, papers, etc. "Draw" - All manner of art related activity, including photo manipulation, illustrations, etc. "Build" - this is for programming (I'm just learning) "Get" - for BitTorrent, file transfers, etc. (This computer is also my file server for ...
What’s In a Product Name? Why, Deception Of Course! (5)
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Product names don't necessarily reflect the truth of the products. Ever heard of Corinthian Leather? Think New Jersey, not Corinth, Greece. How about Häagen Dazs? Nothing Scandinavian about it. Read on to find out how a product's name can deceive you ... CORINTHIAN LEATHER [YouTube Link] Sounds Like: Fancy leather from some exotic place in Europe - specifically, the Greek city of Corinth. The phrase "rich Corinthian leather" was made famous by actor Ricardo Montalban, ...
Professor Gets $100,000 Grant to Study World of Warcraft (3)
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Forget the infamous $600 toilet seat. When it comes to tax dollar expenditures that might raise an eyebrow, how does $100,000 to research how Americans play World of Warcraft sound? As reported by the Orange County Register, Prof. Bonnie Nardi (left) of the University of California Irvine, received the $100K grant from the National Science Foundat
Duarte Design Fixes My PowerPoint (4)
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You can accuse me of many things but looking a gift horse in the mouth is not one of them. As a followup to yesterday's interview with Nancy Duarte, I asked her to work her magic on my PowerPoint presentation (which I consider already very good). First, take a look at my current presentation. Then, read how the Duarte team approached this project. And finally, take a look at the suggested design. Cool stuff. I'm ...
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Ivan Žužak said:
kako poboljsati vec savrsenu prezentaciju
The small-minded vision of the technology elite (30)
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"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." Ken Olsen, ceo of DEC, Only 31 years ago. DEC was one of the leading computer companies of the day, but not for long. Take a look at the geek discussion boards and you'll see an endless list of sharp-tongued critics, each angling to shoot down one idea or another. And then take a look at the companies that show up ...
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Santappa said:
"Competence is not the same thing as imagination"
VIDEO: Village of Twins Is a Mystery (4)
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A small village in India has about a hundred pairs of twins, mostly same sex and 90 percent born in the last 20 years. No one can explain the phenomenon.
What do CIOs Think About Social Media? - ReadWriteWeb (41)
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The internal IT department, headed by the CIO, no longer acts as the gatekeeper for all new technology coming into the enterprise. IT may stand at the gate to the castle, but SaaS and social media startups are swimming across the moat. Internal IT can still set fire to the moat and otherwise make life difficult. But how do you make this a win/win relationship, so that they welcome your entry? Start by understanding how ...
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Richard Smith said:
Although not specific to government CIOs, this short article contains lots of useful material for the provincial government's CIO office as they consider more social media in their future.
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Paul S said:
Interesting concerns that many "ordinary people" share, i.e. non mavens. With CNN etc. running programmes powered by social media, including twitter, this should change IHMO
Use the Terminal (3)
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Hey folks, here is a word of advice if you want to have more fun developing. Use the terminal. Windows user? Make your next machine a mac (or install linux). Ever since I switched from Windows to OS X in last July, I have been working on my bash skills on and off. Every step of the way I learned tricks that save me valuable time on a daily basis now. Now it just simply ...
