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Get the Most Out of Your New Town [Ungeek To Live] (42)
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Editor's Note: Welcome my San Diego-based pal Kelly Abbott, founder of Dandelife and all-around good guy. His new weekend post series, Ungeek to Live, will highlight the ways you can get things done without always involving a computer or gadget. Not all things analog can go digital, and let's face it, most things worth a hill of beans in this world are analog through and through. Life is all about people, places and things. The ...Shared by Aaron R (61) AfroWhitey (2) AJ (154) Anatolie (23) bddemir (2) Brandi Bullock (2) Captain Heart Nibbler (10) Ching (13) Chris (34) Erik (29) Fred Schechter (53) Gauravonomics (39) J128 (17) Jeff (7) Jen (27) Joe Cooper (2) Josiah Mackenzie (5) Justin Ribeiro (1) Kendra (5) Kevin Powe (7) kiran (65) Krystal (17) Morton Fox (42) Mr (2) patella (3) Perry (8) Pete (4) PK (3) Sam (13) Schmeck (11) Shelton (46) Skrud (3) Stacy (36) SubEWL (20) Thinh (133) Tim (11) Tim Visher (45) Timo Rainio (6) Tony (3) yasha.sozo (12) ZlatkoGR (22)Contribute comment -
How Simple Web Design Helps Your Business (208)
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Many e-commerce sites these days tend to be loaded down with too much information on their landing pages. The reasoning for cluttered e-commerce sites is simple: the more information you can cram on the page, the more the user will buy. Unfortunately, web buyers are a finicky bunch. Jacob Nielson reports that web users are becoming much more impatient while shopping and browsing online. Instead of spending their time going to a site’s homepage and ...Shared by Aaron (4) Adriano (0) AJ (154) Akai (4) Alberto (188) Alex (2) Alex Hardy (4) Alex Rosenkranz (0) Alireza (21) Allan Haggett (6) Alvaro Farfan (1) Amer (9) Amit Chowdhry (73) Andrew Littler (10) andrewcsfan (11) Angela (0) Apostlion (0) AquilaX (0) Artem (49) Bananalope (8) Bastien (23) beatak (12) Benoit Duverneuil (1) blackbelt (0) Bob Hazlett (5) Bramha (14) Brandon Ball (16) Brandon J. Mendelson (1) Brandon Zeman (2) brian collette (1) Brian Evans (5) Brooke Adcox (9) Bryan Webster (13) carlback (2) CesarS (11) Chad (103) Chad Ayers (2) Chandoo (9) Chris Escalante (22) Chris Gilmore (13) Chuck Reynolds (15) Cody (6) craig (46) Cubby Brendle (8) D-Arb (4) Darcy (8) darcy (5) Dave (1) Dave (4) David Cooke (3) Davide Di Cillo (13) Dean Clark (62) Derek Edmond (75) Donnie Berkholz (5) Doug Funny (42) Dudu P (9) Dwayne Anderson (3) Elmer Thomas (119) elsterama (29) Emil (6) Eoin (7) Esteban Trigos (6) Evert Stobbe (1) Filip Salindrija (0) Frances Leyland (10) Frankie W (3) Gerrit Tebrake (12) gfurry (11) giro (10) Glen Stansberry (1) Grace Smith (14) Gregory Go (19) guttertec (36) Hagdahl (17) Haripako (0) Heinz Grünwald (13) hikbi (58) History of Blogging (152) hunikal (20) Ian Neubert (4) ilyas (3) J.D. Rucker (315) Jacob (1) James Tenniswood (3) Jason David Pelker (8) Jason Kingery (15) Jeff Hertlein (11) Jeff O'Connor (3) Jeroen (2) Jerome Dessagne (2) Jimmy Ho (7) Joel (12) Johan Martin (14) John Engler (1) Jonny Hou (2) Josh (6) jrodgers (8) Just A Clerk (1) Justin (3) Kahong (10) Kai Chan Vong (6) Karan (5) Karol F (11) Keener (4) Ken (20) Kevin (3) koovus (49) Kyle James (25) leedsjimbo (21) Leyla Bonilla (74) liamvictor (79) Lon Cohen (12) Luiza Voll (9) Maksim Berjoza (18) Mandy Bee (0) marchbox (12) Mark McKay (1) markoa (18) Martin Saulnier (2) masterofthe (11) Matt (3) Matt (2) Matt Campbell (3) Matt Chandler (6) Max Stanworth (40) melmyfinger (15) Michael (18) Miguel Guinalíu (0) Miguel Lopez (46) Mike (0) mjs (8) Mr. Seaver (12) mr.petruccio (19) MrGuff (76) Nabha Cosley (0) Nathan Chase (1) netman (1) Nick Mutton (2) Nick Nogueira (13) Pär (3) Patrick (77) Paul (4) paulo (20) Peter Costello (0) Peter Norris (1) peteresch (2) Philip Clark (5) Pierre (6) PortentInt (11) Premier449 (5) Rachel Ross (1) Radium (5) Rafael Tosta (6) Rahim (6) Rajiv Doshi (10) redeye (3) Regis (2) rick (7) Robert (1) Ron ALLAN (0) Ryan Christensen (18) Ryan Djurovich (1) sadiq kassamali (33) Scott (0) Sergey (3) Sergey Kapustin (11) Seth (6) Sharon (4) Simon (1) snake (2) stas (0) Stefan (21) Steven (0) Stubbs (1) Sun Tzu (313) Supereddie (12) tabo (21) Tad Chef (95) Tammy Lenski (1) Theodoros G. Karounos (2) Thinh (133) Thomas (9) Timothy (284) Timothy O'Neil (0) Tom Wentworth (2) Tony (3) Tony w (0) Torley (4) Travis (24) Travis Wright (1) Tyler McIntyre (7) Tyson Williams (28) Ulrich (1) voidfiles (8) webtime (355) Wesley (7) will (35) Will Sullivan (20) Wind (1) wmdmark (13) xavierbkk (3) York (41) Zachary (6) Zie (5) zoby (0) Zoram (19) zoz (2) 小雨 (20)- Allan Haggett said: This goes on the "mandatory client reading" list.
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Debunking The Myths of Multitasking [Exclusive Lifehacker Interview] (57)
onIn a fast-paced business culture of "get everything done yesterday," it's easy to admire and reward those busybusy people who always seem to be juggling fourteen things at once. But business coach Dave Crenshaw argues that the most common kind of multitasking doesn't boost productivity—it slows you down. In his new book, The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done, Crenshaw explains the difference between "background tasking"—like watching TV while exercising—and "switchtasking," ...Shared by abbas vahedi (1) Alex (79) Alf Kåre (2) aliencam (1) AndyG1128 (0) benh (32) Bill Glick (0) boozedog (4) Brett (3) Casey (4) Chris (3) Chris McQueen (0) Eliacin (19) Florinda P (30) fmcpherson (0) Glen Horton (1) Gmadz (0) grow (4) happy_soil (12) Haris (25) Jake (7) James and Tom (7) Jay (44) JayCrossler (0) Jean-Francois Renaud (5) Jeff Schmidt (11) Jeffrey (4) Joe (3) johnk (0) Josh (0) Jurr (0) Justin Ribeiro (1) jwmosley (2) khoyot3 (4) KingBee (4) lomodeedee (35) nick4eva (2) Paul (19) Paul Hyland (1) Ricardo M. (23) Robin Dindayal (0) rOckY (113) Sam (4) Santa (1) Sean (11) Shinn Photography (4) Simon (4) Steve Miller (5) Tim (2) Timothy (0) Tobey (1) Tom (4) Tony (3) utility73 (8) Victor (17) War-N (5) Yaakov (10)Explore read five notes
- Chris McQueen said: If I stopped multi-tasking I might be able to implement this...
- Simon said: I've been trying to focus on a single task at a time at my new job and I have really noticed a difference. Mind you, my new job doesn't have nearly the pressure of the old so I can focus on one thing at a time.
- Sean said: More discussion on this ever present problem.
- JayCrossler said: Rich Byrne once challenged me that the more you multitask, the less quality all of your result are. I took that as advice to stop checking my blackberry and texting someone on my iPhone while he was talking.I think there is another story, though - multitasking at the right time is very valuable. I see many people who attend 4 hour meetings without brigning their laptops - and then during the 2.5 hours where their attention isn't needed, they just doodle or try to inject their great ideas into areas that don't need them. I think if we understand that most people don't deserve my full attention (though, Rich Byrne definitely does) then we can all get much more done.Anyone know a polite way of saying, "Excuse me for typing while you are talking, but you're only worth 28% of my attention"?
- Timothy said: For some reason this made me think of what Ashley has to deal with on a daily basis in the ER.
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Say Goodbye To Pandora? [Pandora] (18)
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When SoundExchange, the organization that represents many labels and artists, proposed steep new royalty rates for radio webcasters last year, they shortsightedly killed off their own revenue stream. Instead of their proposed rates being cut back as part of a standard negotiation, they were surprised to see the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board reject opposing arguments and adopt SoundExchange's rates fully. Now Pandora, the popular streaming music site, says it's paying over 70% of its revenue ...Shared by Aranyx (5) Brian Megilligan (3) Daniel (1) Dave (1) Gene (0) J. (3) Joshua (6) Michael H (5) Nathan (19) Paul (19) Phuller10 (21) Rantan (17) Rialtus (6) Sermed (0) Shack (15) Tony (3) UJ (5) Zach (43)Contribute comment -
Amazon EBS - Elastic Block Store has launched - All Things Distributed (44)
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Today marks the launch of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), the long awaited persistent storage service for EC2. Details can be found on the EC2 detail page, the press release and Jeff Barr's posting over on the AWS evangelists blog. Also the folks at Rightscale have two detailed postings: why Amazon EBS matters and Amazon EBS explained. With the launch of the Elastic Block Store we complete an important milestone in offering a complete suite ...Shared by AlexT (4) Andrew (0) Appu (17) b (23) Chirayu Krishnappa (2) Colin Charles (7) Dan York (6) David B (8) David LEVY (0) dewitt (11) DJ (0) elijah.wright (5) Eric (11) Eric Wahlforss (8) Fernando Zunino (0) Gautham Pai (5) Gerd (10) Gerry Scheetz (0) Greg (4) Harper (56) Javier (7) Jeff (10) Jeremy Zawodny (5) jonoabroad (0) Jose M Pelaez (4) Josh Mize (9) kebernet (73) koles (1) Lucindo (2) Mahesh (0) marcusmeisel (1) Martin Dahl Pedersen (2) mca (12) nicolas.boullosa (4) Patrick Chanezon (2) Peter (2) Peter H (24) tabo (21) Tony (3) Vincent (6) Vinny Carpenter (6) Yandle (2) Yung-Hui Lim (62) zuzur (6)Explore read four notesContribute comment -
Mygazines Offers Full Magazine Scans Online [Free] (71)
onBrowse any of a number of popular magazines for free—from Macworld and PC World to Cosmopolitan and Men's Health—at web site Mygazines. The site contains user-uploaded scans of these magazines, and flipping through magazines displayed in Mygazine's Flash interface is nearly as simple as browsing an actual magazine. It's sort of like the previously mentioned Zinio on iPhone hack except you don't need to pretend your browser is an iPhone to use it. You may ...Shared by Aaron (33) AaronTN (21) Adam Selwood (8) Amihai (20) Andre Siregar (1) andrew (1) Angelo (2) azlon (4) bwary (0) Christopher Gizzi (8) Cuélebre (2) Damon (16) Dan McCall (5) Daniel (2) David (6) dk (15) Drew (3) Eduardo (2) Erik J. Heels (27) foxmachia (32) GeniusBoyWonder (21) Ginger (1) HeNkiSdaBro (5) Jaime (13) jamesvandyke (0) Jing (7) joekwon (0) Jorg (1) Jose (5) Justin (3) kidmarmite (25) KincaidKMF (2) Laura (4) Lester (54) Lisibo (8) Luis Benavides (0) Marcel (5) ndench (10) nilegomez (3) Peter James (1) Qazwix (6) rajan (1) Rakesh (8) Rémy (2) Robert S. Hines (0) Robin (3) RomanT (0) Ross V (276) Roy (3) Ryan (27) Saccades (1) Sam (13) Shawn (10) sillyjw (10) Simone (10) Stacy (36) Stelian Iancu (2) SubEWL (20) Tallin (7) terry (2) Todd Lohenry (8) Tony (6) Tony (3) Travis Roy (6) trukshelly (1) utility73 (8) Victor (17) Walt (5) wwj (7) xabbott (0) Zach (4)
- Daniel said: Legal?...somehow I'm suspicious
- trukshelly said: This is how I roll. It's my way of going green!
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best photo of phelps, from sports illustrated (9)
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Phelps brought his hands down through the water and touched the wall .01 seconds before Cavic finished his glide to the wall, swiping the gold medal and tying Mark Spitz' record of seven golds at one Olympics.Shared by Andrew Baron (3) Benjamin (763) François Hodierne (0) gregory lent (5) Jim (1) Leslie (0) Nathan (1) Tony (3) Vahid (92)Contribute comment -
Segway hits car at full speed, results unsurprisingly painful looking (21)
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Filed under: Transportation Our Deutsche is a little rusty, but Spiegel's got a hard-hitting, um, sounding story on Segway safety -- specifically regarding what happens when one hits a stationary object or falls off of one while riding it at full speed. Hey Spiegel, why don't you try the same test with one of those bicycle contraptions we hear Europeans are so in love with? We have a feeling you might be slightly more horrified ...Shared by Braden Kowitz (1) brownpau (39) Carl Dunn3 (4) Dan (0) darkeye11547 (245) dedrick (3) docbaily (28) Ed (5) Edo (8) Gavin (19) hank (2) Harold (20) John (0) Kenny (4) Kevin (14) Matt (2) Mike (0) Roseanne (2) Ryan (46) Tim (2) Tony (3)- brownpau said: I like how the German word for "crash test" is "Crashtest."
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8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School (25)
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Lately, I’ve been simultaneously using less and less of what I learned in school while discovering more and more skills that are vital to success which were never even offered in school! If I were to be 100% honest, probably the most valuable skill I learned in college was how to talk to girls (certainly a vital skill for happiness and success, but not what I was there to learn). The economics classes? Nope, mostly ...Shared by Bruno Torres (3) Calvin (3) Dave E. (3) Eric (7) Everett (15) ghassem (0) Henk-Jan van der Klis (9) James (1) Josh (13) m021478 (20) Mike Sansone (4) mmhan (2) NickBoucart (3) Prashant (1) Radek Pilich (13) Richard (3) rzklkng (58) Seshu Karthick (8) Shankar Ganesh (37) Simone Villas Boas (3) snachodog (21) Stu (6) thePOSTMAN (1) Tony (3) XNet (6)Contribute comment -
Startup Hacks: 7 Questions VCs Will Ask You, What They Really Mean, and How You Can Answer Them (27)
onBookmark this on Delicious - Saved by robinwauters to business startup entrepreneurship vc startups howto funding web business_plan - More about this bookmarkShared by Ashwani (0) Baturalp Torun (1) Brandon J. Mendelson (1) Brian (0) bsharpe (1) Derrik (28) Ephraim (5) Ersan Ozer (2) Galtenbergs (4) gtanuel (1) Jakob (2) Jari_Ra (9) Jason Calleiro (1) Joe (6) Jonathon Juvenal (9) jonoabroad (0) Just A Clerk (1) kevin (19) Kirill Bolgarov (0) Mark McKay (1) Miriam (1) Pat (53) Peng Zhao (0) PJ Kix (3) Themba (5) Tony (3) WebLeOn (19)Contribute comment
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8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School (78)
onLately, I’ve been simultaneously using less and less of what I learned in school while discovering more and more skills that are vital to success which were never even offered in school! If I were to be 100% honest, probably the most valuable skill I learned in college was how to talk to girls (certainly a vital skill for happiness and success, but not what I was there to learn). The economics classes? Nope, mostly ...Shared by Abhinav Modi (3) Alex Siemes (0) Amber-Jade Walsh (1) Andrei (16) Anna (24) Augmented Web (23) BluesForPablo (18) Bruno Torres (3) Calvin (3) CannonGod (190) Chris Rivait (9) Clay Carson (7) Colby (0) Damon (2) Donnie Berkholz (5) Doug (1) Doug (1) Fateme (0) Fussypants (20) Gauravonomics (39) Geoff Girardin (53) ghassem (0) Hadi Nili (53) Henk-Jan van der Klis (9) imabonehead (34) Imelda (14) J. Russell Crosswy (5) Jacqueline (0) James (1) Jason (5) Jennifer Mannion (32) jezarnold (11) Johan (0) Jon (1) Jorge Luis v (1) Juliana Garcia Sales (4) Ken Xu (17) Kiddokay (0) Kimi (0) Lon (2) ltbeyer (4) Luigi Centenaro (4) m021478 (20) maryam (39) Matthew Archibald (4) miasarmento (103) Michael Fidler (6) mmhan (2) Nick Nogueira (13) NickBoucart (3) Pablo (5) Prashant (1) Radek Pilich (13) Reza (20) Rudi (21) Sebastian (1) Shankar Ganesh (37) Sheehan (6) Simone Villas Boas (3) Sireesh Tripurari (7) Skip Zalneraitis (15) snachodog (21) Srinvard (28) Stefan (6) tarraguna (1) Terrence (23) thePOSTMAN (1) Thomas Reimer S (6) Tom (217) Tony (3) Village Idiot (19) Will King (3) XNet (6) yasuhiro nishioka (15) Zahra HB (58) Zeke (13) 令狐葱 (6) 宋小明 (84)
- jezarnold said: This is essential.. something that is missing from education. compulsory attendance on life skills. everything from managaging a budget, to using and providing services to the community you live in.
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Task Times, The Planning Fallacy, and a Magical 20% (28)
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Overcoming Bias: Planning Fallacy Via The Guardian, via Chairman Gruber, comes this post from the new-to-me blog, Overcoming Bias. It discusses the research behind a common cognitive bias known as The Planning Fallacy, which is a repeatable, documented error in thinking that apparently explains why we all tend to “underestimate task-completion times.” It’s summed up nicely by Gödel, Escher, Bach author Douglas Hofstadter’s Law regarding the time it takes to do anything: It always takes ...
