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How to Talk to Someone Who Speaks a Foreign Language (10)
on Basic Instructions (46) permalinkLast InstructionsShared by Alex (263) Andrew Taylor (78) darkeye11547 (614) Daryl (2) Des (4) focoma (45) for4saken (25) J. Phil (80) Reto (9) rOckY (535)Contribute comment
- Had some amazing dives this weekend. Yesterday dived the Bombo wreck. Covered in fish. Today a couple of dives around Pig Island. Pumping. (1)
- Testing testing 1-2-3 from ping.fm (1)
- Enjoyed a great Yum Cha at Rhodes Phoenix today (1)
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747 Oxygen tanks (1)
on Kevin Withnall (0) permalinkWith all this news, they don’t seem to show you what they look like. I took this photo last week from the first cargo bay in a 747-200. There are 2 tanks here. Just thought people might like to see them.Shared by Des (4)Contribute comment
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David Allen Live with Robert Scoble on FastCompany.tv (1)
on GTD Times (2) permalinkWell, I wanted to embed this file so you could see it from within GTDtimes, but unfortunately our version of Word Press won’t allow me to do that with this particular content. Anyway, go here to check out David’s most recent video-taped interview. ShareThisShared by Des (4)Contribute comment
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On media, broadcast and formats (2)
on acidlabs (10) permalinkA comment from PWC’s Tim Bull, on my summary of The Future of Media Summit prompted a lengthy reply from me. Tim argues for easy, usable media formats for non-early adopters. I agree. I think the issue of early adopters seeking data freedoms that aren’t needed, wanted or even cared about by later adopters that Tim raises is important, although I don’t necessarily agree with all he’s said. I think my views are worth jotting ...Shared by Des (4) Shane (74)Contribute comment
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Social networking sites in Australia (2)
on Michael Specht - discussions on HR, enterprise 2.0 and technology (0) permalinkIt seems that Australia’s have fallen in love with social networking sites, in particular Facebook. In February this year Hitwise released a report on “What are Australian’s doing Online” and after using the internet for search (10.8%), social networking and forums (8%) are our second most popular past time even more so than News & Media (6.75%). So what social networking sites do we like? Well Facebook, MySpace and Bebo of course! What is really ...Contribute comment
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Escaping the Amish - Part 1 (52)
on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss (75) permalinkIn February, I received an e-mail from a reader using a Columbia University address — Torah Bontrager — that ended curiously: “…and if you ever want to hear how I escaped the Amish, let me know.” Those peace-loving bearded folks from Witness? I called Torah, and after just a few minutes, I knew this post had to be written. For those of you who feel trapped because of a job or self-imposed obligations as an ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (213) Alex (13) Alpha (10) Bill (33) Brian (20) Brian (58) Chad (297) Chet K (1) Chris (13) Chris (0) Chris (152) cmm324 (8) Cody (68) colleen wainwright (12) Des (4) e.p.c. (41) Eban_C (60) ericguanlao (7) Ethan (23) everyone loves a wee sombrero (280) Gigi (26) Gwenny (82) Jenn2d2 (22) Jon (14) joshb (1) Ken Horovatin (0) kg (0) Kurt Vermeersch (62) liamvictor (195) Long (16) Marcus (4) Matt (22) Mika (1) Mitch Wagner (52) Nacho (41) nathan (21) nbr (88) Paul (4) Philip (9) R. Francis (46) rene (108) Ron (18) rveguilla (0) schauba (57) SengMing (22) T.J. (19) Thadius (11) TJ (0) utility73 (26) Winnie (0) XNet (0)
- Chris said: nothing too surprising if you've read about this culture before, but still good to be reminded. There are no such things as Amish Children or Christian Children or Muslim Children. There are only manipulated children of religious parents. Surely, kids may mature into adulthood and decide the religion they were raised into is the one they choose, but how much of that decision was based on the years of indoctrination? I feel sorry for children of Amish upbringing. How limited ones options must feel when attempting to enter modern society w/o years of practice using computers, internet and other modern tech. Good for her, though, for making it out and into Columbia.
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Domain Shortcut Helps Type URLs in Your iPhone More Quickly (2)
on Lifehacker Australia (24) permalinkiPhone/iPod touch only: The iPhone has sported a .com keyboard shortcut for making quick work of URLs in Mobile Safari since it was released, but reader George points us to an expansion to this keyboard shortcut that can save tons of time for entering email addresses and non-.com URLs. First, in Mobile Safari, just hold down the .com button for a second to see other domain options (namely .net, .edu, and .org). Second, when the ...Contribute comment
- Downloading iTunes 7.7 now. Will be interested in seeing the apps for my iPod Touch (1)
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A modern-day Ira Hayes (1)
on Photography is not a crime (33) permalinkBy Carlos Miller Horrified by the 9/11 attacks, Joseph Dwyer enlisted in the army two days later. The New York native was one of thousands of Americans who enlisted during those traumatic days. One of thousands who would end up getting shipped to Iraq despite the fact that the 9/11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden, was said to be in Afghanistan. His name would have been virtually unknown had he not been captured in a photograph ...Shared by Des (4)Contribute comment
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By Design on ABC Radio (5)
on Presentation Zen (36) permalinkThe day after the sold-out presentation hosted by Step Two Design in Sydney, I appeared live on the radio program By Design (ABC Radio National), a popular program hosted by Alan Saunders and produced by Janne Ryan Mark Wakely (see their bios here). There are four topics covered in this hour-long broadcast. Preceding my segment at the end of the show is an interesting piece on the "cute aesthetic" in Japan; that prerecorded bit was ...
- Lyle Clarke said: audio design
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Official Gmail Blog: Remote sign out and info to help you protect your Gmail account (200)
on Gmail Blog (79) permalinkPosted by Erwin D'Souza, Gmail Engineer Your email account can contain a lot of personal information, from bank alerts to love letters. Email that, I'm sure, you don't always want other people to see. We understand how important your Gmail accounts are to you, so we're adding a new layer of information and control. With this new feature, you can now track your recent sessions and you can also sign yourself out remotely.If you are ...Shared by $udhi™ (24) Aaron (31) abhi (2) Adam (47) ademar (4) Adrien O'Leary (19) Aeh310 (3) aemkei (39) Alaska Report (0) Alberto (32) AliJ (7) Andrew Ruess (325) Andrey (9) AndyDrew (9) Antoine (1) Arash (8) Archit T (83) Aria (142) atul (357) Azhar Chougle (8) beanj007 (1) Benjamin Golub (42) Bhavesh (41) Bill Q (1) billrod (5) Brandon (6) Brandon (40) Breyten (22) Brian (4) Brian (20) brownpau (181) buxx (14) C Yohman (0) Cameron (10) camson (5) Carlos Riquelme (46) cgsheldon (572) Cheryl (32) Chris Nuttall (2) Chung (182) Cogo (57) Dami (12) Dan (8) Dan York (25) danutz (0) DarkBls (80) DaveBinM (20) David (1) David (11) Derek (10) Des (4) Dileepa (30) dobata (756) Donnie Berkholz (62) draggon (64) Drew Raines (1) Dzu (0) Edo (74) emacsian (1) Emon (54) Essam (6) Eszter (14) everyone loves a wee sombrero (280) faizal (21) Fernando B (0) FINiK (2) Flackrum (29) G. (42) Gandhi (23) gfurry (54) Giles Turnbull (3) Gine (2) Gisele (0) Glenn Slaven (7) Greg (39) Halsted Mencotti Bernard (5) Hugo (1) hyderabadblues (12) iAlja (97) J. Phil (80) jamesjbigler (42) Jason (53) jb (26) Jeff (0) Jeremy Zawodny (24) Jessi (1) John MacAdam (5) Jonathan (6) Jonathan Bloom (17) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (208) Jorriss (49) Josh N. (22) JPowers (16) juananguerrero (1) Kavinda (1) Keith (4) Keith Coleman (0) Kesor (2) kimme (37) kmohr25 (85) l taylor (0) Linda (0) lishevita (13) livibetter (0) lnewcomer (107) Lu Tao (40) macbeach (9) marchewa (4) Marie (16) Mark (56) Mark Whiting (34) Marque (64) Matt (42) Matt (7) MaTT (20) Matthew (13) Matthew Jones (5) mfh (62) MH (101) Mic (27) micronetter (2) Mike (5) Mike F (1545) minus-one (15) MIURA Masahiro (2) Mojtaba (6) ndench (0) Nick (0) Nikki (104) nkronberg (97) Nora Rubinoff (3) oblonski (24) olive (4) Oliver (36) Paul (21) Paulo Pereira (18) Pedro Pinheiro (11) Pengas (10) Phil (21) Philou (12) PMinze (59) Powera (65) Pradeep (10) Prakash (1) prattmic (129) Preoccupations (90) psi (25) Reder (35) reisfeldt (13) Ricardo Hdz (5) Rick Klau (216) rjhintz (124) Rob (34) Rob M (12) Robert van Bregt (5) robteix (40) rOckY (535) Rydhold (0) Saurier Duval (0) Sean (37) Sean (42) Setu (21) shakeel (7) Shay Frendt (3) shivanand (2) shuman (1) silpol (81) Steve (38) surftheair (12) Swapy (0) Sweevo (8) symtym (8) talios (14) tarmo888 (0) Thomas (5) Tim (60) Tim (23) Tony Duckles (42) Tony Ruscoe (20) tosch (46) Travis Cannon (18) twilight fairy (11) Ullash (47) Umesh (4) Venci (64) vevck (21) vojur (0) Voyagerfan5761 (264) whatevernevermind (110) xeal (34) Y L (2) Yaakov (25) Yann Dìnendal (5) yellowchilli (7) Yinka (33) yoshy (366) ysamjo (32) Yvette (21) 小志 (15)Explore read 13 notes
- Alaska Report said: a clip... "If you are anything like me, you probably sign in to Gmail from multiple computers. I, for example, occasionally sign into my Gmail account from a friend's house when I need to check an important email. Usually I remember to sign out, but every once in a while I wonder if I really did. Now I no longer have to wonder.At the bottom of your inbox, you'll see information about the time of the last activity on your account and whether it's still open in another location:".. ..... Aha! The mystery iFrame BlackBox revealed as a super security tool? I love it!
- Linda said: good stuff
- Sean said: This is a nice new feature. I am often jumping between 2 or 3 or more machines all with the same basic setup.
- Setu said: Wow ! just what I wanted :).
- billrod said: Very cool...
- Andrey said: Should be pretty interesting for control freaks like me
- twilight fairy said: finally some stuff i am really interested in!
- Emon said: this is fuckin cool!
- ndench said: That's a good idea
- Cameron said: i like this!
- Kavinda said: Its features like this that make Gmail stand out from the crowd.PS: I'm seeing this feature in my Google Apps email account as well.
- lishevita said: This via Ira Abramov, who I'm thinking of giving the pseudonym "info filter" since he always finds the best and most relevant info to post to his shared list.
- emacsian said: Nice feature from google. I believe they are the first to role this out
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Two seconds (55)
on Seth's Blog (653) permalinkSometimes, busy people need to remind themselves (and us) how busy they are by shaving off the last two seconds of what would otherwise be a pleasant interaction. At a restaurant yesterday, the maitre d, who is paid to be busy, looked up our name in the reservations book and then said, "over there against the wall," while he pointed. He repeated this approach with at least three other parties. How much longer to say, ...Shared by ab_aditya (40) Aditya Sengupta (6) AJ (680) andreas (7) Andy (9) angol (191) BeckyMcCray (0) Bill (6) chrisbrogan.com (73) Davis S (81) derrickkwa (0) Des (4) doransky (95) Doug McIsaac (11) Dr. Ernie (96) Emon (54) Foghornboy (2) Gonzalo Jimenez (40) Graham Freeman (0) Hasan (109) Homey (0) idhorat (39) jb (26) jfiorato (8) Jim English (2) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (208) Just Mohit (0) Kerray (0) Leo Cussons (1) Lorraine (6) MAlbano (3) Martin (4) Matt Wilson (82) Michael (164) Mike (72) Mike Buckley (5) Neagrigore (14) philgerb (24) rexy (41) Rob (59) Rodrigo (2) RoyBlumenthal (10) Shawn (47) skeggsjp (3) Sonciary (12) standard oil (0) Sue (87) Thomas Reimer S (92) Tobey (60) Travis (61) Travis Seitler (4) Vulpes (43) Walt (3) yangyang42 (0) Yuvi (107)Contribute comment
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5 Rules of Thumb for Web Workers (56)
on Web Worker Daily (5) permalinkAccording to Rules of Thumb.org (a site where you can waste a dangerous amount of time) a rule of thumb is “a homemade recipe for making guess.” I tend to think of them more as little bits of random knowledge that I pull out when I don’t actually want to think about things in detail. Whatever definition you subscribe to, web workers can benefit from rules of thumb just like anyone else. Here are some ...Shared by AJ (680) Avi (1248) Brad Davis Seal (87) brianwyrick (2) Bruce (49) Claude (0) Daniel (50) David Wallace (138) Des (4) dev47 (0) dH (7) Doug (70) dubó (26) Elliott P. (47) Eric (0) ericholter (39) Felfoldi (17) Felix Bredoteau (598) Glen Horton (36) Guillermo Esteves (7) jeffglasson (5) jetienne (16) Jimmy (0) Johannes (11) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (208) Joseph (54) Judi S. (5) Julian (4) kev (15) M C Morgan (3) Manu (8) Mihai Gheza (0) MiramarMike (59) Mr. BabyMan (555) Muhammad Saleem (481) Nándi (6) neal (797) Nino (8) Patrick Altman (10) Pramod (97) Rajiv Doshi (14) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (830) Rich (7) Rob (1) Scott (3) Scott Schablow (0) small (40) Stephanie Gulley (72) Steve (11) Sue B (54) SuePolinsky (1) Tim C. (8) Tony (11) vdanilov (Graf) (8) wrburgess (2) Xdroot (132)Contribute comment
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David Allen Blogging at Business Week: first post “Mislabeling Time Management” (7)
on GTD Times (2) permalinkDavid Allen, the man who created the GTD paradigm and changed millions of lives as a result is offering up another helping of his incredible insight into personal productivity. This time by way of some articles he’s writing for one of the country’s most popular business publications, Business Week. Definitely worth a read and probably worth clipping and sharing or forwarding to HR people and stressed co-workers everywhere. As an aside, if you like something ...Shared by Chris. F. Masse (0) Des (4) Jack (4) Matt Dickman (8) Mike F (1545) Robert Scoble (238) Victor M.J. (24)Contribute comment
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Identi.ca Provides Users An “Open” Alternative to Twitter (4)
on Stay N\' Alive (1) permalinkToday I was introduced to a new service called identi.ca, which claims to provide Twitter-like functionality, in a nice, Open Source interface. The service implements the OpenMicroBlogging protocol which, from their FAQs, states, “you can have friends on other microblogging services that can receive your notices.” This means complete transparency and no reliance on any one service to trust your data with. I am unable to find any other services that have utilized this protocol, ...Contribute comment
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Power Tip: Set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox 3 (183)
on Gmail Blog (79) permalinkPosted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager For those of you using newly released Firefox 3, or willing to give it a try, you can take advantage of a new feature that lets you set Gmail as the default for all email links -- those that contain "mailto:" in them. If you're like me and don't have a default email client set up, then clicking these links typically launches an installation wizard for a ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (196) 1unamayu (19) ab_aditya (40) ABrad45 (7) Adam (0) Adrien O'Leary (19) Ahmed (45) Akai (35) Ákos (PozAko) (39) Alex Cheng (10) Amin Sabeti (266) Andrew (10) Andrew Boardman (122) Andrew Ruess (325) Andy (1) Andy C (1) AndyDrew (9) andymurd (25) Angus (49) Angus Fraser (0) Antony Hebblethwaite (0) Ashe (6) Ashwin (9) atul (357) Bananalope (24) barb dybwad (0) beanj007 (1) Bennett (1) Billy Fairchild (87) bnoise (20) brad (1) Brad Davis Seal (87) Brakara (6) Brandon (6) Brandon J. Mendelson (40) Bruce (49) bucks14 (0) camson (5) Carlos Rabelo (7) Carsten (82) Chris K (52) Chung (182) Cintra (0) codefin (0) Coleman (13) Compuwizard123 (114) Dave (7) Dave E. (10) David (10) David Cancel (1) Dennis Laumen (38) Derek (10) Des (4) Dimitar D (82) Doug (1) Dzu (0) Edouard (66) Elliott P. (47) Enrico (3) Eran Kampf (5) Eric the Hamster (3) Erik (12) faizal (21) Ferdinand1977 (0) Fernando (82) Fredrik Wennberg (3) G (0) Gabe (2) Gandhi (23) Garrett (13) Geoff (7) gfurry (54) Grandje5ter (57) Hasan (109) Herman (15) hyderabadblues (12) iAlja (97) Ian (23) Ian Tindale (33) Inman (0) J (20) Jack (4) James Forbes Keir (42) jar (0) Jenny (27) Jeremy (0) Jim (4) Joe (9) Joe Mezzanini (11) Johan (2) Jonathan Bloom (17) Jonathan The Seagull (2) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (208) Jonny M (0) Josef (4) Kaveh Dorafshan (129) Kendra (21) kukoo (7) Leon Ridge-Cooke (27) Lienna Jael (6) livibetter (0) lnewcomer (107) manki (4) Marc (5) Marcher (7) Marcus P (3) Marie (16) Mark Eckenrode (3) Marque (64) maryam (108) Masashi Oka (60) Mathias (8) matixo (12) Matthew Jones (5) Matthom (3) Mehdi (203) mehori (5) mhmazidi (266) Mic (27) Michael (4) Michael Jervis (0) Mike (9) Mike F (1545) ming (5) Mohammad Behdad (42) Moshe Starik (0)
