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What are Some Social Media Marketing Best Practices (13)
on chrisbrogan.com (2730) permalinkMitch Joel over at Six Pixels of Separation is asking for best practices for social media marketing. I’m going to turn it around and ask YOU to answer Mitch. If you’re doing interesting social media stuff, specifically that you have some best practices for social media marketing, I think you should do the following: Blog it. Link to Mitch’s blog Tag it “social media marketing best practices” And then tag someone else with the meme. ...Shared by Alan Edgett (27) Alex (126) Charles Heflin (57) Elizabeth (111) Elroy (70) kamikyo (50) Mark (78) Mike Ashworth (78) Mitch Joel (55) richhand (119) Scott (103) SuzyiMac (33) Tom (39)Contribute comment
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How Easily Are Your Accounts Hacked? [Security] (21)
on Lifehacker (36722) permalinkUsing only information from Facebook, blogs, and resumes, security expert Herbert Thompson hacked into his friend's bank account in minutes. Makes you want to seriously rethink your answers to lost password "challenge" questions.Shared by CED (41) Christian Santos (223) Creeva (136) Dedalus (89) Glenn Batuyong (266) guruh (61) Hasan (199) Heather (204) jesicita (94) Josue Sanchez (18) Kajivar (162) McRyanMac (36) Mirvana (36) Olivier (158) Punksolid (181) Ross (51) Scott (103) Tim (183) TO-Double-D (190) Todd Albertson (134) Ullash (137)Contribute comment
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Gnomedex 8.0 Day 1 - Highlights of the Friday Afternoon Sessions (1)
on Helping Small Business help themselves - SolutionsArePower™ (24) permalinkAfter an amazing lunch (Gnomedex has the best food) we are ready to start the afternoon sessions. Boomer Generation Meets Generation Y First up was a session on Gen Y and Mark Bao is a 16 year old entrepreneur who has built a company and when Chris inquired that he already sold a Facebook app, he responded “actually, I have sold three”. The audience roared with laughter and applause. Interviewing him was Francine Hardaway who ...Shared by Scott (103)Contribute comment
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On-Stage: Free Vector PSD Icon Set (48)
on Smashing Magazine (5552) permalinkWe are always looking for creative and talented artists and designers. Once we find them, we ask them to cooperate with us and release something for free. We provide them with the full freedom to showcase their professionalism and express their creativity. Every release helps to make the Web a nicer place. In fact, the results are quite often pretty impressive. You can find our previous releases in our section Freebies. Today we are glad ...Shared by Aadom The Wygle (42) aemkei (82) akira (53) Alex (57) Alireza (58) Altuğ Orgun (115) Amy (41) andrefaria (86) Anol (32) Ben (65) Bramha (94) Brent the Closet Geek (210) Bruce (33) Chris Schrier (57) Dan (121) Danielle (168) Dr. Loboto (37) elsterama (266) fabio (141) gfurry (111) graywolf (139) Huacn Lee (70) Justin (22) Kasper Garnæs (7) Kemeny (241) kevin (40) Marcel (91) Marcus Danillo (33) Marston A, SugarStats (96) mmyjona (38) Nahnu Bey (46) Nico B (42) Pablo Hevia (6) Peli (57) rszaloki (121) Rusty Mitchell (49) Sandaruwan (62) Scott (103) Selwin (58) Seth (62) Sudhanshu (22) Sven (32) Tiago Celestino (192) tiendademedusas (113) tim (169) underlost (36) Wayne (251) Zoram (116)
- Chris Schrier said: I really like the twitter-like (bird) icon.
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Ubiquity Lets You Tell Your Browser What To Do (1)
on Demo Girl (41) permalinkUbiquity is a new experiment from Mozilla Labs that allows you to take bits and pieces of the Web and make them work together just by typing in basic text. It’s an Extension for Firefox that allows you, as the user, to decide what Ubiquity should do. This happens by giving Ubiquity commands. On the developer end, it allows you to create commands that other people can subscribe to and use. I installed Ubiquity this ...Shared by Scott (103)Contribute comment
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Gnomedex 8.0 Day 1 - Highlights of the Friday Morning Sessions (1)
on Helping Small Business help themselves - SolutionsArePower™ (24) permalinkThe morning got off to a rough technical start with the audio not working on the live stream and the huge wifi pipe going up and down. But after lots of quick work we got over that hump we got a great 15 minute session on photography by Kris Krug who just got back from Beijing. His big piece of advice that was non-technical was to find a theme of your pictures (faces, reflections) to ...Shared by Scott (103)Contribute comment
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Accounting on the go: Quickbooks for iPhone and Blackberry (6)
on Webware.com (3031) permalinkQuickbooks, one of the leading accounting packages for small businesses, has just released web interfaces for Blackberry and iPhone. The iPhone version, seen to the left, sports a very slick UI and allows easy, at-a-glance access to all of your financial information, entered into Quickbooks Online. At first glance, the web app provides a simplistic view of things. Features included are looking at who owes you, who you owe, vendors, employees, and bank accounts. Despite ...Shared by Adam (38) Andrew Ruess (455) Jigar Mehta (270) Jonathan Sterling (159) Scott (103) Woosung (166)
- Adam said: mobileFAIL: A Crap-tastic app gets a barely plausible facelift.
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Gnomedex 8.0 Day 1 - Photo Tips in 15 Minutes with Kris Krug (1)
on Helping Small Business help themselves - SolutionsArePower™ (24) permalinkKris Krug or KK as he is know on Twitter started out the speakers line up after the Ignite Portland presentations with a 15 minute presentation on how to take great pictures. I think every conference should start like this because this Gnomedex came out being one of the best photographed (I mean quality, not quantity) tech events I have ever seen. For those of you who don’t know Kris, he is a fashion and ...Shared by Scott (103)Contribute comment
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Gnomedex 8.0 Day 1 - Startup Lessons Learned by Ben Huh of iCanHazCheezBurger.com (1)
on Helping Small Business help themselves - SolutionsArePower™ (24) permalinkAfter a little coffee break we were entertained by Ben Huh of icanhazcheezburge... which talked about the evolution of memes and the humor that can be funnier with the use of social media and the power of community. If you haven’t ever checked out that site or the original LOLCats.com with captions under funny pictures you are missing out on a core part of the funny side of the Internet. I love good presentations and ...Shared by Scott (103)Contribute comment
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Shashi and Steve at Gnomedex 8.0 - Pre-event party (1)
on Helping Small Business help themselves - SolutionsArePower™ (24) permalinkLast night after walking through the chaos of Pike’s Place watching people throw fish and wait in long lines at the first Starbucks, we got back to the hotel and got ready for the Gnomedex Pre-event party at the Bell Harbor Conference Center. We saw lots of old friends and met many new ones. Sara Lacy was here promoting her new book and participating in the Gnomedex chat room with all the attendees as they ...Shared by Scott (103)Contribute comment
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FaceBook: It's Time Your Business Joined. But More Than You Think. (1)
on Smallbiztechnology.com (20) permalinkThe world of online marketing, is amazing, powerful, confusing, easy and extensive. With all these wonderful and at times frustrating things in the world of online marketing it's definitely time that YOUR business joined Facebook. Why? 1. It has its own community of users - including 99% of your friends and colleagues 2. It's relatively easy to use and the tools it has are pretty extensive. 3. Blogs, email newsletters and web sites are great. ...Shared by Scott (103)Contribute comment
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Future of Online Music - Industry Players Discuss (26)
on ReadWriteWeb (15172) permalinkIn yesterday's episode of RWW Live, our live podcast show, our topic was online music and we had 3 very special guests on the show: Dalton Caldwell, founder and CEO of Imeem; Lucas Gonze, founder of Webjay and until recently a senior member of the Yahoo Music team; and Rob Williams, Senior VP of Music Software at RealNetworks. Also on the show were Sean Ammirati (host), Richard MacManus and Marshall Kirkpatrick. The audio is archived ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (341) achichi (65) Ajay Pathak (69) Alexandru Popescu (102) Bjoern (100) boho (68) felix (20) Henk-Jan van der Klis (71) ignace / micronauta (53) jccamus (120) jeremiah (165) Jurr (35) lkratz (63) Marcel (91) Michael K Pate (84) Mike (79) Nico (89) noel (76) paul (51) PK (54) Scott (103) Sean (61) Sujay (17) Tibor (59) ultraviolet (183) whatevernevermind (175)
- Alexandru Popescu said: Killer Features for Online Music
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Why Entrepreneurs Love a Downturn (4)
on HarvardBusiness.org (448) permalinkDuring our interviews with 55 successful business and social entrepreneurs worldwide, we were struck by the fact that many had started their enterprises during a recession or in the wake of one. Prominent examples include Clif Bar, Chipotle, and Hanna Andersson. Several others started their companies (including Cranium and Honest Tea) just before a recession. Many people assume that entrepreneurs are allergic to recessions. It turns out that downturns can be times of tremendous opportunity--and, ...
- Lorraine said: The reality is in their rush to hire a spokesperson, any spokesperson, they lost sight of the 3M's (no, I don't mean they forgot their post it notes) but the 3M's which may very well be replacing the 4P's * Market * Message * MediaFor any campaign, now more then ever these three elements must be in alignment.
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YCombinator: The Art of the Open House (31)
on How to Change the World (1263) permalinkYCombinator is a new kind of venture capitalist that focuses on $20,000 investments to help entrepreneurs go from "idea to company." They admit two "batches" of entrepreneurs per year for a three-month period. At the end of the term, there is an open house where the companies strut their stuff to investors. YCombinator has helped over 100 startups. These are my pictures from this event a week ago. The big change that makes YCombinator successful ...Shared by abhi (18) Adam Zuercher (31) AJ (1003) Andre Charland (37) btbytes (80) Colin Charles (71) colladude (47) DrBaher (74) hober (81) Jay Liew (116) Jeremy (32) Joseph Rodgers (160) Juan Freire (20) Lech Ambrzykowski (53) lizunlong (155) Mio (83) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (116) R Karthick (49) Rich (52) Rob (506) Robby Russell (8) RomanZolotarev (36) Saravanan (28) Scott (103) Sergey Kapustin (66) Sindhu (43) smackaysmith (47) Tim (212) Woosung (166) X-Phuture (27) Zach (44)
- Adam Zuercher said: Are you thinking about starting a business? Check out YCombinator...
- Zach said: Rome: I know you have ADD but scroll down to "Polleverywhere" (category = you snooze, you lose)
- colladude said: ycombinator
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If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity. (106)
on TechCrunch (26087) permalinkAza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups. Today, he is announcing the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment in using natural language to invoke Web services. Ubiquity is an extension to the Firefox browser that lets you type in what you want to do—insert a map, translate this page, Twitter this block of text, search on Google—and invokes one of 30 Web services. As Raskin describes ...Shared by Aaron (122) Aashay (37) Alex (126) Alex (156) Anand L (53) AnthonyBaker (61) bddemir (19) Ben Shoemate (230) Bob (112) Bradford (14) Burcu Sarar (63) C.K. (315) CB (181) Chris (49) chrisbrogan.com (114) Chuck LeDuc (49) cleiva (59) Costantino (16) Craig (28) Dan McCall (76) Daniel (32) Darko (18) Dave (59) David (38) Derick Valadao (138) Devlin D (46) Dieter Schwarz (24) Dominic Hopton (101) dukz (23) dwk (50) ekaye (44) Eunice (40) Fernando (43) FiZ (35) Flyhorse (43) fr3dly (77) Gelidity (75) Gil Creque (42) Gommit (63) Hooman (21) hyderabadblues (42) iemz (35) James (44) Jared (106) Jason Nielubowicz (48) Jeremy (385) Jitgos (24) John Magnus (211) Jordan (5) Jorge (43) jqueryboy (46) Kat (22) Keef (52) Kerry (117) kevin oshea (33) Klemo (72) lakshmi (19) Lech Ambrzykowski (53) Luana C. (26) Luke G (71) Mark (99) Markus (34) Marque (99) Matteo (40) Matthew (49) maxlibris (31) Mickey (18) Mikael (142) ModernBizzle (24) MrT (34) Nick Nogueira (101) Noah J (31) partout (74) Pejman (45) Pimienta (18) PMinze (105) Praneet (24) Razzu (36) retrofitweb (29) Rhoad Racing (12) richhand (119) Scott (103) Scottdwest (20) Selwin (58) Sergio (22) Seth (62) Seth (43) Sh (17) shark (133) Shaun (54) Sid (124) spolay (47) Stephen (29) stratus (30) Stu (40) sumidiot (44) tamburix (45) tarun (23) TechDad1246 (39) Thinh (156) Tomi (61) Trebel (45) wildgica (179) Yinka (61) ziqbalbh (63) тaмás (55)Explore read 12 notes
- Flyhorse said: This is awesome!
- Devlin D said: I am loving the work that Aza is doing! He is a user experience GENIUS!!!
- Derick Valadao said: Holy smokes. That looks really really cool.
- Noah J said: One to watch.
- Klemo said: Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups.
- Daniel said: Now this is awesome!
- Praneet said: Installed it today.. cool thing.
- Dominic Hopton said: The new hotness, IMHO
- Luke G said: Huge.
- ModernBizzle said: Cool name, logo, and idea!
- Mickey said: ovo samo sto je stiglo na moj RSS reader, Mozilla novi projekat, izgleda ludo (vidi video. alpha 0.1
- chrisbrogan.com said: Can we stop always using maps to describe mashups? Is it just me?
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How Simple Web Design Helps Your Business (189)
on Smashing Magazine (5552) permalinkMany 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 (30) Adriano (32) AJ (1003) Akai (76) Alberto (374) Alex (53) Alex Hardy (26) Alex Rosenkranz (14) Alireza (58) Allan Haggett (76) Alvaro Farfan (11) Amer (24) Amit Chowdhry (138) Andrew Littler (144) andrewcsfan (81) Angela (43) Apostlion (39) AquilaX (20) Bastien (79) beatak (88) Benoit Duverneuil (9) blackbelt (25) Bob Hazlett (46) Bramha (94) Brandon Ball (61) Brandon J. Mendelson (65) Brandon Zeman (4) brian collette (23) Brian Evans (7) Brooke Adcox (36) Bryan Webster (28) carlback (35) CesarS (97) Chad (105) Chad Ayers (101) Chandoo (211) Chris Escalante (20) Chris Gilmore (46) Chuck Reynolds (31) Cody (105) craig (261) Cubby Brendle (81) D-Arb (47) Darcy (56) darcy (28) Dave (10) Dave (8) David Cooke (84) Davide Di Cillo (3) Dean Clark (60) Derek Edmond (231) Donnie Berkholz (100) Doug Funny (114) Dudu P (40) Dwayne Anderson (19) Elmer Thomas (474) elsterama (266) Emil (40) Eoin (71) Evert Stobbe (10) Filip Salindrija (4) Frances Leyland (31) Gerrit Tebrake (85) gfurry (111) giro (10) Glen Stansberry (19) Grace Smith (101) Hagdahl (84) Haripako (50) Heinz Grünwald (21) hikbi (334) History of Blogging (495) hunikal (56) Ian Neubert (15) J.D. Rucker (692) Jacob (73) James Tenniswood (41) Jason David Pelker (110) Jason Kingery (16) Jeff Hertlein (47) Jeff O'Connor (18) Jeroen (14) Jerome Dessagne (3) Jimmy Ho (26) Joel (93) Johan Martin (62) John Engler (12) Jonny Hou (34) Josh (54) jrodgers (49) Just A Clerk (60) Justin (22) Kahong (21) Kai Chan Vong (42) Karan (91) Karol F (75) Ken (69) Kevin (44) koovus (229) Kyle James (80) leedsjimbo (37) Leyla Bonilla (175) liamvictor (297) Lon Cohen (32) Maksim Berjoza (93) Mandy Bee (2) marchbox (43) Mark McKay (90) markoa (71) Martin Saulnier (18) masterofthe (23) Matt (34) Matt (53) Matt Campbell (19) Matt Chandler (74) Max Stanworth (260) melmyfinger (24) Miguel Guinalíu (53) Miguel Lopez (245) Mike (25) mjs (48) Mr. Seaver (53) mr.petruccio (85) MrGuff (125) Nabha Cosley (4) Nathan Chase (66) netman (97) Nick Mutton (2) Pär (59) Patrick (239) Paul (119) paulo (150) Peter Costello (20) Peter Norris (9) peteresch (40) Philip Clark (17) Pierre (69) PortentInt (170) Premier449 (24) Rachel Ross (13) Radium (6) Rafael Tosta (51) Rahim (20) Rajiv Doshi (31) rick (43) Robert (28) Ron ALLAN (105) Ryan Christensen (99) Ryan Djurovich (7) sadiq kassamali (178) Scott (103) Sergey (14) Sergey Kapustin (66) Seth (43) Sharon (33) Simon (28) snake (28) stas (10) Stefan (141) Steven (35) Stubbs (44) Sun Tzu (1614) Supereddie (37) tabo (68) Tammy Lenski (9) Thinh (156) Thomas (44) Timothy (294) Timothy O'Neil (20) Tom Wentworth (18) Tony (20) Travis (157) Travis Wright (26) Tyler McIntyre (42) Tyson Williams (188) Ulrich (33) voidfiles (149) webtime (1325) Wesley (29) will (165) Will Sullivan (59) Wind (22) xavierbkk (22) York (255) Zie (14) zoby (35) Zoram (116) zoz (94) 小雨 (74)
- Allan Haggett said: This goes on the "mandatory client reading" list.
- tabo said: woo! etsy!
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Gallery of Thunderstorm Wallpaper [Wallpaper] (21)
on Lifehacker (36722) permalinkIf our featured desktop Lightning at Sunset inspired you to look for some inclement wallpaper of your own, check out Digital Photography School's 15 spectacular lightning images.Shared by AdamB (50) AndyG1128 (75) Brian (93) Chris Gilmore (46) Christian Santos (223) Derek (29) Derick Valadao (138) everyone loves a wee sombrero (400) Hasan (199) Jared (14) Jeff (128) Jim (15) Kajivar (162) Marc (32) Mel (91) Rahul Gaitonde (65) Ryan (48) Scott (103) StevieB (156) TiTi (399) Votis (64)
- Derick Valadao said: Really awesome photos. I love the one of Toronto.
- AdamB said: very cool shots here
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