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How To Demo Your Startup (Part Two) (75)
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Jason Calacanis’ just posted part two of his “how to demo a startup” advice to his email list earlier today. Part one with his initial advice is here. Last week Jason coordinated rehearsal demos at Sequoia Capital for the companies that are launching at TechCrunch50 on September 8-10. He spends a lot of time with each company and gives solid advice for improving the messaging. The full text of Jason’s email is below. You can ...Shared by Adrian (23) Adriana (18) AJ (154) Ali (23) Andrew (7) Andrew Boardman (61) AP (1) Austin (3) aviv test (1) Billy Bicket (14) Bob (13) C.K. (116) Chad Stoller (1) cleiva (12) Cory Shaw (2) David (2) DC (6) dk (17) dobata (324) Drew Olanoff (117) Fabrice Epelboin (3) giro (10) gjort (7) glaforge (35) Goktug (16) Gommit (16) Haris (25) Hisham (21) iuri (5) Jameson Detweiler (2) Jeff Trexler (4) Jeremy Gordinier (6) Jesus (27) Joe (53) Joe Fernandez (7) John Pederson (3) Jonathan (28) jonpape (7) Josh Shabtai (9) Konstantin (5) Kuldeep (1) leo (15) Leo Chen (1) LJ (6) Mario (19) Mario Hemsley (9) Moah (8) morgan180 (40) Nicholas Mercer (7) noel (16) OGG (1) pankaj (12) Ricardo.Borelli (4) RLivsey (5) Rob Lambert (3) Robert (1) Romie (11) Ryan (19) Ryan (2) Sam (13) Seamus (1) Shankar Ganesh (37) shark (17) Sooz (1) stelabouras (5) Sue (11) tewfiq (31) Toy (2) Trevor Glen (2) Valto (1) yongwei (3) Yoshigi (5) yoshy (298) Zoram (19) Zsombor (16)- Moah said: Jason is as self promoting as bloggers come. Most of this was covered in 6.UAT. But not bad to review them once in a while
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How Google Earth Helped Win A Gold Medal (89)
onGoogle Earth is getting a nice plug from Olympic Gold Medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong. When she did her time trials in December, 2007 in China, she took along her husband’s GPS unit to capture the elevation along the route. Then she used that data to find the best training route back home. In a guest post on the Google Lat-Long blog, she writes: After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to ...Shared by 4r1f (6) Aaron (3) Adrian (10) AJ (19) Alberto (2) Ali (23) Allen Thompson (14) Andrei (6) Andrew Trinh (25) Andy (9) Babychen Mathew (247) Bhavesh (17) Bridget (6) Chris Applegate (6) cmm324 (6) Dami (0) Dan (8) Daniel (5) Dave (8) Dave E. (3) Dave Fleet (5) David Feng (10) Deals (5) Dean (15) dedrick (3) dffrnt (23) dkastner (15) donlbe (8) Donnie Berkholz (5) Drew Olanoff (117) DVD (0) Edward K (14) Eebs (1) erhan (44) Fábio Ricotta (8) Felipe Hummel (2) fesja (11) Fred (1) GerardM (7) gergi (10) Gorman (0) Greg (6) haggaret (18) Haidong (0) Hokey (11) hyderabadblues (5) ilja (11) iomegadrive (6) James Argyle (7) Jayx (6) Jeff (0) Jeff (5) Jesús Zamorano (4) Josh (10) Josi (0) Kluzter (7) Kris (9) lmjabreu (25) Loyolny (3) MAlbano (5) Mark Gibson (3) Matt (19) mecki M@c (0) mfelkins (0) Michael Bekiaris (3) Mike Wilton (5) MV (22) nikoleto (9) Núria (0) Pablo (7) Pedro (5) Podcast Mike (4) pr1000 (12) rachna (1) Rudolf Olah (5) Sandaruwan (16) Satyajeet (0) Scott Cederberg (0) Sergey Kapustin (11) Shaun (8) Siva (0) Steve (4) symesc (8) tarmo888 (3) Toy (2) trevor (4) Vinay (2) Will (8) Win (4)Explore read eight notes
- Jeff said: I just love hearing these stories of people using freely available tools/data in ways no one initially planned.
- Jeff said: Cool story -- I love to hear about the unexpected collisions between athletics and technology.
- Fred said: Got to love this clever use of tech for training for cycling.
- Haidong said: very good try
- David Feng said: woah
- Kluzter said: De esto se trata... informeichon informeichon informeichon!
- Aaron said: I wonder if her gps maker has this info, and can also make light of this.
- trevor said: I didn't have much interest in the Olympics, but this story is too awesome not to pass on.
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Psychedelic Furniture: When Designers Go Round the Bend (18)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #464article co-written by Rachel and Avi Abrams, linkAlso read Part 1When Designers Go Around the BendIn our previous article we've seen some mind-scorching and trance-inducing lamps, tables and chairs...Now we continue in the same groove, bringing to you the wildest furniture ideas - and more temptation to dump your current boxy bedroom sets and go for their "Mad IKEA in the Wonderland" variety.Wireframe Furniture by Thomas Raschke - for the obsessed 3-D artists ...Shared by Casey (4) Chris (15) Curt (11) Daniele (0) djspark (53) Greg (1) Jana (13) Jeremy Jarratt (29) Kay (40) Leena (806) LUCCHINA (422) makou (32) ProfVegas (144) rsgalloway (3) Scott (3) Stefan Hayden (6) Tobyi (0) Toy (2)- Stefan Hayden said: this is the kind of modern art I enjoy
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Tiger Woods Responds to Fan's YouTube Video (55)
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This video response is brilliant marketing on the part of Electronic Arts and Tiger Woods. A fan posted on YouTube that it's possible for Woods to hit a golf ball in Tiger Woods 08 while walking on water. How does Tiger react? By showing how it's done and promoting Tiger Woods 09 in the process. It shows they listen and bring in the big guns to engage. (via John Porcaro) LATER:: Michael Phelps is someone ...Shared by _original (25) Adam (10) amy (1) Andrew Bruce Smith (2) blogan (7) cniknet (15) Dave (1) David (14) dekrazee1 (0) Donnie Berkholz (5) doransky (22) DrBaher (0) e.p.c. (4) Edwin Khodabakchian (0) El Draper (0) Erik (11) Frank (2) Galtenbergs (4) geekgrrl (6) Goyal (3) GS (2) Ian Betteridge (9) J (5) J. Phil (12) Jason (1) Jesús Dugarte (3) John Magnus (16) Joshua McAllister (34) Kaylee (17) Kenneth (0) Kevin Lim (8) Kyle Bunch (0) MAlbano (5) marchewa (1) Marilyn (3) Mario Sundar (0) Martin Gordon (11) narphorium (10) Paull (4) Pierre (0) Rich (2) Rob (5) Romain Péchard (0) Sean (12) Sebastian (2) Simone (10) Steve (4) thelouisguy (13) Tijs (3) Tim (69) Timothy Greig (2) Toy (2) Trace Windham (2) vanlandw (13) Will (8)Explore read 11 notes- Ian Betteridge said: Brilliant. Just brilliant.
- cniknet said: Incredible.
- narphorium said: LOL What a great viral ad.
- Pierre said: That's what I call marketing :D
- Mario Sundar said: Savvy marketing by EA arts yields a terrific viral video.
- Goyal said: Pure awesomeness!!
- GS said: Brilliant marketing!
- vanlandw said: Tiger Woods is brilliant...
- blogan said: This is awesome marketing. And a nice switch from all the Obamessiah stuff we hear about. Good job, Tiger! :-)
- Sean said: THIS is good social marketing
- doransky said: óriási.
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Holy Ghost (202)
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Shared by (jeff)isageek (48) Aashay (4) ab_aditya (3) Abhinav (3) adrcc2 (6) agsystems (17) AJ (0) akiross (0) Al Billings (2) Alex Dumitru (209) alpott (0) Andrea (8) Andrew (0) Andrew (5) Andrew Terry (25) androcles (1) Aneel (14) Ashe (3) Aurélien Bompard (7) ayo (2) bddemir (2) Ben (1) Ben (5) Brad P. from NJ (3) Brandon (25) Camtron 9000 (0) Carbonlord (46) Chad (118) Chad (4) Chadwick (4) Charles (20) chills (1) chimeric (12) Chimpadink (1) chip (7) Chris (0) Chris (3) Chris (8) Chris Fried (4) christina (4) chusemann (4) Cindy Waters (0) cisellis (14) Curt (11) Daniel (12) Daniele (0) Darren (6) David (4) david (3) David Chartier (10) dekrazee1 (0) Derick Valadao (12) Digital Davo (13) DOCBook Howto (98) Dustin DeKoekkoek (6) Eduardo Coutinho (2) EJ (9) engelke830 (4) ephes (5) Eric Hinojosa (7) Fish (8) Franzel (0) Gedoehns (4) George (6) GKB (4) Glutnix (7) Gonzalo Larralde (11) Grant (5) Greg Tidwell (0) Guillermo Esteves (13) Gwenny (16) H. Mueller (1) haggaret (18) Haris (25) hedbngr (2) houseinrlyeh (85) Hrafn Th. {hthth, raven} (4) imma (3) Ismo (0) J. James B (28) James Andreasen (0) JASon (1) Jeff (9) Jeremy P (2) jhota (1) Jim (15) Jim Regan (0) jmeallen (5) Joel (4) Jonathan (8) Jonathan (0) Jonathan C. Dietrich (5) JonathanZ (8) Jonjon (3) jonoabroad (0) Josean (6) Josh (1) Josi (0) Juan Antonio Navarro (1) Justin Yost (48) K. (2) Kai Strandskov (0) Karin (1) Kelly (1) Kenny Eicher (0) kiOwA (5) knv (3) kumarhk (4) kunkaweb (16) L (1) Larry (9) Lauro (6) Lee (6) Lindsey Lu (2) Lindsey Smith (23) Lonnie B (1) madsimian (2) marchewa (1) Mat (3) Matthew Keasling (0) Maxim (1) Mecandes (0) mfelkins (0) Michael (13) Michael (3) Michaele (3) Mike (0) Mike (0) mk (0) Mladen (65) Mohamed Marwen (3) Murray (0) Nathan (5) Nathaniel Dean (5) Niall (1) nicerobot (27) Nick Campbell (5) nikewong (3) nlinus (16) or (5) Orri Ganel (3) ovpaul (7) Patrick (3) Paweł Krupiński (10) Pete (0) Peter (2) Peter (13) pigliapost (3) pinar (5) Podcast Mike (4) Prateep (1) prattmic (9) psvensson (9) PsychoPenguin (4) R2 (0) Rachael (1) rad (21) raddevon (15) Regan (4) Reymond (2) Ricardo M. (23) Robert H (1) rOckY (122) Ronald van der Putte (0) Ryan (0) Ryan (5) Ryan (11) Ryan Cahoon (3) schauba (17) schisamo (4) Seumas (4) sgtret (6) Shack (15) shedali (1) Si (0) SiRGt (21) Skrud (3) slmnhq (7) spiller (18) SSDTyphon (5) Steve (27) striatic (1) sunblush (15) tadhgk (5) Tbro (3) Terrence (2) tim (27) Tim (13) Tim (3) Tim (8) Tony Duckles (7) Tor Erling (69) Toy (2) TroyJMorris (18) tuli0 (3) Tung (0) Venci (6) vinoaj (1) Vorak (5) witherj (0) ymmat (2) Yuvi (26)Explore read 20 notes- adrcc2 said: one of the best from xkcd
- schisamo said: HA HA HA...now that's funny.
- Mecandes said: What were you thinking, Ray?!
- Ben said: hahahaha
- Brad P. from NJ said: You got sci-fi in my religion!
- striatic said: mwahahaha!
- Ryan said: XKCD and Ghostbusters. My favorite things collide. I don't know how much of this I can take.
- christina said: <3
- Derick Valadao said: Awesome! Ghostbusters kill the Holy Ghost.
- Mladen said: I didn't expect that!
- Josi said: ghostbusters, not cool!
- Ryan said: hahaha brilliant!
- schauba said: If I weren't already going to hell, I'd worry about laughing at this.
- JonathanZ said: Completely irreverent so I feel bad that I find this funny. But come on...
- Digital Davo said: very obscure, but I like it.
- Glutnix said: sacrilarious :)
- vinoaj said: The ghostbusters f#$% up
- ayo said: oops! :-)
- Peter said: brilliant
- androcles said: LOL!! ghostbusters!!
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"Obélisque de Cléopâtre", Alexandria - Egypt, ca 1870. (Since (1)
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"Obélisque de Cléopâtre", Alexandria - Egypt, ca 1870. (Since 1879 in Central Park, New York).Photographer: W. Hammerschmidt.Shared by Toy (2)Contribute comment -
The 5 greatest things ever accomplished while high (38)
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Cracked.com presents their list of the five greatest things ever accomplished while high. They said, "To make the cut, an accomplishment has to be considered great by people who could pass a field sobriety test. So no Grateful Dead music." The list includes: #5 Francis Crick Discovers DNA Thanks to LSD #4 Freud and Cocaine Invent Psychoanalysis #3 A Coke Addict Makes a Coke-Flavored Cola and Calls it Coke #2 Dock Ellis Trips His Way ...Shared by Alexander (0) Andrew (0) andy (13) Benno (5) besighyawn (5) Brian.LeRoux (3) brokekid (117) diplix (3) Doug (0) Eris Siva (0) Fuzzyman (10) GioStam (0) gizmo (10) Gordon (13) Greg (2) Jeff Schmidt (11) Jeffrey (6) Jen (27) jmw (0) Joe Breen (0) Jouni Seppänen (5) Justin D (6) Larry (9) lnxcwby (4) m.0 (1) Maurice (0) mikebee (17) minmax (1) px (14) Rahul Das (6) sanja (1) Simon (0) taylor (191) Toy (2) Unseen (0) videopixil (3) vim (72) Vinay (2)- Andrew said: See, drug abuse contributes to the rise in science, not just the decline of society.
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Bizarre and Hilarious Signs (PICS) (69)
on"QUANTUM SHOT" #456linkScratching of head required......and even then, it's no guarantee you'll figure out the real meaning behind these masterpieces of ambiguity. At least this signage provides much needed entertainment and comic relief on our all-too-stressful urban roads. Let's just hope that when it comes to something really important - like instructions for handling nuclear waste and warnings to avoid the giant killer bee nests, they would not screw up the message.Where is that frigging ...Shared by Adam Maldonado (109) Alexander13 (313) Alexandra Friedman (41) Ananya Walia (566) Anil (1) Avi (440) Benjamin (786) Brian Wright (9) Cai Chen (769) Chad (3) chrismartintx (0) Christopher Infante (4) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (0) Darren Isbrecht (77) DeleteOne (12) Devolver (0) Divino (7) djspark (53) Enrique Favela (0) Enrique Sierra Zaldo (0) Felix Bredoteau (56) Gary Gifford Jr (0) Hamish (18) Harrison (0) Ibrahim Cesar (11) ionela (179) Joffrey (13) Jonathan (15) Kyle Saric (0) Leena (806) Maki (0) Matt Campbell (3) Matteo (23) miasarmento (103) michele (14) mr_gadget (149) Mr. BabyMan (249) NaFigator (0) nervioso (59) olive (3) OrchardKeeper (2) Peety (85) Pete (21) Ralph (6) Raoul (28) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (176) Rey Ramos (8) Ritu (398) Rob (1) Ryan Smith (0) Satchel (13) Scott (16) Scott Maier (0) Sham (102) Shane (16) small (11) Steve (1) Sun Tzu (313) Tamir Khason (0) Tangy (6) Then (16) Tidus (8) Toy (2) Vanguard (16) webtime (355) Yasuhisa (8) yjsoon (8) zemlanin (16) zsamir (4)Contribute comment
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Large scale papercraft pieces (7)
onPapercraft maestro Peter Callesen's "Large Scale Installations" are especially mindblowing, though all of his work is really dynamite. I love the elaborated, hairily detailed bits and pieces that fill the insides of this piece. Click through to see all the details. Large Scale Papercut Installations (via Beyond the Beyond)Contribute comment
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Giant Radio Telescopes of the World (PICS) (14)
on"QUANTUM SHOT" #455linkThis was a case of "Humpty Dumpty", total structural failureA giant radio telescope at Green Bank, West Virginia, collapsed into a "twisted mess" without any visible cause, or previous warning.There was no wind, no covert landing of malicious aliens - on that night of November 15th, in 1988. During its normal operation (while studying gravitational lenses and distant galaxies), the scientific colossus suddenly folded up in a tangled heap around the control building...Shared by Ananya Walia (566) babakslt (0) complicious (57) djspark (53) DrPete (4) Holger E (7) Jason R. Hunter (21) Joy O'Hare (99) Mahesh Basantani (80) Mr. BabyMan (249) Muhammad Saleem (215) ProfVegas (144) Reem Abeidoh (33) Toy (2)Contribute comment
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"Google Now Notifies Of "Search Customization"" (5)
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Google is now showing "search customization" messages to inform searchers when their search results have been modified from "normal" due to a searcher's geographic location, previous query or web surfing and search history. It's a nice move to help searchers know what exactly is going on "under the hood" at Google and override it if the wrong choices are being made. I'd like to see more of it. Click to continue reading...Contribute comment -
Peter Ward dives to meet a wild Nautilus (3)
onAvi Solomon says: "Peter Ward, paleontologist, dives at night to meet the Nautilus, a wondrous creature which has survived for 500 million years." Peter Ward dives to meet a wild NautilusContribute comment
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Drew Friedman: George W. Bush as The Joker (38)
onMy favorite caricaturist, Drew Friedman, contributed this fine portrait of our fearless leader to Vanity Fair. It's titled "No Joke." For more of Drew's terrific portraiture, check his his books The Fun Never Stops, Old Jewish Comedians, and More Old Jewish Comedians, all published by the good people at Fantagraphics. Drew Friedman's George W. Bush portrait (Vanity Fair) Previously on BB: • Get Illuminated! podcast: Drew Friedman, comic artistShared by Adam (30) AJ (154) Andrew (29) Andrew (7) Arley McBlain (0) Avi (440) Bextra (1) brokekid (117) Bwood42 (8) Chung (111) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (0) Dennis Laumen (10) Derek Springer (3) Eebs (1) focsa (9) jaime (0) Jason Hammer (2) Jenna (5) Jim (2) kiOwA (5) Leo K (6) llorch (2) Lula.Pro (8) Melkir (2) Mladen (65) Mr. Matt (8) NeonDemon (39) Olya (1) OnkelSchark (3) patrick (3) puthali (12) Ron (8) Sarah Davies (0) stealingsand (6) Steve (1) Tad M (0) Toy (2) Veritas Noctis (38)Contribute comment
- [Quotable] NetNewsWire, JotSpot, Git, Google, old Texas sayings, etc. (23)
