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Metrics in the networked society (2)
on Communities Dominate Brands (8) permalinkAjit Joakar of Open Gardens has posted this In a previous blog, I discussed how Long tail social network analysis could be a business model for Web 2.0 The key insights are a) The Web has a higher CPM since the search is tied to the intent b) For various reasons as indicated in the above blog, we cannot get the same synergies between advertising and social networks c) New metrics are needed in the ...Shared by hankfdh (10) Marshall Sponder (18)Contribute comment
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Immerse Yourself in a New Language with Babbel [The Startup Review] (13)
on Mashable! (2107) permalinkEditor’s Note:If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion in “The Startup Review” series, please see the details here. STARTUP DETAILS: Company Name: Babbel 20 word description: Babbel is an Internet application for playful language learning. There are intuitive lessons and diverse opportunities to connect. CEO’s 100 word description: Babbel provides an enjoyable, intuitive approach to learning via cutting-edge applications, audio cues and user-generated visuals. It also enables users around the globe ...Shared by Brittney (31) Fred Schechter (143) G Code (105) hankfdh (10) htmleando (25) idhorat (21) James (34) Jeff A Coon (20) Jesse (21) Just A Clerk (56) KenFan (173) Loyolny (45) p0ps (71)Contribute comment
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New rules for online trading, auctions and e-commerce (2)
on Danwei - Media, Advertising, and Urban Life in China (37) permalinkLots of people buy and sell on Taobao, China's eBay Yesterday, the Beijing Administration of Industry and Commerce published on its website the draft of a new set of rules governing Internet commerce. The rules, set to take effect on August 1, stipulate that all "for-profit online stores" are required to register for a license while "individuals who sell or exchange items for personal use" are not. This has aroused questions about how to draw ...Shared by hankfdh (10) IanTW (44)Contribute comment
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How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt) (243)
on TechCrunch (4253) permalinkIn this post, guest author Ryan Carson goes through some of the lessons learned from building a Web app in four days. Carson is the co-founder of Carsonified, a web shop in Bath, UK. They’ve built four web apps, created ThinkVitamin.com and run events like Future of Web Apps. If you’re bored you can follow Ryan on Twitter. The time it takes to design, build and deploy web applications has been steadily shrinking, especially with ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (129) Adriana (26) Adrien O'Leary (14) Affan (47) AJ (433) Alemsah (21) Alex Dong (1) Alex Dumitru (1153) Andre Siregar (7) andré.friedrichs (151) Andrew Bruce Smith (38) Andrew Ruess (199) Ankur (47) aqeeliz (2) Archit T (20) Arik (10) arsalan (26) Bananalope (27) Bart Mroz (32) Beau Mac (1) benexia (1) Bharath Balasubramanian (2) bigstrings (3) Bill (56) blake borgeson (1) bodzasfanta (125) Brad Garland (5) brennan moore (40) Brent (46) Brent (5) Brent the Closet Geek (58) Brenton (42) Breyten (41) Brian (13) Brian Junyor (83) Bruce (25) Burcu Sarar (11) Cameron (8) Carl Fyffe (9) Carlos Villela (13) Carsten (98) Charleno Pires (79) chrisbrogan.com (54) Christopher (13) Chuck LeDuc (13) Cocoy (78) Colin (29) Compuwizard123 (39) Coolbox (34) Cris Pearson (23) cvander (18) Daiko (22) Damon (1) Dan (4) Dan (7) Dan MacKinlay (62) Dani (9) Daniel Bachhuber (61) David (6) David V (42) Davide (4) Dennis Laumen (43) Derek (80) Dominik (71) Don (20) Doug (38) Drew (4) Egor (7) Emily (12) Eunice (7) fabio (35) Felix Bredoteau (1485) Fernando (8) Filippo (6) G$ (17) Gabriel Oyarzabal (7) Gene Smith (3) Gene W (14) GeniusBoyWonder (20) gergi (20) gisc (73) Glenn Batuyong (176) GP (65) Grodzik (1) Guillermo Esteves (22) guopai (1) Haltse (31) Hamish.MacEwan (31) hankfdh (10) hbenny (9) HejGustav (55) hoop6464 (22) hyderabadblues (21) Hyunhak (23) iAlja (109) indigo (5) iomegadrive (22) itsthenewmike (35) Ivo (23) Jardenberg (8) Jasdeep (2) Jase (35) Jay (17) Jeff Smith (4) Jeremy (2) Joe Breen (6) John (45) Jon. L (17) Jonathan (5) Jonathan Sullivan (6) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (241) Josh (12) Josh N. (42) jrodgers (2) Julia Dalton (5) Juras Vetrau (38) Just A Clerk (56) JUSTIN (95) K (1) Katie (20) Kenneth (19) Kenneth LeFebvre (13) kevan (29) Kevin Tate (1) Kin (15) Klemo (14) Kolby Kallweit (6) kramed (17) Kunal Ghate (1) Laughing Squid (199) Len Xu (7) Levon Karayan (19) Lizy (14) Luke (4) Macky (13) Maksim Berjoza (45) Marc (11) Marco (17) Mark (10) Marque (47) Marty Stake (15) matpol (12) Michael (81) Mikael (25) mithrandi (28) Mone (12) Morgan (21) mwesten (4) Nathan (7) Nicholas (35) Nico (38) Nicolas (1) oblonski (52) Olivier G. (50) onlythoughtworks (30) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (65) Pablo (14) Patrick (34) pedrosanta (16) pete (1) Pheelmore (6) Phil (11) phil (27) Philippe (5) plindberg (19) potentato (21) Pramod (185) Punksolid (76) puthali (13) Radi (112) Rafael (2) rafiq (43) Razzu (47) rcraswell (10) Retta (14) Rex (247) rhymes (4) Richard (9) Richard (5) RMathew (10) rmg7344 (70) Rob Clark (10) Robert (3) Robert Dempsey (11) Roger Zhong (10) Roland Tanglao (107) Roman Nurik (3) Roy (25) Ryan (25) sadegazoz (6) Sai Ram Kunala (12) sam (53) sandeepbalaji (5) ScorpFromHell (74) Scott (10) Scott (3) Seann (36) Sebastian (10) Seshu Karthick (7) Shane (27) Shane (5) Sherman (18) Sidnei da Silva (10) Siffring (4) slmnhq (45) somenice (65) sonny (45) Stanton (9) Stephen Sullivan (13) stevenvanwel (7) stewsnooze (2) subcommandante (69) Sumanth (3) talios (20) tante (18) TechDad1246 (54) Terence Lo (26) theCan (9) Thomas Beutel (7) tig (57) Tim (97) timepilot (21) Tomo (92) Tony (4) Trevor (27) Uday Kiran (4) Uno (33) vergil66 (13) Vinod Kumar Kashyap (26) Vinuth (5) Wayne (15) WebFlint (4) WhisKiTo (40) williamsdb (4) wrburgess (15) wwdj (13) Xavier (10) xdamman (3) xp (16) Yinka (27) Yishuai (2) zapnap (44) zoby (25)Explore read 11 notes
- tante said: While I disagree with their impression of Django, it's still an interesting read.
- Chuck LeDuc said: Fantastic. This is the way to do it.
- Klemo said: Rule of thumb: "Meetings are the best way to kill productivity and crush creativity so keep ‘em short."
- blake borgeson said: great advice on building a simple startup really fast. and some nice videos of the development.
- Razzu said: impressive !!
- Carl Fyffe said: 4 days... What could we build in 4 days...
- Haltse said: And god forbid that any QA should occur, hey that's what the users are for.
- brennan moore said: !!!!!!!
- cvander said: En la oficina hicimos twittnot.com con principios similares. Y ahora me quedan ganas de hacer algo más, con un equipo descentralizado en toda LaTam. Aplicar una semana de trabajo y unos $2-$5k. Seguro que sale algo interesantísimo.
- Richard said: I think I can beat that budget (and that time too).
- Dan said: Love this idea! Its just so difficult to get a team together though. Ideas on how it can be done?
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Photos: Beijing Store Interior Construction (2)
on ifoAppleStore (3) permalinkInterest in Apple’s retail stores is international in scope, including in Beijing (China), where the company’s latest store will open at The Village at Sanlitun shopping complex northeast of city center on July 19th. Now the France-based MacPlus.net Web site has posted interior photos of the future three-level store, including the glass staircase, back-lit wall graphics and stainless steel interior panels. Apple’s store will join several other international retailers, including Nike, Addidas and Zara. Check ...Shared by hankfdh (10) mediter (28)Contribute comment
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Google Talk comes to the iPhone, death of the text message approaching? (40)
on VentureBeat (502) permalinkGoogle has unveiled a web-based version of its Google Talk instant messaging client specifically built for the iPhone. Quite simply: It’s amazing. But it has limitations. Just as with Google’s other apps built for the iPhone, Google Talk is laid out in a way that is very simple to use. It’s main screen is a list of your contacts names and icons (if they have one) big enough for you to easily click on any ...Shared by Adam (52) Adam (23) AJ (433) Alan Cheslow (58) Alex (109) Alex Dumitru (1153) Amit Chowdhry (494) Aron (23) Ayelet (23) charleshudson (14) charris1980 (36) Corvida (313) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (1477) dedlam (38) DigitalHobbit (3) DOCBook Howto (186) Drew Olanoff (248) Eben (1) Felix Renicks (24) Frederic (104) gort581 (59) Guillermo Bravo (552) hankfdh (10) J. Phil (344) Joseph (9) Jyri Engestrom (3) Mansi (11) MG (99) Mike F (924) Nate (73) p0ps (71) Paul (18) paul (11) ramyon (41) Rex (247) Rob (13) Terence (19) Tito (18) Y (60) Zaki (85)
- DOCBook Howto said: Awesome!
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Should Links Open In New Windows? | How-To | Smashing Magazine (91)
on Smashing Magazine (766) permalinkNo, they shouldn’t. At first glance the decision to open links in new windows or not depends on the given site and the preferences of its visitors. Visitors of the sites with heavy linking are more willing to have links opened in new windows than open dozens of links in new windows manually. Visitors of less-heavy-linkage-sites are more likely to open some specific link in new window to remain on the site and continue to ...Shared by !!blue (19) !&# (111) .dean (21) alexbig (32) Andrew (50) andrin (13) andyed (20) Angus Fraser (360) ani625 (254) assbach (48) Avinash (213) Bonstio (11) Brian E. Young (36) Bruce (25) Chris L (44) Christopher (46) Costi (5) Dan (32) Dave "Blakice" Matthews (16) David (1) David Owens (7) Diego C (11) Doni (134) Dustin DeKoekkoek (26) elstudio (9) Emon (35) ereli (37) Evan Sims (60) frivmo (9) gisc (73) Goatlady (53) GreenAcid (11) hankfdh (10) Heather (64) iAdramelk (28) J. Phil (344) JC (43) Jeff (6) Jeremy Flint (29) Jeroen (13) Jess (29) kevin (29) Kevin (7) kleinmatic (13) KnarfJ (38) Kristina (5) liamvictor (296) Lindsey Smith (19) lis (2) lisamac (31) Loyolny (45) Luke (4) Maksim Berjoza (45) Marcel (36) Mark Neigh (3) Message (39) Michael (34) Mike (54) Mike F (924) Ngeow Wu Han (14) Nick Nogueira (66) norti (39) olivia (16) Olivia Maia (22) Otto R. Radke (10) Peter N (10) robby (22) rszaloki (96) SekhmetDesign (6) Seth (27) SharonG (131) Shoshannah F (115) Siffring (4) spiri (40) Srandy (34) Stefan (48) Stii (7) Sven (36) Terrence Wood (18) The Product Guy (6) theCan (9) Tiago Celestino (104) Tim (15) tim (160) Timothy Greig (14) Tom Steel (44) William Becher (56) Zahra HB (230) zemaNORIS (38) 小雨 (4) 爵溪 (7)
- kleinmatic said: Yeah. Gotta send this to editors when they suggest that links should open a new window.
- Zahra HB said: مرسی دقیقا نظر منم همینه:) به خصوص حالا که دیگه Tabbed window داریم
- norti said: They definitely should.
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Web Tip: Creating a Reusable “Button” Class (4)
on Tutorial Blog (14) permalinkWeb pages are full of buttons. Navigation, links, “next” buttons, “submit” buttons, “OK” buttons, “close” buttons… the list goes on. When you go about designing a new web page, chances are its going to have a lot of buttons. Make life easier for yourself by creating a button class that you can reuse over and over in your HTML whenever you need a button. Not only is this a favor to you, but it’s good ...Contribute comment
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Google Rebrands Performics: Launches Affiliate Network - ReadWriteWeb (28)
on ReadWriteWeb (2924) permalinkToday, Google announced that it is rebranding DoubClick's Performics Affiliate as the Google Affiliate Network. Google acquired DoubleClick in March 2008 for $3.1 Billion. The Google Affiliate Network is not yet integrated into Google's AdSense and will continue to be hosted at ConnectCommerce.com for the time being. Companies currently featured on the network include Target, Kohls.com, Citibank, Circuit City, Zazzle, Bank of America, Verizon, and Barnes & Noble. It's interesting that Google seems to feel ...Shared by abrudtkuhl (20) AJ (433) atul (231) charlie anzman (154) cooperative (60) Corvida (313) Dan (32) DrBaher (38) ehu4ever (194) giovanni (15) GP (65) hankfdh (10) hidenari (3) iAlja (109) Laughing Squid (199) Mao Yu (50) Mike F (924) Ryan (4) rzklkng (491) sarahintampa (154) tim (160) ultraviolet (66) whatevernevermind (58) Xiaoxing (13) ysamjo (35) Yuce (24) 費里曼先生 (21)Contribute comment
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Eki Tama and train station kiosk innovations (2)
on Trends in Japan (6) permalinkHere is a surreal take on the fast food stand: Tamachi’s station’s new Eki Tama (“station egg”). This minimal, spacey pod designed by Osaka based Graf and developed by Ecute serves up designer hotdogs and is, appearance-wise, light years away from your average station kiosk or coffee shop. Tamachi is a relatively high-traffic station near Shinagawa where lots of medium-sized companies have their offices, and in addition to appealing to the local lunching crowd of ...Shared by hankfdh (10) Jarvitron (78)
- Jarvitron said: These Hole'd Baguettes remind me of something I saw about hawaii where they were putting hot dogs down into buns made just like this.
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Looks like the iPhone will make it to mainland China, after all (6)
on VentureBeat (502) permalinkWhen I was in China last month, it seemed like every entrepreneur I met had an iPhone — an iPhone that they had purchased elsewhere then “unlocked” so they could use it in China. Unlocking means breaking Apple’s terms of service so that the phone can use a data card from a local carrier, which goes against Apple’s business strategy of trying to partner with local carriers and sell phones through them. But finally, it ...Contribute comment
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Amazon China Accepting Alibaba's AliPay (1)
on Pacific Epoch - China News Headlines (0) permalinkAmazon's China subsidiary Joyo began accepting electronic payment from Alibaba Group's online payment subsidiary AliPay on Tuesday, according to a Joyo customer service representative. A Bianews report said the AliPay function is still undergoing testing on Joyo.cn and will be officially launched in...Shared by hankfdh (10)Contribute comment
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Alaskan Airlines saves millions by rethinking check-in flow (30)
on Signal vs. Noise (483) permalinkHustle & Flow [Fast Company] takes a look at Alaskan Airlines’ effort to design a better way to get customers through airport check-in. The airline studied theme parks, hospitals, and retailers to see how they handled similar situations. Then, the team built mock-ups in a warehouse using cardboard boxes for podiums, kiosks, and belts in order to find ways to increase efficiency. The resulting makeover at the Seattle airport is likely to save almost $8 ...Shared by Adrien O'Leary (14) Arvind (5) brokekid (208) Calvin (43) dasmart (35) Dr. Ernie (43) e.p.c. (34) etlund (20) gadgetboy (39) Gautam (47) gsiener (7) hankfdh (10) Jbud1 (8) Jeffrey (24) jharwig (7) John (5) John F. Schneider (25) Josh (35) Mark J (0) Martin (5) Micah (4) Michael D (9) Mike Aizatsky (11) Paul (4) Rob (13) sc (62) Sean (5) Shanthi (7) sukumar (21) Uday Kiran (4)Contribute comment
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Last.fm Re-design: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (66)
on ReadWriteWeb (2924) permalinkMy favorite online music service Last.fm is currently ungoing a semi-public re-design, available to Last.fm subscribers ($3 per month) at beta.last.fm. Bearing in mind that last.fm is now owned by mega media company CBS, it is great to see last.fm continuing to evolve fast. In this post we review the new design and see if it's ready for primetime. The short answer is no. The beta feedback so far has been mixed and comparisons to ...Shared by .dean (21) adrcc2 (15) AJ (433) Alex (109) ancameme (0) Andrew (13) Antonio Ortiz (94) brokekid (208) Carolina (12) Clare (8) Corvida (313) danliebke (24) Dennis Laumen (43) Eddypedro (10) Hagen (33) hankfdh (10) Henk-Jan van der Klis (0) Ismo (7) Ivo (23) izensun (5) J. Phil (344) jachbla (3) Jamie R (15) Jimmah (28) Joe (109) John (5) John (4) jrivero (38) leekelleher (10) Lien (156) lizunlong (33) louisgray (295) Matt Galligan (0) metaeuphoria (40) Michael Kamleitner (3) Nicki (78) Niklas (24) Nuno (1) Olivier G. (50) partout (16) pF (10) Phil (111) Philou (47) Piotrr (6) rexy (8) Riaz (15) Ruben (56) rwonline (25) Sanns (14) sarahintampa (154) Simon (0) Snehal Shinde (4) Sophyfly (2) Steinkirch (37) StudentMfri (0) Talk (26) Thomas Reimer S (65) twe4k (3) ultraviolet (66) Venci (40) westher (22) whatevernevermind (58) yojibee (27) zapnap (44) Zenith (15) zertox (1)Contribute comment
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jsmap - US States selection library (2)
on Asiajin (13) permalinkNew Javascript library jsmap is released on cognitom.com , which enables a new way of choosing regions from diagram map. Its Japan version seems welcomed favorably by Japanese web developers, as the Japan’s prefecture selection is always an usability headache. There are Japanese websites provides region selection by drilling down by links, usually implemented on Flash. But this one can be used more easily, and not many open source library are available. The US English ...Shared by Go (80) hankfdh (10)Contribute comment
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Obama/Clinton support visualizer that rocks (60)
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