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Direct Line Saves iPhone Users From Automated Call Hell (69)
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Add this to your list of must have iPhone applications. Direct Line (iTunes link) is a service that helps you automatically navigate phone trees to get right to an operator (exactly what companies don’t want you to do). Install the application, browse of search the included companies, and select the one you want. Direct Line then calls the number and preselects the appropriate choices to get you to an actual person. The service operates much ...Shared by Aaron (6) AC Valentine (16) Adam (5) Alec Peden (6) Alex C (29) Alex Porter (4) Andrei (6) Austin (3) ayn (6) baardoa (6) bddemir (2) Ben (18) Bill (0) Brian McNitt (1) brokekid (117) Camtron 9000 (0) Charlie (2) Chuck Reynolds (16) Dan (2) Dave (1) David (4) Dennis' Library (3) dkastner (15) DOCBook Howto (98) giginger (19) glongman (7) Greg T (17) Haltse (17) Henry Webb (0) James Forbes Keir (6) Jeffrey Blais (37) JEP (10) Joe Schueller (2) Jonathan Washburn (3) Josh (6) Justin (6) JUSTIN (13) Kells Nollenberger (0) Kevin Etter (4) Kunal Ghate (1) Luke (0) Mark (7) Mark (1) Martin (0) Matt (19) Matt (10) Matthew (4) MV (22) Nick (0) Nick (0) OhCaptain (5) Ooble (13) Oren (13) Patrick (0) PJ Kix (3) potentato (23) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (7) puthali (12) Ramit Sethi (4) Rob (20) Roberto (9) Roger Åberg (12) Russ (3) Siva (0) Thomas Hochmann (1) Thomas Smith (23) TNLNYC (4) Tony (6) Will Cole (9)Explore read six notes- Roger Åberg said: Genialiskt! Någon måste göra en svensk version
- Ooble said: Great. Now I need an iPhone.
- Nick said: BEAUTIFUL! Another tempting reason to check out the iPhone.
- glongman said: neat idea. Incredibly difficult to keep the "maps" of company call tree up to date. I would venture to guess its harder than what we do at Overlay TV to import videos from sites like Veoh and Tudou - their sites change frequently.
- Austin said: I hate you iPhone, why doesn't Verizon love you?
- Haltse said: now that my friends.. is genius. I've been using a site to do this but Holy heck in a crap basket this is too freaking cool:) If it works:D
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Single-Page Portfolio Sites (42)
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Are you looking for ideas to design a portfolio site? Maybe all you need is a single-page site? Single-page design works if you don’ t have much content, but just want to showcase your work. It can save time and cost because you don’t need to build the CMS and templates. In other words, it’s perfect for the non-coders. Here are 30 single-page portfolio sites with exceptional design and implementation. Hopefully, they can give you ...Shared by !!blue (6) Adam (13) Adam Selwood (8) Alex Tolstrup (1) auth (0) Charleno Pires (54) Charles (22) Chris C (1) Chris Rowe (9) Christopher Mann (0) Davinder (12) dobata (324) eeenmachine (0) G.Dewald (3) geekgrrl (6) Hasan Saleem (76) James Lewis (1) johnny rodriguez (6) JSB (16) Kathy Behrenroth (23) keiji yonesho (10) Kevin (0) kgl (19) Ko Phyo (8) leonian (19) Manuel (0) Marvin (2) Matt Dawson (3) Max Stanworth (40) MrQwest (38) Nick (0) Pali Madra (17) Patrick (17) rezar (19) Ricardo (0) rtsnance (4) Selwin (14) Sergej Sidoruk (6) Standard Pixel (6) Tim (2) Vashira (1) winston (21)- Nick said: Great resource! I've always wanted to collect these.
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The Yahoo! User Interface 3.0 Preview Release 1 (6)
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The YUI team is pleased to announce the public availability of YUI 3.0 Preview Release 1, an early look at what they’re working on for the next generation of the YUI Library. Documentation for YUI 3.0 is on the YUI website; the download is available on the YUI project area on SourceForge; Keep in mind that this is an early preview, not a production-quality (or even a beta) release. This release is not suitable for ...Shared by Brent the Closet Geek (12) Camille Roux (9) Chris Gilmore (13) Nick (0) Phil (42) Wyn Lim (3)- Nick said: Interested to check this out!
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SWiM (1)
permalinkThe guys from OKCOOL are currently in the beta phase of their new application SWiM. SWiM is a web management application that aggregates all information from various websites. We are happy to see that Shopify is one of the applications that SWiM has already integrated with. Others are Wordpress, Vanilla & Technorati (with more to follow). They also have an API that lets you create your own plugins for it. Watch the video below and ...Shared by Nick (0)
- Nick said: This looks like a really great idea, if they can execute. Hope to play with it soon.
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Gmail Outage or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love GTD Contexts (56)
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Like thousands of people yesterday, I was annoyed and inconvenienced by Gmail’s unexpected 2-hour dirtnap. But, wow. Apparently, it just irrevocably hijacked the whole day for some folks. And even sent a few into a Dark Afternoon of the Soul that most 19th-century Romantic poets would have found a bit histrionic. Now, as a user, polemicist, and nemesis of Apple’s MobileMe problems, I’m not here to criticize the frustration about a broken cloud service; I ...Shared by adam king / sabbatical™ (8) AJ (162) Alec Peden (6) Andrew (0) Ben (8) Bill (2) btvillarin (5) Chris Miller (1) Christopher Gillespie (4) Chuqui (5) Corvida (61) Craig Maloney (4) d0t (4) daliu (1) danliebke (47) Darkwookiee (1) Dave Arter (10) DavidS (23) EJ (10) Firethorn (11) Floyd (3) hank (2) Jack Baty (4) Jay (46) jbrauer (1) Jennifer Sardam (3) Jeroen (2) kevin (0) kfc (6) mcphee (5) Michael Nally (3) Mike (0) Mitch (0) Mitch (1) Nathan (0) Nick (0) Paul Jacobson (14) Pete Williams (0) Peter (2) peteresch (2) pflix (2) pilgrimjohn (2) powlow (15) q burns abstract message (4) ravi (12) Roberto (3) Ross (4) Scott (5) terrym (9) Theresa Irwin (0) ThinkHammer (0) Todd (2) Todd Mundt (50) True Tech Life (0) vergil66 (1) xgdfalcon (4)Explore read seven notes- Christopher Gillespie said: Merlin Mann gives a great synopsis of the Getting Things Done scheme. It's been a great time saver for me.
- Jack Baty said: Ahh sanity
- Nick said: Amen! Seriously, it's a FREE service, can people really bitch if it's down for a couple hours. I think they should schedule 2 hours down every day to get people focused on more important things.
- ravi said: Merlin has pearls of wisdom on GTD. Must read
- Craig Maloney said: For those of you who survived the GMail outage of 8/11/08.
- Dave Arter said: Pretty inspiring... I really should learn how to Get Things Done.
- ThinkHammer said: I was in my @Errands context and thus largely oblivious to the outage. This is a great recommendation to be ready to flip contexts in your GTD life.
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How To Demo Your Startup (163)
onJason Calacanis’ most recent post to his email mailing list is particularly relevant to our audience. He’s spoken with 200 companies in ten minute increments as they give their pitch to be a part of the upcoming TechCrunch50 conference. I agree with all of his thoughts below based on my own experience getting pitched from thousands of startups over the last three years. If you are pitching a company to the press, a conference, a ...Shared by Aanarav Sareen (9) Aaron (6) adang001 (6) Aeh310 (9) Al (3) Alan Veeck (1) Alex (18) Alex Carpenter (18) Andrew Boardman (61) Andrey (6) Anol (2) anonydon (14) Aron (10) Bastien (27) Bill (8) Bill (2) Bill HR (8) Brad Garland (6) Brit (23) C.K. (116) Caleb Elston (13) Can Özmen (3) CannonGod (190) Carl Fyffe (2) CB (12) Chandu Thota (0) Chris J Guerra (11) cmurph (18) colladude (1) Consiliera (4) Cory (1) Cris (0) cuqui (19) cvander (5) Danbrown (0) Daniel (1) DOCBook Howto (98) Ed (0) eLd0raDo (11) Emily (0) Emma (7) Eric (9) Eric (4) eschnou (9) Evgeni L. / Reepicheep (8) expertseries (4) G$ (3) Gaurav (4) Gautam (14) Giuliastro (4) glaforge (35) Gordon Murray (1) Haltse (17) Harun (1) Hashim (18) IdoNotes (0) igormoreno (13) iuri (5) J.R. (2) Jason L (18) JasonV (2) Jay (1) Jbud1 (2) JeeBs (2) Jeff (0) Jeff (0) Jerome (7) jetienne (2) Joel (2) John (11) John (2) John (12) John (0) Jon. L (1) Jonathan (0) Jordi De Groof (12) Josh (17) Julián Romero Nieto (1) Justin Ribeiro (2) k1v1n (3) Kaşif Ha (17) Katie (0) Kenneth (5) kevan (5) Kevin Hamer (9) Llwllyn (9) louisgray (112) maccman (9) Mahesh CR (2) Major Tal (0) Marina Martin (2) Martin (10) Martin Ström (0) Matt (10) Michel (0) mickek (1) Mike (18) Mike Aizatsky (0) mr.petruccio (36) mr94 (10) Mudiam (1) Neil (4) Nick (0) Nick (0) noahp (11) OGG (1) Olli Sulopuisto (22) orc (10) Otto R. Radke (2) Oudi Antebi (0) Pablo (20) Patrick Thornton (0) Paul Helmick (24) Paul S (4) Paulino (1) Pejman (0) PoPPaP (8) Rajiv Doshi (10) Richard Olsen (1) Richmarcia (0) Rizwan (9) Robert Scoble (61) Ron (3) Roy (0) Sam I Am (0) Satej Sirur (5) Scott (10) SD (5) Sebastian (0) selfexile (1) Seth (0) Sherman (13) shivanand (4) Shyam (6) simplynutty (0) Sonciary (1) Stanislav Shalunov (0) Stewart Rogers (7) StreetForce1 (39) Sue (11) syllabub (0) TedCHoward (5) The one (0) Tim Elliott (4) Todd (14) Tom Wentworth (2) Tomek (0) Tony (2) truman (1) Uday Kiran (7) Vincent van Wylick (17) vinoth (4) Vivek (11) weinberg81 (0) wrburgess (1) Xdroot (31) xrx (23) yaegor (1) Yan (9) Yihong (4) Zach Scott (3) Zsombor (16) zuzur (8)Explore read 12 notes
- Haltse said: i really hope that the same rules applied to HR slideshows and new info. Very tired of the approach that Hey we have over a million bucks of talent in this room BUT! we're going to read to you from the screen.
- colladude said: demo startup
- Jonathan said: Seems like a lot of good advice about pitching.
- Nick said: Great article for web startups
- Paul S said: All good points
- SD said: Jason , please start blogging. Your emails are toooooooooooooo looooooooooooong to read.
- Chris J Guerra said: very useful info
- Neil said: Excellent advice for ALL kinds of tech presentations...not just startup stuff
- John said: This is great advice for anyone who has to make presentations, whether in tech or not.
- Stewart Rogers said: must read in more detail!
- Martin said: Great info here for anyone demoing their hard work.
- JeeBs said: Great advice on the finer points of doing a demo of your product. As clear and definitive as you can get.
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How To Demo Your Startup (226)
onJason Calacanis’ most recent post to his email mailing list is particularly relevant to our audience. He’s spoken with 200 companies in ten minute increments as they give their pitch to be a part of the upcoming TechCrunch50 conference. I agree with all of his thoughts below based on my own experience getting pitched from thousands of startups over the last three years. If you are pitching a company to the press, a conference, a ...Shared by @runb@laj! (0) Aanarav Sareen (9) Aaron (6) Adrian Howard (1) Adriana (18) Aeh310 (9) Al (3) Alex Carpenter (18) Alexander Ljung (5) Amir (7) Andreas (0) Andrei (6) Andrerib (9) Andrew Walkingshaw (13) Andrey (6) Andy Cary (0) Anol (2) anonydon (14) Aron (10) Aydin (2) B.J. Schone (2) barbara (1) Bastien (27) Ben (3) Ben (74) Benjamin (824) Benny (0) Bill (2) Bill (8) Bill HR (8) blackbelt (0) brady forrest (1) BryanSays (1) btw0 (8) Can Özmen (3) Carl Fyffe (2) Carmen Leilani (16) Chandu Thota (0) Charles (3) Chi-chi Ekweozor (13) chris (305) cmurph (18) Consiliera (4) consolejockey (1) Cory Shaw (2) craig (46) Cris (0) Damian (0) Dan Grigorovici (2) Danbrown (0) david (5) davidorban (8) Dibau Naum h (9) dmkanter (0) dobata (324) Dominik Wind (0) Dorai (14) Drew Olanoff (125) Ed (0) Eino (3) eLd0raDo (11) Emma (7) Eric (4) Eric (1) Ettore Pasquini (1) Eugene Petrenko (0) Eugenio (2) expertseries (4) frank_tentler (1) Gabriel Radic (1) Gaurav (4) giro (10) Giuliastro (4) Gordon Murray (1) Green Flash (6) GS (3) Gustavo (3) guy (479) Harun (1) hbenny (9) Ian Irving (2) Idan Gazit (0) IdoNotes (0) Ignatia (2) igormoreno (13) iuri (5) J.R. (2) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (4) James Osborn (3) James Sherrett (2) jason (0) Jason L (18) Jay Liew (9) JeeBs (2) Jeff (0) Jeff (0) Jeremy Gordinier (7) Jerome (7) Joel (2) John (0) John (2) John Park (5) jon (5) Jon Henshaw (5) Jon Phillips (7) Jon. L (1) Jonathan (0) Jonathan (28) jonpape (7) Jordi De Groof (12) Julien Le Nestour (0) Kaşif Ha (17) kevin (19) Kevin Hamer (9) Kevin Sablan (10) Kristen (203) Kuldeep (1) Kyle (3) Kyle James (27) Kyle Mulka (0) Lars Trieloff (1) lizunlong (4) Llwllyn (9) Luigi Montanez (1) lunamoth (23) Mahesh CR (2) Major Tal (0) Manish Bhardia (2) Marc Dahan (0) Martin (10) Martin Ström (0) Matt (10) Matt (18) Max Timchenko (0) Mayank (15) Michel (0) mickek (1) Mike Prasad (0) Mike Williams (0) mjs (8) Mohamed Marwen (3) Mudiam (1) Murat Aktihanoglu (5) Nathan McDonald (0) Neel Ketkar (1) Neil (4) Nicholas Mercer (7) Nick (0) Nick (0) Nico (1) noahp (11) Nu New Olympics '08 (0) OGG (1) Olga (10) Olli Sulopuisto (22) orc (10) Orunner (6) Otto R. Radke (2) Pablo (20) parkylondon (27) Patrick Thornton (0) Paul Bradshaw (12) Paul S (4) Paulino (1) Pejman (0) Peter (4) Phil (0) philip (0) Pierre Henri Clouin (0) PoPPaP (8) ProfVegas (144) Ramit Sethi (4) Ray (0) Ricardo.Borelli (4) Richard Olsen (1) Rizwan (9) Rob Hyndman (5) Roman Porotnikov (2) Ron (3) Roy (0) Ryan (2) Sam I Am (0) Sandesh (0) SAPRI B.ROSLI (24) saul klein (2) Scott (10) Sebastian (0) selfexile (1) Shaun Connolly (0) Sheehan (7) Shimoda (0) shivanand (4) Sonciary (1) Spencer Fry (10) Stanislav Shalunov (0) stelabouras (5) Stephanie (2) Steve Ryner (5) Stewart Rogers (7) Stubbs (1) Sumanth (8) Sun Tzu (313) syllabub (0) Tal Siach (373) tewfiq (31) Tim Elliott (4) Tim Heineke (1) Todd (14) Todd Loren Sinclair (0) Tom Wentworth (2) Tomek (0) Tony (2) truman (1) Uday Kiran (7) vinoth (4) Vivek (11) warrior007 (215) webtime (355) willpate (0) wrburgess (1) yaegor (1) Yan (9) Yaron Orenstein (1) Yihong (4) Zach Scott (3)Explore read nine notes
- dmkanter said: good stuff, thanks @roopeshsheth!
- Paul S said: All good points
- Neil said: Excellent advice for ALL kinds of tech presentations...not just startup stuff
- JeeBs said: Great advice on the finer points of doing a demo of your product. As clear and definitive as you can get.
- Nick said: Great article for web startups
- John said: This is great advice for anyone who has to make presentations, whether in tech or not.
- Jonathan said: Seems like a lot of good advice about pitching.
- Stewart Rogers said: must read in more detail!
- Martin said: Great info here for anyone demoing their hard work.
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Office Max Penny Pranks Pinch Your Funny Bone | Get Elastic (4)
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The Office Max social media marketing machine is back with a new viral Youtube campaign - penny pranks! This ties perfectly to Office Max’s back-to-school penny sale and is getting a lot of 5 star ratings and views on Youtube. Boasting 4,285 subscribers, pennypranks’ channel is #2 on all of Youtube for new subscribers this month. Great job Office Max! Here are 3 examples: HILARIOUS HIDDEN CAMERA PENNY PRANK IN RESTAURANT HILARIOUS HIDDEN CAMERA PENNY ...- Nick said: Really funny videos, good job office max!
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Free CD / DVD Case Templates in PSD Format | Web Resources | WebAppers (22)
onDo you have any products like CDs or DVDs for your readers? Sometimes, you would like your readers know the actual look of the CDs or DVDs. However, It takes quite a bit of time to desgin a CD or DVD case. You do not have to worry about it now, because some of the talented Photoshop designers have created some stunning CD / DVD case templates in PSD format for us. You can customize ...Shared by 5key (0) Adam (13) Alex (8) Alex (3) Bob Potter (45) David (21) Derek Gottlieb (6) ieruo (11) John Magnus (31) KaffDaddy (5) Luciano Passuello (32) Manasseh Lee (7) Nick (0) Patty (0) Ricardo Vidal (1) Seth (3) Shane (4) tapir (15) Vincent Godard (3) Wry-mouth (0) Wyctim (18)Contribute comment
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John Chow Talks Affiliate Marketing (1)
onAffiliate marketing has been a hot topic since the heated session at the Internet Retailer Conference in Chicago. With Affiliate Summit East happening next week, let’s listen to what John Chow, one of the most famous affiliates in the world, has to say about affiliate marketing, and how to treat “super affiliates.” If you’re hungry for more affiliate tips and commentary, check out our related posts on affiliate marketing. I Know I Should Be A/B ...Shared by Nick (0)Contribute comment
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When you're done with your email queue, are you done? Do you spend your day responding and reacting to incoming all day... until the list is empty? ... and then you're done. I'm noticing that it's easier than ever to have that sort of day. Online tools are arranging interactions in a line, allowing you to feel satisfied with a constant stream of incoming alerts and pings. Years ago, I got my mail (the old ...
