- Good grief, people. Don't listen to how he's saying it, listen to what he's saying. I'm consistently surprised with how strongly people can feel about these candidates without even considering the content of their platforms. (1)
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the Agency’s Farm Team (1)
permalinkProduct Scouting If 1) unremarkable and irresponsible products eventually falter, and 2) the product is the best marketing, then why aren’t more agencies aggressively seeking out great new products for future clients. New Biz is always on the radar, and a couple innovative agencies are playing venture capitalist, but I’m talking aggressive, strategic product scouting here - like a pro sports team or a record label’s A&R department goes after fresh talent. The way I ...Shared by Aaron (2)
- Aaron said: Love this idea of fostering the little guy and encouraging great products with the support of a great company.
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A quantum link (er, leap) forward, circa 1985 (1)
permalinkHere's a fun and funky bit of video nostalgia about an early consumer online service, Quantum Link (which launched in 1985 and eventually grew up to be AOL.) Thanks to Phillipe Deltenre of Bad Idea Indeed for sharing this (a year ago on his blog and more recently as a comment to my post about the social nature of Web 1.0) and for pointing out that, as comical as the video may seem to our ...Shared by Aaron (2)
- Aaron said: Cool!
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Intel demos a wireless power broadcasting system, villagers terrified (49)
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets We've seen a number of wireless power systems come and go, but for all the hype-filled bombast and occasional working demo, the tech just hasn't gone anywhere -- but even with that background, Intel's demo of a wireless power system that can broadcast 60 watts of power up to three feet at IDF with 75 percent efficienyc has us giddy with excitement. The system works using essentially the same magnetic induction ...Shared by Aaron (2) Adam (7) Adrian Bacon (20) Alex (102) Amihai (24) Army of Gnomes (35) Arturo (31) ASh (9) Ben (8) Brad (9) Brian (2) Buzzworkers (20) Chris (34) CosmicV (24) CtrlBreak (13) darkeye11547 (247) Dustin DeKoekkoek (6) Galtenbergs (19) Gregory (1) hank (20) hoberion (14) James Fridley (4) Jaron (5) Jeff Daly (42) Jeremiah (19) Juan Diego (38) Katie Fellows (36) kramertron (11) Lido (5) Matt (5) Matt (3) Michael (2) Mike Walsh (1) Mitch in NYC (4) Morgan (8) Nathan (3) Nathaniel Dean (21) Nickname unavailable (4) norti (37) Perry (11) Rex (152) Samuel Kim (10) searingblue (2) Shane Conder (6) sven d (14) Tom (5) Travis (12) Wojciech Beling (4) zemlanin (18)Explore read five notes- CtrlBreak said: hehehe... Tesla would be proud...... and disappointed that it took this long :-P
- Shane Conder said: This just doesn't sound safe... although as power requirements on portable stuff drops, the amount of power needed to travel via RF might drop enough to be safe...I wonder what kind of interference this thing gives off across the RF bands?
- Matt said: HAWESOME
- Ben said: I so want this to be mainstream. Like yesterday.
- James Fridley said: Saw this same kind of tech on a larger scale mentioned when talk was but on sat based power stations orbiting the earth beaming down power... A bit worrying if you get anywhere near the power stream coming down, but interesting concept.
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Mozilla Crowns Best Firefox 3 Extensions [Firefox Extensions] (237)
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Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their official Extend Firefox 3 Contest, and they're an impressive crop of new and updated extensions for your favorite browser. I was honored to serve on the judging panel for this year's contest (alongside some huge names in the browser biz), and we rated the entries based on how easy they were to use, and how well they took advantage of new features in Firefox 3. Let's take a ...Shared by 7noOna (20) Aaron (2) Aaron R (74) Abby (1) Adam S (8) aemkei (3) AJ (189) Alex (0) Ali (2) Amy (15) Amy (26) Andre Siregar (4) Andrew (63) Andrew (30) andrewcsfan (14) Angie Bowen (10) Army of Gnomes (35) Art (22) Arvin (7) Barry Wallace (3) Ben (16) Blaine Moore (1) Blake Matheny (10) Brandy (7) BrendoMan (115) Brendon Wadey (32) CampMaster (21) Camtron 9000 (20) Casey (3) Caught Creatures (14) cesaracardoso (76) Chad (4) chengyuan (12) Chris (8) Chris (10) Chris Nixon (20) ChrisReeder (13) Christian Santos (72) chunk (14) Claudio Ruiz (2) Clay (41) Colby (6) Compuwizard123 (34) ConcertfreakJJ (6) CtrlBreak (13) Cunya (13) D (2) Daidaros (9) daisylinbluez (0) Dan (22) Dan Russell (12) Daniel (9) Danielle (37) Danny (0) Derrik (36) Donnie Berkholz (5) Doug Stewart (28) dubó (15) easyon (6) Eduardo (2) elyse (0) ema (3) Erich (6) evanc (2) Fabio (0) fatihturan (67) FDávid (20) felipefonseca (4) Fernio (3) Florent Solt (0) Galtenbergs (19) Garrett (8) Gary (4) Gatewayy (5) Gelidity (5) genieyclo (6) Giacomo (5) Gil Creque (8) gnusic (78) Gordon (6) Gus (17) Hakim (15) happy_soil (21) Haris (27) Hasan (23) Henry Webb (20) HollowMarkeD (65) homard (0) houseinrlyeh (94) Humberto Gonzalez (43) HUNG (53) ignu (9) INCyr (29) Indy (62) isocketnet (3) izensun (5) Jacob (2) Jacob (20) Jaime (13) jamesjbigler (9) Jared B. Luther (2) Jason Wong (10) JasonV (2) jayman16 (61) JBu92 (65) JeDa (20) Jeff (162) Jeffrey (26) jGrrl (7) Joe Lencioni (13) JoeMaMa (1) John Fink (16) Jon (27) Jorg (1) Josh (24) Joshua Nobles (0) Justin (7) Justin Ribeiro (12) K-IntheHouse (20) Kajivar (33) Kelly (9) Kenny (6) Kevin (30) Krazy (146) Le prof. (12) Lee G. (36) LGR (6) lindsay (4) Lou (6) Louvaro (29) Luis Benavides (3) m0d (5) m8 (4) Magnus (4) Maksim Berjoza (24) Marc (13) Marcel (5) marcel weiß (10) Mario (3) Mario Sundar (20) Mark Hendricks (14) Mark Horvath (3) Matias Sulzberger (24) Matteo (34) Megan (9) MeghnaK (320) metaeuphoria (20) mfh (18) miasarmento (110) Michael (20) mike (18) Mikey (51) moonboy (19) motionless (2) n8dude (28) nanabite (14) narkomanC (20) NasirJumani (247) Nathan (3) ndench (10) Neal (0) Neo (5) Nice Fish Films (65) Nicholas Schiller (5) Nick Humphries (15) Nicolás (17) Nihar (19) nikhil (25) Niklas (22) nilegomez (11) norti (37) Oliver (24) Olivier (48) Omer (8) otomatsu (7) Oudi Antebi (25) Pat (3) Paul King (0) pedro (0) Peli (28) Phidias (5) PouarK (34) Priit^ (61) Randy Zlobec (34) Rhea Drysdale (11) Rich (24) richtannehill (33) Rick (1) Rob (0) Rob M (6) Robert (7) Roy (3) Ryan (21) santiromero (2) satoshi (3) Scott (3) Selwin (25) Shankar Ganesh (62) Shannon Prickett (34) Shrike (4) Sid (19) simplynutty (0) Sky-Walker (38) soupenvy (19) spriteric (17) Srinvard (68) sryo (19) Steve (1) Tamar Weinberg (32) tapir (36) tarun (5) Terren (14) Thomas Nicholls (6) Tim (13) Tim Geraghty (2) Timothy O'Neil (0) TO-Double-D (20) TomK (2) Tony (11) Tor Erling (132) uchari (1) Ville (3) vim (105) vraicovi (17) Walter DeFoor (30) Will (16) Wismark (0) Wyctim (33) xabbott (0) Xdroot (31) Yann (35) yyq123 (10) Асджадс (0) 令狐葱 (10) 宋小明 (95) 攻疼新一 (295) 狮子真好吃啊 (23)Explore read five notes- Megan said: Look! That readitlater extension solves my tab collecting problem! Woot!
- Matias Sulzberger said: No se puede explicar lo útiles que son estos posts
- Mario Sundar said: My favorites are tag sifter and handy tag. Ya! I'm a tag fan! :)
- moonboy said: Nice, although firefox is not my browser of choice...
- Clay said: Gonna have to check some of these out. I was surprised not to find the extension CyberSearch which I have been playing with. It adds search results(for instance from Google) to your address bar dropdown which you can then select and go directly to the website found in the search results rather than to the website (Google, etc..) first.
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This Is Why Dubai Is So Hot (3)
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Because it must take a buttload of energy to generate enough cold for the indoor winter wonderland. Now if they can bring Burl Ives back to life…Contribute comment -
You're ahead of the curve. Deal with it... (9)
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A new graph of the Gartner hype cycle for emerging technologies has been popping up on a variety of blogs. If you haven't seen it yet, the graph charts the path that many nascent technologies take from launch, through irrational exuberance, through disillusionment and ultimately to that 'a-ha moment' that leads to measured and rational mainstream adoption. It's classic 'Crossing the Chasm' stuff... What's most interesting to me is that Gartner forecasts that many of ...Shared by Aaron (2) Adam (8) janequigley (11) john (15) Lee (3) Mike F (456) tanyamr (0) Tony (11) Tynan (5)- Aaron said: Very true. I use my wife as my indication that things are moving towards public acceptance. She just signed up with Facebook - almost exactly 2 years after me.
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Michael Phelps and Marfan Syndrome? (1)
permalinkHis body has been described as a “freak of nature” and “transhuman.” The BBC has a comprehensive break-down on why it’s perfect for swimming. But as I watched 23-year-old US Olympian Michael Phelps win his 7th gold last night, I couldn’t help but think “Marfan Syndrome.” Marfan Syndrome is a rare genetic condition that affects the connective tissue in the the body. Some of the more obvious physical features seen in Phelps include: - Wing ...Shared by Aaron (2)
- Aaron said: I never thought about this but it does make a lot of sense.
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Ingredients for Turning Stiff New Sheets Soft [Household] (23)
onThe Sundry Buzz blog's Linda doesn't like to jump onto stiff, scratchy sheets after bringing them home from the shop. After a little net research, she found a seemingly sure-fire way of making them feel like favorites after a first wash. The trick is to use the hottest water, no detergent, lots of fabric softener, and a cup of baking soda during the wash cycle. When they emerged, the sheets were fresh-smelling and "a thousand ...Shared by Aaron (2) Aaron R (74) aElian (18) Amihai (24) Army of Gnomes (35) Ben (18) BrendoMan (115) David (1) Erik (45) Gene Locklin (49) Hoby (22) Jon (27) Josh (6) Krystal (37) Manuel (2) Mike (1) Murz (2) neal (526) Noah (36) nparker13 (92) Sam (56) susanna (63) Walter DeFoor (30)Contribute comment
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Task Times, The Planning Fallacy, and a Magical 20% (28)
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Overcoming Bias: Planning Fallacy Via The Guardian, via Chairman Gruber, comes this post from the new-to-me blog, Overcoming Bias. It discusses the research behind a common cognitive bias known as The Planning Fallacy, which is a repeatable, documented error in thinking that apparently explains why we all tend to “underestimate task-completion times.” It’s summed up nicely by Gödel, Escher, Bach author Douglas Hofstadter’s Law regarding the time it takes to do anything: It always takes ...Shared by Aaron (2) Alex (7) Andrew N. Carpenter (32) Ben (8) Brent (43) Bret (6) Chris Chan (1) Chris Ridgway (3) David (9) Eric (1) eric stimmel (1) Ethan (2) Ingar (6) Jeff Daly (42) johnmarkos (6) Josh Lawton (0) Jumpy (17) Justin Rasmussen (6) Kyle A Koch (2) melcorind (8) meta (9) Morten Just (15) Narayanan Hariharan (168) nonsparker (9) Ricky (6) Scottie (0) Stephen Baugh (22) Tony (7)Explore read five notes- Alex said: Spot on Merlin. Spot on.
- Jumpy said: Yep, I concur.
- meta said: I've always been pretty good at predicting project completion dates, apparently because I give it very little thought.
- Aaron said: The number one issue I have in my job is estimating. I tend to agree with the article, but the 20% isn't hard and fast - everyone needs to learn their "estimating factor" and apply it to all of their estimates. Mine's somewhere around a 2.
- Ricky said: Good idea.
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3 Simple Dialogue Tips to Easily Pick up Girls or Land a Job (6)
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Life coach Gail Blanke went to acting school to learn to improvise in any situation. Turns out the tricks that actors use on stage can help you score a date, land a job -- or just make any conversation more engagingShared by Aaron (2) AC Valentine (16) critke (16) DivemasterDoug (6) Leyla Bonilla (91) Lisa Fortuner (75)- Aaron said: A useful lifehack on cnn? Amazing.
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{ Go TEAM USA ! } (1)
permalinkI am so excited for Team USA....last night was I think, was one of the most exciting moments for men gymnastics I have ever witnessed. Gymnastics is very near and dear to our hearts, we have been involved in the sport for many, many year and there are no words to describe how much we love this sport and the community that surrounds it. Our own, Jonthan Horton helped bring home the Bronze medal for ...Shared by Aaron (2)
- Aaron said: Cool to have a local guy as an Olympic hero. Horton did an awesome job the other night - he's the next star for US Olympics.
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Why Twitter Hasn’t Failed: The Power Of Audience (109)
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Twitter isn’t for everyone, and you may have dismissed the service a long time ago. But regardless of your own use, it’s hard to dismiss the phenomenon itself and the passion of so many that has built up around it. No matter how long the outage du jour, Twitter users continue to stay attached to the service despite an ever-changing backdrop of alternatives. Blogging isn’t for everyone either. But unlike blogging, Twitter enjoys a far ...Shared by 88michael (8) Aaron (2) AJ (19) Akshat (0) Alastair (6) Alex (24) Antonio José (9) Archit T (16) Aron (10) assbach (21) atermath (1) Bastien (30) benhamin (14) bhc3 (54) Bill HR (8) Blueblood (0) Bwana (74) cakogal (12) Caleb Elston (29) Calon (19) cesaracardoso (76) Chad (1) Chanse Arrington (19) Charleno Pires (79) Chris J Guerra (25) Clint (22) Curt (3) cyberbaguioboy (3) Daiko (5) Daniel (1) darrellsilver (19) David (14) David (6) David Henderson (4) dobata (366) DOCBook Howto (116) elsterama (40) Eric (5) est (43) evo (11) Fernando (4) Fireman17 (30) Gaufre (2) Gordon (1) GP (36) guymal (18) iAlja (30) iemz (17) infomaniac (14) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (6) Jared (19) Jay (58) Joakim (6) Joe (102) Joe (13) John F. Schneider (24) joshua (1) Josi (20) Joyce (17) Juls (7) Jun Labao (17) Katie (4) LauraLee (214) Leef (17) Lido (5) Marc (0) marilink (14) Marque (0) MattJhsn (2) Micah (5) Migs (3) Mike F (456) Mirvana (9) Mushin (51) Nick (11) nikhil (25) Offline (3) pabben (7) Pål Hivand (8) Paul Helmick (25) Phreak 2.0 (50) rib (10) Rich Harris (1) ro11z (7) rob (11) Robert (0) rose (4) Rtaylor32 (45) Ryan (7) Sai (4) sapereaude17 (0) savanevery (5) Sebastian Werner (18) SharonG (63) smdahlen (12) Somphol Boonjing (18) stantont (26) Stephan Nedregaard (12) Stephen (8) syllabub (6) tamburix (6) Thomas (15) TiTi (109) tobias (17) Tom (8) Verónica Muñoz (45) wolly (0) Yinka (9) zemlanin (18)Explore read four notes- Akshat said: Brilliant analysis...
- Alastair said: Very interesting article on making sense of one's social information stream, and what could be done to improve it.
- rob said: excellent explanation of the differences between twitter/friend and facebook audiences.
- Joe said: Good stuff this TechCrunch.
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Why Twitter Hasn’t Failed: The Power Of Audience (144)
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Twitter isn't for everyone, and you may have dismissed the service a long time ago. But regardless of your own use, it's hard ...Shared by 88michael (8) Aaron (2) Adam (0) Adam Maldonado (155) Adam Singer (6) Alastair (6) Alberto (322) Alex France (139) Alex Ryan (17) Alexander13 (467) Amit Chowdhry (74) Antonio José (9) Arjun (37) Aron (10) atermath (1) Avi (598) Ayelet (17) baardoa (29) Bastien (30) benhamin (14) Benjamin (1010) Bill HR (8) blese (8) brad robertson (8) Brendon Wadey (32) Brent (43) Brett Thalmann (0) Brian Cuban (1084) bussiere (43) cakogal (12) Christopher (11) Christopher Gizzi (27) cnc (1) Col. Tribune (28) Courtney (23) Curt (3) Daiko (5) Damien (17) Danica Radovanovic (6) David Beach (2) David Black (7) David Leary (0) David Machiavello (28) Diego (5) Drew Olanoff (144) Erika Napoletano (12) Gemma (0) Gerard (34) Gordon (1) Grant (9) Gustav von Sydow (0) guymal (18) halans (24) Harshil Karia (0) Igor Schwarzmann (6) J.D. Rucker (492) Jay Collier (4) Jemima Kiss (10) Jen (1) jesicita (18) Joakim (6) Joanne Jacobs (0) Joe (13) John D. Lemke (3) Jorge (0) Jorge (8) Josh (13) joshua (1) Judy (14) Kevin McAfee (0) Kristen (218) Kurt Greenbaum (1) Kurt Nelson (16) Laughing Squid (14) Leef (17) Lisa Hosey (60) Marc (0) marilink (14) MattJhsn (2) Meryn Stol (3) Micah (5) Michael (59) Michael Fidler (9) Michael Villasenor (0) Migs (3) Mike F (456) Mike Pruett (34) Mirvana (9) Mitch Wagner (13) Neil (2) Neil Koivu (17) nek4life (5) nickc321 (10) Nigel Eccles (147) Nikollas Ordway (67) Offline (3) Oneupweb (4) pabben (7) pamckeon (15) Patrick Ruffini (14) Patrix (12) Peter (20) Phil (20) Philippe Iujvidin (13) Phreak 2.0 (50) Primoz (14) rachel helene (5) Rainer Helmes (12) ramyon (18) Ranjani Ravi (62) realcute (29) Reem Abeidoh (49) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (249) Rich (37) Rich Harris (1) Riptide Furse or Krossbow (15) Ritu (645) Robert Birming (33) rose (4)
