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Better (8)
permalinkPolitics, celebrity gossip, business headlines, tech punditry, odd news, and user-generated content. These are the chew toys that have made me sad and tired and cynical. Each, in its own way, contributes to the imperative that we constantly expand our portfolio of shallow but strongly-held opinions about nearly everything. Then we’re supposed to post something about it. Somewhere. From businesses we’ve never heard of, to countries we’ve never visited, to infants who’ve had the random ...
- David said: Amen
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Using Web 2.0 in the Workplace (4)
permalinkShel Holtz has put together a 30-minute video about moving Web 2.0 tools into the enterprise. I've embedded his video below. The video is pretty long but it's worth a watch to get the basics on using tools including blogs, podcasting and social networking within large companies. I tried for years to get a corporation to embrace these tools, it's very hard to get a large company to embrace change. Especially when the corporate culture ...Contribute comment
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Seth's Blog: Reaching the right people (61)
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Here's a great idea. What if your new rock group appeals to fans of the B52s? Or if your new book is just perfect for people who like Brad Meltzer? If you have a CD or a book or an idea that will appeal to a certain psychographic, it might not be so easy to reach just those people. Dave came up with a super idea: go buy a bunch of B52s CDs. Then list ...Shared by Avinash Kunnath (19) adang001 (6) Aditi (10) Alen3000 (5) Alex (79) Andrew M (6) Andrew Peek (6) AnilG (13) Anthony DelleCave (2) Ben Corman (6) billspaced (8) BluesForPablo (18) burkinaboy (113) Carl Fyffe (2) Cem (2) chrisbrogan.com (22) Daan (9) Darin R. McClure (18) David (Dave) Bakker (3) Del (12) derrickkwa (9) Dr. Ernie (48) Fred Schechter (53) Garrett Eastham (1) Gauravonomics (39) Gautam (14) Howard Yermish (3) Jared (14) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (70) Jeff Schmidt (11) Jim (17) John (12) John (7) Jon of SMA (7) Kareem Sultan (2) Kartik Agaram (3) Kris (40) Lorraine (15) Mark (9) Marshall Sponder (21) Martin Thörnkvist (2) matthew hunt (23) Mihalcea Razvan (201) Nigel J (22) p0ps (18) Pirkka (6) Pito Salas (2) plindberg (9) Richard (2) Riku (1) RoyBlumenthal (4) seanness (2) smackaysmith (3) subbu (20) Theo (8) Tibor (41) Todd (2) Travis (9) wrburgess (1) Xdroot (31) Zee M (21)Explore read five notes- chrisbrogan.com said: This is actually pretty clever.
- Lorraine said: One more way to make Fee Sell!
- matthew hunt said: great tip!
- Richard said: Interesting
- Carl Fyffe said: It amazes me how many kickass ideas this guy comes up with. Extra amazing is that most are actionable.
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Haruki Murakami on Lesson 4 (2)
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As a writer and a runner -- and someone who struggles mightily with both endeavors -- I eagerly picked up a copy of Haruki Murakami's latest work: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Murakami is one of my favorites. And this quick, breezy book -- a meditation/diary/training journal on the solitary act of long-distance running -- didn't disappoint. I was particularly taken with this paragraph, which applies Bunko Lesson 4 to the ...Shared by Christopher (47) smackaysmith (3)Contribute comment -
Spoonflower (15)
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I am an architect and have been working with programs like Photoshop for years, but Spoonflower really opened up a new world for me: fabric design. It's a service that let's you upload an image to a web site and the company prints the design as a pattern on 100% cotton fabric. Their customer service is great, and I think the fabric is reasonably-priced: it costs $18/yard, not counting shipping, and an individual 8x8-inch swatch ...Shared by Chris (0) David (14) Erik (30) Fred Schechter (53) George Sudarkoff (2) hoop6464 (2) Jake (6) jbrownphoto (3) RoyBlumenthal (4) Sam (28) shawnmor (20) smackaysmith (3) sunnywiz (6) tayknight (1) tybeck (2)- jbrownphoto said: for lauren
- Jake said: Fancy.
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Why cartoons work (38)
onTom Fishburne has a new book out, and you should take a look if you're seeking a new way to think about marketing, your brand, or your colleagues. The whole tour is here. Andrew Kaufman's book does the same thing, but in a totally different way--with text that has the same power of a great cartoon. Thanks, Andrea, for sending it to me... I loved every word of it. Cartoons work because they're not monologues. ...Shared by AARRIETA (13) Akhmad Fathonih (8) Almar van der Krogt (1) Andrew Boardman (61) ani625 (57) Ari Herzog (9) atul (70) Ben Shoemate (4) billspaced (8) Cai Chen (769) danliebke (47) Danny Wahlquist (21) Doug (15) Dr. Ernie (48) Fred Schechter (53) gabopagan (36) Gauravonomics (39) Hakim (14) Iulian (1) Kris (40) Leena (806) mark (18) Mark Dykeman (6) Mike F (355) mr_gadget (149) Nigel J (22) nikan (21) noel (16) Rodrigo Leme (2) RoyBlumenthal (4) Ryan (19) Scott (3) smackaysmith (3) Steve (7) subbu (20) tanyamr (0) Thomas Reimer S (11) wrburgess (1)Contribute comment
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Bigfoot/atheist t-shirt) (20)
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Mark F. got me this terrific t-shirt for my birthday. Great tastes that go great together! It's $19 from TopatoCo. Pfft (There Is No God) t-shirt (TopatoCo)Shared by Aaron (7) Alan Cheslow (44) Alvin A. (19) Daniel (2) dasmart (6) Dean (0) Derek (5) Jared (19) Jason (0) Jeff Crump (28) Jeremy Jarratt (29) Jonathan (28) Lisa Hosey (44) lnxcwby (4) Nick Sanders (0) nikan (21) robert steburg (14) smackaysmith (3) Veritas Noctis (38) Yetimon (2)- Veritas Noctis said: LOL! Neither exist. :D
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Deciding Whether to Read a Book: Some Wildly Reductive Heuristics (18)
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People send me lots of books, so I have to decide rather quickly whether one should be added to the ambitious pile of stuff I already really want to finish reading. On the off chance that you care or find it useful in developing your own filtering, here’s my insanely reductive, mean-busy-guy way to make a 90-second decision on whether to read a new non-fiction book from an author I’m not familiar with. It does ...Shared by Andrew (1) carruth98 (10) Chandoo (9) Chuqui (5) claudine (14) Coop (0) Glutnix (7) goodwolve (2) Gregory Go (19) Jana (2) John (16) Jonathan Sterling (8) Murz (2) Rowan (4) Scott (4) smackaysmith (3) Tarun (0) Tom Maszerowski (0)Contribute comment -
Deciding Whether to Read a Book: Some Wildly Reductive Heuristics | 43 Folders (27)
onPeople send me lots of books, so I have to decide rather quickly whether one should be added to the ambitious pile of stuff I already really want to finish reading. On the off chance that you care or find it useful in developing your own filtering, here’s my insanely reductive, mean-busy-guy way to make a 90-second decision on whether to read a new non-fiction book from an author I’m not familiar with. It does ...Shared by Andrew (1) Beck Tench (25) carruth98 (10) Chandoo (9) Chuqui (5) Coop (0) Dave (3) Dedalus (16) Glutnix (7) goodwolve (2) Gregory Go (19) Inky (8) J. Curtis (3) Jana (2) John (16) Just Mohit (19) Murz (2) Nick (0) ResearchTalk (11) Ross Munce (5) Rowan (4) Scott (4) smackaysmith (3) Tarun (0) terri (4) Tony (11) Vincent van Wylick (17)Contribute comment
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Kermit learns visual thinking (20)
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While reading Dan Roam's blog today I stumbled on this great little clip of a 1966 Kermit the Frog skit on visualization from the Ed Sullivan show. And then I found an earlier version of the skit from the 1950s below. Jim Henson truly was a creative genius and a pioneer (and either he — or Kermit — was ahead of his time). In this skit from the old Sam & Friends show — which ...Shared by Ben (2) chrisbrogan.com (22) Courtney (6) Don (13) Fred Schechter (53) Geoff (4) Goldie Katsu (12) grant (13) Ian Tindale (15) James (26) janequigley (5) Kathy Berman (15) Made By Many (0) Matt Williams (7) Neagrigore (14) ramyon (16) Ruth Howard (4) smackaysmith (3) Thomas (20) Tim Malbon (0)- chrisbrogan.com said: Dave Gray is one of my favorite and earliest regular blog reads. This post is great.
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YCombinator: The Art of the Open House (36)
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YCombinator 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 (2) Adam Zuercher (3) AJ (154) Andre Charland (0) btbytes (18) Christopher Martin (60) Colin Charles (7) colladude (1) DrBaher (0) George Tziralis (8) hober (14) Ido (4) Jay Liew (9) Jeremy (1) Joseph Rodgers (13) Juan Freire (0) Lech Ambrzykowski (7) lizunlong (4) Mio (6) Muthu Ramadoss (8) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (7) R Karthick (10) Rich (2) Rob (104) Robby Russell (4) RomanZolotarev (6) sameer (13) Saravanan (1) Scott (0) Sergey Kapustin (11) Sindhu (7) smackaysmith (3) Tim (16) Woosung (23) X-Phuture (0) Zach (4)Explore read four notes- 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
- Muthu Ramadoss said: YCombinator, Here we come!
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Webinar, Seminar and Stuff, oh My! (2)
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The last webinar I did for VizThink had almost 12,000 people watch it. Man, folks are hungry for really great presentations. Here’s a podcast they did with me yesterday. It was a different experience to navigate through a PDF instead of having slides. So for the upcoming VizThink webinar, I’ll be presenting with three folks who I admire and adore. Check out their bios here. Each of us will present for an hour. You can ...Shared by Ryan Coleman (1) smackaysmith (3)Contribute comment -
Cool Tool: Remington Shortcut (20)
onThe Remington Shortcut is a clipper designed for self-administered haircuts. A curved clipper head makes it almost impossible to over-cut small or large regions, and the clipper's unconventional hairbrush-like shape makes it easy to reach the most awkward spots on your head. Before getting the Shortcut, I'd tried cutting my own hair several times and always had disasters. On my first attempt with the Shortcut, I got about the same results I'm used to from ...Shared by Adam (30) Alec Resnick (102) Caleb (8) Chris (2) Dan McCall (5) Darin R. McClure (18) Dat (5) Doug (0) fuzzyjay (0) geekgrrl (6) Gotland (1) House M.D. (22) John Fink (16) Larsen (1) Paul (4) Riptide Furse or Krossbow (14) RMathew (7) shawnmor (20) smackaysmith (3) sunnywiz (6)Contribute comment
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A List Apart: Articles: CSS Sprites2 - It's JavaScript Time (127)
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In 2004, Dave Shea took the CSS rollover where it had never gone before. Now he takes it further still—with a little help from jQuery. Say hello to hover animations that respond to a user's behavior in ways standards-based sites never could before. Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old favorites remixed! S, M, L, XL. Come shop with us!Shared by abotis alias Tobias G. (4) Adam (35) Adrian (4) Adriano Ribeiro (12) AlienSkys (3) AndyF (3) assbach (15) blogan (7) bonzo (3) Brent the Closet Geek (12) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (10) Bryan Zug (3) btw0 (8) carlback (2) Chandoo (9) Charleno Pires (53) Compuwizard123 (16) Convoluted (12) D. Hayes (2) D. Shaw (14) Daniel Bachhuber (20) Daniel Barradas (0) darren (1) Dave Cheong (13) David (5) David (2) David Singer (1) de villamil (0) Dedalus (16) derek (8) Derek (8) Dom Derrien (4) Dustin Diaz (14) ema (3) Eric Williams (0) Fraser Pearce (4) Gareth Jones (2) garraxxi (22) Geoffrey Wiseman (11) Gevan (0) Goatlady (17) Guillermo Esteves (13) Haiming (0) halans (22) Hans Kim (19) hat (2) iamnoah (0) Ira Abramov (3) Jachin Sheehy (0) Jaemi kehoe (21) Jamie Phelps (3) Jean-Francois (1) Jeff L. (11) Jeremy Flint (4) Jeremy Jarratt (29) jesicita (17) jetienne (2) jney (1) Joachim Kliemann (10) Jon (0) Jose Viveiros (3) Josh (6) jwmosley (2) Keith (8) Ken (20) Ken Wong (1) Kevin Sablan (10) kgl (19) Kristian (33) Larry Myers (1) Lee Bryant (10) lendicom (15) LouCypher (33) Maggie Wolfe Riley (0) marchbox (12) markie (0) martianboy (18) matt (10) Michael (18) Michael (5) Michael B (4) Mox Folder (0) neal (2) negonicrac (12) Neil (5) Nicolas Perriault (7) Nikolai Bailey (4) pablo (12) Paddy (3) Peter (2) Peter N (4) phaithful (0) Phil Dearson (9) plindberg (9) posavasos (6) Randy J. Ray (2) rchk (22) Revar (2) Rilla (1) Robby Colvin (7) robert steburg (14) Robin Catesby (1) RT (7) S M Korzdorfer (2) sapereaude17 (0) Sara (5) Sergey (3) Seth (1) Shari (6) Shey (45) Sid (25) Silfo (0) Simon (1) smackaysmith (3) Stefano (1) Steve (11) Steve (0) Steven Bradley (9) Tarique Naseem (1) Taylor (1) Todd (2) tony (16) voidfiles (11) War-N (5) yamaguchi (13) zoby (0) Zoram (19)Explore read five notes- matt said: nice tip - also didn't realise that you could like to Google for jQuery and hope for a cached version! http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/
- AndyF said: Make an ALA mag on MagCloud, please! Even a year's worth of back articles in a single issue would be cool.
- D. Shaw said: This looks great. I <3 jQuery.
- Geoffrey Wiseman said: These are pretty sweet; I'm always impressed by what people who spend WAY more time in HTML, CSS and Javascript than I do can do with the client-side.
- Dustin Diaz said: "with a little help from jQuery" - Gah! Does nobody remember how to write JavaScript anymore! Wtf!
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Presentation Zen: Learning slide design from an IKEA billboard (56)
onAbove: A short (1:52) intro about this topic made in Keynote (link to video on bliptv). Can you learn how to make better slides by looking at a few signs around your local IKEA store? This may sound absurd, yet the lessons are all around you, and you can indeed learn a lot from a well-designed billboard, including those used created by IKEA. On page 140 of Nancy Duarte's Slide:ology, Nancy says that good slides ...Shared by Alec McNayr (20) Alf Kåre (2) andreas (0) Andrew Nesbitt (0) Anol (2) Anton Johansson (50) April Dunford (2) Aya Kamikawa (0) Bill Kinnon (9) brice (11) Chandoo (9) Chris (14) Christian (1) Christopher (47) Daniel (7) DC (3) eco2oh (4) fesja (11) FrankFerter (0) Gareth Murran (1) gocrawford (1) Goldie Katsu (12) Graham English (6) Henrik Torstensson (0) iAlja (23) Ivan Žužak (3) Jake McKee (3) Jean-Baptiste (0) Jeremy (0) Jon of SMA (7) Julius (0) Lech Ambrzykowski (7) Len Damico (1) MAlbano (5) Mark Crossler (0) Masssimo (4) Matthew Bischoff (29) Michael (13) Mike (25) Nancy Sagar (4) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (15) Panos (4) Robb Boyd (4) RomanT (0) S Anand (5) Saravanan (1) Scott (15) Scott (3) smackaysmith (3) small (11) SPE825 (4) Stefan T (2) Thomas Reimer S (11) Xdroot (31) Yagermeister (0) Zhasper (43)Explore read five notes
- eco2oh said: Improve your next presentation by looking at billboards.
- Panos said: Great lessons from the master
- Jon of SMA said: Good points for designing presentations. Who would have thought that IKEA would be the model designer?
- Graham English said: Damn good advice.
- small said: Great article... more importantly, how did he cool that cool video effect for the intro?!
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Eat Well Guide (1)
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The Eat Well Guide is a free, online directory about local food grown in the US and Canada. Along with it's voluminous search capabilities against an enormous database of thousands of markets, farms, associations, CSA groups, and restaurants involved in the local foods revolution. The guide is a project started by Sustainable Table. My favorite feature is the mapping tool, that will support travelers trying to find local food on the road: Eat Well Guide: ...Shared by smackaysmith (3)Contribute comment -
HOWTO trick your printer into using ALL its ink (79)
onSlate's Farhad Manjoo has some great tips for outsmarting the greedy, lying sensor in your printer that wants you to change the super-expensive cartridge before the ink runs out: This guy had also suspected that his Brother was lying to him, and he'd discovered a way to force it to fess up. Brother's toner cartridges have a sensor built into them; OppressedPrinterUser found that covering the sensor with a small piece of dark electrical tape ...Shared by !&# (17) Aaron (7) Adam Selwood (8) Alan (3) Alec Peden (6) Alexander Carlill (9) Anthony (26) arkiver (0) bkim (2) C.K. (116) Carl (5) Chhavi Sachdev (2) Chimpadink (1) Chris (34) Christian (1) Clay (40) Daniel (2) Derek Springer (3) deusdiabolus (58) Eric (1) Eric (0) Falk (1) fern (12) GeniusBoyWonder (25) ggatin (2) ghosttie (18) Greg (2) HokieGeek (18) Jana (2) Jared (19) Jason (2) Jason Gooljar (14) jen (4) Jeremy Jarratt (29) Jim (4) Jim (0) Jim (2) Joe (53) John (9) John (4) Jon Lowder (5) Jonathan (8) Jordan T-H (5) Justin Ribeiro (1) Karen (3) Kay (40) Kevin Branigan (1) Kluzter (7) krs (10) Link of the Day (1) Linkletter (5) Lissa (4) Macky (1) Mark (1) Mark (9) Mark (20) mhking (31) MV (22) Nick Sanders (0) npike (5) Preeti Desai (4) Rafael Capanema (16) Robert Munroe (0) Rui (9) rveguilla (5) Sam (13) Sara (5) Shad (10) Shoshannah F (17) Sid (12) smackaysmith (3) StevieB (37) Thadius (1) Timm (0) tomwsmf (7) Travis Jon Allison (4) trinkers (0) Will (1) Wolfger (10)Explore read six notes
