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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

World Wide Web in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanation

"World Wide Web in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanation"

An excellent short introduction to the World Wide Web.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

212 The Extra Degree Movie

"The Gift of Inspiration."

An inspiring video. Well done.

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Monday, August 10, 2009

Forget Twitter. COBOL is where it's at. | The Open Road - CNET News

"Meanwhile, COBOL, one of the industry's oldest programming languages, still 'equates to 80 percent of the world's actively used code,' according to Stephen Kelley of Micro Focus."

As an old COBOL programmer, this is an impressive number.

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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Scribd

"Today, Scribd is the largest social publishing company in the world — the website where more than 60 million people each month discover and share original writings and documents."

Sometimes called the YouTube of text. Anyone can publish text material. It is a treasure trove of material.

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Sunday, August 02, 2009

The New York Times > Opinion > Image > Music Sales

"Music Sales. Value of units shipped from 1973 to 2008, in billions of current dollars."

Fascinating picture of changing technologies.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

10 Awesome Tools To Get More Out of Wikipedia - Dumb Little Man

"Wikipedia is an ocean of information. While you may still want to seek secondary information sources before trusting it entirely, you cannot argue that the site contains a plethora of useful information."

These are great tools for helping get timely information from Wikipedia.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Evolution of the Batman Logo [VIDEO]

"Watch the Batman logo mutate over forty years. Fascinating from a cultural standpoint, but also from a design aesthetics one, as well. You really get a sense of how things became sleaker through the decades."

This is so cool.

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Twitter Web Apps on Go2Web20

"For the past two years, Go2web20 has been one of the biggest web2.0 directories out there. We built this application to enable people to stay up to date with all the new & hot services that are born daily into the web. In many cases, Go2web20 has been the first to report the existence of a new application."

Web 2.0 directory of Web 2.0 Web applications.

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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist

"Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds."

I find this interesting, but of course the burning question is "Why?".

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Friday, January 16, 2009

Plants Clean Air and Water for Indoor Environments

"Wolverton published his findings about using plants to improve indoor air quality in dozens of technical papers while with the Space Agency and as a simple consumer-friendly book, “How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 Houseplants That Purify Your Home or Office.” In it, he explains, in easy-to-understand terms, how plants emit water vapor that creates a pumping action to pull contaminated air down around a plant’s roots, where it is then converted into food for the plant."

Clean the air with plants. Excellent.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

BBC NEWS | Health | Finger size link to earning power

"Scientists at Cambridge University found that financial traders whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers make the most money."

Most interesting study.

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Friday, January 09, 2009

All My Faves | Why Search?

"We have searched the web and provided you with a visual directory that includes the best sites in each category!"

An interesting trend. This is a high level visual directory. Directory versus Search.

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Thursday, January 01, 2009

eCalc- the best online Calculator

"eCalc- the best online Calculator"

A cool online calculator. It has both a basic and an advanced version.

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Monday, November 10, 2008

BBC NEWS | Technology | Study shows how spammers cash in

"Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study."

I find this statistic staggering. I find it even more perplexing that anyone responds to spam.

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Saturday, October 04, 2008

Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms

"Glossary of Internet Terms"

A helpful and comprehensive glossary of Internet Terms.

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Political views 'all in the mind'

"Scientists studying voters in the US say our political views may be an integral part of our physical makeup. Their research, published in the journal Science, indicates that people who are sensitive to fear or threat are likely to support a right wing agenda."

This seems to support the thinking and writing of George Lakoff.

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Friday, September 12, 2008

StopForwarding.Us | About

"This site was created to meet the need of those who are bothered by poor email etiquette, specifically when it comes to forwarded chain letters, urban myths, and bad jokes. The primary function of the site is to allow individuals to anonymously email someone who has sent them spam or forwards (also known as FWDs) a generic letter that politely asks the recipient to refrain from sending this type of email."

An anonymous way to ask someone to stop cluttering your inbox with unwanted email.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

BBC NEWS | Technology | Computer viruses make it to orbit

"Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG."

I cannot wait to hear how the computers were infected.

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Signal Patterns | Login

"Our research helps people develop a deeper understanding of their personality and preferences. By fostering self-discovery and expression, Signal Patterns gives people new ways to make powerful connections to the world around them."

In beta, but one to watch.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

14 Places To Spot Popular Trends - What’s Hot Where and When?

"A number of search engines and web portals track world’s hottest trends and get updated on a regular basis (instantly, daily or weekly):"

An irresistible list of what is hot on the Internet.

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Friday, August 08, 2008

16 Websites to Super Charge Your English Vocabulary | Dumb Little Man

"When it comes to online resources to improve your English language skills, there are millions of tools available. They range from software, tools, blogs, dictionaries, puzzles and much more. In this post I primarily mention websites which fall in the dictionary / thesaurus category. I'll preserve the other resources for another post."

A great list of helpful tools for the English Language.

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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” video of Library of Congress presentation

"The video of the presentation I gave at the Library of Congress last month is finally ready. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation. This is the result:"

Wonderful and insightful.

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Friday, August 01, 2008

Greg Verdino: Marketing, Media & Trends: Watch this...

"Fascinating video about the evolution of web communications and the impact of Web 2.0 on just about everything - from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University."

Michael Wesch is an anthropologist. This is an consideration of Web 2.0.

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Official Google Blog: We knew the web was big...

"Recently, even our search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is these days -- when our systems that process links on the web to find new content hit a milestone: 1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique URLs on the web at once!"

A trillion pages. How does one stand out in that crowd? Staggering.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos

"World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos
1001 Different Clickable Web2.0 Logos"

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Web 2.0 Trend: No Cost, No Login, No Install « Martin Winer

"With the advent of Web 2.0 we’re witnessing a new movement, that of the no cost, no install, and no log in software."

This article deserves some link love. A nice collection of no cost, no install, no log in software. I love that. It should be an acronym. I suggest NOCIL (no cost, no install, no login).

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Icon War

Oh these sorts of graphics are so much fun. This one is a Icon War. I am just glad Norton gets zapped in the end.

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How the Web Was Won: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com

"Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the Drudge Report and the Obama campaign. Each breakthrough—network protocols, hypertext, the World Wide Web, the browser—inspired another as narrow-tied engineers, long-haired hackers, and other visionaries built the foundations for a world-changing technology."

From ARPA to Internet.

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Kiva - What We Do

"We Let You Loan to the Working Poor
Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world."

A most worthy cause.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

What’s the Ultimate Creativity Killer? | Copyblogger

"What’s the Ultimate Creativity Killer?"

Great quotes like:

“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. ~Western Union internal memo, 1876.

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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Is User-Generated Content Out? | Newsweek Technology | Newsweek.com

"By any name, the current incarnation of the Internet is known for giving power to the people. Sites like YouTube and Wikipedia collect the creations of unpaid amateurs while kicking pros to the curb—or at least deflating their stature to that of the ordinary Netizen. But now some of the same entrepreneurs that funded the user-generated revolution are paying professionals to edit and produce online content."

The wisdom of the crowds (Web 2.0) versus the wisdom of the experts (Web 3.0).

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Welcome to Angie's List: The Best Source for Local Home Improvement Contractors!

"A word-of-mouth network for consumers Angie's List is a growing collection of homeowners' real-life experiences with local service companies. The people who join Angie's List are like you — looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform high-quality work."

Real people giving real reviews of real businesses.

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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Video: Twitter in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

"This 2.5 minute video is a result of feedback from our fans. We've received a number of requests from people who want their friends to use the micro-blogging service Twitter, but can't seem to explain it well. We hope this video helps."

Another of the great videos from CommonCraft. This one about Twitter.

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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

About the Show : Download : Science Channel

"Download: The True Story of the Internet is about a revolution -- the technological, cultural, commercial and social revolution that has radically changed our lives.

And for the first time on television, we hear how it happened from the men and women who made it possible.

Download is hosted by technology journalist John Heileman ... He's an edgy, combative, hi-energy New Yorker who never takes anything at face value. He's also a personal friend of most of Silicon Valley's most important characters and he revels in craziness of it all. After all, this is a story in which 20-year-olds become overnight billionaires, create, destroy and re-create more wealth in ten years then human race has ever seen, and still struggle to get a date."

An excellent TV show about the growth of the Internet.

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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

CUBOCC

This is interesting in a "look where we are with this technology" sort of way. One would expect this to look primitive in a few short years ... or even months.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Are you Worthy™ | contest

"At Worth1000, we are creating a complex ecosystem for artists and providing the world with free, capable collaborative tools and an approach to collaboration and rights management that will turn the marketplace for online art on its head."

I enjoy looking at what can be done with Photoshop.

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Monday, February 04, 2008

What financial records to keep and how long to keep them

"What financial records to keep, how long to keep them.

You can't take everything with you, but the following are suggestions about how long you should keep personal finance and investment records on file:"

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Monday, January 21, 2008

xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

"A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language"

A picture of the Internet as a World Map.

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Wellington Grey -- Miscellanea -- Periodic Table of the Internet

"Periodic Table of the Internet"

Visualizing the internet as the Periodic Table of Elements.

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Big Think - We Are What You Think

"Our task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission. In practice, this means that our information is truly interactive. When you log onto our site, you can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with todays leading thinkers, movers and shakers."

YouTube for thinking people.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Coffee Drinks Illustrated | Lokesh Dhakar on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

"Coffee Drinks Illustrated | Lokesh Dhakar on Flickr - Photo Sharing!"

Will not make you a barista, but it does provide an overview of some of the expresso-based coffee drinks.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

GigaPan allows users to upload, share, and explore brilliant gigapixel+ panoramas from around the globe.

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Monday, October 22, 2007

Outlook shared calendar software alternative to exchange :. Office Calendar

"Share Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Contacts with OfficeCalendar"

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Monday, October 08, 2007

KB to MB Converter

"B KB MB GB Converter Have you ever been confused about the number of kilobytes in a megabyte, or in a gigabyte or vice-versa? Now you can convert among bytes and kilobytes and megabytes and gigabytes with ease."

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Sunday, October 07, 2007

30+ “Funniest” Places on the Web

"Sometimes you need to forget about work and just lie back and relax. We actually recommend going outside, but if you must stay at your computer, the next best thing is to check out these 30+ sites that are all about fun & games."

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Friday, August 31, 2007

Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART

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Thursday, August 09, 2007

Googlonymous

"When you make a search on Google, your ip address, the time, and what you searched for is stored in their database forever and this information can be used in a court of law against you. Google will willingly allow authorities to consult their database, they already did as you can see in the video below."

The video on this site is worth a look and a great sales job for using Googlonymous.

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Sunday, August 05, 2007

UltraNewb: A beginner's guide to BitTorrent - Lifehacker

"A beginner's guide to BitTorrent. This is the guide you can send to your friend next time he gets that glassy look in his eyes when you mention BitTorrent..."

A clear concise introduction to BitTorrent.

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

worldclock.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

"The World Clock"

A clock with running statistics on population, production, births, and deaths.

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Google vs Everyone: 10 Markets Where Google Wants to Win

"Google is the 600-pound gorilla: the company that no one wants to see build a competing product. Google dominates many of the markets it enters, whether by building a superior product or acquiring one. But Google isn’t perfect: in some areas, they come out behind. Today, Mashable takes an in-depth look at 10 markets where Google wants to win."

Excellent analysis and a good read.

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Poynter Online - Writing Tool #1: Branch to the Right

"Writing Tool #1: Branch to the Right"

This is the first of 50 short essays on writing tools. Well done.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Global Nerdy » Blog Archive » Laws of Software Development

"I decided to collect laws, axioms and rules pertaining to mainstream software development and put them in a nice, easy-to-read table."

A great list of software laws. On example.

Brook's Law | Fred Brooks | Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

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Saturday, July 07, 2007

WikiHome - JotSpot Wiki (continuouspartialattention)

"Linda Stone's Thoughts on Attention
and Specifically, Continuous Partial Attention"

Linda Store is thinking and writing about what she calls Continuous Partial Attention. She speaks with wisdom on this subject.

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Friday, July 06, 2007

The Great British Venn Diagram @ Things Of Interest

When I went to London, I never did understand the difference between England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Great Britain, United Kingdom, and the British Isles. This Venn Diagram sorts it all out.

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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Ann Grassel, PT - Physical Therapy, Sportmedicine and Ergonomic Consulting

Ann Grassel, PT - Physical Therapy, Sportmedicine and Ergonomic Consulting

Check out for physical therapy.

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Saturday, June 16, 2007

If you STILL don't understand Web 2.0 ..

"If you STILL don't understand Web 2.0 .."

I really like concept videos. This one explores the web and especially web 2.0

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Gates and Jobs share stage, friendly banter at D5 | Crave : The gadget blog

"Gates and Jobs share stage, friendly banter at D5"

Historic podcast.

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Friday, June 08, 2007

Grill The Best Steak Ever - Men's Health

"Check doneness by pressing a steak in the center, says Steven Raichlen, author of The Barbecue! Bible. Then use your thumb, fingers, and the varying firmness of the base of your thumb as your guide."

A novel way to check on the doneness of steaks.

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Sunday, June 03, 2007

weirdconverter.com

One testicle of a Right Whale weights about the same as a male Polar Bear.

Find this and other totally useless information on this site.

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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Juxtapoz

"500 years of female portraits in Western art, from DaVinci to Picasso."

A video of morphed pictures of famous paintings of women. Fascinating.

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Dr Who Phone Flashers

"Have you got a mobile phone? Do you love Doctor Who? If the answer is a double affirmative - and let’s face it, unless you're some kind of icon-hating technophobe, it should be - you need a Doctor Who Phone Charm. "

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Sunday, March 04, 2007

timeline.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

This is one cool clock. Check it out.

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Saturday, February 17, 2007

2007-01-15 -- science vs faith.png (PNG Image, 894x700 pixels)

Two Flowcharts: One for Science, one for Faith. Biased toward Science, but a good start.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

History of Religion

"History of Religion in 90 seconds."

Of course it is over simplified, but it a powerful 90 seconds.

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Monday, December 04, 2006

Pronunciation from www.howjsay.com

"An English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound"

Enter a word to get the correct pronunciation.

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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Man jailed for 'Web-rage' attack - CNN.com

"Man jailed for 'Web-rage' attack"

What happens on the web is part of life, but this is news worthy - and reprehensible.

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Saturday, November 18, 2006

RinkWorks

"Online Entertainment"

My favorite part is the book a minute portion. Classic books reduced to their essence ... humorously.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives Petition

"A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives"

Interesting Reading.

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Ten ideas about Ideas | Linux Journal

"Ten ideas about Ideas"

Read this great article and then join in the conversation.

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Ten ideas about Ideas | Linux Journal

"Ten ideas about Ideas"

Start with this article and join the conversation.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Ms. Dewey

Sexy Search Engine with Ms. Dewey the anomated sexy librarian

Monday, September 25, 2006

Technophilia: Get a free college education online - Lifehacker

"Technophilia: Get a free college education online"

Resources for online college courses.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Popgadget: Personal Tech

"Halfsuit for boxer-wearing telecommuters: Businessbibs"

Pull on a Business Bib to give a professional appearance when doing a teleconference. Cute.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Who Called Us?

"The phone is ringing, and I don't recognize the number,
All Caller ID says is, 'NAME UNAVAILABLE'.
Please help me figure out who is calling and what they want"

Interesting website that records numbers of perhaps crank callers with comments.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

What does your phone number spell?

"What does your phone number spell?"

* Enter a full phone number and see what words and phrases it spells, -or-
* Enter the start of a phone number and see what words start with those digits, -or-
* Enter some letters and see (and even dial) the corresponding phone number

Saturday, August 19, 2006

YouTube - Net Neutrality

"a video that explains why discrimination on the Internet is a problem and will continue to be as long as net neutrality rules are not enforced"

Thursday, July 06, 2006

FreshBooks - The Fastest Way to Invoice Your Clients

"FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you time and makes you look professional - Fortune 500 professional. FreshBooks is easy to use and you can try it for free."

Thursday, April 06, 2006

The Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever - Fosfor Gadgets

"The Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever"

Saturday, March 18, 2006

PersonalDNA | Your True Self Revealed - Fast Fun Free Personality Tests

"We've developed a new kind of personality test which is free, fun, fast and accurate. Our test has been designed by a team of professional psychologists. It employs innovative answering techniques, allowing for increased accuracy and an enjoyable process."

Sunday, November 27, 2005

TIOBE Programming Community Index

"The TIOBE Programming Community index gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. The index is updated once a month. The ratings are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors."

Number one is Java

Monday, November 21, 2005

TechCrunch - Companies I’d like to Profile (but don’t exist)

"But there are a number of companies and/or products that I would like to write about but don’t exist. I’ve been keeping a list over the last few months and I am posting it now."

Saturday, November 19, 2005

ACLU Pizza

Worried about personal privacy? This is a must see.

Friday, November 11, 2005

Gas pipe broadband?

"Imagine accessing the Internet over the same pipe that provides you with natural gas for cooking."

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Web 2.0 Humor

"There's been a lot of excellent Web 2.0 humor this past week."

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Ning Playground Beta

"Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for building and using social applications.

Social apps are web applications that enable anyone to match, transact, and communicate with other people."

Friday, September 30, 2005

The Trend Spotter - Tim O'Reilly

"Tim O'Reilly built an empire on computer manuals and conferences that make sense of new technologies. Along the way he became the guru of the participation age."

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Find-A-Human

Find-A-Human -- IVR Phone System Shortcuts (USA)

A list of companies and instructions on how to get through the Interactive Voice Response Systems to get to a human.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

The $100 laptop moves closer to reality

"Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, detailed specifications for a $100 windup-powered laptop targeted at children in developing nations."

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

The Cluetrain Manifesto - the end of business as usual

"A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than most companies."

Monday, September 26, 2005

Identity 2.0 - The next generation of identity

"We have made a movie from the soundtrack of my keynote talk at OSCON. Available in Flash, Quicktime and Windows Media. For those of you looking for a MTV style intro to Identity 2.0, check it out."

This is a wonderful presentation. It is Presentation 2.0 for Identity 2.0.

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Battling Google, Microsoft Changes How It Builds Software

"Battling Google, Microsoft Changes How It Builds Software
Delay in New Windows Version Drove Giant to Develop Simpler, Flexible Product"

It is incredible how many times we have had to learn this lesson.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Past Dr Who companion to return

Pictures of the 10 actors who have played Dr. Who.

Terrorism and Democracy in Madrid

"The Infrastructure of Democracy
Strengthening the Open Internet for a Safer World"

A manifesto for the Internet and democracy.

Premise I:

"I. The Internet is a foundation of democratic society in the 21st century, because the core values of the Internet and democracy are so closely aligned. "

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Keyboard clicks can lead to security hacks | CNET News.com

"A new security vulnerability has been discovered: the clickety clack of the keyboard.

An audio recording of an individual's typing can be transposed into a transcript of what was typed, according to University of California at Berkeley researchers. The technique works because each key makes a distinct sound when hit, and users, who typically type about 300 characters a minute, leave enough time between keystrokes for a computer to isolate the individual sounds.

The researchers were able to take several 10-minute sound recordings of users typing at a keyboard, feed the audio into a computer, and use an algorithm to recover up to 96 percent of the characters entered."

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Google Gets a Jump on the Desktop Market

"Its Google Desktop 2.0 software (a free beta-test download for Windows 2000 and XP is available at http://desktop.google.com/ ) aims to be your first stop for information on and off of your computer."

Thursday, September 01, 2005

10 Steps to a Hugely Successful Web 2.0 Company

"Create your own Web 2.0 company NOW!!

Its easy. Just follow these 10 simple steps and you, too, can be seen in fine dining establishments like Jamba Juice and speaking on panels for conferences like Distribucate 2.0, Fred, Bloggerstock and Elfdex."

elfURL

"Welcome to elfURL, where we make giant URLs shorter. Some say our elves make the smallest URLs around. Our URLs are not 'tiny' but they certainly are small. Why use our elves? They provide free stats, rel-tags and del.icio.us tags – that’s why!"

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Personal Energy Device.

"The Multifunction Personal Energy Device. OK, so it’s a wind-up mobile phone charger. But…no listen, come back…but…it can also charge up your digital camera, contains an FM radio and features a super golly gosh LED flashlight. Impressed? Thought so. �14.99."

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Tech titans wish we wouldn't quote them on this baloney

"Tech titans wish we wouldn't quote them on this baloney
... these quotes pop up in speeches, on posters, in PowerPoints, during sales talks and in pitches to raise money. They've practically become articles of faith in the industry.

But how many of them are real?

As it turns out, only one."

Les Bain
Wizard Creek Consulting

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