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How to be creative

I just came across this thoughtprovokingbit called “How to be creative.” It’s a quick read in the short form and at least for me, hit home. Here is an expanded form of the same ideas, with illustrations. Recommended.

How does Fake Steve get away with this?

Everyone by now has heard that the Diary of Fake Steve Jobs is actually written by Daniel Lyons, a Senior Editor at Forbes. In a recent article, as an example, you can see, Fak...

[geeky] Dang – I was looking for one of these just last week

13 port USB hub Yeah very geeky, eh? All I was able to locate was 7-port USB hubs. Why not daisy chain them?  I have reason to believe that while logically it should not matter, in practice it does. My reason...

The F-Word

Over on Copyblogger, a good reminder of a bit of common wisdom: > “[snip…]Yep, it’s the “F” word. > Fear. > Fear affects us all more than we care to admit, and it’s especially insidious for writers. Writing online is one of those activities wher...

The System Administrators Song

“A song about those very special people that make sure your computer works. They are called System Administrators.”“…. sometimes he just presses caps lock and walks away, and wow, hey, my password works again! … “ Funny! Technorati Tags: funny

Freebase.com is the semantic web

I am not an expert in the semantic web but Freebase looks like it to me. I am surprised more hasn’t been written about it. It is absolutely amazing and head-spinning. I will have a hard time describing accurately, hence the headline. For me, it seems like Freebase does wha...

The Time Machine Works!

Check out this post from blog.payne.org: > Well, I can report that Time Machine (the new back-up & restore utility for Mac OS X) works. My 364 day old MacBook suffered a complete hard drive failure, only TWO hours after completing my first full backup. I hustled to the Apple store right away, so I didn’t miss my one-year warranty window. (from: Involuntary test of Time Machine) I will wait just a little longer before committing to Leopard. It’s one of those, if it aint broke then don’t fix it kind of situations…

Shakey-bakey Security

“Establishing a secure wireless link between two gadgets could soon be purely a matter of holding them together and applying a vigorous shake.” (from NewScientistTech)

Google is the universe

As you may have heard, I’ve been learning all about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) lately. I just came across this amazing little service called the DigPageRank Pagerank Checker. The story goes something like this. Google assigns every single page in the whole i...

Does Death Penalty Save Lives?

Very interesting article in the New York Times discussing whether the death penalty saves lives, “According to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives. For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3 to 18 murders are prevented. Th...

TechCrunch Boston

Two nights ago, Friday, I got to go to the TechCrunch Boston party at The Estate in Boston (which oddly enough doesn’t seem to have a web site.) Those of you who know me will be ‘surprised’ that **I ...

BlogBridge 6.0 is out

We just released BlogBridge 6.0. It’s getting really good reviews so you may want to [check out what I’ve claimed is the mos...

Best way to protect against identity theft?

I’ve come across these two services, priced similarly, sound similar. ID TheftSmart – The name sounds like they are a smart way to commit identity theft, but I suppose this is not what they mean. Lifelock – Their tag line is “Guarantee your good name” and one of their gimmicks is that the CEO has published his SSN for all the world  to see which is fairly daring and clever. Do you know anything about the pros and cons of services like these, or the specifics of either or both of these?

Magic Firefox Phishing Message

Pleasantly surprised to see this, and I didn’t even know it was checking for me: (not that I would have fallen for it 🙂

Good interview by Guy Kawasaki of Compete guys

If you are interested in SEO, there are some good facts and factoids in this interview by Guy Kawasaki of Compete guys.

Pop!Tech 2007 – notes and thoughts

My purely biased view of the most memorable presenters, quotes and associated links: - Kiva.org uses their web site to allow you and me to make micro loans to entrepreneurs around the world. Jessica Flannery gave a terrific and enthusiasti...

How to Opt Out of Junk Mail and Catalogs: Useful from Chris Pirillo

Check out this post from Chris Pirillo: > "If you’re like me, you may receive a LOT of junk mail. Catalogs, mailers, credit card offers… they fill up my mail box. Thankfully, I’ve found a couple of free websites to help us out!" (Read the whole thing: How to Opt Out of Junk Mail and Catalogs)

What is going on with Facebook App Security?

Here’s what my iLike Facebook application is showing me… Now what’s Mark Zuckerberg’s name doing there???

Facebook, the new America Online?

Doc Searls has a new post about Facebook which I came across in Scoble’s Link Blog. It mentions something that I’ve been thinking about too....

Graphing Social Patterns conference looks interesting

A very interesting talk by Tim O’Reilly at the Graphing Social Patterns conference. Here’s live-blogged coverage of the Tim O’Reilly keynote.