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  • Do We Take Technology Advances Too Far?

    Chris
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:56 pm
    Do We Take Technology Advances Too Far? is a post from Chris PirilloIn the name of being the best, technology manufacturers are constantly pushing out new product, along with updates to older generation devices. Often, these new gadgets boast something new and improved, making our lives better in some way. Once in awhile, though, we get a product that makes us scratch our collective heads and wonder what on Earth the company in question was thinking of.Are companies pushing themselves TOO hard to create the next big thing? Are they sometimes sacrificing quality – and sometimes pushing…

  • Samsung LED TV Review

    Chris
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:04 pm
    Samsung LED TV Review is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS FeedSome people ask what products I choose to buy myself to use in my home. This television is the latest acquisition of mine, and it’s one that I’m seriously happy with. This gorgeous TV is the Samsung 46″ 1080p LED HDTV. The picture is so much better than what this video will show you. It’s seriously crisp, clear and beautiful. This ultra-slim 46-inch LED HDTV boasts full HD 1080p resolution for the sharpest, smoothest picture possible.This TV is so much more than…

  • Is There Too Much Noise in Social Media?

    Chris
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    Is There Too Much Noise in Social Media? is a post from Chris PirilloAn article over on TechCrunch today sparks an interesting thought. Michael Arrington states that “The online social landscape today sort of feels to me like search did in 1999. It’s a mess, but we don’t complain much about it because we don’t know there’s a better way.”. He continues that rationale by discussing how things used to be years ago, when we would use things like AltaVista to search, and end up with a bajillion unwanted results… never to find what we were really looking for.Michael is…

  • Happy Birthday, Facebook

    Chris
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:18 pm
    Happy Birthday, Facebook is a post from Chris PirilloFor Facebook’s sixth birthday this past week, they unveiled a new look for the home page. Facebook’s population grew by more than 200 million people in the last year alone, to a total of 400 million users now! If you aren’t one of those people, I think you may have lost your mind. Facebook seems to be where everyone is these days – in addition to Twitter.As to the changes, they appear to be minor cosmetic ones that will benefit all of us. You can now more easily access your favorite games and applications, along with…

  • How Do Kids Under the Age of 12 Use the Web?

    Chris
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:38 pm
    How Do Kids Under the Age of 12 Use the Web? is a post from Chris PirilloThere’s an interesting survey going on right now, via ReadWriteWeb. They are attempting to gather data on how a child under the age of twelve might use the Web, and how much of it they really understand.The survey is designed to have parents along for the ride. Children will draw their responses to specific questions, and then the parents will upload them to the survey response center. They are even being cautious with anonymity. There’s no need whatsoever to reveal a child’s identity, nor any…
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  • Samsung LED TV Review

    chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo)
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:04 pm
    Samsung LED TV Review is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS FeedSome people ask what products I choose to buy myself to use in my home. This television is the latest acquisition of mine, and it’s one that I’m seriously happy with. This gorgeous TV is the Samsung 46″ 1080p LED HDTV. The picture is so much better than what this video will show you. It’s seriously crisp, clear and beautiful. This ultra-slim 46-inch LED HDTV boasts full HD 1080p resolution for the sharpest, smoothest picture possible.This TV is so much more than…

  • Remote Tech Support Software

    chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo)
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am
    Remote Tech Support Software is a post from Chris Pirillo Find more videos like this on Reviews, News, and How To GeeksThis is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of GoToAssist. All opinions are 100% mine.The age-old question has been wondering how many ways there are to support someone when they have a computer problem. If your career is built on helping people, especially software problems, you may want to look into GoToAssist. You can use GoToAssist on virtually any platform. There are many ways you can use to support your user, but you won’t find one that is faster – and…

  • Mustaches Vs Cancer

    chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo)
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:19 am
    Mustaches Vs Cancer is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS FeedAndrea Wojcik was a Gnomedex attendee this past August. She is passionate about causes, and helping to raise money for Pediatric Oncology. She discovered a very cool website that she wanted to talk about during our Gnomedex Show and Tell! Mustaches Vs Cancer is an organization whose motto is: “Kids can’t grow mustaches, and they shouldn’t have cancer, either”.Even though no child deserves cancer, those who are diagnosed definitely deserve the best care and the best…

  • How to Turn Your TV Into a Media Center

    chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo)
    5 Feb 2010 | 10:31 pm
    How to Turn Your TV Into a Media Center is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS FeedYou have content scattered all over your network, I’m sure. The problem is when you want to watch your media on your HDTV. That’s where the FreeAgent Theater + from Seagate comes in handy! It allows you to not only access files from across your network, it also accepts input devices, such as memory cards. It has a variety of inputs, including full 1080p video and Dolby audio! It’s also compatible with the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive. I have to…

  • Download Center

    chris@pirillo.com (Chris Pirillo)
    4 Feb 2010 | 7:41 pm
    Download Center is a post from Chris Pirillo Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS FeedEvery so often, you may need to download something to make your computer or mobile device run better. There are millions of pieces of software and applications available for every operating system you can think of. To help you find the best deals on software of every type, we’ve created our new Downloads center! Every day, we feature the very best software – including games! – that we can find, at excellent prices!I’ve been downloading and gathering together software…
 
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  • Do We Take Technology Advances Too Far? (Chris Pirillo)

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:56 pm
    Do We Take Technology Advances Too Far? is a post from Chris Pirillo In the name of being the best , technology manufacturers are constantly pushing out new product, along with updates to older generation devices. Often, these new gadgets boast something new and improved, making our lives better in some way. Once in awhile, though, we get a product that makes us scratch our...Source : Chris Pirillo (subscribe)Explore : Bing, Mobile Computing, Wireless

  • Is There Too Much Noise in Social Media? (Chris Pirillo)

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    Is There Too Much Noise in Social Media? is a post from Chris Pirillo An article over on TechCrunch today sparks an interesting thought. Michael Arrington states that “The online social landscape today sort of feels to me like search did in 1999. It’s a mess, but we don’t complain much about it because we don’t know there’s a better way.” . He continues that rationale by discussing...Source : Chris Pirillo (subscribe)Explore : Michael Arrington, TechCrunch, Twitter

  • Happy Birthday, Facebook (Chris Pirillo)

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:18 pm
    Happy Birthday, Facebook is a post from Chris Pirillo For Facebook’s sixth birthday this past week, they unveiled a new look for the home page. Facebook’s population grew by more than 200 million people in the last year alone, to a total of 400 million users now! If you aren’t one of those people, I think you may have lost your mind. Facebook seems to be where everyone is these days...Source : Chris Pirillo (subscribe)Explore : Computers, Facebook, iPad, Twitter

  • How Do Kids Under the Age of 12 Use the Web? (Chris Pirillo)

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:38 pm
    How Do Kids Under the Age of 12 Use the Web? is a post from Chris Pirillo There’s an interesting survey going on right now, via ReadWriteWeb . They are attempting to gather data on how a child under the age of twelve might use the Web, and how much of it they really understand. The survey is designed to have parents along for the ride. Children will draw their responses to specific...Source : Chris Pirillo (subscribe)

  • Remote Tech Support Software (Chris Pirillo)

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am
    Remote Tech Support Software is a post from Chris Pirillo This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of GoToAssist . All opinions are 100% mine. The age-old question has been wondering how many ways there are to support someone when they have a computer problem. If your career is built on helping people, especially software problems, you may want to look into GoToAssist . You...Source : Chris Pirillo (subscribe)Explore : i-Remote, Remote Control
 
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  • Zombie Bobby

    patrikpaprika
    Ingrid is in love with, the nowadays dead, mad proffessor Bobby. She is so happy with him! Even though he is a bit shy... But everything will suddenly change as she accidentally smashes one of the mad proffesors bottles and triggers a biohazard!!! Yikes.

  • Made in Sweden

    patrikpaprika
    Action, friendship, hot blondes... Made in Sweden is an action/comedy about the heroic Inga who's going to save her friend from the forces of evil. This movie has it all - actionloaded fight scenes, ninjas, explosions, swords and... braids! Don't miss your chance to get some Scandinavian action!

  • Samsung LED TV

    Chris Pirillo
    Some people ask what products I choose to buy myself to use in my home. This television is the latest acquisition of mine, and it's one that I'm seriously happy with. This gorgeous TV is the Samsung 46" 1080p LED HDTV. The picture is so much better than what this video will show you. It's seriously crisp, clear and beautiful. This Ultra-slim 46-inch LED HDTV boasts full HD 1080p resolution for the sharpest, smoothest picture possible.

  • Mustaches Vs Cancer

    Chris Pirillo
    Andrea Wojcik was a Gnomedex attendee this past August. She is passionate about causes, and helping to raise money for Pediatric Oncology. She discovered a very cool website that she wanted to talk about during our Gnomedex Show and Tell! Mustaches Vs Cancer is an organization whose motto is: "Kids can't grow mustaches, and they shouldn't have cancer, either".

  • Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ Review

    Chris Pirillo
    You have content scattered all over your network, I'm sure. The problem is when you want to watch your media on your HDTV. That's where the FreeAgent Theater + from Seagate comes in handy! It allows you to not only access files from across your network, it also accepts input devices, such as memory cards. It has a variety of inputs, including full 1080p video and Dolby audio! It's also compatible with the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive. I have to thank Seagate for sending me these products to review. It's been fun to navigate my way through all of my content.
 
 
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  • As Goes Denmark, So Goes Scandinavia?

    the oracle
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:06 pm
    Yesterday, I wrote about the government of Denmark deciding that being locked into proprietary (i.e. Microsoft) formats was not going to do. The problem was not Microsoft per se, but the locked nature of the formats. Now it looks as though Norway is on the same track, going a bit further and saying that, though it is a standard, OOXML will never do. They are deciding that ODF is the hot ticket - slashdot “Microsoft’s XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public…

  • Bing Will Be Profitable, Thus Spake Microsoft

    the oracle
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:53 pm
    As I was perusing the Supersite for Windows that Paul Thurrot hosts, I came upon a piece that gives an insight to the way that Microsoft is almost rabid about making Bing show a profit, and also the way the company truly feels about Yahoo. The piece was first reported by Thurott in Windows IT Pro and is not eye opening, but simply amazing because it confirms the commonly held ideas that Microsoft is willing to throw good money after bad to pursue and overtake Google, and that it simply considers Yahoo a throwaway in the battle. Echoing an economic reality that also hampers its Xbox video…

  • Is Soda the Next Cigarette?

    oztech
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:30 pm
    Once upon a time, you could buy a pack of cigarettes for under $2 a pack. Cigarettes appeared in numerous TV and film productions. You could smoke indoors while at work and in some cases even purchase them in the building. These days, you can’t find a pack under $7, cigarettes are pretty much limited to Mad Men on TV, and smokers are banished to a small, cold corner outside of the office building. Americans are just plain disgusted with tobacco companies. With the recent news soda may cause pancreatic cancer, we may not be far away from feeling the same about soda companies. Already…

  • Is IBM Trying To Put The Smackdown To Sun, Or Intel?

    the oracle
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm
    With the release of its Power 7 processors. chips that are four to eight cores, with 4-way hyperthreading  on each core (IBM doesn’t use the term hyperthreading, because Intel trademarked it, but that is what it is) and native speeds of 3.0 to 4.14 GHz, it would appear that the Power 7 is king-of-the-processor-hill, just as the Power 6 was when launched. The story from InfoWorld tells that the chips are constructed on a 45nm process, so it competes with Intel’s previous generation of processors, yet should thrash them soundly. IBM on Monday launched its latest Power7 processor, which…

  • Who Has The Worst TV Commercials, Google or Microsoft?

    Ron Schenone
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm
    One of the extra curricular activities during the Super Bowl is to view the commercials and grade each on how good or bad they are. This past Sunday’s Super Bowl provided commercials that were good, bad and just plain ugly. The commercials with the guys bare chested, pot belly-ed and in physical distress were down right disgusting. But there was one commercial from Google that made little sense to the group of people I was sitting with. You see, most people have no idea that Bing is a search and decide vehicle while Google is for searching only.  Most people just use Google because…
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  • which print program for windows 7?

    Barry Bundrum
    I would like to find a print program for windows 7 without all the bloat.  The industry standards all have ten million pieces of clip art, etc.   I need to print half-fold cards, business cards and CD covers. All I really need is a design space, a decent font list and the ability to import my own art and photos.  Also, I would like to be able to save them in a standard file format that can be sent and opened by others.

  • Here's a quickie.

    david_mallette
    What album touched you the most when you were an adolescent. Here's mine : Led Zepplin, their first Zeppelin album.

  • What Technology Do You Wish Was Inveted?

    Lance Burrows
    From Wireless USB sticks that work in your pocket to holographic mobile cell phones what do you wish was invented now?

  • Wireless Speakers For iMac

    Patrick Berg
    Hello, I have a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac that I use as my stereo for playing internet radio and cd's.  We are purchasing a larger (3 bedroom home approximately 1300 sq. ft) soon and I would like to get a pair of wireless speakers that I can move around the house or to the patio/yard to bring the tunes with me. I've read that 'Cables Unlimited Wireless PC Multimedia Speakers' are good < http://shopper.cnet.com/pc-speakers/cables-unlimited-wireless-pc/4014-3179_9-32319387.html?tag=pdtl-list >.  Do you have any knowledge of such speakers and what would be a good brand for fair…

  • windows xp scan disk theme

    suma gopi
    Why  do you think Microsoft Windows XP scan disk theme look like German in style? The project development took place at Whistler,British Columbia,right?
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  • Smile - Can Cold Water Clean Dishes?

    bob3160
    This is for all the germ conscious folks that worry about using cold water to clean. John went to visit his 90 year old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of Saskatchewan After spending a great evening chatting the night away, the next morning John's grandfather prepared breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. However, John noticed a film like substance on his plate, and questioned his grandfather asking, 'Are these plates clean?' His grandfather replied, 'They're as clean as cold water can get em. Just you go ahead and finish your meal, Sonny!' For lunch the old man made hamburgers.

  • Attorney: Brooke Sheen wants case dismissed

    Adrian Lambrecht
    Charlie Sheen and his wife were reunited Monday after a judge modified a restraining order and allowed them them to work out their differences following a Christmas Day domestic violence dispute in which the actor allegedly pinned his spouse on a bed with a knife to her throat. The couple hugged in court, and Brooke Mueller Sheen's attorney, Yale Galanter, said they hugged again and kissed in the basement of the 19th century Pitkin County Courthouse after the brief hearing before leaving in separate vehicles. They planned to fly out of Aspen together, and Galanter said he has asked…

  • New and Updated Apps Digest for Feb 8

    Chris Pirillo
    Platform: Windows - New Apps Portable Rapid Typing Tutor 2.9.7 Improve your typing skills with a new-generation typing tutor! Rapid Typing Tutor will help you learn how to use your keyboard more efficiently in a few easy sessions for absolutely free. The free typing tutor teaches adults and kids, students and teachers, and offers advanced reporting and progress tracking for every student. - [more in Education > Teaching & Training Tools] Portable Rapid Typing Tutor 2.9.9 Rapid Typing Tutor is the top of the line in typing software. With this innovative and user-friendly program, you…

  • Which wireless router should I buy and why

    Tyrone Jacobs Jr.
    Im getting a router today, and I need help getting a good one[ that I can get a signal anywhere in my house. Help me. Thanks guys.

  • Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt are suing tabloid over breakup story

    Bridgette Pratt
    Game on! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking legal action against the British tabloid News of the World for its story last month that alleged the couple were working out details of a split. "The News of the World has failed to meet our clients' reasonable demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets," a lawyer working for the couple in London said in a statement. "We have advised them to bring proceedings, which they have now done." In a letter cited in that statement, Sorrell Trope, the…
 
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  • [Jun 19] First Annual Daily Feel Sorry for Smashed Flies (Even When they were just doing their own thing) Day - special Hosts ACORN, PETA and the Wyoming Democrat Party

    HonRevJoWazzoo
    Obama - What were you thinking??

  • [Nov 9] Call of Duty: Modern WarFare 2

    novak
    New call of Duty Game Pre order it now! Normal is around $5 USD, Steel Cover is $10 USD, Prestige edition is $50 USD. Prestige edition comes with working Night Vison Goggles!!!!!!!! With the Steel PLate Game! Check out this video on the guns - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT9WSp3ka0M&feature=player_embedded This for CTF Game play -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4PMRFkx07g&feature=player_embedded And finaly the first unboxing showing all teh editions-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMSS12iY1X0&feature=player_embedded

  • [Nov 28] LFS

    James Ashford
    Hi GEEKS I would like to organise the geeks who can do it to become part of a community made lfs build (Linux From Scratch) to show off our geekiness and to have an Os that we can all be proud of so if you want in e-mail me James.ashford@hotmail.com or visit the website and head over to the projects page (www.bextec.webs.com) see you all then NOTE:the goal is to release the os on the eve of december of 2010 so we got time if it's done before then we will release it earlier of source see you all James Ashford Founder Of Bextec

  • [Dec 2] Mongoose Mountain Bike

    Mongoose Mountain Bike
    I am a huge fan of downhill mountain biking and I decided to find more fans of this wonderful sport in this social network. Regards to creator of this site I would grow the fans of downhill mountain biking. If You have interests in DH biking please visit Mongoose Mountain Bike.

  • [Feb 9] MacWorld 2010

    NiaNaia (Nia Bartolucci)
    Yes! In February Now you can attend CES and MacWorld ;)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  • iPad A Kindle Killer?

    27 Jan 2010 | 11:39 am
    Hot off the presses today, Apple's Steve Jobs announced and showed off the new iPad tablet computing device called the iPad. For those of you that have been hiding in a cave, the iPad is an ultra thin tablet computer used over Wi-Fi and soon over 3G cellular networks. Some of the stats reveled today are:9.7-inch multi-touch screen1.5 poundsruns apps from the Apple app storeattachable physical keyboard with standiBook app store for buying booksstarts at $499 for the 16gig Wi-Fi version!iPad also comes in 32 and 64 gig versionsThe atomic bomb that was dropped by Jobs was when the price for the…

  • The website mowjcamp.org hacked by Iranian cyber terrorists

    18 Dec 2009 | 12:17 am
    The website mowjcamp.org hacked by Iranian cyber terrorists, originally uploaded by Josh Self.Full article by me on Examiner.com:Twitter hacked by Iranian Cyber Army - http://tinyurl.com/y96m435Stolen from THE HORSE (rigpea82.blogspot.com)

  • The Geeks and Tech of Mad Men

    3 Nov 2009 | 11:32 am
    This device isn't a spaceship, its a time machine. It goes backwards and forwards... It takes us to a place where we ache to go again. Its not called "the wheel", its called "The Carousel". It lets us travel the way a child travels - around and around, and then back home again to a place where we know we are loved."~ Don Draper doing the presentation for the Kodak Carousel slide projectorI love this scene from AMC's show Mad Men Season 2 not only because it shows Don's genius with advertising and presentation, but it really shows the impact that technology can have on our lives and families.

  • My Uncle The Spy (Part III)

    26 Oct 2009 | 11:15 am
    "That last catch was swell Neil!"A young guy in a letter jacket opened the door of the old bar in the industrial section of Trussville, Alabama. "Yea, but it was your great block on that running back that cleared the path!", Neil Self said as they all paused in the open doorway. Neil had always been stocky, tough looking, and also fast, a combination that was usually deadly to the opposing team in the game of high school football. Tonight he wore his letter jacket just like all the other guys. "Ladies first!" Neil jokingly said as he shoved his friend inside the dimly lit room. It was a…

  • My Uncle The Spy (Part II)

    25 Oct 2009 | 1:57 pm
    Outskirts of West Berlin, West Germany10:37 pm August 30th, 1961The stench of diesel exhaust filled the air. It had snowed the day before and the streets were still icy. Smokey clouds of CO2 puffed out of the exhaust pipes from the convoy of US Army supply trucks that sat idling on the old cobblestone streets. A few yards ahead, a blockade of spiraled razor wire and torn up streets impeded the movement of the trucks filled with vital humanitarian supplies for the recently over run Communist East Berlin."What's taking so long?" Sargent Neil Self muttered to himself as he sat in the cab of the…
 
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  • Keyword Tool Supercharger

    GeekLad
    1 Feb 2010 | 3:11 am
    The Google AdWords Keyword Tool is a great tool to help you identify popular keywords that can help with search engine optimization. However, it really only supplies insight into one component of the equation when it comes to driving traffic to your site: keyword demand. It lacks any information about what sort of supply there is fulfilling that demand. To help fill that void, I’ve developed the Keyword Tool Supercharger. Supply and Demand Fundamentally speaking, organic traffic from search engines comes as a result of two components: demand for certain keywords (people searching for…

  • goo.gl URL Shortener Bookmarklet via YQL

    GeekLad
    16 Jan 2010 | 7:40 am
    Last month we saw a new Google URL shortening service that will be used for Feedburner and the Google Toolbar. It wasn’t long before the URL shortening code in the toolbar was dissected, and subsequent APIs developed. I managed to put together my own by using YQL. YQL is a truly amazing web API.  With its server-side JavaScript and the ability to quickly scour the web for information, there is very little it cannot do.  I decided it was the perfect platform for putting together a simple API for goo.gl. Because the Google Toolbar was already written in JavaScript, implementing it in…

  • Yahoo! Finance Excerpt FAIL

    GeekLad
    22 Dec 2009 | 10:37 am
    I found this excerpt from Yahoo! Finance particularly amusing. Apparently, Obama wants local lenders to help businesses seize. Related posts No related posts.

  • Google Fusion Tables Could be a Game Changer

    GeekLad
    15 Dec 2009 | 3:56 pm
    Google has been very busy lately with many new products recently. Many of them, such as Google Public DNS, Google Chrome OS, and real-time search have received the lion’s share of publicity. I’d like to talk about a little jewel sitting in Google Labs you may not heard of. It’s a shiny little jewel that could become a real game changer and not many people are talking about it yet: Google Fusion Tables. Google Fusion Tables is a web application that allows you to import, manipulate, and generate reports from large data sets. It is designed to handle much more data than you…

  • Turn Any File into an EXE with Convert to EXE

    GeekLad
    7 Dec 2009 | 2:21 am
    If you’re a geek like me, you may on occasion have run into a situation where you had a file that you needed to convert to exe. I had read a few forum posts and tutorials on how to do this with self-extracting installers, and I even managed to do it with a 7-zip tool called 7zSD. It then dawned on me that I could use 7zSD and some VBScript to create a tool to automate it. Thus, my Convert to EXE tool was born. Initially, I wanted just to convert a VBScript into an executable file. The reason I wanted to do this was to add a Java application to geek.menu (a fork of the PortableApps.com…
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  • Whip Up a Custom Fedora Spin with Revisor

    Amber
    2 Feb 2010 | 4:32 am
    Image via Wikipedia One of the bigger issues with some Linux distributions is the software selection.  Some packages come with entirely too much software, while others require many updates and additions just to function properly.  By creating a re-spin of your favorite flavor of Linux, many of the issues can be solved. The install discs for distros are simply an installer program with arbritrary packages thrown on top.  When installing, it mostly copies files over to the hard drive based on the information you input.  Since the questions and available packages are meant to be generic and…

  • Love, Hate and Third Party Comment Systems

    The Amber
    18 Jan 2010 | 11:14 pm
    Fresh out the box, WordPress comments just are not enough for me. I don’t want someone to have to fill out any extra forms to comment, especially when I despise doing that myself. It is not like this place is some hotbed of conversation so I can understand if people would see extra work to do and just walk away.  So I had to search for a solution that would make it easy for everyone. Some geniuses who got to WP before me had this grand idea of hacking at the code and making the comments better. Apparently that just plain sucked, because I can’t seem to find very much info about…

  • Code that Caters to Your Laziness

    Amber
    5 Jan 2010 | 3:14 pm
    Image via Wikipedia Like clockwork, people build lists of resolutions and things to do for the new year. Many of the folks with websites end up scrambling to change the copyright dates sometime in the afternoon before they go out New Years Eve, or they end up doing it while hungover the next day. What is worse is when those of us that use a template created by someone else don’t realize that the coder got lazy and just threw the year in, and we don’t end up fixing the mistake until a few days later. What I don’t get is why the folks that make these templates don’t have the…

  • Does Duct Tape Work on WordPress?

    Amber
    13 Dec 2009 | 10:44 am
    After having used WordPress and phpBB separately for some time, the need to combine them did not happen until recently. Considering the popularity of the two, you would think that there would be an easy way to glue them together already. This does not seem to be the case. This was a shock to me, but the worst part is that this has been an issue for a long time. While the best method of adding a forum to WordPress is just to use bbPress,  this is not an option for those that built up a forum before they decided that they wanted to blog. Sure there are many ways for you to have a listing of…

  • Antisocial Socialites

    Amber
    30 Nov 2009 | 9:38 pm
    Image by ncomment via Flickr I get it. You want to sound like an authority on something. All the other authorities have said something is dead, but you want to fit in so you swirl the words around in a cup and say it is dead on your blog as well. That’s lovely. Now can you shut up about it. If this service is dead, why are you still making it a point to remind people who are still using it once a month? Sure the development has stopped, but I didn’t die after puberty and neither did billions of other people. At first all the talk of services “dying” didn’t bother…
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  • Bioshock 2, Darwinia+ out this week

    Doug Groves
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:01 pm
    It’s February, so you know it’s that time of year when ‘big’ games rarely get released.  Except that 2K’s Bioshock 2 launches tomorrow on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Windows.  Continuing (sort of) the story from the original Bioshock, the sequel will also bring Rapture-themed multiplayer variant to the franchise, thanks to London Ontario game [...]

  • Xbox Live going 360 exclusive

    Doug Groves
    5 Feb 2010 | 5:12 pm
    According to a letter today from  Marc Whitten, GM of Xbox Live, the original Xbox is definitely looking at it’s sunset months, at least when it comes to online gaming.  Support for the original Xbox on the Live service will end on April 15th, 2010.   This includes both original titles compatible with the 360 and [...]

  • District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp’s TEDxVancouver video

    drsquid
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:29 pm
    TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a foundation known for its conferences devoted to what it calls ‘ideas worth spreading’. Along with the regular TED event, held in Long Beach CA, and the TED Global conferences (held in different cities each year), there are now independently organized TEDx events happening around the globe. In November 2009 [...]

  • Telus Blackberry Storm 2, Bold 9700 and HTC Hero reviews

    drsquid
    4 Feb 2010 | 8:40 pm
    Alex and Doug take a in-depth look at 3 of the newest smartphones available on the new Telus HSPA network. We talk about the HTC Hero, which we reviewed at the beginning of the year, the Blackberry Storm 2, which we will be posting a full review of shortly, and the Blackberry Bold 9700.

  • The videogame history timeline

    Doug Groves
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:36 am
    It’s not the first time someone has done a timeline for videogames, but the videogame history timeline is the best I’ve seen.  It’s a new project from designer Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga, and dates all the way back to Charles Babbage.  One of the nicest features is the top bar which not only has a search [...]
 
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  • Sprite Slam Dunk Goes Live

    brian
    20 Jan 2010 | 10:16 am
    The latest Juxt Interactive work for Sprite and the NBA is now live. Case study to shortly follow. In the meantime, please enjoy the experience at: http://www.nba.com/dunk_fanfaceoff

  • Sprite Slam Dunk / NBA.com

    brian
    19 Jan 2010 | 10:30 pm
    In just a few hours the latest project which has consumed the past few months will be live, stay tuned! Here is a preview/teaser:

  • SQL Server Nightly Backup Script

    brian
    19 Oct 2009 | 4:13 pm
    Below is a Microsoft SQL Server script that I use to create nightly backups. The backups (.BAK files) can be copied to hard drive, tape, or remote storage to satisfy your disaster recovery requirements. The script requires two (2) modifications – first change the ‘master_backup_dir’ variable to the path on your server that you would like the backups stored and second update the ‘retain_day’ variable to the number of days you wish to retain the backups on physical disk prior to removal. Configure the SQL Agent to run a nightly job with a single step that executes…

  • Sprite Step Off wins Site of the Day

    brian
    13 Sep 2009 | 4:30 pm
    On September 6th, The FWA (Favourite Website Awards) issued the Site of The Day award to Sprite Step Off. This is a project Juxt has been working on since late 2008.  Many site enhancements are on the way.  Expect a case study in December.

  • 5 Firefox add-on’s Web Developers can’t live without

    brian
    19 Jul 2009 | 5:41 pm
    Over the past few years the Firefox community has growth fast and fierce.  For web developers there have been countless add-on’s and plugins published that making building websites (i) more efficient (ii) more browser-compatible, and (iii) easier to debug.  Below are my top five: Top 5 Web Developer Firefox Add-on’s Web Developer – Integrates with Firefox to create a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools (e.g. outlining page elements, re-sizing browser window size, site-specific cookie management, and validation tools ) Firebug – Firebug integrates with…
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  • When is Bad Good?

    Roy Leban
    16 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm
    I frequently give people conflicting advice in both my UX consulting and my UX Office Hours. What's right for one product is frequently wrong for another product. Case in point: two people, one after another, one of whom I told that he should get rid of all his icons and use text, and the other who I told to get rid of all the text and use icons. Person 1 had an interface where each icon appeared exactly once. All were cryptic. The icons needed to be large because they all represented complex functions, so there was no text with the icons (even if there had been, it would have been tiny).

  • Enabling Experiences

    Roy Leban
    15 Jan 2010 | 6:19 pm
    Something great happened during my free UX Office Hours at StartPad yesterday. Usually, I help people, then they go off and I never get to see what's happened. Occasionally, I see a product launch (like PicTranslator). The same is largely true in my consulting practice, though there have been a few notable exceptions with really big companies. This isn't by accident. As you might expect with a UX consultant, it's by design. I've noticed that many consultants see it as their job to make their job take longer. And many companies see consultants in that role -- they hire consultants to fill…

  • Opportunities

    Roy Leban
    2 Dec 2009 | 8:24 pm
    One of the speakers at Ignite Seattle 8 was Wendy Chisholm, who works for the UW and is co-author of Universal Design for Web Applications. Her talk was about incorporating accessibility into design. I won't go over what she said here -- it'll be up on YouTube soon enough and you can watch it for yourself (I recommend it). But I want to write about the following equation that she included in her presentation: Inclusion = Innovation Her point was that many things that are done for the purpose of inclusion (to make things more accessible) result in innovations from which far more people…

  • Yes, Companies Do Listen

    Roy Leban
    1 Dec 2009 | 11:38 am
    In October, I blogged about a major flaw in the Tully's web site, tullys.com -- basically, there was no way to find a Tully's location unless you knew about their secondary site, tullyscoffeeshops.com. Yesterday, Tully's fixed it, not only providing the link but making it prominent. Yes, it could be better still, but now it's a lot better than plenty of other sites. The surprising thing was the post on their Facebook page (The Power of User-Generated Feedback for Companies) where they credited me with inspiring them to action. That's great to hear. Helping people improve the experience…

  • Why You Need Anecdotal Evidence

    Roy Leban
    29 Oct 2009 | 11:44 am
    Have you ever heard the phrase "That's just anecdotal"? Usually, it's used to discount somebody's opinion about the way something should be. In UX terms, if you've observed a user, saw them have a problem, and want to respond to what you saw, you may have someone tell you it's just anecdotal -- in other words, you don't have hard, objective, statistical evidence, so forget it. But there's a contradiction here. There's a belief that, if you gather enough anecdotal evidence, it magically becomes hard evidence. You can even see this in the latest ad campaign for Windows. Millions of people sent…
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    The Chronicles of R

  • 50+ Best Love Quotes Ever

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:37 pm
    I am down with fever, Love fever! After all Valentine's Day is just round the corner. So this week, most of my posts would be of the lovey dovey kind. Not that I would stop posting geek stuff, but I won't post them that frequently. So here's the first installment.This is a collection of some of the best love quotes that you can possibly imagine. Write them down as your status, update them on

  • For you, My Princess

    7 Feb 2010 | 5:15 am
    I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me.Love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into

  • Live Wallpaper Tips

    5 Feb 2010 | 7:37 pm
    With the introduction of live wallpapers in Android 2.1, you can now enjoy richer, animated, interactive backgrounds on your home screen. A live wallpaper is very similar to a normal Android application and has access to all the facilities of the platform: SGL (2D drawing), OpenGL (3D drawing), GPS, accelerometers, network access, etc. The live wallpapers included on Nexus One demonstrate the use

  • Did Twitter Change Your Password?

    2 Feb 2010 | 6:57 am
    Today, blogger Andrew Girdwood pointed out in his post that Twitter is forcing its users to change their passwords. According to Andrew, these users have received an email containing the following message: “Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset,” together with a link for resetting the password.Now

  • Google Helps You Find a Girlfriend

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:19 pm
    Language should not be a barrier in the path of love. And Google understands that. And that's why they have introduced the new Google Translation IME with support for 14 languages.An IME is an "Input Method Editor" and simply refers to software that lets you type in a language of your choice. Once you download the Google Transliteration IME (did I tell you that it's free and there's no signup
 
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    O'Reilly: Newbooks

  • Programming the Mobile Web: Rough Cuts Version

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    How do you take advantage of the new opportunities opening up in mobile web development? With this book, you'll learn the intricacies and pitfalls involved in building HTML and CSS-based apps that you can extend to work with particular devices, including the iPhone, Android devices, and other smartphones. You'll not only learn how to deal with platform variations, finicky browsers, CSS compatibility, and other issues, but also how to create pleasant user experiences in a constrained environment.

  • CLR via C#

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    Your essential guide to developing applications with the common language runtime (CLR) and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0, with examples in Microsoft Visual C# 2010.

  • Effective UI

    Jonathan Anderson, The EffectiveUI Team, John McRee, Robb Wilson
    Effective UI provides a complete roadmap to building groundbreaking software centered on user experience (UX) quality, how to get management support, employing product management strategies proven to deliver greater success, and how to manage the design, engineering, staffing, and business considerations that must be centered on the user's needs and working effectively in tandem all throughout the project. Effective UI is a guide for business and product, software professionals, and anyone else struggling to advance the cause of better UX and working to deliver on the promise of higher…

  • Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Administrator's Companion

    Yuri Diogenes, Jim Harrison, Mohit Saxena
    The comprehensive, one-volume guide to deploying and managing Microsoft Forefront TMG for Web security, network perimeter security, and application security.

  • Make Magazine: The Fifth Year

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    In this special re-release, all 4 volumes of MAKE's fifth year are combined in this special 4-Volume Collector's Set.
 
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    O'Reilly Media: Upcoming Books

  • The Debian System

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    In the second edition of the highly-acclaimed The Debian System, author Martin Krafft, an experienced Debian developer, explains the workings of the Debian system and shows how to use it. You'll learn how to harness the full power of this robust, scalable, and secure operating system and grow to appreciate how Debian's strict adherence to standards, pragmatism, vision, and a certain degree of academic perfection make it the exceptional system that it is today.

  • Google Wave: Up and Running

    Andr&eacute;s Ferrat&eacute;
    Learn how to use and built extensions for Google Wave, the exciting new real-time communication and collaboration technology that unifies email, instant messaging (IM), wiki, and social networking functions in one integrated platform. With this book, you'll quickly learn about the Google Wave Client and how to use Google Wave's APIs to extend the platform and customize its functions and display.

  • High Performance JavaScript

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    Do you want to fix performance bottlenecks in your JavaScript code to help your website function better? With this book, you'll examine the typical code problems that cause JavaScript to run slow. High Performance JavaScript teaches you how to identify inefficient structures and patterns, and replace them with better-performing alternatives.

  • Enterprise Development with Flex

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    Learn what's required to build production-quality Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) for the enterprise. Enterprise Development with Flex goes well beyond Flex tutorials and product documentation to suggest best practices, compare frameworks and tools, and offer efficient techniques for developing enterprise RIAs. The authors provide many practical examples and rely on their considerable experience with enterprise Flex applications to help you overcome challenges during your project's lifecycle.

  • DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

    O'Reilly Media, Inc.
    If you're looking to learn DocBook, this is the most authoritative book you'll find on the topic. DocBook: The Definitive Guide offers you complete details on how to use and customize version 5.0, the latest version of the DocBook XML schema. This thoroughly updated edition is ideal for technical writers, developers looking to customize the schema, tools developers, and managers evaluating DocBook.
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    WROX: All New Titles

  • Beginning Python: Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1

    James Payne
    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
      Beginning Python: Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1 introduces this open source, portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language that combines remarkable power with clear syntax. This book enables you to quickly create robust, reliable, and reusable Python applications by teaching the basics so you can quickly develop Web and scientific applications, incorporate databases, and master systems tasks on various operating systems, including Read More...

  • Joomla! Start to Finish: How to Plan, Execute, and Maintain Your Web Site

    Jen Kramer
    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
      Everything you need to know to plan and maintain a Joomla! siteJoomla! offers powerful functionality and ease of configuration, making it an immensely popular open source content managementsystem. However, far more than simply downloading and installing Joomla! is required in order to create a dynamic web site. This book walks you through the critical steps that must be taken in the planning process prior to establishing a Joomla! site. Joomla! expert Read More...

  • Beginning Mac OS X Snow Leopard Programming

    Michael Trent, Drew McCormack
    25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
      A solid introduction to programming on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard platformThe Mac OS X Snow Leopard system comes with everything you need in its complete set of development tools and resources. However, finding where to begin can be challenging. This book serves as an ideal starting point for programming on the Mac OS X Snow Leopard platform. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the details of each featured example so that you can type them out Read More...

  • Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting

    Christian Bolton, Justin Langford, Brent Ozar, James Rowland-Jones, Steven Wort
    6 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
      A hands-on resource for SQL Server 2008 troubleshooting methods and toolsSQL Server administrators need to ensure that SQL Server remains running 24/7. Authored by leading SQL Server experts and MVPs, this book provides in-depth coverage of best practices based on a deep understanding of the internals of both SQL Server and the Windows operating system.You'll get a thorough look at the SQL Server database architecture and internals as well as Windows Read More...

  • Beginning iPhone SDK Programming with Objective-C

    Wei-Meng Lee
    6 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
      Everything you need to know to start creating native applications for the iPhone and iPod TouchThe iPhone SDK and the Xcode tools are the official Apple tools used for creating native iPhone applications. This information-packed book presents a complete introduction to the iPhone SDK and the Xcode tools, as well as the Objective-C language that is necessary to create these native applications. Solid coverage and real-world examples walk you through Read More...
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    Bag of Spanners

  • Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

    Jonathan
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:18 am
    I installed the fell desktop installation of Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” on an ASUS EEE 1000H over the weekend, and thought it might be worth sharing my experiences. First, some screenshots… The Desktop The plain-vanilla desktop, with menu’s left switched on so you can see them (I normally auto-hide them on a netbook to give some screen real-estate back). TweetDeck The TweetDeck Twitter client runs fine – and it’s an Adobe Air app, which proves Air works fine too. Google Chrome (with Feedly) The developer build of Google Chrome working well, and running the…

  • How to get unlimited web and texts on your O2 iPhone for £15 a month

    Jonathan
    30 Jan 2010 | 8:00 am
    My iPhone recently ran off the end of it’s contract – and as I have written about elsewhere on the web, I chose not to renew the contract. When I called O2 to cancel the contract (which was costing me £35 a month), they offered to send me a “Pay and Go” SIM, and transfer my number onto it for free. I agreed. This afternoon I have been putting a little bit of money on it just in case we do want to use it. Little did I know that it exposes something of a hack. As long as you put £15 a month on your PAYG O2 SIM, you can get unlimited web and texts. They don’t…

  • Recovering FileZilla Login Information

    Jonathan
    25 Jan 2010 | 5:33 am
    If you’re half as stupid as me, you regularly enter FTP connection details directly into FileZilla, and promptly lost the source of the information – so you rely on the quick logon drop-down. How do you find out the passwords for FileZilla connections ? Easy. Navigate to your profile directory, and then to AppData\Roaming\FileZilla – the various XML files have all the data in them.

  • Getting Things Done

    Jonathan
    21 Jan 2010 | 8:03 am
    In order to combat the endless torrent of tasks, requirements and commitments surrounding me throughout the past couple of years, I have been experimenting with the “Getting Things Done” methodology. I first heard about it while reading Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders website, and have since bought the book by David Allen, and found myself returning to it again and again. “Getting Things Done” is based on a loose set of ideas – a toolkit to help bring organisation to your chaos. The tools are not specified – only the manner in which you might use them. Each…

  • Executing C# code in K2 blackpoint

    Jonathan
    21 Jan 2010 | 5:22 am
    If you have experience of the K2 family of workflow products – perhaps as far back as K2.NET 2003 – you will remember how easy it was to slot programming directly into your workflows, and how useful it was. With the advent of K2 blackpearl, and more recently K2 blackpoint, the entire landscape changed. K2 blackpearl’s process design canvas exists within Visual Studio – so it’s only natural that you can easily take the lid off any of the rules or events within a process and monkey with their source code. K2 blackpoint is more problematic however… it…
 
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    Pixelated Geek

  • The Notion Ink Adam – iPad what?

    Sam
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am
    OK, so everyone knows that Apple has a tablet coming, and yes I still hate the name. But Apple isn’t the only player in this fledgling market, and some manufacturers are doing things that are a lot more interesting, hardware wise, than Apple’s proposition. A render of what the Adam would look like the a digital mag version of SlashGear The Notion Ink Adam has been on my watch list ever since the nice fellows at SlashGear got their hands on it. It’s a tablet device that runs Android, so you could argue that it’s going to have the same inherent problems and benefits of…

  • Things to Look Forward to: Feb 8th – 12th

    Andrew Plein
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    Well another week another Release List. This week features the great Holiday of Valentine’s Day. Though for the life of me I still can’t figure out who decided it was a good idea not to release New Moon on the week of Valentine’s Day. Seems like a no brainer to me. That’s okay ladies cause Arnold has got your back, with the long awaited release of the Running Man on Blu Ray :) If that wasn’t romantic enough for you, the Video Games come to the rescue with BioShock 2 and Dante’s Inferno. Now that screams romantic. It seems the only Valentine’s Day…

  • We are going to PAX East

    Nelson
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:43 pm
    Thanks to our new east coast staff writers, Bob, Justin and Rett, we now have this whole nation covered.  Our 3 east coast boys will be covering PAX East and almost everything around it.  Expect videos, photos, interviews, hands-on previews, and more from Penny Arcade’s first event in BAH-STOHN. If it’s funny, interesting or weird, our boys will capture it. Oh, and I hear there is going to be a party some where there. So, expect photos and videos of that as well. Hey BAH-STOHNIANS! If you see Pleek, make sure to wave to the camera or do some weird pose. We’ll be sure to…

  • The Zombies are coming… for your iPhone

    Nelson
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:01 pm
    Pop Cap announced last year that it would be bringing it’s popular tower defense strategy game, Plants VS Zombies, out on the iPhone.  On February 15th, they will make good on that promise. Get ready to have even more fun while on John (American) or the Loo (British) while killing some zombies. To see what it will look like on the iPhone, watch the trailer below. Click here to view the embedded video. [via @PopCap_games (Twitter)]

  • Google’s Super Bowl ad was meh, should have used more Batman

    Nelson
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:41 pm
    After seeing Google’s 2 million dollar ad run during the Super Bowl’s 3rd quarter, first word that came to mind was “meh.”  Yea, it was cute. Yes, it told a good story. Yes, it was a perfect way to further brand Google. But, what it have killed them to use the Batman Search story? That one seems more lively and energetic.  It would have fit better with the overall atmosphere of the Super Bowl.  Plus, how many Super Bowl parties or Sports Bars actually heard the cute ending of a baby laughing? I bet not much.  Now, if you played the sounds of the below video, I bet…
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  • Great Software Engineers Fail

    Akku
    4 Feb 2010 | 12:32 pm
    This is a litte unstructured rant. That just needs to come out. I listen to some software-engineering postcasts, read some SE-blogs and generally try to get better at what I do for a living (which is developing software). But I listen to those bloggers and postcasters,  who have often developed software for two or three decades (this means 20-30 friggin’ years), and wonder if they think we all did so. No, we didn’t. And this is where they fail. They are gurus. Nerdy heroes. They developed languages, built enterprise software, know all the technical details and some may even be…

  • Podcasts I listen to

    Akku
    4 Feb 2010 | 11:17 am
    Hi people. Just a small notion: I won’t blog a lot as long as I’m employed, so if you wanna keep informed with what happens here, use the RSS feed with a RSS Reader. Since I’m going to work by bike and need between 15-20 minutes, I begun listening to podcasts on the way. I like tech stuff and software development stuff - so if you like that I’ll give you some hints here. The podcasts I listen to usually go between 1 and 2 hours. Software Engineering Radio | The Podcast for Professional Software Developers: A nice english podcast (from the accent I think everyone can…

  • iPad - Better wait till iPhone OS 4.0 is here

    Akku
    31 Jan 2010 | 10:27 pm
    Just read through some articles on the iPad, Apples new touch-tablet-device. These are my thoughts. CON: I don’t want Apple’s iPad for the following reasons: - I got a laptop, an iPhone and an e-book reader. - The diplay is not e-ink - reading books on it therefore just doesn’t do it. - It doesn’t fit in my pocket. Its not a phone nor a MP3-device. - It uses the iPhone’s OS. But when I use a computer, I want multitasking. And I won’t want to have no mouse. PRO: - It has a decent resolution for games. The iPod touch / iPhone is already very sucessful, but it…

  • Everybody loves iPhone Bashing

    Akku
    16 Dec 2009 | 11:22 pm
    This is a small answer to the hate that comes over from heise.de to iPhone users. Okay three people forwarding me this article brings it to an end. WTF. Heise always was kinda “professional”, but this officially NOT SPONSORED by Microsoft, Samsung, Nokia & Co. “objective” study really tries to tell us that we iPhone users are CRAZY as we’re taken hostage by our telephone and defend its really bad existence due to some irritational psychological damage? Well, I’m sure I’m not the only iPhone user getting forwarded all those silly news about…

  • Windows 7

    Akku
    25 Nov 2009 | 10:58 am
    I’m using Windows 7 for about a month now and would like to give you an impression of how it feels to me. Windows 7 is Microsoft’s new weapon of choice. They went back from implementing in C# (–> Vista) to pure old C, as the performance losses of this political descision were accepted with the thought that “hardware becomes faster anyways”. They didn’t think about smartphones and netbooks back then. And got hit by really bad sales. Well, I’m using this platform for about one month now, therefore I thought I should share my experiences with you.
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    A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

  • Guest post round-up

    Jason
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    I guest-post on other blogs fairly regularly, but it was pointed out to me by rising blogging star Ash Maurya that I don't usually share these with you! So here's a selection of articles I've published elsewhere. Four ways to get automatically rejected by an Angel investor (VentureBeat) Advice on pitching Angel investors who often have different criteria than the typical VC. Also see my follow-up article: Four more ways. I've been pitched a lot, especially as a Capital Factory mentor, so this comes not only from my own experience but in discussing pitches with dozens of other angel…

  • Rude Q&A

    Jason
    1 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    Nothing clarifies things quite like a hyperactive, all-knowing, all-seeing, real asshole of a devil's advocate beating the living crap out of you. (Cartoon by Andertoons) Baseball players swing heavy bats before going up to the plate; acclimating to difficult working conditions makes it easier to hit the ball out of the park. What's the equivalent of the heavy bat for honing your skills at pitching your product and raising money for your company? For years I've been a fan of Scott Berkun's concept of Rude Q&A: What would the meanest, nastiest, but smartest people in the world grill you on…

  • A Tradeshow Checklist, born of experience

    Jason
    25 Jan 2010 | 6:30 am
    Eric Sink says that tradeshows are like sex: When it's good it's really really good, but when it's bad...  it's still pretty good. A lot of tradeshows have been cancelled due to low attendance (which in turn is probably due to slashed travel budgets), but those which remain are that much more interesting. It's easy to waste time and money at tradeshows. It's not just the booth ($2k-$20k) and travel expenses ($1000/day including airline, hotel, rent car, shipping, and buying an extension cable at an outrageously overpriced convention center office supply center), it's the week of time spent…

  • Why I feel like a fraud

    Jason
    18 Jan 2010 | 6:30 am
    "I feel like a fraud. I've been at this for 16 years and I still feel like a fraud. I'm just waiting for the day they see through the façade, but they keep coming back every year."   --Jason Young Ah yes, the awe-inspiring words of confidence from the seasoned entrepreneur. My friend Jason intended this as soothing words of solace during (one of my) periods of personal freak-out while Smart Bear was in its infancy. I felt like a fraud every day. Here I was, selling a wobbly, buggy tool and pawning myself off as an expert in a field that didn't exist. (My software was the first commercial…

  • A tour of my Wordpress plugins

    Jason
    15 Jan 2010 | 6:30 am
    I don't write many meta-posts, but I was just asked for the forty-seventh time which Wordpress plugin I use for this or that. I know I recently said your blogging platform doesn't matter, but it's not that it doesn't matter at all, just that it's not the primary driver of success and shouldn't be the first thing you spend time on. But still I take pride in my work, and that means attention to detail, and that means customizing the blog for both appearances and utility. So here are the Wordpress plugins I use, and why. Can't live without these: Akismet Free comment-spam protection from…
 
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