April 2008
47 posts
Compiere Open Source ERP and CRM Business Solution →
Faster - Why Constant Stress is Part of Our Future →
A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran a weekend piece entitled In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop,
which focused on the stressful nature of blogging. Using our friend…
DRK - Daphne - Process kill and windows debugging →
iSeries Information Center →
Bungee Connect :: Platform-as-a-Service →
Sputtr. Multi-Search Engine →
Driinn™ - Home Page →
How to Gently Encourage Enterprise 2.0 Adoption →
In many enterprises, Enterprise 2.0 ends up getting adopted under the radar, especially when clueless corporate types won’t see the light. Then there are those who attend a seminar or read a…
Hippo Water Roller →
Playpumps International and the PlayPump water... →
Vysr →
Cellfire - Mobile coupons for your cell phone →
Architectural Antiques & Salvage, Restoration... →
Gmail Icon Notifier - Make Gmail the Default Email... →
On leadership →
Dave Lorenzo’s recent post pointed me to this article on leadership that really struck a chord. I’ll start by saying “read the article,” but I also want to try to paraphrase and extend it a bit…
Mobile Coupons at Grocery Stores →
Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, General Mills,Clorox and Del Monte - 5 CPG powerhouses are testing along with grocery chain, Kroger use of coupons on your cell phone. Users will download a…
Failure as a product strategy →
One of the companies I most admire is Zara. The Spanish retailer turned many industry assumptions upside down including:- Foregoing the 4 season approach to product releases- Creating a supply chain…
Google Earth →
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/ →
Googolopoly →
Earlier today I wrote about my eagerness for Google GDrive, a cloud-based file management service that has been rumored for years now.
The idea that Google could swoop in and dominate the online…
QUERYING THE DATABASE: QUERIES and VIEWS →
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ModernFeed - Guiding You to the Best Programming... →
Solve Problems, Study, and Brainstorm using Mind... →
By Nora DunnAre you inspired by taking notes in class? Probably not. When a lecturer spouts information at you, how do you record what you need to know and do it in a way that makes sense later…
MightyQuiz: What Did You Learn Today? →
It’s The Culture, Stupid →
After a 10-year study of over 24,000 employees across multinational corporations, our team came to a startling conclusion about leadership: the more you develop yourself as a leader, the less of a…
What will you do when gas hits $4 per gallon? →
By Paul Michael
The image you’re looking at is a classic VW ad from 1979, a response to the gas crisis at that time. I just filled up my tank, and 16 gallons of Plus Unleaded cost me over $52 here in…
Change Your Ways and Your Mind Will Follow →
New York Times columnist David Brooks is one of my favorites. Without fail, Brooks’ weekly observations on human behavior transcend his mandate as a political and economics commentator,…
Nerdcycle Mounted Monitor Exercise Bike... →
Here’s our final winner in the reader contest to win an autographed copy of our new book, Upgrade Your Life. Thanks to everyone who submitted!
Reader Martin is determined to not let…
Dr. King's last speech →
Forty years ago yesterday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. An unspeakably terrible loss for the United States, but his vision, wisdom, and influence live on today. King was…
eM Client E-mail client with Calendar →
LocalCooling →
Why the Best Service Is No Service →
I published an interview on the Sun Microsystems small business site called “Why the Best Service Is No Service.” It features Bill Price, Amazon’s first Global VP of Customer Service,…
Flip Video →
roBlocks →
Dick Cavett on improving your speeches →
When I wrote the post below I swear I had not read this New York Times piece (Candidate, Improve Your Appearance!), but something must be in the air. A kind PZ reader tipped me off to…
Hands-on: Yahoo oneSearch 2.0 with voice →
(Credit: Yahoo Inc.)
Vioce technology is Yahoo’s big news of the day. While vocal search is one aspect of an enhanced version of Yahoo’s oneSearch tool for mobile phones, it’s the only…
Veeple lets you add moving tags to Web videos →
Veeple is a new video-captioning service that lets you add small moving notes or links to Web videos. It will host clips up to 100MB in size, or you can simply access the ones you’ve got hosted…
Veeple →
ProtoFlow first preview release… :: Deensoft →
The Ultimate 'Success-O-Meter' →
Written on 4/02/2008 by Craig Harper, a Motivational Speaker
The thing with us Personal Development types is, we’re always talking about creating our best life. Success. Whatever that is. We know…
It costs nothing to be nice. →
By Paul Michael
I was in McDonald’s this morning, returning a RedBox movie rental. I’ve seen a lot more of this place since I started using RedBox actually, and although I don’t order food I get to…
Take the Road Less Traveled →
Written on 4/02/2008 by David B. Bohl, the author of Slow Down Fast.
In life, there are two paths available to each of us. Which path we travel is determined entirely by our own actions, our…
The art of the teleprompter →
I don’t give many formal speeches, but when I do, I don’t prepare a script to be read word for word. Instead, I think clearly beforehand about what I want to say and write down a few…
Amazon Launches SMS Buying Service →
Amazon has launched Amazon TextBuyIt, a service that allows Amazon customers to purchase items via mobile phone text message.
To use the service, customers text the name of a product, its…
Aviary - Creation on the Fly →
Chumby Gets $12.5M...Here's Why It's Taking Off →
Chumby Industries, makers of the Wi-Fi video and widget displaying device, the Chumby, have just announced $12.5 million in Series B funding today. The company notes that this new financing is…