Monthly Archives: April 2008

Wanderlust: sometimes the grass _is_ greener on the other side.

Growing up, I moved just about every year.  Occasionally we stayed in one place for longer, say two or three years, but we also had shorter stints to make up for those more lengthy “visits.”  All tallied, I moved twenty-one times before I left home for college at the age of 17. I don’t bring this up to gripe about my nomadic childhood, but only to help contextualize my current wanderlust.  I learned some valuable lessons as a result of the constant change.  Some enjoyable and some painful, of course.  …
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Want some PR? Get your social network start-up on Mashable!

Looking to make a splash with the launch of your social networking start-up? Step #1: Get featured on Mashable “Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many of our readers at our various events around the country. Without a doubt, the number one most frequently asked question at these events has been “how do I get my startup featured on Mashable?” While there is no secret sauce, I thought I’d take this opportunity to remind people what we’re looking for and why we choose to cover …
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[EssentiaList] Learn Ruby on Rails

1. Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby A tutorial like you’ve never seen before, complete with talking foxes and examples based on chunky bacon. Also, keep an eye out for the most entertaining side bars you’ll ever come across. 2. More great tutorials: Nuby on Rails.com Really Getting Started in Rails 3. Ruby on Rails on Hotscripts.com 4. PHP vs. Ruby on Rails. An evolutionary story of a Web Developer and his tools- A great comparison of the super-hero abilities of RoR and PHP. At the very least, this is a …
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State of the Union

The  social networking realm is still going strong, according to Computer Weekly and Forrester Research. “Business spending on Web 2.0 technologies will rise over the next five years, growing 43% each year to reach ÂŁ2.3bn globally by 2013, according to Forrester Research. The five-year forecast projected that business spending on social networking technologies, RSS, blogs, wikis, mashups and podcasting will rise as firms try to gain a competitive advantage from social networking technologies by connecting closer with customers and improving employee collaboration. “Social computing and Web 2.0 marketing is still …
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Take a Minute to Enjoy Something

1. Handmade French candles (thanks Cisco) 2. Autumn (pic) 3. Vijay Singh‘s swing (vid) 4. Nigerian Folk Music (wiki) 5. Penn & Teller explain sleight of hand (video) 6. Albert Einstein’s Relativity Theory 7. The Elegant Universe (documentary)

Emperors Should Wear Clothes

As a means of communication, words are incredibly important. In lieu of verbally exchanging words, we use written text to do the bulk of the communication for us online. Any degree of miscommunication can have far reaching consequences (online), so every “i” has to be dotted, every “t” crossed, and every word weighed. However, good content, like the emperor who needed to put some clothes on, should always strive to look first rate. Enter typography, whose sole aim is to dress words up so that they look good. Its noble …
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Time vs Quality: Because Breathing Ain’t Necessarily Living

1810 – 1913 When someone dies, the usual inscription on the tombstone is the year of birth and the year of death, separated by a dash, along with an epitaph in memoriam. The initial reaction is to do the math, and figure out how old she was when she died (shameless you!). What’s interesting about the whole thing is how much we concentrate on how long she lived, when at the end of the day, it’s the dash in the middle that defines what we remember. JFK is a favorite …
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GolfingMyWay.com Launched!

We are proud to formally announce the launch of www.golfingmyway.com! GolfingMyWay.com (GMW) is a tech start-up based in Seattle, Washington and founded by three partners, John Robinson, Jake Horton, and Scott Rasmussen.   Positioned to unify golfers from around the country, GMW is a result of their collective vision and planning for what a golf-focused social network can be.  From high school golfers to members of elite country clubs, GMW offers innovative features around a sport we all love… golf! Whether it’s analyzing your game with My Stat, viewing and critiquing …
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