Submitted by Robdiana
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Reading many books is hard. There are so many great books to choose from, and there's too little time to read them all. And with so much literature available, you run the risk of not reading the stuff that is most relevant to your current situation.
So here's what I do.
Though I love reading blogs and wikis, I prefer to re (Read More)
TechCrunch
The chances of me being genuinely amazed at something I see a Belgian tech company achieve are rather slim. But occasionally, it happens. Last week I went to local entrepreneur meetup BetaGroup and saw five startups pitch their stuff to the 200-headed audience. The last one to get its five minutes of fame was Cherry, a new (Read More)
Submitted by Michaelfidler
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Vector icons are a dime a dozen, but how many would you actually use in professional work–or personal work you want to look professional? A very small percent, most likely. That’s why we’ve assembled the cream of the crop here, featuring only icon packs that are superbly good, yet completely free.1. 165 Lovely Vector Icons1 (Read More)
Mashable!
Being a Twitter user (@dspark) for some time now, I like many others have become evangelical about the micro-blogging tool.I believe what makes Twitter so valuable are these moments of connectivity that simply aren’t possible through any other communications tool. I’ve had these “Twitter moments” and I set out to discover “ (Read More)
Submitted by Bwana
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This is not a political blog, however with a pretty historic election coming up, I wanted to write up my opinion at least somewhere. I’ve been a champ (for the most part) of keeping politics off of my Twitter profile. So, at least I can vent on my own blog at least once. Here I go…I will be voting for John McCain for Presid (Read More)
: I respect this guy's opinion, but he's presenting his views as independently-thought, but they're pretty much the standard talking points coming from the GOP. He lost me when he got to the "associations" point, since he's just regurgitating the GOP line, and if he really independently looked at both of these guys' associations, would find questionable on both sides. And really, Acorn, look it up, not any closer to Obama than it is to McCain (who was a keynote speaker from them in '06). These are both establishment men, who have both done admirable work for the country but have also compromised to get where they are. That's how our country works. If you really are going to make an independent decision (which probably nobody does), read the policies with a blind eye, listen to what reputable people (i.e. nobody online) says about them, look at their records. Ignore the talking points.
: @Macztar I too am voting for Bob Barr. As a member of the Libertarian party I have found the other candidates platforms leading away from a government based on the precepts of The United States constitution. Many will say that Libertarian candidates don't a have chance to get elected. The libertarian platform is the US Constitution. The future looks bleak for our republic. Libertarians will keep their integrity despite the outcome. Earl Wallace
Submitted by Hutch
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This is a guest post from Mr. Dennis Howlett: As I look down the speaker list for Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin it’s hard not to yawn. Pretty much the same voices I could have seen at any combination of web conference around the world in 2005, 2006 and 2007. When are we going to hear something new? OK so it’s not all regurgitated (Read More)
: "here are precious few signs that Nielsen’s 1:9:90 participation inequality law is in any danger of being proven wrong. The people I meet squirm at the notion of ’social anything.’ Sure, the Facebook generation is coming at us older curmudgeonly types. But you can bet the moment they hit the greasy pole that is management progression, they’ll have the stuffing knocked out of them. It is the way of the world if you want to get on. If this ’stuff’ we talk about is to hit the mainstream, there’s a long road ahead."
FriendFeed epicbeer
Think you know what you’re doing every time you engage in social media? Neither do I, and neither do the social media gurus I spoke to about their biggest social networking blunders. In an effort to learn from others’ mistakes, here’s a list of some all-star errors in judgment from some social media all stars. I’ll lead off (Read More)
: @sarahcrisman I appreciate your honesty too. When I wrote my comment I had no idea that this article would get so popular. I think it would be funny to have a post, where everybody can reveal the most embarrassing thing they did online. What do you think!