I sure hope this is not the future of the web. Where’d the website go? This is what I saw when I visited a recent story on Mashable: 10 Must-Read eBooks for Social Media Lovers. The post title doesn’t even start until the extreme bottom of the page. I like free content as much...
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Watch to the end to see the very smart and simple UI elements: Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.
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I’ve owned and been reading from a Kindle for a couple of weeks now. A number of people have been asking when I’ll post some thoughts on it … so here goes. What I didn’t like I won’t be curling up with it I stare at a screen 10-12 hours a day, sometimes more....
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Let’s take my local pizza place. There’s a good one in Newport that I always order from, but I can never remember their number. So like many people, I search for it. But recently when I did this, I had a terrible experience. When I clicked through to the site, there was nothing about...
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Home safe after a 4-hr drive up from Sea-Tac over snowy, icy roads. Our gift to you for the holidays – gifts and cards for as low as 1 Credit, including our limited-edition 12 Days of Christmas gifts. See all gifts and cards » Carol Witteveen Newell commented on your status. Cell phone...
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Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O’Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The...
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Meetings with Intel at Robert Noyce Building in Santa Clara today. @kato66 Leaving tonight Andrea McIntosh Hildebrandt commented on your status. Meetings over. Still alive. Waiting for my flight to Seattle in San Jose airport. Marissa Mayer: An omnivorous Google is coming – Telegraph http://bit.ly/4ZQAOn
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I uploaded a YouTube video — Mesmerizing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNy3g1DL_c&feature=autoshare_twitter I uploaded a YouTube video — Riding around San Francisco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFGJIpORXnA&feature=autoshare_twitter I uploaded a YouTube video — Biking on the Golden Gate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urv-IZRPp7A&feature=autoshare_twitter Help Monty Widenius save MySQL: http://bit.ly/4qjxcq Just off Alcatraz. Very cool tour. Gabrielle Koetsier commented on your status....
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“The budget was about 20 percent of what we normally would charge,” said Greer. “After one meeting with the client, almost all our communication was by e-mail. The script was developed and approved using a collaborative tool provided by www.box.net. Internally, we all could look at the script no matter where we were, make...
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The real patent story behind Apple vs Nokia — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://bit.ly/5kMp6b Apple Loosens The Reins A Bit, Sends Handslaps Rather Than Rejections http://bit.ly/5PA3Hc Hey John, wish Geoff Veeneman a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!Add to your birthday list here or send your friend a Birthday Zoo Gift! Shared Blackberry apps. John, add 3 of...
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MediaTemple is down AGAIN. Unbelievable. My blog is now 403′d. #mediatemple #fail Microsoft Is Losing Fight for Consumers, Analyst Says – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/4O0gG3 Apple beat Google to Lala deal after failed bid for AdMob – report http://bit.ly/75K97o Why I Hate Ereaders, And Doubt They’ll Ever Hit the Mainstream...
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ManyBooks.net – Free eBooks for your PDA, iPhone, or eBook Reader: http://bit.ly/6GDJtJ Education Technology Spending To Top $56 Billion by 2012 « Education & Technology http://bit.ly/7ta1Hy Hitwise: Google Near 72% Of All US Searches http://bit.ly/86Dnph Pogue absolutely RIPS the Barnes and Noble ebook reader, Nook http://bit.ly/90PUB9 Facebook’s New Privacy Changes:...
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A total of 30 e-book readers rely on Adobe software, including Barnes & Noble’s just-debuted, already-delayed Nook and Sony’s popular Sony Readers, according to Nick Bogaty, senior business development manager for digital publishing at Adobe. Both PDF and ePub are open industry standards, though the optional encryption and DRM provided by Adobe’s Content Server...
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Published A Vision of K-12 Students Today. Solving my Classmate problems (an educator who is using Intel’s Classmate PC in schools) http://bit.ly/67GRph Published Easily download YouTube movies via Safari. The Death of Free: Will Free Online Content Like Hulu Ever Dry Up? http://bit.ly/8GQBdS Principles Of Effective Search In E-Commerce Design – Smashing...
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