This Week’s Bits & Bytes
This week’s tasty tidbits from the business and technology front, as well as other recommended links:
- Ten Tiny Things Every Small Business Owner Should Do in 2009 — Some great advice from Guy Kawasaki to get the ball rolling in a positive direction this year.
- Top Google Products in 2008 — The popular Google OS lists the highlights, including Android and Google Chrome.
- Fraud at Satyam, Indian Outsourcing Company — “The company has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers since its listing on the New York Stock exchange.” I’ve been banging this drum for years, but it bears repeating: the Big Four accounting firms are worse than worthless, since they actually lend a dangerous illusion of security in cases where it’s not warranted.
- Why I Blog — A thoughtful, free-from-politics exploration of the blogging medium by one of The Atlantic’s most popular bloggers (inspired by George Orwell’s essay Why I Write).
- Printing in 3D Gets Practical — Just like laser printers back in the 80’s, 3D printers are beginning to plummet in price. Check out this awesome video to learn about 3D printers.
- New Yorker Profiles: The Bright Side — An in-depth profile of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, author of several important books including the new Hot, Flat, and Crowded
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- HousingMaps — This Web 2.0 mashup of Craigslist and Google Maps lets you browse sale and rental properties (including rooms and sublets) in cities all over the country. Much more usable at-a-glance than CL’s text listings.
- Let me Google that for you — Hilarious! Use this tool the next time someone lazy asks you something that they should’ve just Googled for themselves.
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