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This Week’s Bits & Bytes

chris — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:00:08 +0000

This week’s tasty tidbits from the business and technology front, as well as other recommended links:

100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images — Extensive image libraries to spice up your presentation, website, or marketing collateral.
Behind the scenes at Netflix — Fascinating photo slideshow of one the Netflix distribution centers, where the snazzy online service meets labor intensive bricks-and-mortar.
Livescribe : Never Miss A Word — "The Pulse smartpen records and links audio to what you write, so you’ll never have to miss a word again." Cooool.
The Crazy Genius of Brand Guru Peter Arnell — Genius, or fraud? I lean toward the latter after seeing the Pepsi branding memo–which I admit, I thought was a hoax at first. (It’s that ludicrous.)
The Bad User Interface Gallery — Sometimes it’s easier to get ideas from bad examples, and learn what NOT to do.
Rands In Repose: The Pond — Some honest and provocative thoughts on telecommuting, from management’s perspective.
Dear Speakers — James Duncan Davidson has done still photography at many, many presentations, and has some invaluable advice for speakers.
Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard — Do your Rock-Paper-Scissors challenges end in too many ties? This 5-symbol variant may be for you! (And no, "Dynamite" doesn’t beat everything.)

This Week’s Bits & Bytes

chris — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:00:08 +0000

This week’s tasty tidbits from the business and technology front, as well as other recommended links:

How the Kindle will change the world — I’m an ardent book-lover, but I recognize that my attachment to their paper form is largely sentimental — and increasingly anachronistic. Jacob Weisberg explains why.
How Samberg and Social Media Saved SNL — How Saturday Night Live’s "Digital Short" features kept them relevant in the days of YouTube and social networking. Includes links to all the classics (Lazy Sunday, D&*k in a Box, etc.)
Speedtest.net – The Global Broadband Speed Test — Easily the most accurate and easy-to-understand of the tools that measures your broadband connection speed.
Seattle expected to rise from recession — While not exactly flourishing, the Puget Sound region is likely to less affected than other areas of the country, and will be one of the first to recover.
Ideas for Embedding Google Spreadsheets in Your Blog or Website — Google Spreadsheets is both free and easy to integrate into your website. Here are some excellent creative ideas for doing so.
So, You Want to Be an Entrepreneur — The Wall Street Journal asks a series of excellent questions to determine if you have the disposition to be an entrepreneur.
Le Whif Chocolate Inhaler — Have you ever been accused of inhaling chocolate? Now you can actually do it, and with no calories!

This Week’s Bits & Bytes

chris — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:20:57 +0000

This week’s tasty tidbits from the business and technology front, as well as other recommended links:

Why Small Companies Will Win in This Economy — Harvard Business offers some optimism for entrepreneurs.
Television Outside the Box — The Atlantic takes an entertaining look at 3D TV: "Like a headache-inducing cicada, 3-D programming shows up on television about once a decade, only to disappear and be forgotten until whenever it appears again…"
How Spam Saves Libraries with reCAPTCHA — It turns out that those annoying word puzzles on Web forms are actually helping contribute to the world’s expanding pool of digital knowledge. Fascinating story!
Mobile Skype: The End of Cellular As We Know It — Skype is now available for all Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and Google Android mobile phones, threatening to render obsolete the traditional cellular phone business. Meanwhile, Apple is trying their best not to cooperate…
Risk, Fear, Certainty : The Frontal Cortex — "Given the massive decision-making flaws exposed by the current economic mess, what
variables should scientists be investigating in the future so that we can better understand how we got here? In other words, what will be the hot topic in decision-making science two years from now?"
Official Gmail Blog: Undo Send — A new feature in Gmail Labs gives you a five second window to cancel after hitting "Send" on an ill-advised email. It doesn’t sound like long, but it can be a crucial window of time.
Top 7 Practical Tips For Overcoming Stage Fright — Giving a presentation? Check out these useful tips.
Celebrity English » Learn grammar and vocabulary with the stars! — Brush up on your command of the language with these funny examples from celebrities.