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WordPress Tip — Press This
Aug 9th
WordPress has a cool tool called “Press This” - it’s a quick and handy way to publish a quick post or draft post to your WordPress blog.
“Press This” is a bookmarklet that you can drag to your bookmarks bar. Then, when you find a page with content that you would like to share at your blog, just click on the “Press This” bookmarklet that is sitting up there on your bookmark bar! A window opens up that is the WordPress new post window.
Just under the post title you will see “Add:”. Click on the picture frame to add an image from the More >
Addicted to Social Media? – A Revealing Study
Jul 29th
Retrevo.com did an exceptional report on Social Media use. Their latest Retrevo Gadgetology study asked >> social media users << questions such as:
When, where, and how much time they spend on sites and services like FaceBook and Twitter?
No surprise that many people seem to be obsessed with their social media!
This study portrays two groups: under and over age 25. Take a look at the differences of usage of people under 25. The future generation is all about mobile: The Mobile Generation.
Social Media Around the Clock
My Boxes Don’t Touch – Men’s and Women’s Brains
Apr 30th
Mark Gungor is the creator of “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage” – the book is based on his phenomenally successful seminar and years of working with thousands of couples. Check out the book trailer!
This is Funny!
A humorous perspective on the differences of the sexes:
Just watch a couple of minutes of Mark in this video and you’ll be in stiches – I was!
Follow: Mark Gungor (markgungor) on Twitter
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Getting Things Done Starts With – A Shift in the Head
Apr 28th
Originally posted at The Closet Entrepreneur
Written for The Closet Entrepreneur by Sam Carpenter…
Yes, I’ve read David Allen’s fine book Getting Things Done, maybe the most popular version of the concept of Business Process Management (BPM). There are lots of other management systems/philosophies too, most of them created by business consultants.
Good stuff, much of it, GTD, TQM and the like. But I have a bone to pick.
And before I begin this semi-rant, here’s something about me: I’m a small business owner, not a consultant. I’ve had Centratel, for twenty-five years and over the past ten years have been deeply buried in creating my More >
The Rise of Social Networks
Dec 5th
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This infographic spans the timeline from 1995 up until today. The really large social networks exploded into existence during the 2003 – 2006 period:
What’s next? For one thing: Personal Branding. According to Chad Levitt, parts of the next wave of innovation will revolve around social networks, personal brands, massive amounts of data, collaboration and making senese of it all to create value. Also, expect more internal company social networking.
Infographic courtesy of Chad Levitt at his New Sales Economy Blog
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Happy Odd Couple: Suryia & Roscoe
May 17th
Suryia the orangutan and Roscoe the blue tick hound became best friends upon meeting each other!
Both Suryia and (now) Roscoe live at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species in Myrtle Beach, SC. This story just recently aired on "Oprah" and will be featured this fall on National Geographic Channel’s show "Odd Couples".
“As soon as he saw Roscoe, Suryia ran over to him and they started playing,” Bhagavan Antle, founder of TIGERS Antle told UK’s Daily Mail. “‘It was unusual because dogs are usually scared of primates but they took to each other straight away.”
“‘Roscoe looked really thin More >
The Christmas Tree Star Cluster – A Sparkling Spray of Stars
Dec 16th
Image: ESO
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) created this image of the region known as NGC 2264 (2600 light years from earth) from images taken with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) which is a special astronomical camera attached to the 2.2 meter Max-Planck Society telescope at the La Silla observatory in Chile. The La Silla observatory is located in the Atacama desert in the foothills of the Andes and has some of the clearest and darkest skies on the planet.
For a full screen – Hi Res view
For larger images
Star Wars vs. Star Trek – The Mashup
Dec 3rd
Could the Empire subdue the Federation?
Never underestimate the power of the Force!
I watched the orignial Star Trek episodes on TV, then saw the first Star Wars movie in the theater. I’m a fan of both fictional universes.
Comparison of Star Trek and Star WarsFrom wikipedia: Differences
Star Wars was inspired by the Flash Gordon adventure serials of the 1940s[3] and presents an elemental struggle between good and evil.[2] Star Trek was conceived in the style of the TV western Wagon Train but adopted a more adult tone, providing an idealistic, utopian prospect of future human society. Richard Ho, writing for The Harvard Crimson, states that the heroes of More >
Photo of the Day – Wet Leaf Macro
Sep 29th
Close up of a wet leaf from the Wired collection of macro-photography images.
Our Social Global Village
Sep 29th
Universal McCann is a global media communications agency delivering Next Thing Now solutions.
Their Wave.3 project was completed March 2008. This social media project included 17,000 people in 29 countries and measured consumer usage, attitudes and interests in social media platforms.
These are the highlights:
Get the latest report (PDF)
Whale Encounter: Man – Whale Interaction
Sep 29th
via: National Geographic
“We were standing on the bottom in very cold water—40, 39 degrees—and we’re down at 70 feet and this 45-foot, 70-ton whale glides across the bottom. My assistant is just dwarfed next to this thing. I think that the perspective and the whole man-whale interaction—that is a special photograph.” – Brian Skerry
“They dive 600 feet, brushing their heads along the seafloor with raised, wartlike patches of skin, sometimes swimming upside down, big as sunken galleons, hot-blooded and holding their breath in cold and utter darkness while the greatest tides on Earth surge by.”
From the Photographer’s Field Notes –
“…of course their More >
Paul Newman 1925 – 2008
Sep 29th
Paul Newman passed on last Friday, September 26th, 2008 after a long battle with lung cancer.
He was one of the GREAT actors and businessmen of the 20th Century. This is the man who captured Joanne Woodward’s heart. He was an extraordinary example of life, love, family and generosity. He didn’t just succeed and prosper – he succeeded and gave back!
An inspiring tribute to Paul Newman the philanthropist.
“Every time I get a script it’s a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It’s like falling in love. More >
Downsizing – The World’s Cheapest Car
Sep 28th
Tata Motors of India presents the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car at $2,500.00, on October 1st. It reportedly gets 50 mpg and there is a deisel version in the works.
India’s population of 1.1 billion. The Tata could increase world demand for our already scarce gasoline (driving UP the price) and increase air pollution!
Prediction: The Indian used car market will tank.
More:
Spending Time With The Tata Nano
India’s New $2,500 Car, The Tata Nano, Looks Great.
2010 Ford Mustang
Sep 28th
The 2010 Ford Mustang will debut at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show in November.
The 2010 Ford Mustang
Sales begin in Q1 – 09
More:
Future Shock: 2010 Ford Mustang
2010 Ford Mustang Review and Prices
If you like Camaros – First Look 2010 Chevrolet Camaro
