March 2011
February 2011
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Ultimate HTML5 Cheatsheat
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“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...”
– Lawrence, D. H.
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more...”
– ~~~ Albert Einstein
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Study looks at how homeless kids' use of online...
Amplify’d from newsroom.ucla.eduA new UCLA AIDS Institute study suggests that the use of social networking websites by homeless youth can lead to an increase in risky sexual behaviors. But interestingly, homeless kids who used these sites were also more likely to have been tested for sexually transmitted infections and to be better informed about preventing such infections and HIV.Researchers were...
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“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.”
– Timothy Leary
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Weekend Fun: Hipster Disney Princesses and Princes
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30 Inherently Useful Tools for Freelancers →
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INFOGRAPHIC: The History of Computers 1938 to 2010
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Psychology of Color – Web...
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“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
– ~~~ Henry Ford
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Build Your Online Networks Using Social...
Amplify’d from www.sciencedaily.comScienceDaily (Feb. 16, 2011) — Researchers at Toshiba are working on a way of finding clusters of like-minded bloggers and others online using “social annotations.” Social annotations are the tags and keywords, the comments and feedback that users, both content creators and others associate with their content. Their three-step approach could help you...
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Too Much Hysteria Over Cyber Attacks
Experts say that hyping incidents as warfare distracts computer security champions from safeguarding power grids, financial systems and medical networks.Amplify’d from news.discovery.comby recent attacks like the computer worm Stuxnet could hamper Internet securityOverblown talk of full-on cyber war between nations fueled by recent attacks like the computer worm Stuxnet could hamper Internet...
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14 Tips for Making Your Nonprofit Email More... →
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10 Income Tax Terms All U.S. Freelancers Must... →
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Vintage real estate ads as marketing inspiration
If you’re looking for inspiration for your print or web marketing campaign, one option is to look backward in time. Vintage advertisements frequently feature amazing typography and rely on age old sales methods to garner attention. via agentgenius.com Posted from Cool Fun Things | Comment »
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App Antitrust Issued Raised →
Apple’s new subscription service raises potential antitrust issues, some law professors say.
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20 Countries With Highest Cell-Phone Use →
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“The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.”
– Trotman, Dawson
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“Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might...”
– Brock Clarke
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Electronic toy turns human body into an instrument
Amplify’d from www.newscientist.com The hand-sized toy, called Ningen Gakki (“Human Musical Instrument”), has four exposed silver electrodes that pass a weak electric current into the user and then, of course, through the other players when they are touched. Completing the circuit creates sound through remote speakers.Up to four people at once can learn to mix sound with tapping,...
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Hybrid-Heavy Cities to Lead the Way
Amplify’d from www.fastcompany.comIn the recent State of the Union address, President Obama set out a goal to put one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. According to a study from Pike Research (PDF), many of those EVs will end up in the New York City and Los Angeles metropolitan areas—at least at first. In many cases, manufacturers are rolling out EVs on a staggered basis, with...
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“The girl with a future avoids a man with a past.”
– Evan Esar
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Two Weeks to Startup: Day 7. Develop a Marketing... →
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Computer Crushes Human 'Jeopardy!' Champs →
On the second day of a three-day challenge, Watson the computer has netted $35,734 in winnings.
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The Internet Is The Best/Worst Thing That Ever... →
“It took humankind eight years to spend 100 million hours building Wikipedia. We now spend at least 200 million hours a week playing World of Warcraft. In short, everything you thought was good about the Internet — information, access, personalization — is bad.” The New York Times 02/11/11
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Posterous Mimics Tumblr, Adds Long Overdue Feature →
Taking a cue from their frenemy Tumblr, Posterous has introduced the “like” button for their users (which is similar to Facebook’s like button).
Take Good Notes for Great Technical Writing →
When you’re tasked to create a document, you have take good notes when talking to the developers, subject-matter experts, and users, especially if it’s in an area that you are not too familiar with….
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Stop Bill to Kill Public Funding to PBS →
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In the mornings before I head to work, the kids and I watch WETA, which is a producing station of PBS. I was shocked when last week I saw a plea from…
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Republicans Try To Kill Public Funding For Public... →
In the mornings, the kids and I watch shows like “Clifford,” “Super Why,” “Martha Speaks,” etc. It saddened me when I saw the plea to please stop this bill from being passed. This is sad that one of the only channels with educational programs for kids (education in this country is already lacking) is on the chopping block. Please don’t let this happen.
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Tips for Shooting A Winning Video For Your... →
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10 of 14 Beautiful Lipstick Art By Viridis Somnio
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New Wireless Technology Developed for Faster, More...
Amplify’d from www.sciencedaily.comScienceDaily (Feb. 14, 2011) — A new technology that allows wireless signals to be sent and received simultaneously on a single channel has been developed by Stanford researchers. Their research could help build faster, more efficient communication networks, at least doubling the speed of existing networks.But now, Stanford researchers have developed the first...
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“She had Valentine’s Day beads, Mardi Gras beads, any kind of beads you...”
– - Debbie Dool
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“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
– - William Shakespeare
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11 Thomas Edison Predictions That Came True—Or... →
A hundred years ago this month, Thomas Edison—whose 164th birthday is celebrated with a twitchy, sketchy Google doodle Friday—laid out a long series of predictions as to how technology would transform the world.
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Can a PepsiCo-Powered Crowd of Scientists Rescue...
Amplify’d from www.fastcompany.comLast November, Scientists Without Borders underwent a makeover from a social networking site for scientists to an open innovation platform that crowdsources solutions to scientific problems. The first major challenge, sweetened by $10,000 in PepsiCo-funded prize money, is reducing infant mortality in the developing world through better nutrition. The challenge...
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NYU Professor Wafaa Bilal's Body Rejects Camera...
Amplify’d from www.artinfo.comArtist Wafaa Bilal, aka Professor Camerahead, met with plenty of skepticism from people who questioned the wisdom of his headline-grabbing plan to surgically embed a camera in the back of his skull. Students at NYU, where Bilal teaches, also criticized the project’s implications for on-campus privacy, given that his camera would be automatically sending pictures...
