August 2012
24 posts
Aug 30th
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kateoplis: Paul Ryan's speech in 3 words | FOX... →
kateoplis: “[T]o anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned… Seems like Reddit, Tumblr, maybe Twitter lean left/Democrat for this election. ...
Aug 30th
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Checking out Lift.do and a suggestion →
I’ve been enjoying Lift so far. But I have one suggestion: start tracking on a 21-day habit forming cycle. One of the key pieces of advice most gurus and habit-freeing people say is that it takes 21 days to make a habit. So why not put in some encouragement like that, e.g. some peer recognition or perhaps simply making sure that people have a goal line in mind. Okay, I said one suggestion,...
Aug 29th
How Kevin Systrom Chucked His Check-in App,... →
By Simone Baribeau, fastcompany.com Months after Kevin Systrom found­ed check-in app Burbn, he learned Facebook was plan­ning to launch a sim­i­lar ser­vice. And it wasn’t the only one. In quick suc­ces­sion Foursquare SCVNGR , and Yelp had also begun to offer apps… Key piece here is recognizing what was working and throwing out the rest. Invent then simplify. That should help my #todo list...
Aug 29th
Aug 29th
Aug 27th
Gympact, once again →
I used GymPact some time ago. I stopped because it was buggy; I tried stopping and starting and it wouldn’t work correctly. I reported the issues but somehow I think my account was corrupted. At any rate…. They just added support for RunKeeper. So now I can tackle my workouts either at the gym or via biking/running. Nice touch, worthwhile to try again. I’ll report back on the...
Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
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Aug 26th
Aug 26th
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“For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request....”
– Statement from the family of Neil Armstrong, full statement here (via soupsoup) What a fantastic life this man lead, and what a wonderful way to honor the legacy.
Aug 26th
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Why America Is Fat #1
I was waiting for my wife and it was getting late in the afternoon and hot. Ah ha, what about an iced coffee. I trotted over to the coffee shop, a Starbucks in this case, and stood in line. And I marveled at the fact that there was not a healthy thing to eat in the store. Paleo/primal was right out, not a single item. But even if you eat grains the food is all bleached flour and sugary. Fine,...
Aug 26th
Aug 25th
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The mark of a good company...
Is how they fix problems. Every system has flaws, every system breaks down at times. When this happens a good company acknowledges the problem, apologizes, and makes it right. Yesterday on the way to my sister’s wedding, car full of flowers, our rental car just stopped. Not ran out of gas. It stopped. It stopped so quickly I assumed some sort of weird anti-theft setting. I tried to start...
Aug 20th
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Aug 19th
Aug 16th
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Cancelon Lets Travelers Resell Hotel Reservations... →
budgettravel.com In the old days, some trav­el­ers would sim­ply can­cel their hotel reser­va­tions if their plans changed. But online trav­el agen­cies now only give their best prices with strings attached. If you don’t show up, you’re still out the… Good idea for a reseller. But… the hotels should really be tapping in here. Offer to resell or similar for a small cut. Or...
Aug 13th
Aug 12th
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Google two-step
Lots of news in the past few weeks about security, being hacked, and what to do about it. I decided the time was right; travel coming up, a few hours to mess with security settings, etc. I embarked on the Google/GMail two-step authentication process. I expected to be confused, annoyed, and probably back out again. But I wasn’t: it was really easy. Few simple clicks, an SMS to my phone,...
Aug 12th
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xkcd: Forget →
Sigh…
Aug 10th
Aug 8th
Square will begin processing all credit and debit... →
soupsoup: At first, Starbucks customers will need to show the merchant a bar code on their phones. But when Starbucks uses Square’s full GPS technology, the customer’s phone will automatically notify the store that the customer has entered, and the customer’s name and photo will pop up on the cashier’s screen. The customer will give the merchant his or her name, Starbucks will match the photo...
Aug 8th
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Salary Commensurate with Effectiveness →
Salary Commensurate with Effectiveness, caterina.net I was just read this phrase “salary com­men­su­rate with expe­ri­ence” in a email list I’m on, and thought per­haps it should be “salary com­men­su­rate with effec­tive­ness” or “salary com­men­su­rate with excel­lence” instead. A lot is gained… I found is page via a FOMO (fear of missing out) article but liked it better. Indeed experience...
Aug 5th
Limited Run Alleges 80 Percent Of Its Facebook Ad... →
By Nidhi Subbaraman, fastcompany.com Lim­it­ed Run, a dig­i­tal dis­tri­b­u­tion out­fit spe­cial­iz­ing in labels, musi­cians and artists, has decid­ed to take down its Face­book account after dis­cov­er­ing through its custom-built “page log­ger” that 80 per­cent of the clicks on i… Not exactly damning evidence but certainly something to make the sharks circle. Does Facebook...
Aug 3rd