I learned a new word today. Anthropocentrism. I read it in this document, which talks about two groups of people. The nonconsumptive recreationists and the consumptive recreationists in the South Island of New Zealand. The difference between the two groups … Continue reading
About Oscar
Great article for the unbeliever or reluctant social media initiate. – Day 13 #30DBC
I found this while looking through some archived delicious bookmarks. I was on the hunt for social related tags, specifically as it pertains to social media, social interaction online and how business can leverage this as marketing tools. It has … Continue reading
Read between the lines and dont make my mistakes.
Prosper recently had to freeze all new activity on the site due to some Federal regulations. Read more about that here (http://www.prosper.com/help/topics/lender-quiet_period.aspx). Even more recently, yesterday I received a number of e-mails notifying me that some loans had been charged … Continue reading
Henry Markram: Supercomputing the brain’s secrets
An amazing video about the computational power of the human brain. Continue reading
The Era of Big Search is Over: Why 2010 Will Be All About Content
Article about what's to come in 2010 as far as content is concerned. Will Google continue to dominate the search space despite the changing landscape? Continue reading
Beef Cut Chart
Ever wondered where each cut comes from? Here ya go. Continue reading
Google Reader Refresh.
With the new year comes a whole new wave of trends and topics to read about and follow. This morning, as I prepared for the onslaught of refreshed energetic marketers and new internet memes I decided to do something out of the ordinary for me. Whether 2010 is the beginning or the end for you [...] Continue reading
50 Great Examples of Data Visualization
Feeling a little bored with the old pie-charts? This might inspire you next time you have to present data in an appealing way. Continue reading
How One Business Is Helping The Unemployed
I found this picture and thought I'd share it. Someone posted it at applicant.com. Its about businesses helping their community. One simple gesture of support is probably very helpful to some. Continue reading
All about the Junk Mail
Iconographics are all the rage, here's one showing you some stats about e-mail. Continue reading
List of words to blacklist in your WordPress site.
To help reduce Spam comments on your WordPress website, you can and should use Akismet. It seems to be the most accurate and effective plugin. That’s the only plugin to control spam that I run in all the sites I manage. There’s one more thing you can do to improve your site’s SPAM catching ability: [...] Continue reading
Invisible Man
This guy is so cool. Amazing at blending in… he camouflages himself to blend in with very interesting backgrounds, like a fence, or a train. Artistic and amazing. Continue reading
Could Apache keep Google’s regulators at bay?
Interesting article about Open-Source licensing, Google, and Apache. An enlightening article, although it could use a little more information about some of the key points.
…because of Google's open-source licensing, "others can use our software as a base for their own products if we fail to innovate adequately." True. Google is clearly betting on its ability to innovate fast, which is incidentally also the very thing that makes the prospect of seeing its code forked so remote. Continue reading
Blizzard 2009 | Snowball fight Times Square
What a lucky guy, this Doug Kim. Check out the pictures he took from a snowball fight in Times Square; it took place during a blizzard. I wish I were there. For a moment it seems that everybody forgot about the problems, the differences, the troubles, and simply enjoyed life, much like a kid does. My hope for Humanity isn't quite lost yet. Continue reading
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