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1.Learn how to make money from your RSS feed (blog.openx.org)
Thirty years ago, on October 21st 1978, Frederick Valentich disappeared in unexplained circumstances while piloting a light aircraft towards King Island, Australia. Valentich had reported via radio that an unidentified craft flew at high speeds dangero...
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2.Tattoos and Copyright (avvoblog.com)
Copyright is one of the few issues that did *not* arise when Avvo Blog last visited Tattoos. In the NYT Ideas Blog today, the issue of tattoo artists having copyright claims to their tattoos is explored. The post links to a couple of law review arti...
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3.World’s Most Disgusting Apartment Is In Houston (PICS) (blog.txtapt.com)
WARNING: NOT FOR FAINT OF HEART. When your apartment gets to this point, I wonder if you even bother shitting in the toilet, or anywhere near the bathroom, for that matter. The moment you feel a dump coming on, do you just drop your pants, squat down a...
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4.GameLayers, Inc. is looking for a Web developer/front-end developer at a new kind of game company in San Francisco, CA, USA (pmog.tumblr.com)
GameLayers, Inc. is looking for a Web developer/front-end developer at a new kind of game company in San Francisco, CA, USA: GameLayers, Inc. is a venture-funded game company looking for a full-time web developer to help us make a massively multiplayer...
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5.Seesmic loses a valued community member (blog.seesmic.com)
[by Jeremy Vaught, Blogger - Seesmic] Sadly today I woke up to the news that Seesmicer Craig Manganello has passed away. If you follow Seesmic at all, you know Craig as the musician that often was wearing an oxygen tube....From: Seesmic
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6.Your Customers Want You To Be Social (www.kickapps.com)
“93 percent of Americans believe a company should have a presence in social media, while an overwhelming 85 percent believe a company should not only be present, but also interact with its consumers via social media.”
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7.Gnip, Mahalo, and L.A. (blog.gnipcentral.com)
Eric and I just spent the past few days in Los Angeles. We were lucky enough to be invited as one of two presenters to Mahalo’s first hosted tech meetup; Google (Chris Schalk and Kevin Marks) represented the other slot with Open Social. Attendanc...
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8.A Matter of Motivation (spittoon.23andme.com)
The following post is by Esther Dyson, a director at 23andMe and investor in numerous private aviation, space and health care ventures, including PatientsLikeMe.
Last weekend I attended Science Foo Camp, a sort of grown-up summer camp for scientists sp... -
9.Control a robot on Justin.tv! (blog.justin.tv)
apocas has put his mindstorms robot on Justin.tv for viewers to control.Go here to give it a test drive!Watch live video from Robot Remote Control! on Justin.tvFrom: Justin.tv Inc.
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10.One Man’s Exons: Craig Venter’s Genome Offers Clues About the Future of Personal Genomics (spittoon.23andme.com)
What we know today about the correlation between genetic variation and observable effects on people’s health, physical appearance and other traits is just the tip of the iceberg, according to a paper published Friday in PLoS Genetics.
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11.Put down the burrito and step away slowly: where not to eat in San Francisco (blog.freebase.com)
Toby has loaded the San Francisco Health Department’s scores for all the local restaurants into Freebase, and a couple of weeks ago he shared with us this list of restaurants ordered by health department score.
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12.Opinion from a Rubicon Project Newbie (www.rubiconproject.com)
Hi all, I’m Whitney and I recently joined the publisher team and wanted to offer an inside peek from a Rubicon Project newbie.
So far it’s been a whirlwind of excitement. I was looking for a new challenge in life and I’ve definitely found the rig... -
13.If Google Got Into Mail (www.earthclassmail.com)
By Cameron Powell, VP of Strategic Development, Earth Class Mail. This article will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Postal Technology International.
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14.Grooveshark Launches Awesome Streaming Music Service (www.grooveshark.com)
From ReadWriteWeb:
Gainesville, Florida-based Grooveshark, a music sharing startup that we first profiled in August today launched their latest product: Grooveshark Lite. Lite is a slick, flash-based streaming music service that takes Grooveshark’... -
15.Tips for Online Customer Communities (www.kickapps.com)
Dion Hinchcliffe over at ZDnet recently wrote a great article on the twelve best practices for online customer communities.
He emphasized that you need to put your community’s needs first. Open communication should be encouraged without the conc... -
16.Outside.in Launches First Personalized Hyperlocal News Feed (blog.outside.in)
Outside.in Launches First Personalized Hyperlocal News Feed
News, Events, and Discussions Organized Around Your Exact Location
BROOKLYN, NY (August 12, 2008) – Outside.in, the web’s leading platform for neighborhood news and conversation, announ... -
17.Behind the Brand: A Graphic Designer’s Perspective (blog.matchmine.com)
Your brand is the heart and soul of any product or service you offer (or plan to offer) to the general public. It represents your entire company in sometimes nothing more than a single image. The most respected companies in the world are the result of ...
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18.Introducing Freebase Parallax (blog.freebase.com)
“Don’t just search for one thing! Explore a whole set of related things together.” This is the tagline of David Huynh’s new application, Parallax.
David recently joined Metaweb from MIT’s Simile Project, where he worked o... -
19.News of the Loudcrowd private alpha (blog.conduitlabs.com)
It has been an incredibly exciting period at Conduit Labs lately as we've been in closed alpha for our first game. We've been busy watching our early users spend some amazing amounts of time seemingly enjoying themselves while we gather important feedb...
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20.Twitter Your Trades (covestor.typepad.com)
A new feature went live on Covestor this morning, allowing you to send live trade notifications directly to your Twitter feed. When you execute a trade with your broker you can now keep your followers on Twitter up to date,...From: Covestor
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21.Slide Tips: The New Universal Language - Rich Moran (blog.slideshare.net)
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A 25-year veteran of Silicon Valley, Rich Moran has served as a business consultant, social scientist, best selling author and evangelist for organization effectiveness. His work is der...
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22.Reminder: Freebase drinks tomorrow at House of Shields, 6:30-9pm (blog.freebase.com)
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, please join us for beer (or other beverage) tomorrow night at the House of Shields on New Montgomery Street, just near Montgomery BART. We’ve booked the upstairs mezzanine area, so we’ll be ga...
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23.SNPwatch: Genetic Variant May Increase Risk for Anxiety Disorders (spittoon.23andme.com)
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, mor...
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24.How the Posts are Uniquely Positioned to Cure the Fundamental Flaws of E-Mail as a Replacement for Physical Mail (www.earthclassmail.com)
By Ron Wiener, CEO & Postmaster General, Earth Class Mail (Note: This article will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Postal Technology International.)
It took posts three centuries to reach their peak worldwide volume of about 440 billion piece... -
25.That’s What We’re Talking About! (blog.outside.in)
The New York Times has a great story about placebloggers in suburbs and smaller urban areas. It speaks to the role they play in providing voice and local coverage in their towns especially in areas that are underserved by their local papers.
It also s...