September 2009
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Facebook Lite... dead 'n gone?
Was wondering today whether anyone still uses the much-trumpeted Facebook Lite?
The day it was rumoured to be launching (12 Aug) I run a search on Google at 9:15am and there were only 2,500 search results for Facebook Lite. As the day continued, and as the frenzy mounted, Google began discovering and indexing more and more mentions. By 6pm that same day there were 73,000 mentions.
Today there...
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In an era of mobile devices, instant connectivity, and automated mailing lists...
– Scott Belsky - via
Beware of Reactionary Workflow :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
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Coworkers Find They're Long Lost Brothers →
What an amazing story…
DailyGood: Delivering Furniture, Discovering Destiny
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Land grabs ‘best thing’ that ever happened to Zimbabwe
– Robert Mugabe - Land grabs ‘best thing’ that ever happened to Zim: News24: Africa: Zimbabwe
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He doesn’t know what he’s talking about, the little man.
– Robert Mugabe said angrily, accusing Tutu of “devilish talk”. Land grabs ‘best thing’ that ever happened to Zim: News24: Africa: Zimbabwe
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Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web... →
from Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
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The hierarchy of success - Seth Godin
“I think it looks like this:
Attitude
Approach
Goals
Strategy
Tactics
Execution
We spend all our time on execution. Use this word instead of that one. This web host. That color. This material or that frequency of mailing. Big news: No one ever succeeded because of execution tactics learned from a Dummies book.”
… Read the rest of this brilliant post by Seth Godin...
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Google Fastflip
I love Google’s new toy … http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/
It’s *fast* - a really fast way to scan the news, headlines and articles. Even when you click through to the article (but still in Fastflip) and scroll left & right - it’s quick too.
I just wonder how the publishers will react to Google carrying ads next to their publications.
I am definitely going to be using...
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I was like…,” followed by a little pause and then an accelerated torrent...
– Melik Kaylan - “Trying to decipher a linguistic virus.”
Read the full article here » I Was Like… - Forbes.com
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There are different species of laziness: Eastern and Western. The Eastern style...
– Sogyal Rinpoche (via roomthily)
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Drawing from my many years of monastic serenity, I remember softly muttering to...
– Kenny More Kenny Moore: I Contemplated Suicide Again - This Time by Inhaling During a PowerPoint Presentation By the way, this guys is really funny. Take 10 minutes off, and read his blog. (In particular read the “caution” note on this page”
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There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and...
– Mark Twain (via minimalmac)
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The thing is, it’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.
– Jonathan Ive (via minimalmac)