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18
Jul
The First Ever Photo on the Web Turns 20 Today
The first ever photo was uploaded to the World Wide Web on July 18, 1992 by Tim Berners-Lee, one of the co-inventors of the Web. Interestingly enough, the photo depicts a band comprised of CERN scientists’ wives and significant others named Les Horribles Cernettes. CERN has been in the news this month for the discovery [...]
10
Jul
I <3 The Internet So Much… Mostly Because of This
Most anyone under the age of 40 with an active broadband connection has heard The Bed Intruder Song, the wildly popular and viral video that featured a local news interview set to an auto-tuner and a beat. As of writing this, the Bed Intruder Song has racked up over 103 million hits and, in reaching [...]
18
Jan
Help Stop SOPA and PIPA Now!
Today is Blackout Day. Wikipedia, Mozilla, reddit, WordPress, and a variety other major websites have blacked out their content in protest of two bills making their way through Congress. The two bills – SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) in the House and PIPA (Protect IP Act) in the Senate – both aim to stop online [...]
14
Mar
Lessons from 37Signals: How to Get Good at Making Money
Jason Fried, founder of 37Signals.com, the makers of some of our favorite tools Basecamp for project management, and Highrise for contact management, has written a fantastic column for Inc Magazine about how to get good at making money. The lessons he provides are in no way revolutionary or groundbreaking but, as Fried points out, they [...]
22
Feb
Stop advertising what you’ve stopped offering
I recently purchased a Kate Spade case for my iPhone. As I’m sure many people do with their new toys, I read the cool packaging that came with the phone (just one more thing to keep my buying high going a little longer). As you can see in the image, I’m enticed to purchase, or at [...]
1
Feb
Finally, you can opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages
Well that’s it, Yellow Pages. You’ve tried reinventing yourself. YP. Very cute. We hope the whole Internet thing is working out for you because there’s finally an opt-out for receiving the hard copy yellow pages that usually go straight from my porch to my recycle bin in a matter of 10 seconds. Now I don’t [...]
24
Jan
What I’ll rework after reading Rework
I just finished reading Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, founders of 37signals and inventors of Ruby on Rails, and there are definitely some things I’d like to ‘rework.’ I discovered the book while researching Highrise, the contact relationship manager (CRM) by 37signals. There were some very intriguing testimonials that caught my attention so [...]
20
Jan
How NOT to lose $47,000 on a website deal
Joe Killian at the Greensboro News-Record published an article in today’s paper shedding light on $47,000 that Guilford County, NC may never see again because of a bad website deal. There was no bidding process for the project and it is unclear whether any references were checked for the hired firm. Regardless of the size [...]
11
Jan
One (big) reason not to get the Verizon iPhone
The cat is out of the bag and people are rejoicing. Verizon is picking up the iPhone 4! Finally, a break for everyone who has experienced the 15-dropped-calls-in-a-row-while-in-the-middle-of-a-downtown-area! But I would recommend against it. Why? Even though Verizon has said that their network will be able to handle the influx of customers coming in, I [...]
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