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Monolab|Workspace

20/07/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

factoryjoe : Monolab|Workspace - Monolab|Workspace is a network of open work places developed in cosmopolitan areas around the world. It is designed for small and large businesses looking for cost-effective ways to conduct business in a global and connected world, while

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Save Gas and Office Rent by Co-working | FastCompany.TV

20/07/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

factoryjoe : Save Gas and Office Rent by Co-working | FastCompany.TV - Co-working expert Sanford Dickert runs CooperBricolage, a co-working space in New York City, and will be talking to us about trends in this movement to leave the home office behind. Dickert will also show us some of the tools he uses to

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iclypso

20/07/2008 @ 22:01 GMT

factoryjoe : iclypso - Great source of WebClip icons for iPhone and iPod Touch. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: icons, iphone, bookmarklet

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Thomas Kinkade / AT-AT

20/07/2008 @ 22:01 GMT

nelson : Thomas Kinkade / AT-AT - totally awesome bit of image work

Tags : art kinkade parody starwars via:boingboing

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DjangoCon 2008

20/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

Simon Willison : DjangoCon 2008 - DjangoCon 2008. The official DjangoCon site is up, along with a mostly complete schedule.

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The Wiki-Hacker Strikes Again

20/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

Linkorama : The Wiki-Hacker Strikes Again - It was dead easy," Grffith told Forbes.com last August. "I just combined two databases and--poof--you have these public relations disasters."

Tags : accuracy pr transparency wiki wikiscanner wikiwatcher

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iPhone rants and raves

20/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

Linkorama : iPhone rants and raves - I'm wondering if this is a trend: devices and services that people love so much that they even love to hate them. We've seen this with twitter. People are so passionate about it that they put up with problems that would kill a lesser product.

Tags : iphone performance quality service

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Why MediaWiki is not the right product for my clients

20/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

Linkorama : Why MediaWiki is not the right product for my clients - This experience matched with reviewing most client capabilities has led me to the belief that MediaWiki requires far too much technical awareness to recommend as a platform for clients. I have found applications such as SocialText to be a far more attract

Tags : enterprise mediawiki opensource reviews socialsoftware socialtext wiki wikis

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21 Great Technologies That Failed

20/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

Linkorama : 21 Great Technologies That Failed - The most innovative tech doesn't always succeed. Here we present 10 great technologies each from Apple and Microsoft that were simply too far ahead of their time.

Tags : apple failure microsoft technology

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Abolishing the Middlemen Won’t Make Health Care a Free Lunch - New York Times

20/07/2008 @ 20:02 GMT

jcgregorio : Abolishing the Middlemen Won’t Make Health Care a Free Lunch - New York Times - Hard core believer in the free market fairy tries to rationalize why Americans pay more but get worse heathcare. It turns our you're all just a nation of whiners and don't realize that despite all the concrete metrics to the contrary, you actually have it

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Hi-tech is turning us all into time-wasters | Science | The Observer

20/07/2008 @ 20:01 GMT

43folders : Hi-tech is turning us all into time-wasters | Science | The Observer - via http://twitter.com/siegel/statuses/863535159

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A Leopard attacking and killing a Crocodile

20/07/2008 @ 20:00 GMT

Simon Willison : A Leopard attacking and killing a Crocodile - A Leopard attacking and killing a Crocodile. Amazing sequence of photos by Hal Brindley.

cobra libre : Leopard killing a crocodile - !!! [via#

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KCRW's Guest DJ Project

20/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT

Greg Storey : KCRW's Guest DJ Project - Downloading the Kevin Rose and John Cusack sessions for the flight home.

Tags : Music

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"It's easier for a criminal jury to reach consensus around guilt or innocence than for a design j...

20/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT

Greg Storey : "It's easier for a criminal jury to reach consensus around guilt or innocence than for a design jury to find a majority around great design." - Maybe if design were to wear orange jumpsuits...

Tags : Design

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Prototype Identica Badge - kentbrewster.com

20/07/2008 @ 19:00 GMT

deusx : Prototype Identica Badge - kentbrewster.com - "Personally I'm thrilled by the idea and encouraged by its execution so far, and have been poking cautiously at Laconica for the past couple of weeks, hoping to contribute in whatever way I can. Here's a prototype badge, based on Laconica's RSS feeds

Tags : badges identica javascript json laconica webdev

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Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund

20/07/2008 @ 19:00 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny : Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund - Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund: "A web-based Excel/database hybrid." Please make it versioned and multi-user

Linkorama : Y Combinator: Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund - a combination of relentless predator upon the obsolete and benevolent solver of the world's problems. As ways of making money go, that's pretty good. Startups are often ruthless competitors, but they're competing in a game won by making what people want.

Tags : VC entrepreneurship ideas startup startups ycombinator

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Yes We Can

20/07/2008 @ 06:01 GMT

Eric Meyer : Yes We Can - "...that’s the thing about visionaries. They don’t imagine what’s easy. They imagine the benefits to be reaped once all the obstacles are overcome." [via Jeffrey] [via]

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A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats

20/07/2008 @ 05:02 GMT

Rod Begbie : A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats - Ah, the "ripple effect". Inflating statistics since time immemorial. (The first comment is ace, too!) #

Tags : bsa liesdamnedlies piracy statistics

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The Tao of Mac - Pure Python PNG Canvas

20/07/2008 @ 02:01 GMT

jcgregorio : The Tao of Mac - Pure Python PNG Canvas - should be useful for appengine

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FreezeCrowd needs freelance Ajax developer

20/07/2008 @ 01:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : FreezeCrowd needs freelance Ajax developer - FreezeCrowd is seeking a freelance Ajax developer based in the U.S. Bonus reward for great work.

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The Truth about Web Navigation

20/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

Simon Willison : The Truth about Web Navigation - The Truth about Web Navigation. Jeremy Zawodny on regular users understanding the browser address bar: “They don’t. And they never will.” Then they’re going to get phished, and there’s absolutely nothing we can do to help them.

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HeatMapAPI

20/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

Simon Willison : HeatMapAPI - HeatMapAPI. Cool (or should that be hot?) API for adding heat maps to any Google Maps application.  [via]

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We're added some iCal views to BBC Programmes

20/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

Simon Willison : We're added some iCal views to BBC Programmes - We’re added some iCal views to BBC Programmes. BBC /programmes is one of the most exciting public facing parts of the BBC’s online offerings.

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Jinja2 Final aka Jinjavitus Released

20/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

Simon Willison : Jinja2 Final aka Jinjavitus Released - Jinja2 Final aka Jinjavitus Released. The Jinja template engine now has auto-escaping as an optional feature, disabled by default. Worth considering as an almost drop-in replacement for Django’s template language if features such as macros and compila

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RTPInject | iSEC Partners

20/07/2008 @ 00:01 GMT

mmb : RTPInject | iSEC Partners - RTPInject | iSEC Partners

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SIPVicious

20/07/2008 @ 00:01 GMT

mmb : SIPVicious - SIPVicious

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Information Arbitrage: Monitor110: A Post Mortem

20/07/2008 @ 00:00 GMT

veen : Information Arbitrage: Monitor110: A Post Mortem - " I worked with a terrific group of young, exceptionally bright people who believed in the vision. Ultimately, we failed. But why did we fail, and what could we have done differently? "

Linkorama : Monitor110: A Post Mortem - While we certainly made more than seven mistakes during the nearly four-year life of Monitor110, I think these top the list.

Tags : business VC entrepreneurship finance strategy

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php: rfc: closures

20/07/2008 @ 00:00 GMT

Simon Willison : php: rfc: closures - php: rfc: closures. I never thought I’d see the day, but a patch adding closures to PHP has been both proposed and accepted! Looks like a solid implementation—the syntax is similar to JavaScript but makes explicit which variables are to be captured. [via]

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