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Newton’s First Law for Start-ups | Startup Monkey - http://startupmonkey.com/2009...
Ken Evans Blog
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Ken Evans Blog
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Meet Twitter's Self-Appointed Nemesis - Jason Fried - Gawker - http://gawker.com/5367990...
37signals has some nice looking web apps. Appears as though they're good enough to command $49/month to use the "most popular plan" for each app.
- Scott Maentz
37signals has some nice looking web apps. Appears as though they're good enough to command $49/month to use the "most popular plan" for each app.
- Scott Maentz
Signals and the Ubiquity of New Carriers - http://www.bricklin.com/newcarr...
Thoughts on technology from Dan Bricklin, the creator of the first electronic spreadsheet Visicalc.
- Scott Maentz
WiMAX Not Really 4G: Ericsson CTO - http://gigaom.com/2009...
A key issue for rural America. High-speed access is coming.
- Scott Maentz
But wait, There's More! - http://dashes.com/anil...
Some great insight into social media and its adoption within the culture.
- Scott Maentz
Google Wave: The Full Video From Google IO - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
This is a must-watch video. Google Wave is going to turn email, Twitter and IM as we know them on their heads. Amazing technology...especially as it's open source and available to run on your own server.
- Scott Maentz
Nice. Since I can hardly make it this is very good for me. Dave does it again.
Heh heh. It'll be nice to connect here too Marcus, but you need to get outta bed one of these months too. :-) Come on.... you know ya wanna.... ;-)
- DaveDelaney.ME
If I can make it from East Tennessee, you can make it from Nashville. I just may show up next week...you better be there, Marcus.
- Scott Maentz
Sounds like a challenge Marcus!
- DaveDelaney.ME
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BarCamp Nashville 3 is October 17! Are you coming? Are you planning to help? http://barcampnashville.com/
I'd be happy to help!
- Christine Taylor
Wish I could make it. We attend Biketoberfest in Daytona every October and that's the weekend.
- Scott Maentz
Zeo - What Is Zeo? - http://www.myzeo.com/pages...
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"# Your Sleep Graph – summarizes your pattern of sleep phases each night. # Your ZQ - a single score we created to help you quickly gauge the quantity, quality, and depth of your sleep each night. # ZQ can range from 0 to 120 or more depending on factors like age, gender and stress level. # Total Z – how long you really sleep each night, counting any perceived and unperceived awakenings that we can detect. # Time to Z – the time it took you to fall asleep. # Time in Wake & Times Woken. # Total amount of REM, Light & Deep sleep. # Morning Feel – quickly record how you feel about your sleep when you wake up, so you can compare how you feel you slept to the objective data Zeo provides."
- Paul Buchheit
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Is this the thing that was announced at Demo?
- Kevin Pedraja
Okay, that's seriously cool, and considering my last week of not sleeping as well as usual I'd seriously consider it. $399 though. Hmm.
- Kevin Fox
Has anyone tried it? I've been curious about my sleeping patterns -- it may be an interesting toy (assuming the headband doesn't disrupt my sleep). If I get one, you can borrow it Kevin :)
- Paul Buchheit
This seems like the sort of thing one would want to rent, not buy.
- DGentry
The Fitbit will also provide some of this sleep analysis - http://www.fitbit.com/ it's coming out soon
- Mike Bracco
Awesome.
- Kevin Fox
I also want a Fitbit, but it has been "coming soon" for a long time. Also, this looks like it will provide much better sleep data because it monitors brain waves or something -- I think the fitbit just monitors movement.
- Paul Buchheit
@Paul - true. the sleep feature with fitbit is just for movement. This looks much more geared to the sleep side of things. I'm really excited for all of this body monitoring tools that are going to be coming out. I think the iPhone is going to be a huge driver of this.
- Mike Bracco
What I am really interested to see is how the body monitoring and tracking tools will tie into social networks. That will be real interesting I think. The obvious one that already exists is for runners using the Nike+ or other like devices. However, more will come I think.
- Mike Bracco
interesting. $399 sounds like a lot until you compare it with $1,500 for one night of a polysomnograph in a lab. :-D granted the PSG is more helpful diagonsing apnea or restless leg syndrome, but physicians could loan these out to patients fairly cheaply. too bad they had to add the disclaimer of "Zeo Personal Sleep Coach is neither a medical device nor a medical program and is not intended for the diagnosis or treatment of sleep disorders" -- no doubt to get around FDA approval requirements.
- Karim
Maybe someone in this thread can answer as it's somewhat related: I heard that professional football teams give athletes a pill that they swallow and it submits data back to a device during their practice. I heard that teams started using it to monitor dehydration among other things (after a couple of players had died). Anyone know the company that makes this or has any info about it.
- Mike Bracco
Does anyone know how this works? These sorts of things are usually a combination of EEG and EMG.
- Gabe
I just did a sleep study to get this data at the cost of ~$1500. Turns out I have severe sleep apnea and was awakening about 53 times per hour. I'm on a CPAP machine now and feel much better in the morning. This would be an easy way to find out if you have a problem that needs treatment. You'll probably still have to go through a sleep study to get the machine prescribed. Paul, if you...
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- Scott Maentz
I bet this is going to be particularly popular given the link between sleep and obesity, see e.g. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... I wonder if companies might start requiring the use of something like this by pilots, truck drivers, or (!) medical residents.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Sharing my office with our Siamese cat
Today I moved back into my office from the house. Sola is very happy to have me back. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
- Scott Maentz
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V-Rod with Boogey Lights Gets Willie G and Bill Davidson Recognition - http://boogeylights.tv/
We lit a customer’s V-Rod yesterday and today it was recoganized by Harley-Davidson’s Willie G and Bill Davidson for its great look. Check out the autographed bike photos and watch the video to watch Bo describe what happened.
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Vinnie DiMartino, formerly with Orange County Choppers
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Vinnie of OCC fame is exhibiting on the same lot as we are at Bruce Rossmeyer's Destination Daytona. He and Coty started a new custom motorcycle company called V Force Customs. Vinnie was riding by on his Vespa and was kind enough to stop for a few photos. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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I wondered what he was up to after leaving OCC. I see he still likes the scooters.:)
- MaDBooM
Boogey Lights Bike Week crew. Still very quiet here in Daytona.
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In spite of beautiful weather, this year's Bike Week is off to a very slow start. There's very little bike traffic around town and there's virtually no customers here at the world's largest Harley dealer. Bike Week officially begins tomorrow, but normally this location is busy early in the week. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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Vatican Message to Nancy Pelosi and the World - http://212.77.1.245/news_se...
The position of the Catholic Church on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death could not be any clearer than in the message Pope Benedict XVI delivered to Nancy Pelosi and her entourage.
- Scott Maentz
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Tina and Tino - Valentines Day Pygmy Goat Twins - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Oreo had twin pygmy goat kids today, Valentines Day! A little buckling named Tino and a doeling named Tina for Valentino and Valentina. Tina has the gray ears and Tino is all black. Too cute!
- Scott Maentz
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Tom Maentz and Ron Kramer, Football, Michigan Wolverines - 11.12.56 - SI Vault - http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault...
My Uncle Tom was co-captain of the Michigan football team with Ron Kramer. A large replica of this magazine cover could be found in my grandparents' basement when I was a kid. My brother and I would run around down there and see this weekly. Check out Google's news archive search. It's very good.
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I'm 23 today. Old enough to start conquering the world!! :)
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Happy Birthday!!!!!!
- Shevonne
Thanks a lot :)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Happy Birthday Sasha :)
- Mo Kargas
Happy Birthday Sasha!!
- Emma
С днем рождения! ^_^
- «Weird & Sons»
Happy Birthday!!!
- Amit Morson
С днем рождения! :))
- Shapelez
Thanks a lot guys!!! :) Will celebrate till Monday I guess ;)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
С Днем Рождения Sasha !!!
- vijay
Happy Birthday. Have a great day!
- Trish R
AAAA, it's already a great busy day :) Presents just don't stop pouring in :)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Happy Birthday, Sasha :)
- Baard @ Pixum
Tack, Baard :)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
Happy birthday!
- Håkan Dahlström
Happy birthday!
- A.T.
Happy Birthday Sasha :)
- Maryam Ardakani
Thanks to everyone!!! :) I'm so happy today!
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
С днем рождения! Всего ;)
- Jinger
поздравляю :)
- ur argument is invalid
happy birthday:)
- hoda
Спасибо-спасибо :)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
That's my most successful post here ;)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
happy birthday!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
happy birthday
- Cee Bee
Happy Birthday Sasha!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
happy birthday
- Alan Simpson
Best of days to you, Sasha! Hope you get into lots of trouble. :)
- Derrick
Happy birthday!
- Morton Fox
Happy birthday Sasha!
- Carmen
Happy Birthday!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Happy Birthday!!!!!
- Katie: Whelmed Overly
Happy Birthday, Sasha! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Sasha, Happy Birthday!
- AJ Batac
*start* conquering?!?
- Kevin Johnson
Sasha: As the future conquerer of the world, I want to wish you a happy birthday, and to pledge my eternal loyalty to your crown. May you rule for many happy and healthy generations!
- Morgan Haley
Happy B'day!
- Manuela
Guys, thanks a lot for all the kind words :) you are a part of my fiesta! Would like to invite everyone to the party. coming to Belarus in the near future? ;)
- Sasha Kovaliov(.com)
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Happy Birthday! Have fun!
- Trish Haley
23, when the world is at your feet, congrats! party hard!
- Bart
Happy Birthday!!!
- David Cook
Sretan Rodgendan!
- Morgan Haley
Happy birthday!
- Alex Scoble
Happy Birthday Sasha!
- Darren Heydon
As they used to say, "the world is your oyster" at 23. Make it count.
- Scott Maentz
Happy Birthday!
- Michael Fidler
Omg, Happy Birthday!!!!! <3 *hugs*
- Nia
Matt's Morning Dinner - Geek Breakfast Goodness - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
At today's Knoxville Geek Breakfast we were all having breakfast, but Matt was having his dinner. He works nights and ordered the chocolate chip pancakes for dinner. He sure did enjoy them.
- Scott Maentz
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15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009 - Yahoo! Finance - http://finance.yahoo.com/news...
"Who's next? With consumers shutting their wallets and corporate revenues plunging, the business landscape may start to resemble a graveyard in 2009. Household names like Circuit City and Linens 'n Things have already perished. And chances are, those bankruptcies were just an early warning sign of a much broader epidemic."
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I can't decide between a Storm or the iPhone (yes I [Mr. Apple Naysayer] am actually considering it for the features)
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It's hard to swallow no Wifi on the Storm, but the iPhone doesn't even do video [natively] and has a lower screen resolution and crappier camera.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I heard bad things about the Storm.
- Shevonne
Yes, Storms are generally bad =P
- vijay
I am a huge BlackBerry fan, but I have heard nothing but bad about the Storm.
- Michelle Martinez
But very romantic for valentines.
- Todd Hoff
have you tried the storm? the push button screen is annoying
- Richard Lawler
You should think about the Curve if going the Blackberry route.
- Shevonne
Have you looked at the HTC Touch Pro? Although you are likely on Rogers so maybe they don't have it. WiFi, video, 3.2 MP camera, nice interface, active sync for GMail, Google Maps with GPS. I like mine a lot.
- Kenton
Storm is nice in theory, but not in implementation. If you're gonna go BB, look at the Bold. Also, the iPhone has MAD apps. Something to think about. I like my Apple stuff, but I'm no fanboy. And I love mine.
- Derrick
@Shevonne There's been a lot of iPhone fan-people who have been spreading a lot of crap about the Storm. I've played with it alot and it's downright sexy. @Richard I love the clickscreen, it's a great idea.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
If I were you I would also consider the BB Bold.
- Michelle Martinez
I have heard negative stuff about the Storm. And seeing the commercial where they type on the screen and every letter clicks makes me think I would go insane using it. Between the two I'd pick the iPhone. But I will also say that I love my Android G1! :)
- Lindsay
Bold >> Curve?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I just recently switched from a BlackBerry to the iPhone. Both have their advantages/disadvantages. Both data plans are $30/mo. (at least, mine was on VZW) and, for me, the iPhone makes that $30 much more worth it. Way better browsing experience and a lot more apps.
- Shawn Farner
Check out Cnet Reviews. That is where I get all my tech reviews: http://www.cnet.com/?tag=hdr
- Shevonne
Shey - wait! All the new phones are coming, which means 1) you will have more options and 2) the prices will drop. Seriously, wait.
- Mona Nomura
iPhone. I don't understand why anyone would use a blackberry (i've spent all morning wrestling with one -- they cache SSL pages -- WTH)
- RAPatton
@Mona what new phones?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
There are tons coming out. New Curve, new iPhone, Samsung, etc. etc.
- Shevonne
@Shevonne @Mona The sad part is it will take forever for those phones to come to Canada. I HATE the Canadian telecom market
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Isn't Microsoft rumored to be coming out with one as well?
- Shevonne
@Shey =( You can't get an unlocked one on Ebay? It's just like here. Europe and Asia have phones we'll never get our hands. Makes me green with envy.
- Shevonne
@Shevonne, I think everyone has pretty much agreed that the MSFT phone rumors were about software/services for Windows Mobile and not a MSFT-branded phone
- Alan Cheslow
@Shevonne E-bay? *shudder*
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
The Bold is supposed to be better than the Curve, larger keys, better camera, wi-fi. My dad has one and likes it.
- Michelle Martinez
There are tons of Androids in the pipeline (which personally I'm excited for) as well as the... wait for it... PALM PRE and the iPhone 3rd gen. Seriously, wait.
- Mona Nomura
Yes iPhone pix blow, but I use the wifi ALL the time and take pictures with my camera.
- Kelly W.
Former Crackberry addict --- GO FOR THE iPHONE! really really really better!
- Susan Beebe
iPhone. I can't remember what my life was before I had an iPhone. Honestly.
- Baard @ Pixum
If your going to get a Blackberry, go with the Bold. Otherwise, the iPhone sounds better like a better choice.
- Michael Fidler
Android :)
- Mike Fruchter
wow, i tried the storm that my lawyer had. it thoroughly sucked. he returned it in 3 days saying that he is faster on his Touch (can't have att phone, poor bastard). wait for the new iphone. sure to kick everyone's ass again...
- tommy payne
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I'm really close to getting an iPhone. Really close...
- Karoli
I'm not a BB guy (i'm on my 2nd iPhone) but if you want to do more than email from the phone - go with the iPhone. Internet access is unparalleled - Safari alone would be enough of a win, but couple that with socnet specific apps and it's a hands down winner. If you were considering a storm, you're ok with the soft keyboard and unless you really, really need it to do video (which you may be able to do if you jailbreak?) the iPhone's gotta be the way. :)
- felix
I'm BB all the way, but when it comes to qwerty as to the Storm: dunno
- sofarsoShawn
I think I am going to go with the Palm Pre.
- Jauder Ho
Palm Pre, or Nokia N97!
- Tyson Key
(Although I'm biased in favour of Symbian OS-based devices)
- Tyson Key
Mona++, WAIT. If you don't wait a while, you'll be pissed. If you think about it, both of these phones are already old news
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@Abby I think I'm just going to wait until August when the contract expires and see what pops up then. Jas and I both need new phones
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Is the Wal-Mart $100 iphone rumor still going?
- sofarsoShawn
Shey go for the storm. People just steal iPhones on Bart (true story)
- @CrystalinaB
wait for more android phones dude
- Bob Sonin
The Storm is awesome. Love mine.
- Scott Maentz
Buy the iPhone—no doubt. There are some interesting things about Android and the Palm Pre. However, neither of them has the goods to catch Apple in features or variety of 3rd-party apps. Apple is just on version 2.2.1; version 3.0 of the software (and likely the hardware) will be out around June-ish, which should result in another jump in features and capabilities. Like with the iPod, Apple has a lead they will not lose.
- Albert Willis
iPhone vs. the Storm. Most of the hardware is comparable, but Apple has the advantage with software, with the AppStore, etc. Video capture on non-jailbroken phones is coming. And no wi-fi on the Storm is a deal breaker. I mean, that's just nuts. Mobile Safari was great when it was released and continues to get better and better. I do an amazing amount of surfing on the iPhone—it matters.
- Albert Willis
iPhone is as far as i saw not able to forward SMS messages and all music once put in it is hard to retrieve. it has no bluetooth and has no ability to deal with business cards... or?
- Hayk H.
love my iphone. besides a shuffle, it's the only apple product i own.
- cjmart
Yep - no SMS forwarding. And no sending contact vcards ( or otheer contact format). The iPhone will read a vcard but wont send. Much to my distinct distste. But i can live with it.
- Roberto Bonini
iPhone all the way. If you jailbreak, you can fix the missing features.
- Mohamed J
i bought a HTC Touch HD, and as much as it is windows mobile 6.1 based, so far i like it a lot! it is not necessarily as easy in autorotating as iPhone - remedy is called GSen - but it is arguably better and has better charactereistics than iPhone. so perhaps consider it as well.
- Hayk H.
Camels Pulling a Cart - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Christine enjoys a camel cart ride at Pettit Farms in Cartersvile, GA
- Scott Maentz
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Camels at Pettit Farms are Harnessed - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
We brought our camel, Boris, to boot camp at Pettit Farms in Cartersville, GA. After spending some time there, we decided that this was a much better home for him than we could give him, so we sold him to them. Soon Boris will wear a harness too!
- Scott Maentz
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Male Camel - Exteriorization of the Soft Pallate - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Frothing at the mouth, strange sounds and the exteriorization of the soft pallate are characteristics of sexual behavior in male camels. The protrusion from the side of his mouth that looks like a tongue is actually the soft pallate that comes out of the mouth.
- Scott Maentz
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Sign on 4 Way Lunch Wall - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Sign at 4 Way Lunch in Cartersville, Ga. We had lunch there today.
- Scott Maentz
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Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on Twitter - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/interac...
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Click Play. "As the Steelers and Cardinals battled on the field, Twitter users across the nation pecked out a steady stream of "tweets." The map shows the location and frequency of commonly used words in Super Bowl related messages."
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What's your backup solution?
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I use a 1TB FreeAgent Pro (http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us...) to auto backup my working drive and use Live Mesh (http://livemesh.com) for current projects.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
500GB firewire drive for PC / 500GB time capsule on mac
- andy brudtkuhl
Right now, Amazon S3 but only for a subset of my data (can't afford to back it all up. :( )
- Lindsay
been looking at getting a FreeAgent Pro - how do you like it?
- andy brudtkuhl
Plan B
- Nine
I have a virtual drive and a Seagate - FreeAgent Go 250GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive
- Shevonne
@Andy It works great for me -- I just tell it what folders to backup and what not to backup and forget about it. I can even save multiple versions of files.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I backup a lot of stuff on S3 as well (like websites, databases, SVN repos)
- andy brudtkuhl
Extra internal drive used for Time Machine and another for a bootable clone. Full backup to a network server. Offsite backup of critical data on physical media.
- LogEx
External HDs and online storage!
- Mona Nomura
I wrote up my backup scheme back in November - http://seanreiser.com/content... (Combination of time machine, dropbox, and an offsite drive in a safety deposit box)
- Bastard Operator From FF
Internal hard drive running regular backups and external hard drive for fulls.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Amazon S3 using Jungledisk as the client SW. I backup all of the family PCs (5 across 2 households) to one repository. The other added benefit is that Jungledisk uses the S3 store for shared drive access (so every PC in the family uses a shared J drive for archiving low-use files such as install ISOs, and their backups are in j:\backups\<computer name>. Great bang for the buck.
- Peter Ghosh
Prayer, mostly. I really need to get a system in place.
- James (@willia4)
External hard drives now. Before June 08, we had 2 desktops & two laptops, using 3 ext. drives. Each desktop had a drive dedicated to backups. Now down to 1 desktop, 1 laptop & 3 ext. drives.
- Admiral Anika
I have to admit to having a distrust of cloud services as my only backup (which is why I store an external drive at a Safety Deposit Box at my bank)
- Bastard Operator From FF
Two fold. External TB Drive then ftp'ed to Amazon S3.
- CW™
Prior years photo & video backed up to a Drobo which is then backed up to a Time Capsule. MBP internal HD running Time Machine to an external USB 2.0 drive and occasionally fully cloned to an external FW800 notebook drive.
- ronin
I don't have one but I really need to get one
- Lindsey is Fierce!
@Lindsey O_O
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I have an external drive, but it's a) basically full and b) about to fail, so I've been FTPing stuff up to my webspace (encrypted when necessary). I need to look into something better - hope to check some of these cloud solutions out when I get home.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
BackBlaze UNLIMITED backup for cheap http://www.backblaze.com
- adolfo foronda
Two external HDs and sync-back (free version).
- JA Castillo
I sync every so often to a 1TB external drive, plus I've set up my laptop with the exact same settings as my desktop. SO if one goes I can quickly jump on the other.
- Kol Tregaskes
All my important files are mirrored in 3 different places. Mozy, Dropbox and Wuala
- AJ Batac
Windows Home Server
- Roberto Bonini
I put the gearshift in reverse, check the mirrors and look over my shoulder to make sure no one behind me, lift my foot off the brake... Oh did you mean computer backup? ;-)
- Jeff P. Henderson
I have two 1TB external drives that I back up all of my computers drives onto using Acronis True Image at least once a month. The drives are then stored in two different locations. I also use MS Sync-Toy to synchronize all of my data and photos between my main desktop and my main laptop.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I use a 1.5TB FreeAgent Firewire 800 and Time Machine to backup my primary machine, a MacBook Pro. I backup the business' QuickBooks file on our Windows network to USB sticks and Amazon S3.
- Scott Maentz
Gmail offline: A guided tour | The Download Blog - Download.com - http://www.download.com/8301-20...
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Wondering how Gmail offline works? Here, we walk you through it. In short, people familiar with Gmail already are mostly familiar with its offline incarnation, which Google said it's releasing gradually to its users in coming days. The biggest difference is of course that you can't see new messages, and e-mails that you send are merely queued up until they can be delivered when a network connection is re-established. Gmail uses Google's Gears technology, which among other things lets browsers store data on a computer in what's called a local cache. I'm using Firefox 3.1 beta 2, with which Gears isn't compatible, so to access Gmail offline I used Google Chrome instead, which has Gears built in. Since Gears is a relative rarity, though, most folks will have to install it first, which Google walks you through.
- Scott Maentz
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Good morning everyone! Looks like a beautiful Sunday here, with nothing to do but relax.
Morning Marc. FYI. I just got your good morning message 3 times in FriendFeed. 1st from Twitter, then from Jaiku, then from Plurk.
- Scott Maentz
You know how you meet someone smart and you don't know what they did? Discover what I learned about this guy: - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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I went home and Google'd him and learned he co-discovered the Ebola virus. Some people, when you meet them, you just know they are smart. They exude smartness. They make you feel humble without even saying a single word. I felt that around Peter Piot, I shot his badge, not to remember his face but so I would remember his name to do some research on later. I was blown away. This is the problem with Davos. You get thrust into a room with 50 interesting people and you have no idea what makes them interesting. I wish I had known more about Peter before I had met him, but there is something interesting about the serendipity of meeting someone new. Some of the most interesting people I've met have been people I've met out of the blue. How about you?
- Robert Scoble
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Interestingly enough I have dozens of experiences like this every week, without going to Davos. Especially in airplanes, because there you're forced to sit next to someone. I still remember the day I was sitting next to the CEO of REI. I've met interesting school teachers and plumbers and IT managers and tons of other people that way. Another day I met Larry Tesler, former Apple exec. Have you ever met someone who surprised you?
- Robert Scoble
It's one of my driving wishes, being able to work with and interact with smart people. And I will agree with you that the most interesting people you meet by chance - but perhaps in part it is because we would be less intrigued by the people we set out to meet, having been more prepared for them? I envy you your chance to meet and talk with people like this in Davos, make the most of it else we'll all pounce on you ;)
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Joelle: I try, but the problem is that at Davos (and all conferences, really) you meet people like Peter and you know they did something interesting with their lives but you have no idea what it is. Because you only get fleeting moments with people at conferences by the time you figure it out they usually are gone. Now the hard work begins where we try to get a second chance and an interview! :-)
- Robert Scoble
Incidentally that is perhaps one of the reasons I dont have an mp3 player and have the (very swiss/german) tendency to not sit alone at meals even when I am alone - to not isolate myself from meeting people. People are just about the most fascinating thing on earth! Even on the train / tube / plane or while waiting for something. I have learned about everything from preserving the pink...
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- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
But Robert others must say that about you? :)
- Tina Clarke
Tina: oh, that's true.
- Robert Scoble
I met my future wife in the badly-signposted grounds of Villa Borghese - she had a map, and I needed to know where the heck the villa itself was. I had two words of Italian, she had two words of English, and the gallery was closed for the day, so we went off for a walk instead.
- Sean
By the way, I uploaded dozens of photos from Davos of people. All of whom can be found on Google. That too is something very cool that has developed in the past few years: the fact that we can learn a ton about nearly everyone. I didn't find a single person I couldn't find something about on Google.
- Robert Scoble
What if you were initially impressed with someone you met in person but couldn't find anything about them via Google?
- Mattb4rd
How far away are we from an app that will take the photo input (picture of someone's name badge) and automatically (within a minute) return information on them - bio, sites, etc
- Wayne Schulz
Mattb4rd: then I would start wondering. I would probably pull up their business card and call them and say "why can't I find anything about you on Google?" That probably would lead to an interesting conversation.
- Robert Scoble
Wow you're up early :)
- Mattb4rd
Wayne: not far at all. Evernote already does some of that. Conference presenters could include info in a QR code on the badge that could be used with a cell phone.
- Robert Scoble
I got the same feeling when I met the CEO of Parallels last year at WHD'08. There are quite some amazing people out there are ar not showcased enough. Most of them just like their privacy and are not "hungry for PR"
- Lorand R. Minyo
I was fortunate enough to have David Soul (Hutch! of the show Starsky & Hutch from the 1970's) sit next to me at an education conference in LA around 1985.... that was an amazing day! He was very friendly and did not mind me gushing over his career (I was only a teen and really loved his work). He was homeschooling his kids! I was new to the process as was he... we shared lots of feedback / ideas...very cool. I was able to share my experience as a student; and he as the parent / teacher
- Susan Beebe
If you want to find very interesting people right in your own town, head over to your local nursing home. You'll be amazed at what you'll learn and you'll feel good for doing it. You never know who you might meet and they'll be there next week if you want to go back to interview them. No need to travel around the world to find interesting people. You'll find amazing people in nursing homes who've essentially been written off by society. Seriously, try it!
- Scott Maentz
I had breakfast at a conference a couple of years back with Professor Urban Ungerstedt, a Nobel Prize committee member, who I later found out had invented an incredible medical procedure called cerebral microdialysis. Weird thing is he sought me out for some advice on one of my specialist subjects which is surely one mark of a smart person.
- Nicola Quinn
I wouldn't know where to begin, I meet interesting people all the time
- paul mooney
Really liked what you said Robert...
- Didier Lahely
Imagine if his badge had had a mobile barcode on it - the QR you mention, perhaps - which you could have snapped on your mobile device, and got profile info about him right away. No need for Googling for basic info, you would have already had that. That could have influenced what you did there and then, before you got home. Not a common standard yet, though.
- Neville Hobson
+1 for Neville's comment
- Andrew Terry
When I first started Following you on Twitter...I had NO idea who you were in the SM world..One day I addressed some comment to you...You replied to me..."Please email your comments to me so I can ignore you there just as easily as I ignore you on Twitter." Being new to Twitter, I was taken a back and my feelings were hurt. SO I Googled you. I still Followed you because I felt you had a...
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- SashaKane
The modest few, Robert.
- mandyvan
ROTFLMAO as they say: "Please email your comments to me so I can ignore you there just as easily as I ignore you on Twitter."
- Nick in Manila
SashaKane: sorry about that. I was having a bad day or something. I just wanted to get you to be public with me instead of private. I'd rather live my life completely in public, as much as possible. I really hate DMs, by the way, even though I've given up that particular fight and now try to answer them.
- Robert Scoble
That was the best part of working as a research chemist, the intelligent, motivated people I got to work with. Unfortunatly, the corperate culture and I didn't get along; and government backed research is a mind-numbing waste of time.
- Robert Hafer
Being in the music industry most of mine are "rockstars". After getting treated like crap by the band Tool (before they were really famous), me and my camera crew tucked our collective tail between our legs and started home. We stopped by a little gas station to fill up and another long haired guy was filling up too. I just started talking it up with him because I find people interesting. Turned out he was the drummer for Pearl Jam. We did an interview and previewed VS before it was mixed!
- MarkCarras
Robert, talking of virus experts, Prof Vincent Rancaniello who has done a lot of work on the polio virus is on FF - he joined the Life Science room FTW http://friendfeed.com/profvrr
- Sally Church
Sally: wow.
- Robert Scoble
It's funny when he liked an item in there http://friendfeed.com/e... I was thinking, "the name's familiar" and was Googling it then Maureen chipped in and I was like 'wow' too, it's a small world on the internets.
- Sally Church
Problem Resolved? MacBook Pro Audio and Video Recording Now in Sync with iSight Camera? - The Big Bald Guy - http://bigbaldguy.com/index...
"I’ve written previously about a problem I’ve encountered recording video with the iSight camera on my MacBook Pro. I know that many people have experienced this problem, as I regularly get people doing a Google search for the solution landing on this post. Last week I downloaded the latest version of QuickTime Player (ver 7.6 (472)) for my Macbook Pro running OS X 10.5.6. I was hoping it would resolve the problem of audio/video synchronization when recording in PhotoBooth or iMovie. Well, my unscientific tests reveal that the problem has not been resolved in PhotoBooth, but seems to be fine in iMovie. Take a look for yourself."
- Scott Maentz
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