Category Archives: Geopolitics

Delicious Links

• • FT.com / India / Markets - Sharp rise in Indian investors’ suicides
    Sad stories from India. 73 credit cards??
    (tags: Credit India Financial)
  • Phone Numbers: Secret Phone Numbers And Email Addresses To Reach Executives At 56+ Companies
    From the Consumerist. An extensive list of companies and how to get a hold of 'the Man' at each.
    (tags: consumerist theman)
• • Making Sure the Shoe Fits at Zappos.com - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
    I normally don't get excited about shoes, but the Zappos business model is refreshing and exciting.
    (tags: management business web2.0)
• • Social Media PR Press Release Builder
    Interesting site that small companies can use to keep their name in the news.
    (tags: web2.0 utilities tools socialmedia social press online news)
  • Remember the Milk for the iPhone is now available
    Finally! The implementation looks great!
    (tags: todo software rtm organization management iphone apps gtd)
• • The Next Innovation on Web Services will be out from Asia: Open Web Asia’08 Event Report | Asiajin
    (tags: web20 web2.0 web startup social networking network innovation business)
  • The end of TV: Boxee + Apple TV + Hulu | the Tux Geek
    I can't wait to make that call to Comcast to say goodbye to cable TV
    (tags: web2.0 video tv tools television technology tech future boxee appletv apple)
  • Scanned documents found...by Google | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - CNET
    Google is now OCR'ing pdfs, awesome!
    (tags: Google OCR Scanning)
• • MAKE: Blog: HOW TO - Make fake barf!
    This is a tip that can ALWAYS come in handy...
    (tags: puke vomit)
• • Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Calendar and Docs gadgets
    The Gmail interface gets even more powerful with these gadgets. Combined with the RTM firefox plugin, Gmail is becoming the central command center
    (tags: productivity gmail gadgets docs google calendar)
  • Inhabitat » Energy-Generating Spinning Wheel Provides Power for the Poor
    Way cool....
    (tags: innovation india)
  • George F. Colony: Why this tech recession will be different
    (tags: trends)
• • Engineer: Head-first slide is quicker
    (tags: science)
  • What's Next After Web 2.0 - ReadWriteWeb
    (tags: web2.0 web trends technology socialnetworking socialmedia social semanticweb)
  • The AppGap » » I’ll Do It My Way - The Mass Customization of Knowledge Work: Work 2.0, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 commentary and reviews: apps, tools and practices
    (tags: wiki enterprise2.0 collaboration web2.0 knowledge_management knowledgesharing knowledge_worker)
  • Why Wal-Mart Will Succeed In Social Applications
    Good break down of Wal-Mart's attempts to expand the conversation. I tend to disagree about the success of elevenmoms, but either way, Wal-Mart is forward thinking enough to recognize the power of social media to impact their customers and Wal-Mart's own bottom line.
    (tags: walmart twitter socialnetworking socialmedia social_media marketing networking social groundswell casestudy business)
  • loose wire blog: Social Networks Arent Social
    Jeremy Wagstaff makes some pertinent points about the current state of Social Media.
    (tags: socialnetworking socialmedia networking)
  • Social Media for Business - Who's Doing it Well & How - ReadWriteWeb
    (tags: work web2.0 web video twitter strategy statistics socialnetworking)
  • Is the Enterprise Ready for Microblogging Tools Like Twitter?
    (tags: yammer web2.0 web twitter socialnetworking socialmedia social tools)
• • 5 Ways to Sell Social Media to Your Boss - ReadWriteWeb
    (tags: work web2.0 web twitter tips strategy socialnetworking socialmedia)
• • Death and Taxes 2009: A Visual Guide to Where Your Federal Tax Dollars Go - WallStats
    I think I've linked to this before, but it's worth visiting again.
    (tags: visualization usa taxes tax statistics research politics)
  • 10 Tips to Keep Your Notebook Safe when Traveling ~ Chris Pirillo
    (tags: laptop security howto computers advice computer)
  • The 14 Peculiar Social Media Users | Design And Marketing Blog
    (tags: social media)
  • Seth's Blog: Be careful of who you work for
    A tough notion to follow in a tough economy, but Seth nails it (yet again) with this piece.
    (tags: work sethgodin people marketing management jobs job inspiration employment)
• • AppLoop - Mobile Application Services
    This is an amazing application/service for creating iPhone apps
    (tags: web tools startup software socialnetworking services network mobile widgets webanalytics iPhone Android)
• • Enterprise Software: Focus on User Adoption, Not Features - ReadWriteWeb
    Common sense, but worth repeating
    (tags: web2.0 usability strategy statistics software research enterprise_software)
  • Knowledge Plaza
    Very interesting enterprise KM application.
    (tags: web tagging startup search knowledge intelligence enterprisesearch enterprise2.0 collaboration)
  • Introducing Carrington | alexking.org
    This is why I love wordpress...
    (tags: wordpress carrington alexking)
• • Micro Persuasion: All Your Sites Belong to Us
    (tags: web design)
  • 37signals Product Blog: Big new Highrise feature: Deals
    37Signals improves Highrise by adding a major, and up until now missing, feature of deal management. Love it!
    (tags: marketing crm article 37signals deals)
• • Keeping Your Facebook Profile Professional
    All about social media and being careful about your online presence
    (tags: work socialnetworking job facebook)
  • Far Eastern Economic Review | The Great Crash of China
    Via Paul Kedrosky....I see that I'm not alone in being pessimistic about China's growth prospects.
    (tags: economy economics development china)
  • Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Email Hell
    (tags: workplace wikis wiki web2.0 psychology productivity overload informationoverload collaboration email)
• • How to sync an iPhone with two (or more) Computers :: Shiny Things
    This will come in handy
    (tags: windows tutorials tutorial todo tips osx mac itunes)
• • Sequoia Capital: Armchair quarterbacks - (37signals)
    Jason states the obvious...but it needed to be stated
    (tags: sequoiacapital 37signals)
• • Being Peter Kim: A List of Social Media Marketing Examples
    Companies that are already engaged in social media
    (tags: web2.0 strategy socialnetworking socialmedia social-media research socialmediamarketing)
  • Google - Things to do
    Things to do with google, by google
    (tags: toread productivity lists tools google)
• • Report: Nearly 70% of Businesses Allow Social Media Usage - ReadWriteWeb
    Workplace social media is already here
    (tags: web2.0 statistics socialnetworking socialmedia social_media social research myspace workplace)
  • Why Some Traditional Enterprise IT Vendors Are Scared of SaaS - ReadWriteWeb
    SaaS, Cloud Computing, whatever it is, it is coming to a business near you.
    (tags: saas enterprise2.0 cloud oracle asp)
  • Effect of the Depression on Technology - O'Reilly Radar
    I doubt we're working our way into a depression, however this is a good piece on the impact of a slowdown on technology
    (tags: web todo technology opensource o'reilly innovation future economy)
  • Social Computing Best Practices
    A good resource page from newsgator on social computing for the enterprise
    (tags: web2.0 web tools software socialnetworking social enterprise computer)
• • makezine.com: Free TiVo: Build a Better DVR out of an Old PC
    Time to drop the awful Comcast DVR
    (tags: windows video tv tutorials tutorial tools television technology)
• • YouTube - David Letterman-Paul Newman-Tribute-Sept-29-2008
    The best tribute I've seen for a truly extraordinary man. Many people can learn from Paul Newman's example on how to live life.
    (tags: video tribute newman letterman)
  • Bring the love back
    Microsoft's brilliant ad campaign about community
    (tags: web2.0 web video socialmedia microsoft marketing inspiration publicidad movie viral)

• My Delicious link stream for October 4th through October 5th:

  • YouTube - David Letterman-Paul Newman-Tribute-Sept-29-2008 - The best tribute I've seen for a truly extraordinary man. Many people can learn from Paul Newman's example on how to live life.
  • Bring the love back - Microsoft's brilliant ad campaign about community
  • Hidden USB Storage - Perfect to keep the Man from finding your secret data.
  • 100 Skills Every Man Should Know – DIY Advice - Popular Mechanics - More advice
  • Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Easy Ways to Look Sharp - You know, just in case.
• • Hidden USB Storage
    Perfect to keep the Man from finding your secret data.
    (tags: diy computers)
  • 100 Skills Every Man Should Know – DIY Advice - Popular Mechanics
    More advice
    (tags: tutorials tutorial toread tools reference list lifehacks survival skills)
  • Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Easy Ways to Look Sharp
    You know, just in case.
    (tags: tips lifehacks lifehacker awesome)

• My Delicious link stream for September 29th through October 3rd:

  • How Government Stoked the Mania - WSJ.com - Great analysis of the root causes of the financial mess.
  • GigaOM White Paper: The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps - GigaOM - GigaOm lays down the gauntlet on ISP bandwidth caps in a lenthy whitepaper
  • Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer - CNN.com - A Libertarian approach to the financial crisis.
  • Connected - Why is it so hard to get smart people to share? - Some good thoughts on KM's biggest problem....sharing
  • Knowledge Management Blogs - Pumacy Technologies AG - A list of KM blogs
• • How Government Stoked the Mania - WSJ.com
    Great analysis of the root causes of the financial mess.
    (tags: usa subprime politics housing history government economy economics)
• • GigaOM White Paper: The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps - GigaOM
    GigaOm lays down the gauntlet on ISP bandwidth caps in a lenthy whitepaper
    (tags: bandwidth comcast gigaom)
  • Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer - CNN.com
    A Libertarian approach to the financial crisis.
    (tags: usa subprime reference politics)
• • Connected - Why is it so hard to get smart people to share?
    Some good thoughts on KM's biggest problem....sharing
    (tags: wiki knowledgesharing web2.0 software social network management knowledge_management knowledge)
  • Knowledge Management Blogs - Pumacy Technologies AG
    A list of KM blogs
    (tags: web2.0 management list knowledgemanagement knowledge enterprise2.0 km blogs)