Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Organizations.
December 30, 2004 at 11:49 PM
Link: USAID.
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Some CEOs surf Web to see how they're being portrayed
December 29, 2004 at 11:51 AM
Dubbed "CEgO surfing."
All these ego surfers should start up a blog to provide the "straight scoop." (And it won't hurt that their own blog will dominate the search results).
Amazon helps
December 29, 2004 at 08:28 AM
Neat way to help the Tsunami victims. Way to go Amazon!.
$1.5 Million and counting.
How to fix Mom's computer
December 29, 2004 at 08:20 AM
Golden Frog Awards - 2004
December 28, 2004 at 09:56 AM
- Best New Show : Lost
- Best Comedy Show : Arrested Development. (Brilliantly written and cast--actually the funniest TV comedy ever. I have to pause it about 10 times per ep to recover from laughing so I don't miss anything.)
- Best Movie : The Village (my review)
- Best DVD : Elf (This delightful surprise really won me over. Great movie.)
- Best Local Blog : CoffeeHouse (Prolific, high quality.)
- Best Business Blog : Brand Autopsy
- Best Business Book : Art of the Start (great kick in the rear end!)
- Most Motivational Figure : Tom Peters (I don't care much for his management mumbo jumbo, I'm just inspired and motivated by his outlook and "go for it" take on life)
- Best Fiction Book : Goose Girl (read the first chapter and tell me that doesn't suck you in, what writing!)
- Best Tech Fad : Camera Cell Phones
- Most buzzed about technology no one gets yet: Podcasting
- Best Web Browser : FireFox (winner by a mile)
- Best Online Company : Google (Gmail, Auction style IPO)
- Best Computer : Dell Laptop (Inspiron with 256MB Vid Card, 7200 RPM drive, desktop on laptop is here)
- Best Obscure Song: Winter (click on "media")
- Best Computer Game: Half Life 2 (best game of all time actually)
- Best Online Service : Basecamp
- Best Looking New Car: Mustang 2005
- Best "Happy Place" Store: Costco (Costco is my happy place)
- Best New Site: Woot! (I love Woot! This is my homepage.)
- Best programming email newsletter: CodeProject (packed with good stuff every time)
- Best business email newsletter: CCE (Top quality tips plus great model for how to write a long email newsletter that gets read. These guys are my business heroes.)
- Best online deal site: CSB (a newcomer, he's got great stuff constantly. Not as focused as slickdeals, but that's ok by me)
There are a zillion more of these I'd like to do, but no time!
About time someone called hogwash on this absurd practice.
December 28, 2004 at 09:55 AM
I understand the need for copy protection, but the legal rat's nest and contradictory store policies we're all supposed to ignore is simply another unacceptable method of mistreating customers.
Link: Ed Foster's Gripelog || A Fatal Blow to Shrinkwrap Licensing?.
In January 2003, California resident Cathy Baker walked into her local CompUSA store to return copies of Windows XP and Norton AntiVirus she'd purchased there. When trying to install the programs, she had of course been confronted by all the obnoxious terms in the Windows and NAV End User License Agreements. Instead of clicking OK, she took them back to the store for a refund, as the EULAs said she was supposed to do if she refused to accept the terms.
Read on to see how it ends. (preview: a lawsuit, a judgement and some changes are already taking place)
Scoble writes a letter to Bill Gates
December 22, 2004 at 05:18 PM
Scoble to Gates -> let's make a real media player to compete with the iPod.
This has some great jewels and ideas in it. It's insanely bold, but it's also what makes Scoble great. His idea is interesting. I'm not sure it would work, but it's certainly better than their current direction. And work, it just might.
