Posted in Books Web

Trapping Mavens With The Web

In his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell coins the term “maven trap.” Mavens are experts in a particular field who are always trying to…

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Posted in Web

All That Twitters Is Not Gold

In my earlier post, I wrote about some interesting ways in which people are using  Twitter. But it appears like a lot many people are…

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Posted in Web

Why Would You Want To Twitter?

It’s been a couple of days since I signed up on Twitter and started playing with it, figuring out why it’s becoming such a craze….

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Posted in Google Apps

Sharing Links With Google Reader

When I set up my Google Reader,  I did not quite realize how much of a productivity tool it is. There are many  blogs and…

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Posted in General

Happy 1234567890 Day

In case you are wondering what on earth that is,  check these out: http://www.1234567890day.com/ http://coolepochcountdown.com/ http://kottke.org/09/02/1234567890-day http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2009/02/unix-time-1234567890-day/

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Posted in Networking Software

Cloud Computing At The Speed Of The Network

The recently published Technical Report on Cloud Computing from UC Berkeley lists 10 obstacles/opportunities related to cloud computing, of which “Data Transfer Bottleneck” ranks #4. As I…

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Posted in Books Psychology

What You See Is What You "Think" You Get

In his book “Blink,” Malcolm Gladwell writes about “Sensation Transference.” He describes what a beer manufacturer realized when they tried to figure out why their…

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Posted in Networking

Cloud- and Heterogenous Computing Will Stretch Network Performance

As I was browsing through my Google Reader, an article in Network Performance Daily caught my eye. It talks about Gartner’s list of the “10…

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Posted in Web

Twitter Angels Help You Find A Job

I read about Twitter recently and was wondering how it works. I signed up yesterday and have been exploring how people are using it.  From…

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Posted in Books Psychology

What You Create Is What You Love

In his book, “Predictably Irrational,” Dan Ariely describes what he calls the IKEA effect.  This concept has been selected as one of  Harvard Business Reviews’…

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