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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…
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…
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….
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…
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/
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’…