Archives for: July 2010
07/29/2010
Free Webinar with Jason Fried (today)
I just found this in my email inbox from the Brazen mailinglist:
FREE WEBINAR WITH JASON FRIED
Thursday, July 29, 11AM EST | 8AM PST
In this webinar you'll learn:
* Why you can't work at work.
* How to break a big idea in half.
* What drug dealers can teach the digital world.
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07/23/2010
Mechanical Turk (again) - Why can it only be used by Americans?
I must say that a service like Amazon's Mechanical Turk really fascinates me. I already wrote a blog article some days ago where I explain how it works. I'm not sure how Amazon is making money out of this. I think that they will keep a commission on the paid rewards that a requester pays out for the workers.
=> Read more! (Mechanical Turk (again) - Why can it only be used by Americans?)
07/21/2010
Computer workers: relax your eyes
This is another article that I found today on livehacker (another website that I can recommend) where they write about a good method to avoid health problems if you are staring at your computer screen all day.
It's called the 20-20-20 rule and means that you should pause every 20 minutes, look at some object that is at least 20 feet away (I prefer a view out of the window) for 20 seconds.
Maybe it's not a high-tech news but I believe it's still important and I know I have to apply this rule to my working habits as well. The website also recommends software tools that can help you to find out when the next break is due (so you can even find some high-tech in this, can't you?)
07/20/2010
Stealing images now much harder, thanks to tineye
Did you ever experience this? One of your pictures, that you bought from an image agency or that you made by yourself will show up on other people's websites? If they just link directly to your image, you can find out by checking your web-server log-files. But what if somebody made a copy of it and maybe even changed it?
=> Read more! (Stealing images now much harder, thanks to tineye)
07/19/2010
Free Sound Effects
I found this link last week in my newsreader. It is a blog post from "Free Technology for Teachers" about a new site where you can download sound effects.
07/18/2010
Book Recommendations: Cory Doctorow
Today I want to recommend two books from one author: Cory Doctorow. Both are available as free download but you can get them as printed books on Amazon as well.
07/16/2010
Scut Work 2.0: Amazon Mechanical Turk
Do you think, wages can be lower than what you have experienced by outsourcing work to foreign countries? I already have written an article on outsourcing work on the internet for project work, but could you imagine that people are willing to work for just one US-cent per several minutes of their working time?
07/14/2010
Ten Inspiring TED Talks for Startups
This one was just in my Google Reader RSS Feed this morning. You may already know the great videos that are offered from TED Conferences. You can find them also on youTube. Their programme is highly recommendable to everybody. It's a series of conference speeches from famous people coming from business, technology or other domains of knowledge like Seth Godin or Malcolm Gladwell. The only problem that you may have here is to find the right videos that you are interested in.
07/13/2010
How to micro-pay for blog posts you like
Some of you may have seen that I have a paypal button on my blog since a while (for several years to be honest) and I already received one donation from somebody who wanted to endorse my blogging effort with a dollar. After paypal had deducted their fees, I had about 50 cents left (the thought is what counts here).
07/12/2010
Two great free tools for your blog
This is one of my findings that I had in my Google Reader lately. It's a post from "The Rapid E-Learning Blog" and it describes two great Web 2.0 sites that you can use as a blogger to improve your site.
07/11/2010
Book recommendation: Outliers
Today I want to recommend another book that I have read some weeks ago. It's "Outliers" with the subtitle "The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell.
07/10/2010
Webinar with Guy Kawasaki (short review)
I attended the free webinar at Brazen Careerist yesterday with Penelope Trunk and Guy Kawasaki. They had sound problems for several minutes at the beginning so that it was hard to understand but finally they got it fixed so that was a very inspiring and interesting session.
07/09/2010
Outsourcing your programming work: vworker.com
Meanwhile it's obvious to everybody: The economy not as healthy as it should be (not only here in europe). This usually hits smaller business much harder and I overhear in my circle of acquaintances, about people loosing their jobs and companies cutting costs.
=> Read more! (Outsourcing your programming work: vworker.com)
07/08/2010
How secure is my password?
You already know that choosing a good password is really a pain in the back. First of all you should not write it down on paper so that nobody may find it on your desk, on the other hand if it's too easy for you to remember, it's also easy for a hacker to guess. But how easy is easy? How long would it take for a bad person to hack your password?
07/07/2010
Free Literature on the Internet
Maybe you have heard about the Gutenberg Project. It's a collection of literature that is old enough so that it's no longer under copyright. It's a great resource to find the works of William Shakespeare as plain text for download.
07/06/2010
Need a quick answer? Ask a friend (or a complete stranger)
You may already know about the blessings of the Web 2.0: It's interactive. Reading was yesterday (actually last century), searching (or "googling" as this is now a word in the dictionary) was still yesterday because it's sometimes hard to find a good search phrase that gives you the results that you need. So what's actually the next step?
People are now asking around to find their answers. This was possible before if you could manage to find an online forum that was dedicated to your subject of knowledge (computer software for example), but it's still hard to find a good forum in the first place.
=> Read more! (Need a quick answer? Ask a friend (or a complete stranger))
07/05/2010
Learning English: Pronunciation
Sometimes I find a new English word in a blog post or an ebook where I don't know how to pronounce it properly. I don't have a native speaker at hand that I can ask right away, so I use the Internet to find out the correct pronunciation.
07/04/2010
Book Recommendation: A Whole New Mind
Today I want to recommend a book that I have read recently. It's "A Whole New Mind" by Daniel H. Pink. Subtitle is "Why right-brainers will rule the future", and this is the very essence of the book.
You can find the full article on my secondpresentation blog.
07/03/2010
Adding a youTube user to Google Reader
When I read my RSS feeds in Google reader (I do this one or two times every day), I often find blogs who writes about the RSA videos on youTube. You may have seen these too. RSA stands for "Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce" and they post videos of an artists drawing illustrations along a public speech or presentation that runs as audio in the background.
07/02/2010
e-learning platforms
When I checked my email today, I found this question from somebody in one of my LinkedIn Groups. I always like the idea that people who are new to some technology can just ask a plain question like this in one of their favorite social networking sites. LinkedIn is a site for professionals (while facebook was meant to be a hangout to chat with friends in the first place), so I always find their group discussions very valuable.
07/01/2010
eBook recommendation
I found this interesting PDF eBook at the site makeuseof.com: The Ultimate Guide To Gmail
Please check it out on my SecondPresentation Blog.
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