Another good article about the dangers of United States H.R.3261 AKA the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), this time by Jeffrey Zeldman. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/say-no-to-sopa/
Ideas worth sharing
Why we should NOT Stop Internet Piracy
Ok, yes, internet piracy is bad. Yes. BUT frankly I do not trust the movie industry to be the judge and jury of the internet. The new bill is about as scary as they come. As described, it is trying to “To prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for [...]
How a receipt can teach you about your business
Here is a great post from the makers of Thesis, a highly advanced WordPress theme. It talks about how a receipt highlights the fact that most business owners never look at their operations from the most important vantage… that of the customer. http://diythemes.com/thesis/credit-card-business/
How YouTube thinks about copyright
This Ted Talks video talks about how YouTube automates copyright protection… Very interesting.
Tour Rome with QR Codes
ARE0065 by Fabrice de Nola I found this to be an interesting use for QR Codes. It is a map of Rome with the codes set on specific, most likely touristy locations. You can find a detailed image of the painting here. Each QR Code, in this instance, links to a Wikipedia article. This is [...]
iPhone/Android App Idea: Grocery Comparison
Imagine you own a grocery store and one of the biggest advantages to your customers is the fact that you have the lowest prices. From a customer’s point of view, it isn’t a simple task to quickly compare prices between stores. It is time-consuming and often the stores don’t carry the same items. Many stores [...]
Got Dropbox?
Ok, this isn’t anything new but I was just thinking about how useful it is. It is called Dropbox. It could be as simple as an offline file backup… pretty boring, right? Wrong. A backup might be how you use it if you just have one computer. I have three computers (two Macs and a Windows [...]
Ask Cha Cha! (it’s free)
I’ve been meaning to talk about this for some time. Somewhere in the cross-country move, I lost sight of doing this video. Anyway, I keep seeing commercials for services that use SMS or text messaging to find answers to questions. They cost money! Then there is Ask Cha Cha. It is a service that has [...]
Been a while
Man, I turn around and realize that I’ve been ignoring my blog. Sorry folks. Not that what I’m adding tonight is terribly noteworthy… just a nametag, woohoo! The nametag is for any Social Media Club meeting. Two files. One is the generic, download and print PDF version, the other is the PSD (Photoshop) version with [...]
Because that is the way it has always been done
The title of this post is a phrase I’ve heard way too many times. It is the refuge for those that either can’t, won’t or just aren’t given reason to think. Years ago when I worked for a rather large publishing company, I sat in a cubicle for roughly 8 hours a day. Several mornings [...]
