Every few years we all get that summons in the mail: jury duty. Today was my day to serve. I was all ready to go to the courthouse and perform my civic…
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Have your blown your mind today?
If you have a webcam, this site will blow your mind: www.hrp.com You navigate the site with hand gestures and your webcam. Not quite “Minority Report” but certainly moving in that direction.
The Machine is Us/ing Us
This one has been around for a while, but if you haven’t seen it, it is worth a look. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g] The video was created by Dr. Michael Wesch, a professor of digital…
DIGG for the DOGS
For those of you who just cannot get enough cute dog pictures, Purina has launched a targeted DIGG clone in Pet Charts. Find popular stories, photos and videos about pet related content.…
Model Citizen by Guy Kawasaki
On the subject of being a good human, Guy Kawasaki brings us this article on Entrepreneur.com: Model Citizen: Here are 5 ways to be not just a better entrepreneur, but also a…
From @denthewise – Network is Power
And to follow-up from my earlier post about LinkedIn, here’s a good post by a friend from my Twitter network @denthewise: Network – not Knowledge – Is Power Dennis’ point is that…
Boost Your Online Reputation with LinkedIn
LinkedIn has been around for a while now and recently they passed 20 million users. Unless you live under a rock, you probably have received at least one invitation to connect with…
Creating Referral Networks
From October 2006 through September 2007, I was the president president of the Voorhees Regional Referral Group – a local BNI chapter here in South Jersey. It was a roller coaster experience.…
Happy Birthday to James Starley and Thank You
Today in history… In 1830, James Starley, British inventor and father of the bicycle industry was born. One specific contribution was the tangentially spoked wheel, a huge improvement over the radially spoked…
We Never Close
A sign on a door is a promise. This one promised service 24/7/365. Yet the store was only open 8 hours a day during the week and only 4 hours over the…