In addition to those already mentioned, I'd add The Teaching Company at teach12.com, which produces some of the best, most informative spoken word out there.
The Awards are open to all companies that have been trading in the UK for at least 12 months prior to the Awards deadline. In certain cases, companies that are nominated by third parties will be considered for the awards.
Actually I did follow the link. I'm just that dense.
Most apps I've used on Mac written in Java have had a specific Mac build or release, so not seeing one I assumed there wasn't one. I'll have to run a checksum on my inner geek and see what part of my brain has rotted.
Yeah, I'm waiting until Sunday. Don't want another man's death on my conscience. On the other hand, if I really cared about the guy I'd organize a DOS attack or something to keep other people from downloading either. Hackers for Life or something.
Building an audience takes time, and for the sites I've done, word of mouth rewarded me a hundred times better than any paid advertising or shameless plugging I've attempted. Consistently put out a good product and slowly the people who like it will tell others about it.
Put your URL in your sig when you post here or anywhere--don't expect visitors to do all the work by clicking on your profile to find your home page. And when you visit online boards you intend to shamelessly plug, don't. Just participate in the discussions that interest you, leave your URL in the sig, and make some friends. Assist the people you can, and learn from the people who can help you. If they don't like your work, at least you've made some friends.
Believe it or not, getting a bunch of exposure too early can backfire because you might not have enough content or skill to hook people. I got an interview with the New York Times about my audiobook project when I'd only been around a month or so with about twenty recordings, which just wasn't enough to keep the audience interested. That led to a Slashdotting and a lot of buzz at the time, but if that would have happened now, a year and fifty offerings later, I might have been able to appeal to a larger percentage of the audience, to keep them coming back. But instead I've had to work to steadily attract new people.
I also did a webcomic for just over a year as a learning project. By the time I discontinued the comic I had about twice as many readers as I thought I had, and many of them emailed me to tell me they were sorry to see it end. I was growing my audience and didn't even realize it.
Be patient and do good work. Create an opt-in mailing list and don't abuse it. Send out press releases. Onlinecomics.net is a good thing to be a part of, as is the Webcomics day event. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Good luck.
Yeah. I carry books, a dictionary, some games, some excel spreadsheets, and some stories or poems I'm working on, and I'm more likely to carry it than my free-with-activation Nokia (which is great as a phone) or my bulky-only-when-compared-to-a-Palm iBook. At some point when the cost and quality are right, I'll switch to a Treo, but till then, I find it invaluable.
I'll second that. Two years, same experience. Locking blade makes it safer and as far as I remember it's identical to my previous plain-old Leatherman.
Got to REI or some other sports store and try out all the brands you can find. Different strokes and all of that.
Alex.
Author of The Tipping Point
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His previous book "The Tipping Point" has gotten some buzz in recent years around nonprofits I know. Haven't read either, but by the descriptions it sounds like The Tipping Point is about crowd/mass decision-making in the sociological realm and this one's about individual decision-making in the psychological realm. Interesting if he stuck to one topic, but not one field.
Notice that there's a "reply" option at the end of each message. What do you suppose the chances are of someone making the world's longest post-bump? I don't have the audacity myself to metoo a metoo post.
Alex.
Re:How did Carlson land that job anyways?
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In today's world of pundits, you don't need to have a background in hard news research and fact-checking. You just have to have an opinion and, preferably, a marketable personality. I'd like to see more seasoned journalists do news analysis, rather than people on all sides with their minds decided before they collect the facts to back their opinions up.
I'm hoping/betting the reception issues have more to do with Sprint than the cell phone itself, and I'd really like to ditch either my Palm or my phone.
I think this CNN/Money article was slashdotted not too long ago. And here's some wood peripherals, which I thought I learned about from the CNN/Money article, but--looking at it again--I guess I'm mistaken. They also have peripherals in stone casing.
Alex.
Re:Water that "isn't wet" is hardly water...
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Last time I checked, water only contained hydrogen and oxygen
Slashdot Mirror
In addition to those already mentioned, I'd add The Teaching Company at teach12.com, which produces some of the best, most informative spoken word out there.
Alex.
For a while there was a Bitpasss-enabled provider:
99 Cent Movies:
http://www.ninety-nine-cent-movies.com/
but the URL doesn't workanymore.
Alex.
With the possibility of Media PC's with XBox software installed on them, why bother buying an Xbox?
Given that Microsoft loses money on the consoles and profits from the games, I don't see a problem.
Guy #1: "Man, this Xbox we're working on is gonna be awesome."
Guy #2: "I know. We're gonna sell like a million units."
Guy #1: "No, way, man. We're gonna sell like ten million."
Guy #2: "Dude, that's awesome. We should tell people."
Guy #1: "Heh. You said units."
...That Longhorn updates won't come out nearly as regularly after Longhorn's release as they do now.
Nope. Not gonna say anything. Ain't no way I'm eating crow twice in one week.
What's changed between this article and the one on Friday?
Alex.
Given that the entry form is a Word doc download, speculate away.
Alex.
from the rules:
The Awards are open to all companies that have been trading in the UK for at least 12 months prior to the Awards deadline. In certain cases, companies that are nominated by third parties will be considered for the awards.
Actually I did follow the link. I'm just that dense.
Most apps I've used on Mac written in Java have had a specific Mac build or release, so not seeing one I assumed there wasn't one. I'll have to run a checksum on my inner geek and see what part of my brain has rotted.
Now how about Mac mapmaking software?
Yeah, I'm waiting until Sunday. Don't want another man's death on my conscience. On the other hand, if I really cared about the guy I'd organize a DOS attack or something to keep other people from downloading either. Hackers for Life or something.
Building an audience takes time, and for the sites I've done, word of mouth rewarded me a hundred times better than any paid advertising or shameless plugging I've attempted. Consistently put out a good product and slowly the people who like it will tell others about it.
Put your URL in your sig when you post here or anywhere--don't expect visitors to do all the work by clicking on your profile to find your home page. And when you visit online boards you intend to shamelessly plug, don't. Just participate in the discussions that interest you, leave your URL in the sig, and make some friends. Assist the people you can, and learn from the people who can help you. If they don't like your work, at least you've made some friends.
Believe it or not, getting a bunch of exposure too early can backfire because you might not have enough content or skill to hook people. I got an interview with the New York Times about my audiobook project when I'd only been around a month or so with about twenty recordings, which just wasn't enough to keep the audience interested. That led to a Slashdotting and a lot of buzz at the time, but if that would have happened now, a year and fifty offerings later, I might have been able to appeal to a larger percentage of the audience, to keep them coming back. But instead I've had to work to steadily attract new people.
I also did a webcomic for just over a year as a learning project. By the time I discontinued the comic I had about twice as many readers as I thought I had, and many of them emailed me to tell me they were sorry to see it end. I was growing my audience and didn't even realize it.
Be patient and do good work. Create an opt-in mailing list and don't abuse it. Send out press releases. Onlinecomics.net is a good thing to be a part of, as is the Webcomics day event. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Good luck.
Alex.
One of the better ones I've seen so far today. Surely puts my weak attempt to shame.
Day's early though.
You can use it as a tip jar or as an online subscription gateway. I've had good luck with them for Telltale.
Alex.
Yeah. I carry books, a dictionary, some games, some excel spreadsheets, and some stories or poems I'm working on, and I'm more likely to carry it than my free-with-activation Nokia (which is great as a phone) or my bulky-only-when-compared-to-a-Palm iBook. At some point when the cost and quality are right, I'll switch to a Treo, but till then, I find it invaluable.
Alex.
I'll second that. Two years, same experience. Locking blade makes it safer and as far as I remember it's identical to my previous plain-old Leatherman.
Got to REI or some other sports store and try out all the brands you can find. Different strokes and all of that.
Alex.
His previous book "The Tipping Point" has gotten some buzz in recent years around nonprofits I know. Haven't read either, but by the descriptions it sounds like The Tipping Point is about crowd/mass decision-making in the sociological realm and this one's about individual decision-making in the psychological realm. Interesting if he stuck to one topic, but not one field.
First rule shows the way: All entries submitted must be built / compiled with the unofficial SDK/Devkits made available by the development community!
Notice that there's a "reply" option at the end of each message. What do you suppose the chances are of someone making the world's longest post-bump? I don't have the audacity myself to metoo a metoo post.
Alex.
In today's world of pundits, you don't need to have a background in hard news research and fact-checking. You just have to have an opinion and, preferably, a marketable personality. I'd like to see more seasoned journalists do news analysis, rather than people on all sides with their minds decided before they collect the facts to back their opinions up.
Alex.
I'm hoping/betting the reception issues have more to do with Sprint than the cell phone itself, and I'd really like to ditch either my Palm or my phone.
Alex.
Alex.
Last time I checked, water only contained hydrogen and oxygen
Obviously you don't have well water.
Alex.
Oops. Didn't see the extended part of your entry. You HAVE played it on the computer.
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Someone else suggested:
http://playgo.to/interactive/index.ht
I'll second that.
Alex.