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10 things to learn from the almighty WWW today:

5 Interesting Ways to Use FriendFeed | introspective snapshots


No one can stop talking about FriendFeed. Obviously, that includes me. After all, there are so many ways to interact in FriendFeed and with a never-ending stream of content, the possibilities are almost limitless. This has enabled some users to find innovative ways of using FriendFeed; here I list the five that stand out.

What's So Bad About Microsoft?


Why is it that Microsoft's products keep mushrooming in size with each new release always requiring significantly more disk space and more processing power than the last time? They might claim it's because of all the new features they add each time, but that's only half the story. The new features and the increased processing requirements are designed to fuel the process of perpetual upgrades. This is Microsoft's way of rubbing Intel's back so that Intel will give Microsoft preferential treatment when it comes out with new chip specs. It's also Microsoft's way of convincing consumers that their newer product versions are better because they are so much bigger. Their new features are often superfluous but users must still deal with the overhead required by the features even though most will never use the features.

60+ Resources For Entrepreneurs To Step Up and Take Charge | Applicant – The Advice Bank


Entrepreneurs are the key to building a solid economy in any nation. As we all know U.S. economy currently is facing some of the toughest times since the Great Depression. Honestly it doesn’t seem to get any better. The start of 2009 has been pretty shaky with thousands being laid off from their job already. These are tough times, no doubt about that. But these are also times when its time to step up and take a different route rather than giving up and finding yet another boss to work for.

It takes 5 things to succeed as an entrepreneur ( there are more than 5 but these we think are critical )

Intel at chip conference: More wireless, less GHz | Nanotech – The Circuits Blog – CNET News


The chipmaker will highlight research on what it is proclaiming as the "new system-on-a-chip (SoC) era," which it describes as requiring "a fundamental shift in the way semiconductor manufacturers will innovate to keep Moore's Law alive." An SoC typically integrates a number of separate functions onto one piece of silicon or into one chip package.

Apple's design process – BusinessWeek


Interesting presentation at SXSW from Michael Lopp, senior engineering manager at Apple, who tried to assess how Apple can ‘get’ design when so many other companies try and fail. After describing Apple’s process of delivering consumers with a succession of presents (“really good ideas wrapped up in other really good ideas” — in other words, great software in fabulous hardware in beautiful packaging), he asked the question many have asked in their time: “How the f*ck do you do that?” (South by Southwest is at ease with its panelists speaking earthily.) Then he went into a few details:

FUMSI – The Lean Intranet: from Intranet Zero to Intranet 2.0 and beyond (Part One: Intranet Zero)


There is an elephant in the intranet living room. In all that has been written about intranets, very few commentators ever mention the fact that intranets don't work. In my opinion, the current paradigm for intranets has never worked. I call the current state ‘Intranet Zero' because popular approaches offer virtually zero benefit to intranet users and their organizations, while giving zero chance of breaking out of the spiral of uselessness, poor user perception and even poorer usability.

So what's to be done? Shall we just switch off all our intranets and find something more productive to do with our time? I think that the very fact that many organizations still persist with their intranets shows that they know deep down that, if they could only be made to work, intranets could be an incredible asset and a source of competitive advantage. What's needed is a radically different approach.

Managing Social Media with a system | Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing


At a recent social media workshop a participant asked me to reveal my social media routine – how I track, converse, communicate and otherwise curate all my various social media activities. I paused to think about it for a while because I never really considered what I do a routine, but it occurred to me that, in fact, I do have a systematic approach to social media. (No surprise really, I’m a systems thinker and I just do it habitually – ask my wife, I have a system for making the bed and loading the dishwasher.)

I do think that participating fully in social media as a business and marketing strategy requires discipline, automation routines and a daily commitment. Now, you’ve got to balance that with the fact that much of your activity is about building long-term momentum and deeper networks and that doesn’t always make the cash register ring today.

How to Use the New FriendFeed Search for Social Media Intelligence – ReadWriteWeb


FriendFeed, a cross-network activity aggregator built by ex-Googlers and more fun to use than the phrase "cross-network activity aggregator" might imply, launched a powerful new search tool today. Want to discover particularly interesting conversations or people in your networks? Want to pick out just the noisiest conversations online about your brand? Want to find some really crazy stuff that's only discoverable through FriendFeed? The investigative possibilities that FriendFeed now offers are quite impressive, if you can bring just a little creativity to your search query construction.

Here are our favorite examples of some of the searches we've already found quite valuable.

How to Organize Your Web With Delicious – The Essential Toolbox | MakeUseOf.com


Delicious was the first site that introduced me to the social bookmarking phenomenon. There have been many clones since then but social bookmarking has always been Delicious to me.

The concept is simple and genius: you can bookmark any page for further reference, quickly find it when you need it using the combination of tags you associated the story with; moreover, you can access your bookmarks from any computer because they are stored online and share your favorite web pages with anyone.

It sounds so simple and yet so convenient that it is hard to imagine someone not using it! Of course, like any service, it needs some tricks so that anyone can customize it to match his or her specific needs and personality.

100 Free Open Courses to Be Your Own Financial Planner – Learn-gasm


In today’s economy, the smart financial planner is the one looking after his or her own money. Spend some time becoming acquainted with the various aspects of the financial world with these classes that cover everything from the basics of accounting and investing to learning about markets and understanding the impact of a global economy on finances. By the time you finish with this free education, you will know exactly what to do with all that money you saved on classes.

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