1. 10 Alternatives To Mininova 1 hour ago permalinkAfter nearly five years of loyal service, Mininova disabled access to over a million torrent files when it partly shut down its website. Starting today, only approved publishers are able to upload files to the site, but luckily there are plenty of alternatives and potential replacements BitTorrent users can flock to.
2. Matisyahu in Montreal 3 hours ago permalink… and he still rocked the house. Last night Matisyahu performed to a packed house at Just For Laughs and he verily kicked butt. Talk about a mixed crowd. There were the Ghetto Shul kids (Mamish Gevalt – yes, that WAS Rabbi Trugman of the Carlebach Moshav – Mevo Modiin, in the back), bopping along with the Hillel kids, some ...
3. Fractious Friday: More Thinky Bits from my Trawl of the Nets 5 hours ago permalinkSome of the things I made time to read this past week: I started with danah boyd's Web 2.0 Expo talk titled Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of Information through Social Media , about what it means to live and pay attention in a decentralized networked culture, in contrast to a broadcast culture of limited channels. (Worth noting, 4. Your Favorite Mobile Apps of 2009 6 hours ago permalinkA year ago we polled you, the ReadWriteWeb community, on your favorite mobile apps . It's become an annual tradition to run this survey, so in this post we're collecting your top 5 lists for 2009. To get you inspired, the ReadWriteWeb team have listed their personal favorites below. We first ran this poll in November 2007 , before Apple's App ... 5. 12 hours ago permalinkA pub owner has had to pay £8,000 after someone used its open wireless hotspot to download copyrighted material unlawfully, says the managing director of the hotspot provider The Cloud
6. Foodspotting: Foursquare meets Food Porn 10 hours ago permalinkAfter eating the best meal of your life, it's hard to forget the experience. It's not unusual for individuals to spend a decade in search of the perfect New York-style pizza in California or the best ramen in London. At this level of obsession, you simply can't be satiated by reading menus or scouring the blurry restaurant pictures and user- ...
7. Fake facts 9 hours ago permalinkYou were warned. Hope you like! 8. Totsy Offers Deep Discounts For Moms, Partners With Genealogy App FamilyBuilder 9 hours ago permalinkWhile consumers around the U.S. are sniffing out Black Friday deals today, sample sale sites have emerged to provide members with serious discounts year round. Online sample sales sites such as Gilt Groupe, HauteLook, Ideeli, RueLaLa and others, have been picking up serious traction in the past year. We've seen a plethora of sites pop up for ... 9. This week on TechCrunch: very bad things, irritable Germans, retro fall-outs and shopping til you drop 9 hours ago permalinkIf you're anything like me - and let's for all of our sakes pray that you're not - then your first thought as you stagger back to your desk today, bloated and giddy after Thanksgiving , will likely be "what can I do to kill time until the end of the week?" Actual work is out of the question, obviously. If you're a PC person then there's always ... 10. "The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness" Brian Eno 10 hours ago permalinkIt’s odd to think back on the time—not so long ago—when there were distinct stylistic trends, such as “this season’s colour” or “abstract expressionism” or “psychedelic music.” It seems we don’t think like that any more. There are just too many styles around, and they keep mutating too fast to assume that kind of dominance.
11. Psystar’s folly: 12 million clones per year by 2011 10 hours ago permalinkWe all know that Psystar is busy bleeding out in federal court, but that doesn’t mean the fun stops. We’ll be dissecting their glorious failure for quite some time. The most recent development: it seems their plan for taking a bite out of Apple’s sales was comically ambitious. How many clones do you think they sold in 2009? ... 12. Black Friday at Best Buy: What's the big deal? 12 hours ago permalinkI have avoided Black Friday every year. Somehow, the idea of baying, greedy crowds fighting for $100 off some piece of electronica seems like the equivalent of searching for stray wax in a stranger's ears.
13. Shea Stadium Rules 10 hours ago permalinkWell our family Thanksgiving feast is over, and it was a major success. Everyone got along, though there were a few moments where, in the past, things might have flamed out. There are two reasons why this year was special. 1. We learned this year how important we are to each other. 2. The advent of Shea Stadium Rules. Maybe I don't even need to ... 14. 8 Timely Tips for the Netbook Buyer 12 hours ago permalinkNetbooks, low-cost portable computers optimized for web usage, are continuing to sell at a torrid pace. If you're in the market for one, here are eight tips to help you make a good buying decision. 15. Shots Of Facebook’s Upcoming Redesign In The Wild, With A New Emphasis On Search 12 hours ago permalinkOver the last few days, Facebook has apparently been rolling out some UI changes to a small number of users, moving many of the navigation elements that currently rest at the bottom of the screen back to the left sidebar. The changes are subtle enough that they probably won't spark yet another user rebellion against Facebook — aside from the ... 16. Rules of Productivity Presentation 13 hours ago permalinkHow do we get more work done? It is a question that every manager and every passionate worker faces. Yet, for the most part, teams operate on gut instinct and habit. The results are less than optimal.
17. 6 Figure Blogging – Is it still possible or a pipe dream for new bloggers? 16 hours ago permalink6 figure blogging…it’s the dream…it’s the goal…it’s what new bloggers and long time bloggers alike dream about at night. Imagine it…the 2 hour work days, doing what you want when you want, having the financial freedom to go where you want. Sounds like the perfect life. That is because it is. Who wouldn&# ...
18. What a coffee corner provides, how to call it and a research agenda 18 hours ago permalinkFor a long time I’ve been interested in the fuzzy, informal, accidental and non-goal oriented parts of knowledge work – things that we often do implicitly, but that are actually essential to create a foundation to get things done later on. Normally a lot of those activities are happening in and around of the the [...] 19. Looking For An Expert In SEO/SEM/Online Direct Marketing 18 hours ago permalinkOur portfolio company Targetspot is looking for an experienced online direct marketer to "own" and manage their self serve advertising business. 20. TechSoup Webinar: Assistive Technology for Public Computers 21 hours ago permalinkAre you concerned about creating computer access for everyone? If so, you may want to consider using assistive technology . Not sure what this is or how it’s applicable to a public computer setting? This is the webinar for you! Kami Griffiths from TechSoup will interview Jane Vincent from Center for Accessible Technology . We will discuss ... |
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