Thursday 3/11/2010
Good place for a morning meeting
Wednesday 3/10/2010
How would you test a pen?
It enables the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress to be downloaded in just over one second; every man, woman and child in China to make a video call, simultaneously; and every motion picture ever created to be streamed in less than four minutes.
Tuesday 3/9/2010
In the 23 months since New Jersey’s ban of talking or texting on handheld cellphones, police have written 224,725 citations, according to the NJ Star-Ledger—adding up to about four percent of the state’s total moving violations, not counting drunk driving, during that period, and by far the most any state has written so far.
There is, in other words, a massive inefficiency to be exploited. And so, an army of engineers and entrepreneurs is rushing in, hoping to do to the payment world what has already been done to the music, movie, and publishing businesses — unseat a legacy industry built on access and distribution, drive the costs to zero, undercut the traditional middlemen, and unleash a wave of innovation.
one of the best entrepreneurs out there.
The Cleanest Line: Yvon Chouinard and the American Express Members Project Commercial
Australia, however, implemented an income contingent loan program in 1989. Australian students don’t pay anything for university when they attend but once their income reaches a certain threshold they are charged through the income tax system. Many other countries are experimenting with income contingent loans.
The idea quickly grew beyond “Project Status”, and has become a hub of all sorts of internal Panic information. What you’re actually looking at is an internal-only webpage that updates frequently using AJAX which shows: (via Panic Blog » The Panic Status Board)
As a result, we’ve recently instituted office hours. It isn’t much – just 2 hours in the afternoon. Not overbearing, and situated at a time when everyone can feel comfortable.
Apps for the Army is a web and mobile application development challenge for active duty Army, National Guard and Army Civilians. $30,000 in employee cash awards, as well as public recognition are up for grabs. Do you have what it takes to build an app that delivers real value to the Army warfighter or business user? This is for you! (via US Army Launches “Apps for Army” Contest, Offers $30,000 in Prizes )
Monday 3/8/2010
There are many useful business applications for Wave, especially in situations that call for collaboration with a group or managing a project.
"Ten years ago, maybe 80 percent of software was being built for enterprise. Now, it’s being written for consumers and is more media-centric than ever. And, historically, those have been New York’s strongest sectors."
