February 2012
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Best blind provider in the UK
I thought you’d like to find out about the best blinds provider in the UK. What do you think?
Feb 1st
Gowalla: Go out to Lollapalooza with Gowalla, Get... →
gowalla: Lollapalooza 2011 kicks off today in Chicago, chock full of some super-fun bands with loads of excellent music. Two of those bands have teamed up with Gowalla to give away free music when you experience Lollapalooza on Gowalla: Cults, and The Vaccines. So if you’re heading to…
Feb 1st
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Josh at TechCrunch Disrupt
Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Episode 0.6.2 - IronJS with Fredrik Holmström →
thechangelog: Wynn caught up with Fredrik Holmström to talk about IronJS, F#, and open source in .NET. Download MP3 Catch up with us at: TXJS, a day JavaScript, hacking, and Southern Charm in Austin, TX. Lone Star Ruby Conference V is now accepting proposals for talks. Have you submitted? RubyConf Argentina Save the date, Nov 8-9 in Buenos Aires Items mentioned in the show: IronJS A...
Jan 29th
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WALK
getsatstatus: We are experiencing some delays in our batch processing which is in turn causing delays in email notifications and posting of topics to integration partners such as Salesforce and Jira. We are processing the backlog as fast as possible and expect this issue to be completely resolved in the next two hours. UPDATE: The backlog has been processed.  You are now free to move about the...
Jan 29th
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December 2011
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Into The Forrst: On the Forrst invite system. →
forrst: I’m pleased to announce that we’ve just launched a substantial update to Forrst’s invite system. We’ve employed an invite-only model since the early days of the site with a nice degree of success; it’s helped keep the community highly-focused, and ensured that only developers and designers are…
Dec 18th
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shelby.tv: Want to Have a Huge Impact & Build... →
shelbytv: We’re hiring at Shelby.tv, like lots of other companies. So why come work with us? Because you want to put a dent in the universe. These are the things we do at Shelby… Work with (and watch tons of) online video Process updates in real time from a growing list of firehoses (twitter, facebook…)
Dec 18th
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WALK
getsatstatus: We are experiencing some delays in our batch processing which is in turn causing delays in email notifications and posting of topics to integration partners such as Salesforce and Jira. We are processing the backlog as fast as possible and expect this issue to be completely resolved in the next two hours. UPDATE: The backlog has been processed.  You are now free to move about the...
Dec 18th
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Web FWD: Introducing the WebFWD Fellow Program →
webfwd: Since we launched Mozilla’s WebFWD accelerator program four short weeks ago we spoke with numerous people who either applied, were thinking about applying or who contacted us with questions and suggestions. One common comment we heard over and over again was: “The Bootcamp is great but I…
Dec 18th
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UT Stamp-ede
gowalla: Greetings from Austin, home of the beloved Longhorns. We just rolled out 10 new stamps for University of Texas including Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, Blanton Museum of Art, Harry Ransom Center, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Bass Concert Hall, UT Austin Visitor Center, Student Activity Center, Texas Union, Visitor Center.  If you’d like to...
Dec 18th
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Path: Introducing With, a Path Short. →
thepersonalnetwork: At Path, above all we believe in empowering simple design, quality craftsmanship, and creative freedom. To that tune we host hackathons once a month where we hack on anything we want. The only rule is: don’t work on what you normally work on. This practice was pioneered at Facebook. We borrowed…
Dec 18th
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Is Johann Hari a copy-pasting churnalist?
bwhelan: Orwell Prize winning hack Johann Hari has some explaining to do. After reading a recent blog post detailing how he seems to have plagiarised large parts of his interview with Antonio Negri I thought I’d have a closer look at his work. As a test I picked a recent interview of Hari’s at random and went through his quotes, doing a basic check for plagiarism. The results are pretty...
Dec 18th
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Dec 15th
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“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who...”
Dec 12th
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Ask.com Blog: And the Award Goes to... →
askdotcom: This week we learned that Ask.com’s flagship mobile app for the iPhone has been selected as an Official Honoree by the Webby Awards in the Social category. We’re honored; of the close to 10,000 entries received for the 15th Annual Webby Awards, less than 10 percent were selected as Official…
Dec 3rd
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Ask.com Blog: Getting Personal →
askdotcom: We just rolled out some new features on Ask.com designed to enrich your question and answering experience, and wanted to make sure you gave them a test drive. You can now personalize and filter Q&A content on Ask.com with our new Browse by Interests tab. This means, once you create a profile on…
Dec 3rd
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Ask.com: #1 in Reference!
askdotcom: Take that Google & Bing.
Dec 3rd
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Ask.com Blog: Ask.com Update →
askdotcom: I wanted to share some difficult news made known to our employees today. Ask.com will close our offices in Edison, N.J. and Hangzhou, China effective over the next several months. This move was and is difficult, mostly due to the talent, hard work, perseverance and friendship that we have shared…
Dec 3rd
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Ask.com Blog: AppNation and Real-Time Mobile Data →
askdotcom: I had the privilege of attending AppNation last week to moderate a panel called: Beyond The Check-In: How To Harness Real-Time Mobile Data. Joining my panel was Di-Ann Eisnor from Waze, Rob DeMillo from 4INFO and Akash Agarwal from Location Labs. After launching the Ask.com iPhone app in…
Dec 3rd
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Ask.com Blog: Ask.com Q&A community: a look under... →
askdotcom: It is so exciting to watch the Ask.com Q&A community grow and observe users’ interactions and behavior. In particular, we see that users who interact with answers from real people (a feature currently in beta) are more active than those who don’t engage with our Q&A community - in fact, users who…
Dec 3rd
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Memorial Day
askdotcom: In the United States, the last Monday in May is a day to honor our fallen heroes. Memorial Day is a somber day for us at Ask, as many here have loved ones who died serving our country, but it’s also a day of appreciation and remembrance.  Holly Boston, Homepage Guru
Dec 3rd
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“So when I think about different kinds of CEOs — CEOs who are great leaders, CEOs...”
– John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript | Cult of Mac (via 5by5studios)
Dec 3rd
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5by5 News: New Features of the 5by5 Website →
5by5studios: The new year brings a lot of new things. Not only will 5by5 have new shows, but we also added new features to the website as well. Upcoming Episodes On the home page, you will find “Upcoming Episodes” underneath the “Broadcasts” section. There you will find a list of the upcoming episodes for…
Dec 3rd
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Listening to 5by5 can do a number on your data... →
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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5by5 News: Dan Has Another Kid, Takes a Vacation →
5by5studios: On Friday, 12 August 2011, My wife gave birth to our second child, a healthy baby girl, Marla June Benjamin. Everybody is doing great. I’ll be taking a couple of weeks off and while I’m out, my friend, fellow podcaster Ryan Irelan will be standing in for me as co-host for all of my shows….
Dec 3rd
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Dribbble Blog: Go Pro! →
dribbble: We’re super excited today to announce the release of Dribbble Pro, a suite of extra features for existing players for just $19 USD per year. In an earlier blog post, we outlined a roadmap for the future, noting that our next challenge was sustainability—adding revenue to keep up with the…
Dec 3rd
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Soup: Journalists on Google+ →
muckrack: Over two years ago Muck Rack launched the definitive list of journalists on Twitter. Now we’ve assembled a list of journalists on Google+ by going through the 500 most followed journalists we’ve verified on Muck Rack. It so happened 140 (an omen?) of those 500 were on Google+….
Dec 3rd
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5by5 Austinites Newsletter →
5by5studios: If you live in Austin, sign up for newsletter to get information about events, meetups, parties and other news.
Dec 3rd
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shelby.tv: Want to Have a Huge Impact & Build... →
reecepacheco: awesome people, apply within. ;) p.s. - if you want to meet with us soon, come to the Silicon Alley Talent Fair tomorrow! shelbytv: We’re hiring at Shelby.tv, like lots of other companies.  So why come work for us?  Because you want to put a dent in the universe.  These are the things we do at Shelby… Work with (and watch tons of) online video Process updates in real time...
Dec 3rd
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Path: Introducing With, a Path Short. →
thepersonalnetwork: At Path, above all we believe in empowering simple design, quality craftsmanship, and creative freedom. To that tune we host hackathons once a month where we hack on anything we want. The only rule is: don’t work on what you normally work on. This practice was pioneered at Facebook. We borrowed…
Dec 3rd
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Web FWD: Introducing the WebFWD Fellow Program →
webfwd: Since we launched Mozilla’s WebFWD accelerator program four short weeks ago we spoke with numerous people who either applied, were thinking about applying or who contacted us with questions and suggestions. One common comment we heard over and over again was: “The Bootcamp is great but I…
Dec 3rd
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jQTouch and Sencha Touch: Which is right for you?
9-bits: Recently I had the pleasure of announcing Sencha Touch, a standards-based mobile app framework which I helped create. As expected, this has raised some questions about jQTouch, a similar library I created last year. As covered before, jQTouch will remain separate, maintained, and free under the MIT license. This post helps distinguish the similarities and differences between the two...
Dec 3rd
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UT Stamp-ede
gowalla: Greetings from Austin, home of the beloved Longhorns. We just rolled out 10 new stamps for University of Texas including Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Etter-Harbin Alumni Center, Blanton Museum of Art, Harry Ransom Center, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Bass Concert Hall, UT Austin Visitor Center, Student Activity Center, Texas Union, Visitor Center.  If you’d like to...
Dec 3rd
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Ask.com Blog: Lucky Me - Women In Tech →
askdotcom: The last few months have presented an interesting collection of experiences, which have reminded me how lucky I am. Wait…not lucky, that’s the story we women like to tell ourselves, deserving, yah that’s it. I recently attended the Churchill Women Execs in Tech Roundtable (#inspired) and…
Dec 3rd
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Is Johann Hari a copy-pasting churnalist?
bwhelan: Orwell Prize winning hack Johann Hari has some explaining to do. After reading a recent blog post detailing how he seems to have plagiarised large parts of his interview with Antonio Negri I thought I’d have a closer look at his work. As a test I picked a recent interview of Hari’s at random and went through his quotes, doing a basic check for plagiarism. The results are pretty...
Dec 3rd
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Muck Rack: Journalists on Google+ →
muckrack: Over two years ago Muck Rack launched the definitive list of journalists on Twitter. Now we’ve assembled a list of journalists on Google+ by going through the 500 most followed journalists we’ve verified on Muck Rack. It so happened 140 (an omen?) of those 500 were on Google+. If you need link…
Dec 3rd
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