Computer Printers and Dead Electronics

I have bought about 10 computer printers in my life-time. Some still work. Others I wished worked longer, but something went wrong with them and now they don’t function. At the same time,  I hate to throw electronic things away. I feel like I wasted my money by throwing the whole thing away.
Imagine if there [...]

Trade Rabbits or Rabbit Stew Recipes On Collabotrade!

Every bit of connection that Collabotrade can make with the world the better. The question is how to grow your community and seed them with more and more people.
We need more content, more eyeballs, noses, and brains solving daily problems with the simple Collabotrade interface. What can you think of. Send in your advice. LK

Shopping online Vs. Paying online

In my opinion, the safest way to shop online is to NOT pay online. It may sound a little weird but, believe me, I am not suggesting you to move backward in time. Neither I am suggesting you to not shop online. With the emergence of web 2.0, the rate by which new online marketplace [...]

Web 2.0 & The California Fire Crisis (GigaOM)

Traditional media have been hopelessly outdated in their coverage. We tracked the fires using the National Weather Service’s reflectivity index, which proved far more accurate. But the enterprising folks at the L.A. Fire Department Fire Department found a better way: they’ve been issuing frequent updates using Twitter.
Google Maps mashups are being usd to provide a [...]

coRank get new life

According to coRank — it is a servce that lets you create sites where you can share whatever you find interesting on the web with people who value your opinion (whether you know who they are or not), and where you can also find what’s interesting from people whose opinions are important to you - [...]

eBay’s neighborhood or nationhood??

eBay too has finally launched its social networking module - called Neighborhoods. According to eBay -
Neighborhoods are places for people like you who want to connect via their shared passions for products and topics. You can jump right in, or just come by and watch - it’s up to you.

But their neighborhoods are lacking so [...]

Ten (Uh, sixteen) Questions with Fred Greguras of Fenwick and West (Guy Kawasaki)

Guy always brings us the industry leaders and asks the questions that may sound simple but are very critical for today’s entrepreneurs. Here is a link to his conversation with this buddy Fred Greguras, a partner at the Silicon Valley law firm of Fenwick and West. He starts with -
Question: Can I start a technology [...]

The 25 Most Influential People on the Web (BW)

Readers and BusinessWeek staffers nominate movers and shakers in cyberspace. For this year’s Best of the Web special report, we asked readers and BusinessWeek editors to name the people who in their view have had the biggest impact on the direction of the Web: past, present, and future. Flip through this slide show for a [...]

The People’s Marketing (Inc)

What does it take to be a marketing expert? If expertise is all about familiarity, then just about everybody in America qualifies: We’re all so inundated with marketing images that it’s only natural that we all figure we understand the language, the rules, the way it’s done. This idea has lately been taken to its [...]

Perfect Technology Tools: The 90% Rule (Small Biz Trends)

I have seen it happen so many times throughout my career. I’m looking for a piece of software or an online service that solves a business problem. I know it’s out there, and when I find it I bring it to the decision makers for review.
They look at it closely, get excited about the features [...]

Mixx: A Social News Remix (Somewhat Frank)

Mixx launched last week to offer up a social news site for the mainstream to explore. Founded by Chris McGill, formerly of Yahoo and USA Today, Mixx aims to offer a place for large publishing companies to get into the social media space. Mixx enables users to contribute and discover stories, video and photos as [...]

ZiiTrend Wants You To Help Predict The Future (Mashable)

ZiiTrend is a new social prediction site that wants you to help predict the future on just about any subject you can think of.
Whatever your question or interest may be, you can join up on ZiiTrend and try to work with others to see what the future holds. You can browse for already existing questions [...]

Welcome to FeedHub!

All of us are overloaded with feeds from various newspapers, magazines, and blogs. The number of newspapers, magazines, and blogs I track are increasing every day, and hence the number of feeds. What is not increasing is the time I devote to read these feeds. I have tried Techmeme, Bloglines etc but most of them [...]

Why Web 2.0 Startups Fail (John at Web 2.0)

Services like Mint, Google Docs, and Meebo have taken things that are platform dependent and put them online. One thing that I love about the AJAX world we live in is I can now do my personal finances, not in quicken, but in Mint. Sure it is still in its infancy for features, but it [...]

Google To “Out Open” Facebook On November 5 (TechCrunch)

Google will announce a new set of APIs on November 5 that will allow developers to leverage Google’s social graph data. They’ll start with Orkut and iGoogle (Google’s personalized home page), and expand from there to include Gmail, Google Talk and other Google services over time.
On November 5 we’ll likely see third party iGoogle gadgets [...]