randsinrepose.com
Gaming the System – Rands in Repose
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Because they want to win. On my list of creative management solutions to dire situations, I offer the rolling whiteboard. The rolling whiteboard was a curiosity at the start-up. Not a full size whiteboard, but a door-sized whiteboard on wheels, suitable for rolling into conference rooms and cubicles alike. I never knew who owned it; I just grabbed it in a moment of desperation. Like I said, grim. I needed a game. As I said before. Optimization, Repetition, and Win. From confusion to control. The initial ...
stormgate.co.uk
Social Integration: 5 Essential API Integrations for your Web App | The StormGate Blog
http://www.stormgate.co.uk/blog/2012/social-integration-5-essential-api-integrations-for-your-web-app
Looking for a developer? Social Integration: 5 Essential API Integrations for your Web App. November 9, 2012. Facebook. Twitter. Linked in. All 3 of these are undeniably huge. If you are creating a web app, how many of your potential customers use all 3? How about 2 or one? With over a billion people on Facebook it’s statistically unlikely that they don’t have an account on at least one of these three. Do you really want more likes? 8211; Pic by birgerking. 1 Likes and Shares. Social Proof through numbers.
jensense.com
AdSense launches new user interface for publishers « JenSense Contextual Strategy
http://www.jensense.com/2009/11/05/adsense-launches-new-user-interface-for-publishers
Making Sense of Contextual Advertising. Follow this blog on Twitter @jensense. Follow my personal Twitter @jenstar. New AdSense Interface Causing Lots of Problems & Issues. Remember the woman who sued Google when they suspended her for clicking her own ads? How newspapers are earning money from ads visitors cannot click & sabotaging their CPM rates too. Google AdSense quietly updates their policies regarding chat programs & iframes. Use Google AdSense to donate to the Japanese Red Cross. When you login, ...
ariozick.com
Scarcity, SEO, Integrity and Lemons | SEO Contrarian
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It's About Rankings, Not Opinion. Scarcity, SEO, Integrity and Lemons. November 26, 2009 by Ari SEO. Welcome to SEO Contrarian. To stay ahead of the SEO curve, subscribe to the RSS feed. Share this on del.icio.us. Sphinn this on Sphinn. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Email this to a friend? Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin. Before reading this post, it would help you to read two posts by John Andrews:. SEO and the Market for Lemons. The original paper is here. Informa...
stormgate.co.uk
Get your WordPress Plugin Developed by Professionals | The StormGate Blog
http://www.stormgate.co.uk/blog/2013/get-your-wordpress-plugin-developed-by-professionals
Looking for a developer? Get your WordPress Plugin Developed by Professionals. January 15, 2013. The internet runs on WordPress, with more than 59,000,000 blogs and websites running on WordPress.com (as well as potentially 100’s of millions of self-hosted blogs) you can’t deny that the well-known publishing framework is a substantial force in digital publishing. Image Courtesy of WordPress.com Stats. Amongst all this hustle there is some fantastic software being produced, but unfortunately also a lot of ...
theandystratton.com
How to Import a Large SQL File into MySQL
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Get a QUICK QUOTE ». Importing Large SQL Files into MySQL. Ran into some fun times working with 20-50MB SQL files, so thought I’d share:. First, login to MySQL via the command-line, and increase your. Size via the run-time flag:. Mysql - max allowed packet=128M -u root. Next, select your database, and use the. Mysql SOURCE /www/vhosts/examplesite.com/db.sql. Informative and give John Andrews. Mad props, especially for have a sweet last name. To import a couple gigs of data to a remote MySQL server. Hey m...
musicmachinery.com
Cool Spotify trick | Music Machinery
https://musicmachinery.com/2009/05/02/cool-spotify-trick
A blog about music technology by Paul Lamere. Laquo; 79 Versions of Popcorn, remixed. Recsplease – the Blip.fm Recommender bot. Ever wonder how deep the Spotify catalog is? Spotify won’t tell you directly, but you can. Figure it out pretty easily. Spotify lets you search their catalog by date – so a search like this:. Will return the entire catalog, which lets you view their stats:. Total tracks: 3,586,179. Total albums: 319,106. Total artists: 264,461. With 40K new users signing up. 8211; you should def...
zenmoments.org
My Favorite Liar - A Shrewd and Cunning Teacher | Zen Moments
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373,235 views Posted in Featured. 8220;It is my intention to work into each of my lectures … one lie”. One of my favorite professors in college was a self-confessed liar. I guess that statement requires a bit of explanation. The topic of Corporate Finance/Capital Markets is, even within the world of the Dismal Science. Economics) an exceptionally dry and boring subject matter, encumbered by complex mathematic models and obscure economic theory. And thus began our ten-week course. Early in the quarter, th...
mrspeaker.net
Parcycle: A Particle System with HTML5 canvas - O! Mr Speaker!
http://www.mrspeaker.net/2009/12/03/particle-system-with-html5-canvas
Parcycle: A Particle System with HTML5 canvas. Thursday, December 3, 2009. All this PPK "iPhone developers are stupid". Awesomeness got me thinking. Now, if there's one guy I've got respect. For, it's PPK. And if he tells me to ditch objective-c for JavaScript, then I'm damn well going to do it. Accordingly, I decide to create " Parcycle. A Particle Emitter system that I re-wrote from a set of great openGL iPhone tutorials. By the good guys at 71Squared. See the wonders of HTML5 Canvas! The particle syst...
artofblog.com
Thesis Theme vs Genesis Theme: A Wordpress Premium Theme Comparison
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How to Start a Blog. Thesis 1.8 vs Genesis 1.3 – Detailed Comparison. What This Is And What This Is Not. First, in the interest of full disclosure, I am a full-time web designer/developer who works exclusively with WordPress and almost exclusively with Thesis. I have worked a fair amount with Genesis, and have, for the most part, enjoyed the experience. I’m attempting to be as unbiased as possible, but I say this so you know where I’m coming from. In no particular order:. Out of the box, Genesis achieves...
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