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Twitter – BrianR- BrianR: OMG! Socialism being seriously discussed on Hacker News http://flur.be/77
- BrianR: RT @one_duran William Gibson in today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/opinion/01gibson.html?_r=1
- BrianR: RT @negaratduke: Walking down the street, I'm more & more convinced that we are device operated creatures.
- BrianR: I had a good 2 mile walk this morning. Quality shoes made a huge dif. #fb
- BrianR: @jreesnc ah. new oauth is breaking old auth. nice. http://flur.be/76
- BrianR: . @seesmic FYI - v1.4.3 on Android is having auth probs. So is my desktop version. Uninstalling & reinstalling to see if that helps.
- BrianR: They Might Be Giants - Computer Assisted Design http://flur.be/75 <-- awesomeness!
- BrianR: The Truth About Real Estate by Jason Fried http://flur.be/72 <-- make $ from your knowledge w/events in your space #37signals
- BrianR: Mural by El Mac http://flur.be/71 #yesh
- BrianR: Good running shoes bought. Now to carve time outa my work/parenting schedule. Taking your good advice. #jogging
Category Archives: Software
Social Networking Software Alternatives
I haven’t tried all this software yet. So I can’t endorse it exactly… But when I do give it a shot I’ll write a review. I hope to add more to this list as I find them. OneSocialWeb The purpose … Continue reading
Help me write a Story
I found this neat Ruby on Rails web app called Invent a Story. So I started a story with the word(s) National Enquirer. Basically you are given a few words to choose from and asked to write a sentence with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, RoR, Software
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One Lesson from Startup Weekend Chapel Hill
I had a good time at Startup Weekend Chapel Hill. It was exhausting but a worthwhile experience. Here’s one lesson that I learned. Find Data then Write an Web Application For It When we brainstorm ideas for creating web applications … Continue reading
Posted in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Events, Local, Software, Technology
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Five Aspects of Effective Networks
Check out these Five Aspects of Effective Networks from Marty Kearns. Social Ties Common Story Dense Communication Grid Shared Resources Clarity of Purpose Marty fleshes out the 5 here. How do I learn about this stuff? Fortunately I’m married to … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Yesh Consulting, socialnetworks
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Social Network Software for Enterprise
Ed Cone has a great article on CIO Insight called Social Networks at Work Promise Bottom-Line Results. Its really got me thinking about the adoption of social network software by companies of all sizes. Interesting synergy that I found this. … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Yesh Consulting, socialnetworks
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Plaxo Online Identity Consolidator
Plaxo is releasing software behind its Pulse service. Basically, by using Microformats XFN info Pulse will aggregate your various online contacts. So if you have accounts at gmail, msn, yahoo, flickr, twitter, facebook, etc. you can consolidate it to understand … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Technology, socialnetworks
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I got a MacBookPro with two OSes
I just purchased my dream machine. A MacBook Pro, 15.4″ wide matte LCD, 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Ram, 150GB HD. Plus I got a Microsoft bluetooth mouse that works on the mac very well. My old ibook is … Continue reading
Posted in Mac, Software, Technology, Windows
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Barrier to try Linux Lowered Significantly
Ubuntu and Debian Linux both have EXE files you can download to your Windows computer to install Linux quickly and easily. It appears that this install creates an image file and doesn’t attempt to repartition your hard drive. It also … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Software, Technology
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Ubuntu Studio
Ubuntu Studio aims to be a multimedia editing flavor of Ubuntu for the Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional who is already familiar with the Ubuntu-Gnome environment. Free multimedia tools that are hight end is a big deal. … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Technology
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Gregarius vs Google Reader
ARRRRGH! I’m conflicted. Gregarius, the open source web based RSS feed reader you install on your own blog, has served me well. But I’m at the point were its just too slow. Plus it doesn’t act well on a PC … Continue reading