Archive for December 28th, 2009
The story of Duke Nukem Forever is an important lesson for starting a business. It is more important to start, than to get everything absolutely perfect. If you try to plan out everything in advance, you’ll never begin. If you look at almost any successful business, it is the exception that looks 100% like it [...]
Newsweek has put together a list of 10 predictions for the tech sector in 2010. 10. Google Faces Antitrust Suit 9. Microsoft Pushes Out Steve Ballmer 8. Twitter Use Flatlines 7. Facebook Goes Public 6. Your Phone Replaces Your Wallet 5. Movie Downloads Stall Blu-ray 4. Starbucks Will Stalk You 3. Malware Disrupts Facebook 2. [...]
ReadWriteWeb are chilled and saddened by the ghosts of the past year – the apps that should have been, the startups that failed to launch, the brilliant ideas that were throttled, the great minds that were fired, the tech heroes that committed tragic gaffes. But some failures were so monumental that they require specific enumeration [...]
What Invention Would You Most Like to See in 2010?
According to The New York Times, in “Endpaper: Patents”, creations patented in 2009 are sorted and classified by labels like “When Life Isn’t Exciting Enough,” “Reinventing the Wheel,” and “Department of Questionable Judgment.” Inventions include a bacon comb, an inflatable Christmas tree, water-draining shoes and a retractable chopstick. Maybe you’ve had an idea for an [...]
10 Things You Never Heard Of 10 Years Ago
Newsweek has put together a list of ten things that didn’t exist ten years ago, that are indispensable now. 10. Online Airline Check-In 9. Free Credit Reports 8. Red Bull 7. TMZ (celebrity Web site) 6. Chipotle 5. Gardasil (human papillomavirus vaccine) 4. Digital Video Recorder 3. iTunes 2. YouTube 1. Wikipedia Photo by mai05.
Forbes.com has put together a list of year-end tax tips to help reduce your anxiety and possibly lower your 2009 tax bill. Spend your FSA balance. If you set up a flexible spending account (FSA) and had money regularly withdrawn from your paychecks and deposited into the account, make sure you spend the money before [...]
According to a new report, the average time weekly (in hours) spent by web surfers online: (The reported times exclude e-mail — only time spent surfing the Web.) 16.5 13 8 5.5 View Results The answer on Wednesday. Photo by jazza.
Program Helps Mom Save For A Business
hutchnews.com: Garcia has the passion to make her dream of owning a photography business a reality. But there is one important ingredient that she doesn’t have. Money. With what Garcia makes, it is tough to pay the bills every month, much less save enough to buy the equipment she’d need to pursue her photography dream. [...]
