You know a web application/platform has become mainstream when there is a course at Stanford University on it. A course called “Create Engaging Web Applications Using Metrics and Learning on Facebook” will be added to Computer Science depatement’s offerings at Stanford this fall. – via VentureBeat
Guy Kawasaki interviews Steven Smith, author of “egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability)”.
I was delighted to attend Irving’s talk this morning. Some thoughts I retained and that I thought you may find insightful:
Here are more than 40 ways to access your computer from far away in case you felt the need. (via Mashable)
An interesting quick read. Well thought and well presented.
The Manager’s Cheat Sheet: 101 Common-Sense Rules for Leaders
Think well before you travel to USA on a visa!
“Ocean Tomo Auctions today announced it will offer for sale “the Jaipuria Patent”, U.S. Patent 7,047,202, and a pending continuation-in-part application, which are amongst the foremost patent filings related to the social networking industry. The Jaipuria Patent was filed in 2001 and claims priority to an earlier application filed in India in 2000 — before the growth of the social networking industry.” – Forbes (through Mashable)
37signals, an internet SaaS company, provides very intuitive, aesthetic, easy to use and free online tools for personal and collaborative project management. The services are chargeable for higher online storage requirements. The site has video demos to show how these tools work; worth giving a look. List is as follows:
Basecamp – project management and colloboration
Highrise – Track deals, clients, vendors, simple CRM
Backpack – Information organizer and calandar
Campfire – Real-time group chat with file sharing
The best feature is that all the conversations, file sharing, to-do lists, etc are archived in a calendar format and can be seen as an overview or can be searched or browsed through later.
Nikon has teamed up with Flickr to launch a sponsored educational activity on the photo-sharing site, called the Nikon Digital Learning Center. – Mashable!
“If you put a gun to my head,” Tata declared, “you had better take the gun away or pull the trigger, because I’m not moving.”