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Agony of the Leaves Book Trailer
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KRUPS Looking for Best Coffee Shops and Baristas in the US
Brewed Coffee31 Jan 2012 | 2:33 pmWe know you love your coffee, but do you have a coffee shop that you absolutely love? Forget about Starbucks and all the coffee chains you’ll find in just about every corner of every city. I’m talking about the little shops that no one else in the world might know about, but that locals swear on. If you have a coffee shop in mind, you might want to enter your fave shop for the “KRUPS Best Brew Awards 2012″. The awards is KRUPS way of honoring the best coffee shops throughout New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco,… -
Wine Enthusiasts vs Wine Snobs
girlwithaglass.com26 Jan 2012 | 10:57 amWhen I lived in San Francisco, post-college, I dated a young sophisticated law firm partner. He took me to all the best restaurants in the city. I was into food and cocktails and kept notes on where to go for the best martini, roasted garlic bulb, or fresh Focciaca. Wine grabbed my full attention the [...] -
Potato wedges
Spicy Tasty7 Feb 2012 | 9:25 pmPotato Wedges are easy to make and it is a wonderful appetizer for any parties. I made these for the Superbowl Party and it was a hit. I am a huge fan of Buffalo Wild Wings’ Potato Wedges with the buffalo sauce. That’s the inspiration for making this dish. All you need is potatoes and some regular ingredients from your pantry. Throw everything together and bake. It is as easy as you think. Wedges are ready. I have also given a recipe for a quick dip for the wedges. Check it out. Ingredients: Medium size potatoes – 8 Butter – 2 tbsp (melted) Extra Virgin Olive Oil or… -
Grilled Shrimp with Mint Sauce
Jane Spice24 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pmToday is Australia Day. To celebrate: I’ve created this amazing dish that’s synonymous with Australia as kangaroos, koala bears, the great outback and our amazing beaches are. Paul Hogan made famous the slogan “throw a shrimp on the barbie” back in the 80’s. When people find out I’m Australian this line is always quoted which is hilarious since most Australians never dream of saying it. Today, most families are celebrating with a bbq. Here I’ve made a simple mint sauce as a marinade to compliment the juicy giant size prawns/shrimp. These prawns are…
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tea guy speaks
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Agony of the Leaves Book Trailer
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TeaTotal: A Revolutionary Approach to Making Tea
4 Feb 2012 | 10:18 amA Revolutionary Approach to the Gentle Art of Making Tea(from a press release)Technology design and development firm Cambridge Consultants has created a new prototype that brings a sense of theatre to the underdeveloped tea experience to rival that currently enjoyed by coffee drinkers in today’s coffee shop culture. With consumer spending now focused on ‘little luxuries’, the TeaTotal prototype brings a dynamic experience to the customer who loves tea. It allows for personalisation according to taste, and brews the ‘perfect cup’ in half the time of the standard tea process,… -
Time For Tea Video
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Win Super Bowl Stuff from Bigelow Tea
1 Feb 2012 | 10:21 am(from a press release)Have a favorite for Sunday’s big game? Whether you are a New York or New England fan, we have a sweepstakes for you from Feb. 1-8 (with 4 lucky winners in all)! Just “like” us on Facebook for a chance to win big! Bigelow New England Fan Sweepstakes - One winner will receive one Super Bowl XLVI NFL Official Football signed by New England Tight End #87 Rob Gronkowski with “GET GRONK’D” inscription plus Bigelow Tea’s famous classic tea chest filled with a variety of 64 tea bags. An additional winner will receive one Super Bowl XLVI NFL Official Helmet signed… -
Tea: Fuel of the Nation
30 Jan 2012 | 10:24 amTea: Fuel of the Nation (2012) The Breville One-Touch Tea Maker
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Brewed Coffee
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KRUPS Looking for Best Coffee Shops and Baristas in the US
31 Jan 2012 | 2:33 pmWe know you love your coffee, but do you have a coffee shop that you absolutely love? Forget about Starbucks and all the coffee chains you’ll find in just about every corner of every city. I’m talking about the little shops that no one else in the world might know about, but that locals swear on. If you have a coffee shop in mind, you might want to enter your fave shop for the “KRUPS Best Brew Awards 2012″. The awards is KRUPS way of honoring the best coffee shops throughout New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco,… -
Give Your Twitter the Equivalent of a Caffeine Boost with InstaBG
25 Jan 2012 | 8:44 pmPrevious generations saw dads in the morning with a cup of coffee in hand and the day’s newspaper on the other. Today, this translates to a cup of coffee in one hand while surfing the Internet for news and checking Twitter for the latest tweets. If you are hooked to Twitter though, this probably means checking Twitter throughout the day. As for drinking coffee, no matter how much of a caffeine addict you are, the number of cups you down each day will never equal the number of times you go online to check your friends’ tweets and send out a tweet yourself. The good news is that… -
Extolling the Virtues of Home-brewed Coffee
16 Jan 2012 | 2:31 pmIn light of the coffee price hikes last year, and Starbuck’s own price hikes early this month for some of their products, it looks like brewing your own coffee at home is starting to make more and more sense. Savings aside, there are plenty of other reasons to just brew your own coffee instead of buying one every single day. Obviously, brewing a fresh pot of coffee will entail a bit more effort on your part. You have to grind up the beans, scoop them into the coffee maker, and wait for the delicious freshly brewed coffee to drip, but if you think about it the time it takes for you to do… -
Coffee + Aspirin: Perfect Hangover Cure
29 Dec 2011 | 2:27 pmIt’s almost New Year’s Eve, and I’m pretty sure that the next day will see many suffering from too much partying; and by extension, looking for the perfect hangover cure. There are so many hangover cures that have been debunked by science over the years, but coffee remains to be one of the most widely accepted hangover cures. Sure there has been studies explaining why coffee doesn’t really help anyone with a hangover. Some even say that it can make a hangover worse. Two of the main reasons cited for this is that it can make a person more tired after the caffeine boost… -
Reusing Your Coffee Grounds
30 Nov 2011 | 12:38 pmThere’s nothing like a cup of freshly brewed coffee to start the day right, but once you’ve finished your drink, there’s also nothing like having to deal with the used coffee grounds to remind you of the rest of the day’s chores. If you are like me, you’ve probably felt at least slightly unhappy when doing the simple chore, and not only because you have to do it, but because of the wastefulness of it all. The good news is that if you don’t like waste and want your cup of coffee to do more good than just perk you up, you can actually reuse those coffee grounds instead of throwing…
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girlwithaglass.com
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Wine Enthusiasts vs Wine Snobs
26 Jan 2012 | 10:57 amWhen I lived in San Francisco, post-college, I dated a young sophisticated law firm partner. He took me to all the best restaurants in the city. I was into food and cocktails and kept notes on where to go for the best martini, roasted garlic bulb, or fresh Focciaca. Wine grabbed my full attention the [...] -
Sonoma Wine Country’s Winter Winelands
12 Jan 2012 | 11:18 amAs part of my wine education, a few years ago, I spent 2 1/2 years visiting wineries, year-round, four days a week. I loved talking to wine makers, owners and staff during the winter season. During that time, and the 5 years before that, when I wasn’t studying, I was home (practicing pairing) so I [...] -
Being Healthy in 2012
1 Jan 2012 | 1:22 pmIt all started a month ago, when my husband and I decided to eat simply, local and organic. We also stopped eating grains, dairy, legumes and nightshades. While it sounds drastic, it actually makes it very simple. What’s left to eat? Wholesome, natural food. We eat avocados, nuts (no peanuts which are legumes), fruit (dried [...] -
Bubbly from Around the World
30 Dec 2011 | 6:02 pmMy favorite New Year’s celebrations? Doing the unexpected with great friends. This year I had two evenings of bubbly tastings. We tasted the newest trends in the global wine market, Rosé of Malbec and Torrontes/Chardonnay from Argentina, Moscato from California, Moscato and Prosecco from Italy and even a Yellowtail from Australia. It’s an easy and [...] -
Five Thanksgiving Wines Under $20
20 Nov 2011 | 11:36 amI hosted a small pre-Thanksgiving dinner for six close friends. Taking my own advice, my mission was to serve four different, easy-to-find, under $20 wines that play well with turkey, roasted vegetables, yams with apples, traditional stuffing, chorizo corn bread stuffing, and cranberry/bing cherry sauce. 2009 DeLoach Russian River Valley Pinot Noir A strikingly nice [...]
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Spicy Tasty
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Potato wedges
7 Feb 2012 | 9:25 pmPotato Wedges are easy to make and it is a wonderful appetizer for any parties. I made these for the Superbowl Party and it was a hit. I am a huge fan of Buffalo Wild Wings’ Potato Wedges with the buffalo sauce. That’s the inspiration for making this dish. All you need is potatoes and some regular ingredients from your pantry. Throw everything together and bake. It is as easy as you think. Wedges are ready. I have also given a recipe for a quick dip for the wedges. Check it out. Ingredients: Medium size potatoes – 8 Butter – 2 tbsp (melted) Extra Virgin Olive Oil or… -
Carrot Poriyal / Carrot fry
5 Feb 2012 | 9:35 pmGenerally I prefer to eat fresh carrots rather than making any fry. But my mom used to make this carrot fry for my lunch box. Even those who hates carrot fry will like this. Time of Preparation : 20 minutes Spice level : 3 No of servings : 2 Ingredients: Carrots – 3 (cut into very small cubes) Onions – 1/3 cup (finely chopped) Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Curry leaves – a few Asafoetida – a pinch Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Sambar powder – 2 tsp (according to spice level) Salt – to tatse Oil – 2 tsp Besan flour – 1 1/2 tsp Method of… -
Methi Malai Paneer
3 Feb 2012 | 5:46 pmMethi Malai Paneer is a delicious Indian gravy cooked with paneer (Indian cottage cheese) and fenugreek leaves in a creamy sauce. It is served along with roti or anyIndian breads. This is a simple recipe and can be prepared quickly for a party or for everyday dinner or lunch. Whenever I go to the Indian store, I don’t forget to pick a bunch of methi or fenugreek leaves. I love to make some methi dal or a gravy for my roti and rice. It has a lot of medicinal values and is nutritious. Enjoy the curry with roti or phulkas. Ingredients: Chopped onions – 2 cups Puree from 2 big roma… -
Spicy Poondu Kuzhambu (Spicy Garlic Curry)
30 Jan 2012 | 9:42 pmThis is my mom’s signature dish and a favorite for everyone in my family. She makes it almost every other weekend for us. And it gets over fast. If you are looking for a simple and spicy kuzhambu, then you are at the right place. It goes well with rice as well as dosa and idli and it stays long (almost a week) without spoiling since we add a lot of oil to it. Just add a couple of tablespoon of kuzhambu to rice. If it’s spicy, add a little sesame oil to the rice. I hope you enjoy this dish. Leave your comments. Preparation time: 50 to 60 minutes No. of servings: 8 to 10 Spice… -
Eggless Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
25 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pmHappy Republic Day to all our Indian readers… Today India is celebrating its 63rd Republic day. 26th of January is one of the three national holidays in India. It reminds me of my school days. My friends and I will be waiting for the flag to be hoisted so that they distribute sweets and candies. And then the cultural programs and other activities… Wow! those are wonderful memories. Okay, coming back to the present…today I have baked an Indian flag themed eggless chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. This is simple and moist and a perfect eggless cake. I hope you all try…
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Jane Spice
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Grilled Shrimp with Mint Sauce
24 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pmToday is Australia Day. To celebrate: I’ve created this amazing dish that’s synonymous with Australia as kangaroos, koala bears, the great outback and our amazing beaches are. Paul Hogan made famous the slogan “throw a shrimp on the barbie” back in the 80’s. When people find out I’m Australian this line is always quoted which is hilarious since most Australians never dream of saying it. Today, most families are celebrating with a bbq. Here I’ve made a simple mint sauce as a marinade to compliment the juicy giant size prawns/shrimp. These prawns are… -
Salt and Pepper Calamari
25 Dec 2011 | 4:00 pmSurprisingly, salt and pepper calamari is a much loved appetizer here in Australia. Adults and kids alike order the golden brown calamari. It’s a featured item on most menus in Australia. To me, its a classic melting pot dish. East meets West. I made this recipe as part of our seafood Christmas lunch extravaganza. My three nephews love this dish, even though its on the spicy side. Here I combine fish sauce, with lemon juice, and three different spices: crushed coriander seeds, white peppercorns, and chilli flakes. The coriander adds an earthiness and fragrance to the calamari, while the… -
Sweet Potato Soup with a touch of Garam Masala
6 Dec 2011 | 4:00 pmLast night was our annual crab fest gathering with a few of my special friends. We plan our crab dinner within the first week of crab season in San Francisco. I love crab, and crab to me is a big deal. But last night, it was this sweet potato soup that stole the show. We forgot about the crab, and instead couldn’t stop singing the virtues of this simple sweet potato soup. Sweet potato is the key ingredient in this soup recipe, and is enriched with the addition of cashews and tomato sauce. The soup is soft, silky, lightly sweet, and heart warming. A touch of garam masala spice –… -
My Radio Appearance ~ The Spice of Life: Benefits and Uses of Spices and Herbs
8 Sep 2011 | 5:00 pmA couple of weeks ago I recorded my first radio talk show with the guys from An Organic Conversation the anchor show for Clear Channel’s Green Morning. The topic was on “The Spice of Life: Benefits and Uses of Spices and Herbs”. Preparing for the show was really fun. I met Helge the show’s host, and we came up with a list of spice questions that readers wanted to learn more about. We recorded in San Francisco, live to air, so there was no room for error. I was incredibly nervous, but really enjoyed having the big headset on with the live button pulsing in the… -
What spice can I substitute if I don’t have the correct spice on hand?
27 Aug 2011 | 5:00 pmCooking with spices is fabulous, that is, until you don’t have the spice you want or need. If you’re mid-way through a recipe and realize you’re missing a key spice, you can often substitute other spices in its place and get a similar flavor. Here’s a list of common spices and the substitutions that will replicate their flavor. No more abandoned recipes or groveling to your neighbor about needing a ½ teaspoon of a seldom-used spice. For a comprehensive list of popular spice questions posed by readers check out our resources section. Spice Substitution Allspice…
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GTD Times
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Webinars on Keys to GTD, and GTD & Outlook
8 Feb 2012 | 12:10 pmWhat’s your level of GTD expertise? No matter what it is, these interactive and concise 90-minute webinars will deepen your mastery of the GTD best practices. David Allen Company offers these on an “a la carte” basis, giving you the flexibility and affordability to choose just the ones that work for you. Keys to Getting Things Done® This live Webinar will give a fast & fun overview on the keys for Getting Things Done, led by a Senior Coach. Learn about the best practices and tools for managing the five phases of your workflow: Collect, Process, Organize, Review &… -
How do you get people to do what they said they would do?
7 Feb 2012 | 12:18 pmPeople who are starting with GTD often ask how to handle delegation, especially when a “waiting for” from another person doesn’t get delivered as agreed. Here’s a question and answer with David Allen on this topic. Question: I just finished the “Getting Things Done” book and I know the methods you have expressed will for sure help me! I was wondering if you can help answer one of my questions? For Actions, let’s say you have to delegate work to someone. If that person doesn’t do the work that they volunteer to, how do you act in a stress-free… -
GTD and Goal Setting
1 Feb 2012 | 3:08 pmHave you wondered whether goal setting works? The February issue of Productive Living has David Allen’s answer to that question. “Yes, but not the way most people seem to understand goal setting. In my experience, the real value of defining desired futures is not so much in the world they describe, but the change in perception the process of setting goals fosters.” DAVID’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT THE VALUE OF GOALS What we focus on changes what we notice. Our brain filters information, seeing one thing in a situation instead of something else, based on what we identify with,… -
Getting your Startup Under Control
30 Jan 2012 | 8:28 pmIn this Dorm Room Tycoon interview on huffduffer, David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, explains how entrepreneurs can be in control, and why planning and having an overall purpose are keys to success. David Allen: Getting Things Done Interview – Getting your Startup Under Control: Business Listen to the complete interview here. -
A Writer’s GTD Journey
26 Jan 2012 | 7:52 pmGTD Times reader Jenna contributed her ideas on how to adapt GTD to writing. A Writer’s GTD Journey About a year ago I was beginning to feel overwhelmed with my list of unfinished projects. I’m a writer and had about a dozen scripts, stories, and article ideas backlogged on my computer. Not only I was not completing any of the projects, I was adding new ideas every day. Each new idea, rather than filling me with excitement at the prospect of undertaking a new creative project, instead filled me with dread and anxiety because I felt like I was looking at corpses—great concepts…
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Blogging Tips
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One Simple Process to Take for More SEO Traffic
8 Feb 2012 | 11:51 amSEO can be very difficult if you’re just starting and have little to no experience or authority to start with. Of course, there are tons of tutorials online about SEO and link building, but most of them can be sometimes complicated and long-term that it seems you’re not getting as much results for the efforts you put in. In this article I will be sharing a process I use to increase traffic to my blog from the search engines; using this process alone I have been able to increase SEO traffic to one of the pages on my blog from around 400 to 3,000+ visitors monthly. This technique… -
Building Massive PageRanked Backlinks with BuildMyRank
8 Feb 2012 | 10:37 amWhen it comes to building quality links back to your web sites, it’s important not only to get people linking to your main page, but also your internal links. The internal pages of your blog or web site is where you are going to get all of your longtail keywords ranked, and traffic from the search engines. At the same time you also want to focus on link building for your main page, so what is the best solution? Building PageRanked Links with BuildMyRank Over the past couple of weeks I have been playing around with a content link building service called BuildMyRank. So far it’s… -
Nailing Down Your Niche
7 Feb 2012 | 1:15 pmYou’ve heard it a thousand times; you need a niche. Maybe you’ve tried several with some success but not the success you want. Or maybe you try one and it really doesn’t fit, so you try another, and then another. It seems like it’s a never-ending quest to find what you’re good at and can make money doing. I’ve been there. I’m a writer. I “thought” my niche should be writing. The thing is, I’m not passionate about writing about writing. I love to write, I just don’t want to talk about it all day. I also love Internet Marketing,… -
The Advantages Internet Advertising Brings To The Plate
5 Feb 2012 | 1:59 pmI deal with people now and again that understand they need some kind of Internet advertising to help their company to take off but they’re really not sure what it is and how to go about getting the right kind. First off, the benefits to getting exposure on the Web. Simply put, you get more of it for less. With the right people using a combination of social media, blogs and articles as well as maybe even some videos and other mediums, more people will be able to read about the goods and services that you have for sale for a cheaper price than with print or even television and radio. -
Top 10 WordPress Plugins To Improve a WordPress Blog
5 Feb 2012 | 1:54 pmOne of the best things about WordPress is the ability to customize your blog with plugins. The only issues is that there are thousands of plugins to choose from and just not enough time to go through all of them. Luckily, WordPress plugins are kind of like iPhone and Android apps: no matter what you’re looking to do, there’s an app for that. So you can be sure that whatever type of functionality you’re looking to add to your blog, more than likely there is a plugin for it. There are plugins to help increase traffic, help boost your rankings, help speed up your blog, encourage the…
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5 WordPress Plugins I Won’t Build a Blog Without
8 Feb 2012 | 8:37 amWordPress, out of the box, is already a great content management system (CMS) and a great blogging platform. However, just like most Web browsers, the real power of WordPress isn’t unlocked until you start to add some plugins that help you customize and streamline your WordPress experience. But while most WordPress users are well aware of Akismet, various caching plugins and other near-essential tools for blogging, over the years I’ve found a slew of lesser-known plugins that have become indespensible to me and my bloggging. Though the full list could probably go on for quite some… -
How to Create a Catchy Title in 2012
8 Feb 2012 | 5:02 amEveryone knows that readers scroll down a blog until they find a title they like. I do it all the time, and why shouldn’t I? A title is supposed to let me know what the article is about, and I am not interested in spending my time reading a bunch of articles that don’t interest me. Ironically enough, this is the attitude that I as a blog editor try so hard to counteract. As a blog owner, you want every article to be of interest to someone who comes to your blog. You want them to see that catchy title and decide that the article is worthy of their precious time. In other words, the title… -
How To Destroy Your Blog With Bad Social Media Engagement Practices
7 Feb 2012 | 10:28 amBuilding a brand around your website isn’t a simple process, not only do you have to create amazing content that readers want to engage with, you have to work off-site to spread the word about that content in a manner that peaks the interest of readers. Unfortunately many new bloggers and even some seasoned writers fail to properly use social media properly, destroying the work they put into their posts before they have a chance to go viral. In this section we’ll examine some of the ways you can destroy your blog by become over zealous about the use of social media. 1. Destroying… -
Practice Being a Blogger Daily
6 Feb 2012 | 3:12 amBlogs are a dime a dozen. Seriously, take a few minutes to type “blog” in Google’s web search, and you will get an unbelievable number of results. Those are only the ones that have kept the keyword somewhere in their SEO results. There are millions of blogs, some successful and some not-so-successful. Some are based on images and others on writing. You will never be able to get a very good picture of just how many are out there, but the thought is a little overwhelming. The best thing a blogger in today’s over-saturated market can do is carve out a nice, little piece… -
Creating a Shared Content Box Across All of Your WordPress Blogs
3 Feb 2012 | 9:40 pmMore than five years ago, I was bit by the Autoblog bug. I don’t build them anymore, but I still build WordPress blogs in large numbers. One of my pet peeves when I was working with 100+ different blogs was that if I wanted to interlink them, or have the exact same links on the sidebar of each blog, I would have to add these links manually to each and every blog every time I built a new blog. For example, if I have 98 blogs, and I want every one of them to have a link to blog #99 that I just created, I would have to add that link to all 98 blogs manually. That is very time-consuming, so I…
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Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere
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Facebook Includes Users Who Don't Visit Facebook in Active Users Figure
6 Feb 2012 | 7:00 pmFacebook claims an enormous amount of monthly active users (845 million peeps) and daily active users (483 million peeps). DealBook reports that these numbers include people who do not visit facebook.com. DealBook found a definition buried on page 44 of Facebook's prospectus that says Facebook includes users who "share content or activity with his or her Facebook friends or connections via a third-party Web site that is integrated with Facebook" as active users. For example, if someone is on a blog and they like a blog post then Facebook considers them an active user. A comment left on a… -
Study Finds Inc. 500 Companies Are Blogging Less
30 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pmThe Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has reported the results of its 2011 study on the blogging habits of the 2011 Inc. 500 companies. The study found that blogging by the Inc. 500 declined for the first time in 2011. 50% off the Inc. 500 maintained blogs in 2010. This dropped to 37% in 2011. The Center for Marketing Research says blogging is being substituted for other tools, such as Facebook and Twitter. They say there has been an has been an increase in the use of Facebook and Twitter continuing a long trend. The definition of blogging comes into… -
Twitter to Censor Tweets on Country by Country Basis
28 Jan 2012 | 9:40 amTwitter caved in to censorship last week when it announced it will censor tweets on a country by country basis. Tweets blocked by the government in one country will still show up in another country. As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there. Others are similar but, for historical or cultural reasons, restrict certain types of content, such as France or Germany, which ban pro-Nazi content. Until now, the only way we could take… -
Report: Facebook Close to Filing IPO Papers, Valuation Could Reach $100 Billion
27 Jan 2012 | 3:40 pmThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook may file papers for an IPO as early as Wednesday of next week. The WSJ says the IPO could raise $10 billion for Facebook and give the company a massive $75 to $100 billion valuation. The New York Post says the NYSE and Nasdaq are battling for Facebook's listing. Facebook does have impressive revenues. They reportedly made $3.8 billion in 2011. However, the costs to make that $3.8 billion is unknown. The company has over 3,000 employees according to its factsheet. Facebook says it has about 800 million active users. Strong growth continues for… -
Highlight Social Network Locates People in the Real World
24 Jan 2012 | 3:13 pmHighlight is an iPhone app that aims to help you locate people in the real world. You can only find other people that have Highlight installed. The app alerts you when Highlight users are nearby and tells you who they are. If someone standing near you also has Highlight, their profile will show up on your phone. You can see their name, photos of them, mutual friends, and anything else they have chosen to share. When you meet someone, Highlight helps you see what you have in common with them. And when you forget their name at a party a week later, Highlight helps you remember it. As you go…
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Business Blogging - How to Build A Better Blog
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What Business Bloggers Can Learn from Hobby Bloggers
6 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amThis is a guest post by Linda Dessau of ContentMasteryGuide.com While business bloggers have the ultimate goal of attracting prospective clients, hobby bloggers have a whole other set of motives. Here are just three of them, along with some ways you can apply them to your business blog: Free Your Passion Hobby bloggers have the liberty to indulge in deep exploration of their passions, wherever that journey takes them. In an earlier article about what happens when artists call their art a hobby, I noted how that "means freedom from the creative constraints that might be involved once you… -
Six Essential SEO Strategies for Bloggers
27 Jan 2012 | 6:20 amBloggers can never get enough advice about SEO. This is a guest post by Chrisian Arno at Lingo24. Six Essential SEO Strategies for Bloggers When a blog forms part of your marketing strategy, you need to be confident your words will reach the right people. With search engines constantly refining their algorithms, not to mention the huge amount of information competing for your readers, this can seem like an impossible task. Here are six strategies that can help you regain your confidence with SEO.Do Your ResearchIf you are someone who dashes off blog posts when inspiration strikes, slow… -
Blogging Without Dates - The pros, the cons and meeting in the middle
6 Jan 2012 | 6:45 amThis is a guest post by Linda Dessau of ContentMasteryGuide.com In his October 2011 post about why you no longer need a blog (in the traditional sense), John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing predicts that soon our content will "no longer be consumed in chronological fashion." When Jim Connolly of Internet Marketing Jam explored the question of why people remove dates from their blog posts, in the end, he came to the conclusion that for his blog, the benefits far outweighed any risks. What are the pros of blogging without dates? What benefits did Jim Connolly see? People were spending more… -
Pitching to bloggers - the do’s and don’ts of blogger pitching
22 Dec 2011 | 6:25 amThis is a guest post by Kristy Shaw of Punch Communications. Pitching to bloggers… the do’s and don’ts of blogger pitching Life as a PR has certainly changed over the last few years; with the rise in popularity of blogs it has meant having to adapt the way I pitch to different types of media. Bloggers can be just as influential as many print publications and therefore should always be on PR agencies radars. Pitching to bloggers is a world away from traditional pitches to journalists; there are many more things to take into account. For example, in contrast to traditional media… -
Two Tips for Generating More Leads on Your Business Blog
19 Dec 2011 | 6:55 amRecently I joined the Social Media Biz School as an instructor. In the video below, I share a couple of the business blogging tips to give you a taste of the kind of strategies, tactics, tips and tools you'll be learning in the free 27 minute webinar on demand: How to Generate More Leads with Social Media... [Can't see the video in your blog reader? Click here to watch on YouTube.] You can get instant access to the free webinar here. Your instructors are: Viveka von Rosen (LinkedIn), Lori Gama (Twitter), Andrea Vahl (Facebook), Lou Bortone (Online Video) and me (Blogging). Get…
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“Trends and Innovations in Mobile Accessories” Research Report
1 Feb 2012 | 8:03 amWe are happy to announce the release of a new TrendsSpotting research report uncovering major trends in Mobile Accessories. Based on exploration of over 2000 new accessories released since 2011 + CES 2012 and a market analysis of major market trends characterizing this growing market, TrendsSpotting has identified about 150 recently released products that reflect new emerging trends in mobile accessories. The innovations analyzed in this report are profiled according to … -
LEADING DIGITAL WOMEN PREDICT 2012
11 Jan 2012 | 6:20 pmFor the last five years TrendsSpotting trends research company has published prediction reports covering trends in tech, mobile and social media, suggested by leading technology and business experts. TrendsSpotting’s Influencers Prediction Reports 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 are read by thousands of readers and are used by leading companies to plan their future (viewership at Slideshare/TrendsSpotting). As TrendsSpotting is involved in re-placing the role of women in the digital world (see us at Microsoft’s Women Think Next and WIFT), we have decided that this year we will dedicate this… -
Emerging market for mobile health products
9 Nov 2011 | 3:15 amIn the past year, products using mobile devices to monitor health conditions are becoming more popular with the first ones now getting accepted by the Food and Drug Administration. Among health care apps entering the market are blood pressure monitoring cuffs, CT-scan viewers, and pocket ultrasound machines. The market is still at its first steps but rapid growth is expected: according to mobile market consultancy research2guidance, by 2015 30 percent of the world’s smartphone users will be using mobile health products, up from 5 percent today. The big promise for consumers are… -
2020 Predictions -Model for Future Innovations
14 Oct 2011 | 2:12 amBased on the concept of “The Internet of Things” TrendsSpotting has developed a working model for NPD. ”The ANA Model” was developed and implemented while working with tech companies, and allows us to predict future products and services. The “ANA Model” identifies the process where data is collected from reported “Actions”, then delivered to predefined monitor systems or professionals by “Notifications”. The outcomes can “Alert” people through a visualized system. Few daily activities are presented to reflect the… -
How crowdsourcing games help solve scientific problems: Review of current projects
6 Oct 2011 | 7:09 amIt has been shown that the human capacity has still important advantages over computers. Scientists have learned to use crowd sourcing tools to improve their research. To achieve cooperation, they present models of the problems in a game like display and challenge the partipants to find solutions. Scientists in Carnegie Mellon University (look up Luis von Ahn) were the first to use human brains to help them solve problems associated with searching for images on the web (computers are not very good at distinguishing images from each other using visual cues). This lead to the development…
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AllThingsD
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More on Windows on ARM: Highlights from Sinofsky's 8,600 Word Opus
9 Feb 2012 | 10:27 amWe’ve already covered the highlights of Microsoft’s Windows-on-ARM news Thursday, namely that it will have a desktop mode, but only for Office, Internet Explorer and Windows itself. However, there are some other interesting nuggets amid Steven Sinofsky’s epic blog post, which just posted. There won’t be an “off” button for Windows-on-ARM (WOA), nor will there be various sleep modes. One of the new aspects of WOA you will notice is that you don’t turn off a WOA PC. WOA PCs will not have the traditional hibernate and sleep options with which we are… -
Ready to Rumble or Make Nice? Activist Shareholder Daniel Loeb Could Strike Sooner Than Yahoo Thinks
9 Feb 2012 | 10:14 amFor someone who is still mulling things over about what to do about his more than five percent investment in Yahoo, hedge fund investor and activist shareholder Daniel Loeb has been very busy lately getting his arsenal ready. While deciding whether to mount a proxy fight — a potentially nasty public fight with Yahoo that sources said could start much earlier than the expected February 24 filing date to make a board challenge — he’s also had at least one phone meeting with new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson in the last week to talk about the company’s future. Sources said the… -
Windows On ARM, Complete With Next Version of Office, To Arrive With Rest of Windows 8
9 Feb 2012 | 10:01 amAfter being somewhat less than clear about its Windows-on-ARM plans, Microsoft answered a number of lingering questions on Thursday. In an interview, Windows unit President Steven Sinofsky said that the first ARM-based machines running Windows 8 should show up around the same time as the first Windows 8 machines running traditional PC processors from Intel and AMD. Sinofsky also said that the Windows on ARM machines will come with several Office apps–Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote– that have been tuned to run in a very battery efficient manner. But Sinofsky said that although… -
FBI File Shocker: Steve Jobs Was a Willful, Mercurial Ex-Hippie and Computer Genius
9 Feb 2012 | 9:00 amWhat did the FBI have on Steve Jobs? Not much, according to its investigation of the late Apple founder and CEO. The agency just released its file on Jobs, compiled during a background check conducted in the 1990s, when Jobs was being considered for a spot on a White House council on exports. And, with the exception of a noteworthy nugget or two, it’s about as mundane as they come. If you’ve read Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs — or, frankly, any newspaper obituary of the man — then you’re already as well-informed on his life and peccadilloes as the… -
Inside Yahoo: Less Show, More Sell
9 Feb 2012 | 8:10 amNew Chief Executive Scott Thompson’s plan for turning around Yahoo Inc. is beginning to take shape: He wants to push the Internet company away from its advertising roots and get more of its revenue from fees and commissions, according to people familiar with the matter. The 54-year-old executive, who was hired last month, hasn’t mentioned specifics during meetings with employees and business associates. Read the rest of this post on the original site »
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Angela Booth's Writing Blog
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Scared of Self-publishing?
8 Feb 2012 | 1:53 pmKindle self-publishing is HOT. However, I know that many writers are scared of self-publishing, not because they can't write, but because the thought of formatting the manuscript, and getting it ready to sell online is too intimidating. Luckily, there are... -
Today's Writing Tip: Don't Think Before You Write
4 Feb 2012 | 11:25 amIf you've ever suffered from writer's block you know that it can be very uncomfortable. Usually the block is there because you're THINKING, and you're not putting the words in your head onto the page. The easiest way to get... -
Around the Blogs This Week: Publishers, Journaling, Writing Success
4 Feb 2012 | 10:58 amHere’s what we discussed on the blogs this week… Are Book Publishers Doomed? There’s a fascinating article in Business Week on Amazon’s venture into publishing. And the stark terror that’s gripping publishers as an result. Journaling Helps You to Become... -
Today's Writing Tip: Write for an Audience Without Losing Your Mind
2 Feb 2012 | 12:32 pmDo you struggle with writing for an audience? I know that many of my writing students do. Here's a tip: although you need to keep your audience in some corner of your mind, focus on writing for YOURSELF. Let's say... -
Around the Blogs This Week: Freelance Writing, Pen Names, Writing Services
28 Jan 2012 | 1:08 pmHere’s what we discussed on the blogs this week… Freelance Writing Lessons From Walt Disney “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them” — Walt Disney. Here we are at the start of another...
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Atheist Geek News
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News And Links For Atheists: A New Strategy
29 Jan 2012 | 10:28 amVIDEO: A New Strategy. VIDEO: In God We Trust Student Faces Town’s Wrath in Protest Against a Prayer For Jessica [Alquist], who was baptized in the Catholic Church but said she stopped believing in God at age 10, the prayer was an affront. “It seemed like it was saying, every time I saw it, ‘You [...] -
News And Links For Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses: Chemicals found buried in upstate NY…
30 Dec 2011 | 3:50 amChemicals found buried at upstate NY property; state agency investigating group’s property | The Republic SHAWANGUNK, N.Y. — State officials are investigating chemical pollution found buried at an upstate New York property owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization. Blood-free kidney transplant carried out between two Jehovah’s Witnesses Surgeons have performed a blood-free kidney transplant between [...] -
Update on “Truth Be Told” Documentary About Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses
28 Dec 2011 | 6:27 amI just received an update on the “Truth Be Told” documentary about ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses. I mentioned it here a little while back. Aside from all the other video snippets that you can see at the web site (I think any ex-Witness will find these interviews encouraging) the official trailer is now available online as well. [...] -
Merry Christmas 2011 And A Few Freebies, Too
25 Dec 2011 | 4:08 amEven now, as an ex-Jehovah’s Witness, I really don’t celebrate Christmas. I probably would if my wife did, but she remains a Jehovah’s Witness herself. Also, I’m evil. Still, I can offer my fellow book geeks a couple of goodies. First, we have 12 Days of Christmas Stories! from Mur Lafferty at Escapepod. If you [...] -
News and Links: Christopher Hitchens Has Died
18 Dec 2011 | 4:34 amI knew that Christopher Hitchens had been ill for some time, but was surprised when I learned of his death on the morning news just a few days ago. Without realizing it, I somehow thought he could beat anything, including the Terminator, Godzilla, and cancer. If only it were so. Christopher Hitchens will be missed [...]
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Business Intelligence News by Marcus Borba
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Top Trends That Will Impact Business Intelligence in 2012
22 Jan 2012 | 9:59 pmThe Business Intelligence scenario has evolved greatly in recent times, with new trends, approaches, concepts and tools. Early this month, I already shared my thoughts for the TIBCO Spotfire's Business Intelligence Blog, in a post entitled Top BI Resolutions and Trends for 2012 from Industry Experts, where Julie B. Hunt, Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro and I talked about the BI Resolution for Companies and the Top 3 Trends for Industry. It's worth reading.Here are my BI Resolution and a more comprehensive list of the top trends, that in my opinion, will impact Business Intelligence in 2012:BI… -
How to Manage Budget
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Top BI Resolutions and Trends for 2012 from Industry Experts
5 Jan 2012 | 7:41 pmTrends and Outliers, the TIBCO Spotfire's Business Intelligence Blog, published yesterday a post entitled Top BI Resolutions and Trends for 2012 from Industry Experts, where Julie B. Hunt, Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro and I share our thoughts on BI Resolutions and Trends for 2012. Thank you so much to the people of Spotfire's blog for the invitation to share my thoughts on the subject. -
The BI Year in Review
4 Jan 2012 | 6:02 amThe Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) published in December a retrospective called The BI Year in Review. The retrospective, written by Stephen Swoyer, is a well-detailed article about what happened in BI area in 2011. Below is a summary of the article:Interacting with BI Apps and the Impact of Mobile ComputingIn 2011, the evolving BI usage paradigm officially moved beyond the desktop LCD: smartphones and tablets aren’t simply being supported, they’re being actively cultivated. One upshot of this is that nearly every purveyor of BI client offerings has a mobile or tablet strategy that… -
Happy New Year!
31 Dec 2011 | 4:14 pmHappy New Year for all of you!Peace, Love, Health, Happiness, Prosperity and Success!
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Project Management Articles | Project Smart
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The Word on Risk
5 Feb 2012 | 1:46 amThe language found in any literature dealing with risk management can bewilder anyone not familiar with the jargon. Acronyms that mean different things to different groups, terms that have one definition in the dictionary and another in the risk management glossary are some of the sources of confusion. This article attempts to help de-mystify risk management for the project managers. -
Management Consultants and PMO Failures
21 Jan 2012 | 4:45 amHaving worked in the (Middle East-North Africa) MENA region for a number of years, it is quite disheartening to encounter PMOs that suffer from acute identity crisis and are locked in endless battles with other departments to prove their worth. What is interesting to discover however, is the usual culprit behind PMO failures, the lack of executive support, is not the primary cause. -
Too Tired to Care? Regain Your Perspective With 5 Proven Practices
20 Jan 2012 | 11:18 amKimberly Wiefling's story of her journey from "too tried to care" to a better balance in life by adopting five common sense practices that have helped her regain her perspective, reduce stress, and optimise the results she gets from time invested in her work. Make some changes for the better before you're carried out on a stretcher! -
20 Questions All Project Managers Should Ask
16 Jan 2012 | 11:00 amOne of the many skills required of a project manager is the ability to ask searching questions and persevere until a clear answer is obtained. Many of the pitfalls in projects could be avoided if questions were articulated fully and if the answers were given clearly and in detail. -
Who is the Project Manager?
9 Jan 2012 | 12:39 pmA project manager's prime task is managing a project to success. The products of the project need to be picked up by the line organisation, and if this involves change in the organisation or ways of working, the changes must be made to 'stick'. By ensuring that the responsibilities for project management and business change are well assigned in a project there is an increased chance of success.
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Small Business News, Tips, Advice - Small Business Trends
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Your Secret Weapon in the Battle of Online Reputation
9 Feb 2012 | 8:30 amAs a small business owner, your online reputation matters. More than you might think. In fact, research shows that a negative online reputation can cost you customers. But, other studies have shown that a positive reputation can actually help you gain them. That’s because 49% of local consumers are more likely to use a business after they read a positive review about a business online. So, what can you do to build a glowing reputation that helps you stand out to potential customers online? Turn to your secret weapon: your happy customers! Unfortunately, people tend to naturally turn to the… -
5 Things Business Owners Shouldn’t Skimp on
9 Feb 2012 | 5:30 amAs small business owners, we’re all strapped for cash and we hate spending unnecessarily. That being said, not everything should be DIY (do-it-yourself). Sometimes trying to save money and do things yourself costs you more in lost time and lost business than you saved in cash. Consider handing these over to the experts: 1. Business Cards Sure, Vistaprint and other sites have free templates you can customize to create your own business cards, but do you really want to use a template that hundreds of other companies have also used? The point of your business card is to stand out and be… -
Triumph of the Business Bloggers
9 Feb 2012 | 2:30 amDo you blog for your business? If so, you’re not alone. But how does blogging really benefit your business? Can you make money from your blog, create community, connect with customers and peers? Well, all of the above, in fact. But, if you really want to know what blogging’s all about, read on! Ecosystem The real benefits of blogging. The truth is you may never make a living solely from your blogging endeavors. That said, business blogging can open some amazing doors including book deals and speaking engagements like the one mentioned here. ProBlogger Many bloggers work from… -
Understanding Women Workers
8 Feb 2012 | 11:30 amOne of the secrets to getting the most from your employees is understanding the challenges they face, not only in the workplace but in the rest of their lives. A comprehensive new report, Women & the Workplace, by Inforum and Sphere Trending has some insights on a key group of employees: women. The recent recession had been dubbed a “mancession” as men lost jobs in record numbers. By comparison, the study found, women fared better at keeping jobs (however, men are faring better in the current recovery). Not only that, but “Single, childless women in their 20s are more likely than… -
Is It Time to Fire That Client?
8 Feb 2012 | 8:30 amThere’s a natural lifecycle for any freelancer’s business. When you’re just starting out, you indiscriminately look to attract as many clients as you can to build your business. But inevitably, some clients won’t be the right fit. Whether it’s an overly-demanding client who’s prone to instant message you any time of day (or night), an indecisive client who’s sole feedback usually entails “that’s not quite it,” or the client who’s perennially slow to pay, some clients just aren’t worth the business. An extension of the Pareto Principle says that 20% of your…
