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• The scent of man, now available at Yankee Candle

  Holy Kaw!

  16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm

  If vanilla and fresh linen was still feeling too feminine to scent the man cave, fear not, manly men, Yankee Candle has heard your barbaric yawp and is now offering Man Candles. Offered in macho scents such as 2x4, Riding Mower, First Down and Man Town, you need never hang your head again after being dragged into the candle store. They even offer a sports-themed candle holder so you don’t ruin the tabletop. Just in time for Father’s Day. Full story at Yankee Candle via Buzzfeed. You know you want a Man Candle. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Stock watching pre-Facebook IPO: Zynga, LinkedIn, Groupon

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  Levi Sumagaysay

  16 May 2012 | 11:55 am

  As Facebook prepares to go public, here’s a look at how some related — and also newly public — companies’ stock has been faring: • Zynga: The maker of social games such as “CityVille” and “Words with Friends,” whose business is closely intertwined with...

• Former UK leader Tony Blair to speak at Stanford

  San Jose Business News - Local San Jose News | The Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

  16 May 2012 | 11:02 am

  Tony Blair, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, will speak at Stanford University May 17. The founder of the Africa Governance Initiative will appear before a group of students and faculty to address the issue of economic development in Africa and how it can lead to good governance in some politically unstable African nations. His organization works on economic development issues in such countries as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda and Guinea in an effort to tackle deeply rooted poverty issues. The...

• NBA Star Uses Twitter — And a Platypus — to Prank Sports Media

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  Sam Laird

  16 May 2012 | 1:28 pm

  Around the sports media scene, Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee has a certain reputation: Quirky, unique, a bit out there, something of a laughingstock at times. Reporters and fans love to chuckle at his on-court goofiness. Examples abound, but here’s the best one: a legendary GIF of McGee throwing up a wild shot and then earnestly running back on defense — except his team still has the ball. This week, however, McGee decided to turn the tables on those who love to poke fun at a young millionaire basketball player just trying to do his best. On Monday afternoon, he posted this…

• The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: LinkedIn, Monster Worldwide, Visa ... - Sacramento Bee

  linkedin news - Google News

  16 May 2012 | 11:58 am

  The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: LinkedIn, Monster Worldwide, Visa Sacramento BeeAs per a news release from Reuters, LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) and Silver Lake has expressed interest to take over Monster Worldwide Inc (NYSE:MWW), according to sources. Headquartered in New York, Monster Worldwide is an online recruitment firm of the and more »

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  Holy Kaw!

• The scent of man, now available at Yankee Candle

  16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm

  If vanilla and fresh linen was still feeling too feminine to scent the man cave, fear not, manly men, Yankee Candle has heard your barbaric yawp and is now offering Man Candles. Offered in macho scents such as 2x4, Riding Mower, First Down and Man Town, you need never hang your head again after being dragged into the candle store. They even offer a sports-themed candle holder so you don’t ruin the tabletop. Just in time for Father’s Day. Full story at Yankee Candle via Buzzfeed. You know you want a Man Candle. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Dirty Disney cartoons? [video]

  16 May 2012 | 1:16 pm

  It’s hard to imagine Disney cartoons have ever been the subject of censorship, but like many beloved cartoons, there’s a seamier side that’s bound to offend if you get the references. Such was the case with “The Shindig” where Clarabelle Cow’s exposed udders were deemed too risqué for Ohio audiences as was her reading material; Three Weeks was an early example of “women’s mass market erotic fiction.” As the old saying goes, "What happens in the barn, stays in the barn." Full story at Neatorama. The evil underbelly of Disney.

• Mammals may not get to cool climates in time

  16 May 2012 | 12:09 pm

  Nine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of…

• Time of year matters for vitamin D risk

  16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm

  When considering a patient’s blood vitamin D levels, it may be best to consider a lower threshold for concern, as well as the time of year. "In evaluating health risk," the University of Washington researchers conclude, "season-specific targets for Vitamin D blood concentration may be more appropriate than a static target when evaluating patients health risk." Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life

  16 May 2012 | 11:52 am

  Marine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

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• Stock watching pre-Facebook IPO: Zynga, LinkedIn, Groupon

  Levi Sumagaysay

  16 May 2012 | 11:55 am

  As Facebook prepares to go public, here’s a look at how some related — and also newly public — companies’ stock has been faring: • Zynga: The maker of social games such as “CityVille” and “Words with Friends,” whose business is closely intertwined with...

• ‘Big’ mobile: Bigger iPhone? Plus huge Android changes reported and steep stock drops for Samsung, HTC

  Levi Sumagaysay

  16 May 2012 | 10:03 am

  We’re talking “big” mobile news: • Asian companies Samsung and HTC got some big, bad Apple-related news Wednesday. A 6 percent dive in Samsung’s share price shaved $10 billion off the South Korean company’s market value after a report that Apple placed big orders with...

• Quoted: on Itanium as ‘closely guarded’ HP secret

  Levi Sumagaysay

  16 May 2012 | 7:41 am

  “The Itanium situation is one of our most closely guarded secrets.” — Martin Fink, head of HP’s high-end server business, in an email to another executive.  That email and other communications made public as part of a court fight between Hewlett-Packard and Oracle over the Intel chip...

• Off topic: Phones, shoes through the years; magnets vs. sharks; Burma-Shave phrases; three-point landings

  Levi Sumagaysay

  16 May 2012 | 4:15 am

  Visual histories: of the phone, and of shoes — be sure to check out the pedestal, a predecessor to today’s high heels. Do magnets repel sharks? I’m too young to have seen these along the highways, but have heard plenty about them: Burma-Shave phrases. And a supercut of three-point...

• Social-butterfly news: Facebook pre-IPO, Google+

  Levi Sumagaysay

  15 May 2012 | 11:19 am

  • As Facebook prepares for what could be a record-setting IPO this week, a new poll finds that half of Americans think the world’s largest social network — which says it has more than 900 million users worldwide — is a fad. The Associated Press-CNBC survey, conducted earlier this month in a...

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  San Jose Business News - Local San Jose News | The Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal

• Former UK leader Tony Blair to speak at Stanford

  16 May 2012 | 11:02 am

  Tony Blair, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, will speak at Stanford University May 17. The founder of the Africa Governance Initiative will appear before a group of students and faculty to address the issue of economic development in Africa and how it can lead to good governance in some politically unstable African nations. His organization works on economic development issues in such countries as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda and Guinea in an effort to tackle deeply rooted poverty issues. The...

• San Jose cuts fees for downtown high-rise rental developers

  16 May 2012 | 10:30 am

  The San Jose City Council on Tuesday approved a set of temporary incentives to encourage high-rise residential tower development in the city, particularly in downtown. The incentives include: - A guarantee that application reviews will be no more than 120 days. - A 50 percent reduction of fees in lieu of adding park areas to developments. - A 50 percent reduction of construction-related taxes. - Elimination of the requirement for systems in high-rises that contain air to help firefighters control...

• Juniper Networks hires Hamber as senior director, EMEA

  16 May 2012 | 7:31 am

  Juniper Networks Inc. has reportedly hired William Hamber as its new senior director, Distribution Partners for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The Sunnyvale-based networking company (NYSE:JNPR) said Hamber will report to David Helfer, vice president of EMEA partners, in his new role, according to MicroScope.co.uk on Wednesday. Hamber was previously a senior manager of channel sales and marketing at Edge-Core. He is expected to be based in Paris in his new role. Written by Lisa Sibley....

• Google seeking more control over Android devices

  16 May 2012 | 7:25 am

  Google is reportedly shifting how it introduces new Android features in a way that will give it more control over devices that use the mobile operating system. The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed sources who said that the Mountain View company plans to give multiple mobile device makers early access to new Android versions, and also plans to sell devices directly to consumers. In the past, Google has initially worked closely with just a single device maker on new versions of Android.

• Apple's iPhone screen to boost to 4 inches?

  16 May 2012 | 7:25 am

  Apple has reportedly ordered larger screens for the iPhone it will roll out later this year, growing the display to 4 inches from the 3.5 inches on previous versions of the popular smartphone. The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed sources in a story Wednesday that said Apple ordered the bigger screens for the new phone that is expected in the fall. It is reportedly working on the screens with with LG Display of South Korea and two Japanese companies, Sharp and Japan Display.

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• NBA Star Uses Twitter — And a Platypus — to Prank Sports Media

  Sam Laird

  16 May 2012 | 1:28 pm

  Around the sports media scene, Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee has a certain reputation: Quirky, unique, a bit out there, something of a laughingstock at times. Reporters and fans love to chuckle at his on-court goofiness. Examples abound, but here’s the best one: a legendary GIF of McGee throwing up a wild shot and then earnestly running back on defense — except his team still has the ball. This week, however, McGee decided to turn the tables on those who love to poke fun at a young millionaire basketball player just trying to do his best. On Monday afternoon, he posted this…

• Register Now to Join Mashable and Partners in Brazil for Rio+Social

  Zoe Fox

  16 May 2012 | 1:04 pm

  Registration is now open for Rio+Social, the historic meeting of social media, technology, global development and sustainability leaders during the UN’s Rio+20 conference. Policy makers, journalists, technologists and environmentalists are now invited to register and apply for accreditation to the free conference. Ten exciting new speakers were added to the Rio+Social lineup Wednesday, including entrepreneurs, UN leaders and philanthropists. Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chief communications officer Kate James are among the…

• Thirst App Will Change The Way You View Twitter

  Emily Price

  16 May 2012 | 12:53 pm

  A new iPad application called Thirst might reinvent how you look at your Twitter stream. Using its own natural language processor, Thirst filters, organizes, and presents your Twitter stream in an engaging way, helping you find the tweets you want to read quickly and in context. “I wanted to make an app that no matter how often you check Twitter, these are the things you need to see, ” Thirst Co-Founder and CEO Anuj Verma told Mashable. The app is designed so it can be useful for people who check Twitter constantly throughout the day, as well as those who might only check Twitter a few…

• The Facebook IPO Timeline

  Stephanie Buck

  16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm

  If the Facebook IPO were a real person, we certainly wouldn’t blame it for posting braggy status updates. This infographic, created by our friends at mbaonline.com, imagines the road leading up to the decade’s most-anticipated initial public offering, as if it were documented on its own Facebook Timeline. As a Facebook user, give yourself a pat on the back for helping the company make it this far. You are one of 900 million, and you spend an average of 20 minutes per day surfing the network. That means Facebook’s usership logs 16,000 years of combined time on the platform…

• Facebook Fans Get to Pick Bonus Levels in ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD’

  Chelsea Stark

  16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm

  Activision is polling fans via Facebook on which levels will be included as additional downloadable content on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is a rebuilt version of the classic games. It features seven levels from the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, released in 1999, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, which came out in 2000. Players will be able to skate all over classic levels such as “Warehouse” and “Mall” that have been rebuilt using the old maps. Starting Wednesday afternoon, fans will be asked to pick which of their favorite Tony…

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• The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: LinkedIn, Monster Worldwide, Visa ... - Sacramento Bee

  16 May 2012 | 11:58 am

  The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: LinkedIn, Monster Worldwide, Visa Sacramento BeeAs per a news release from Reuters, LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) and Silver Lake has expressed interest to take over Monster Worldwide Inc (NYSE:MWW), according to sources. Headquartered in New York, Monster Worldwide is an online recruitment firm of the and more »

• How to Manage Summer Interns: 5 Expert Tips from LinkedIn - CIO

  16 May 2012 | 11:39 am

  CIOHow to Manage Summer Interns: 5 Expert Tips from LinkedInCIOHere are five expert tips from LinkedIn to help you both make the most of the partnership. By Kristin Burnham CIO — Consider this scenario: Summer is approaching and your work keeps piling up. You consider hiring an intern to lessen your load,

• Scribendi.com Creates New LinkedIn Group for Bloggers - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

  16 May 2012 | 9:04 am

  Scribendi.com Creates New LinkedIn Group for BloggersSan Francisco Chronicle (press release)While there are numerous groups for authors, freelancers, and editors on LinkedIn, only a limited number of such groups exist for bloggers. To fill this gap, Scribendi.com, the leader in the online editing and proofreading industry, has launched a and more »

• Innovaro's LaunchPad Can Now Mine Google+, PST Files and LinkedIn - MarketWatch (press release)

  16 May 2012 | 8:19 am

  Innovaro's LaunchPad Can Now Mine Google+, PST Files and LinkedInMarketWatch (press release)TAMPA, Fla., May 16, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Innovaro, Inc. (nyse mkt:INV), The Innovation Solutions Company is excited to announce that LaunchPad's SemBots can now mine Google+, Microsoft Exchange PST Files and LinkedIn.and more »

• 6 Things You Need to Know About LinkedIn Recommendations - Mashable

  16 May 2012 | 7:43 am

  6 Things You Need to Know About LinkedIn RecommendationsMashableDid you know two new members join LinkedIn every second? As a result, more people are using it for intelligence, recruitment, and networking. But how does an individual best leverage this vibrant network? I suggest to people that they gather a few

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  LinkedIn Answers: Career and Education

• Where would I post my participation in Summer Leadership Programs with top accounting firms?

  16 May 2012 | 9:00 am

• Has anyone had experience with GoToMeeting’s GoToTraining? Would you recommended it? Would anyone recommend another provider

  16 May 2012 | 8:36 am

  Looking to do some of our training and information sessions live and also upload some recorded sessions. Since some classes are for professional education credits it would be great to have a way to know that they sat through the entire class.

• How do people who people who do workshops and speak professionally come up with their price?

  16 May 2012 | 8:18 am

  Is there a place online that can help a person construct a price that is "fair and reasonable?"

• Please share your recommended books

  16 May 2012 | 7:01 am

  I am working towards building an online list of books recommended by professors/professionals on various different subjects. I have taken up this work as I know that there are number of less privileged students/professionals around the world who want to learn but do not get the right guidance and even the right books that they should read to enhance their knowledge in their chosen field. I hereby request you to kindly share some of the books along with the respective field. You can choose any ...

• is that hard to get a job in foregin country.

  16 May 2012 | 6:43 am

  is that hard to get a job in foregin country.

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  LinkedIn Answers: Nonprofit

• Chartered affiliate organization must file state filing and register for the DOJ and FTB, yet Central Org won't sign documents, claims it's unnecessary. Central org does not include chapters in 990 or file a group exemption.

  16 May 2012 | 5:20 am

  Cannot legally accept or solicit donations and cannot operate or expand without funding. What to do if my charterd organization is not covered in a group exemption from our central organization and the central organization believes they have met the requirements for my subordinate organization to be exempt and or recognized by my state as a corporation and my state requires the central organization to sign documentations registering my subordinate organization in the state to conduct busines ...

• Does anyone have details about the potential market of courses for nonprofit organizations (ways of raising funds, managing organizations etc.)?

  16 May 2012 | 1:22 am

• Does anyone have details about the potential market of courses for nonprofit organizations (ways of raising funds, managing organizations etc.)?

  15 May 2012 | 10:48 pm

• Are there any good Linked In groups for job developers and social services related to formerly incarcerated individuals?

  15 May 2012 | 9:38 am

  I was recently hired as the Employment Services Specialist at OAR of Fairfax County. I am very excited about this job because I believe the work will positively impact communities on a very deep level. I am looking to connect with others in field to share ideas, inspiration and best practices.

• does anyone know of a good article or white paper on trends in fundraising auxiliaries (or affinity groups, affiliates, support groups, councils)?

  14 May 2012 | 4:00 pm

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  Flickr Blog

• big, BIG, BIGGER photos on the photo page!

  Zack Sheppard

  15 May 2012 | 10:54 am

  Two weeks ago we brought you the new hi-res images in the lightbox and today we’re releasing those amazing hi-res images directly on the main photo page. Hi-res images on the photo page let you share all the detail side by side with the context of your photos. Location, time, camera, title, description, tags and more are all there to tell the full story around your photos. And it’s not only that you see larger images – we’re releasing this with a new “liquid” layout. Flickr’s “liquid” design adjusts the photo page and image size based on…

• The Beauty of Redscale

  Kay Kremerskothen

  15 May 2012 | 7:37 am

      While nowadays, redscale film can be bought premade, it is based on a simple technique: In essence, photographic film is reversed and wound upside-down into an empty film canister. When used, it is exposed from the wrong side creating beautifully tinted images with colors ranging from maroon, to red, to organge, to yellow. You can find more beautiful shots in our Redscale groups, or in a tag search for redscale+film. Photos from Trapac, ozgecan, celia gómez de villavedón, cherryrae., slimmer_jimmer, raquel fialho, and 25ThC.

• The Lights of Speed

  Kay Kremerskothen

  14 May 2012 | 6:31 am

    Photos from TGKW, kenny mccartney, kktp_, and Lazyousuf.

• Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria

  Kay Kremerskothen

  10 May 2012 | 11:47 am

      The UFO-like monument on the Buzludzha peak in Bulgaria, built by the countries former communist regime to commemorate the events in 1891 when the socialists assembled secretly in the area to form an organised socialist movement, was opened in 1981, but abandoned after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Today, the trespassing visitor can explore the site’s interior, finding traces of the mosaic frescoes that once artfully decorated the walls and exploring the debating chamber with the hammer and sickle symbol still blazoning the centerpiece of the ceiling. Discover…

• Kodak Ektar 100 Samplr

  Kay Kremerskothen

  8 May 2012 | 1:04 pm

        Introduced in 2008, the Kodak Professional Ektar 100 film is said to be "the finest-grain color negative film with high saturation and vivid colors available on the market". We’ll leave it to you to decide on the attributes of the film, but the photos added to the Kodak Ektar 100 group and coming up in an image search for Ektar 100, are surely stunning. Photos from DeusXFlorida, patrickjoust, fangchun15, satie*, doo3, isabelle bertolini, 夏先生, wojszyca, bigsplash, and mugley.

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• TUAW TV Live: The chat room speaketh

  Steven Sande

  16 May 2012 | 2:55 pm

  The TUAW TV Live chat room regulars are a rowdy bunch. Whether it's urikelman, drallgood, harumph, benroethig, docrock, lvreefkpr, macmommy, verso, ericasadun or any of a constantly changing group of participants who is chatting, there's always a lot of back and forth talk about whatever the topic happens to be. The discussion often goes off the show topic, which is great -- it keeps me on my toes. Well, today I've got a few topics to chat about, but most of the discussion is going to be directed by the IRC chat. If you're watching the show on Ustream you can use the Ustream chat tool that's…

• Steve Jobs subject of new children's book

  Mike Schramm

  16 May 2012 | 2:20 pm

  The Loop spotted a new book over at Amazon called "Who Was Steve Jobs?" that appears to be a children's book, of all things. It's part of a series of books designed to tell kids about famous historical figures and why they're so admired or well-known. Looking inside the book shows that it talks about Steve's life and times, all the way from the garage in California, up through the NeXT days, and to "Think Different" and "Insanely Great." There's also a detailed timeline included, and even a bibliography of sources. This might be just the thing for any little ones who could use a primer on…

• Hello iPhoto for iPad & iPhone is an amazing new way to learn

  Steven Sande

  16 May 2012 | 2:00 pm

  If there's one thing about iPhoto for iPad and iPhone that I've never been too happy with, it's that the apps aren't exactly self-explanatory and Apple doesn't provide much in terms of an onboard guided tour. Long-time Apple developer and publisher Saied Ghaffari has just published a new iBook titled Hello iPhoto for iPad & iPhone (US$1.99) that provides a unique way of learning the tricks of iPhoto for your iOS device. I had the opportunity to talk with Saied recently about the book, which was created in iBooks Author and has been featured by Apple in the iBookstore. He's no newcomer to…

• Flipboard 1.9 puts emphasis on audio

  Dave Caolo

  16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm

  Flipboard is the "social magazine" for iPad and iPhone that lets users browse their favorite social network sites, feeds and more in a beautiful, magazine-like interface. Version 1.9 was released this week and adds audio to the mix. A new audio tab offers several options, like SoundCloud and shows from National Public Radio (like Fresh Air) and Public Radio International. You'll also find podcasts and indue music from the likes of Sub Pop Records and Epitaph Records. What's really nice is that you can begin an audio stream and navigate away to another section of Flipboard (or even another…

• How to distribute Kickstarter apps: Ask Apple

  Mike Schramm

  16 May 2012 | 12:45 pm

  Republique is an upcoming iOS title that's made a lot of noise by getting funded on Kickstarter recently, to the tune of half a million dollars, but I've had one nagging question about it: How exactly are they going to distribute the app to all of their backers? The most obvious solution would be to put a password gate inside of an app, but Apple doesn't allow that. If you have to lock content in your app, then you're clearly selling it outside of the App Store, which means you're dodging Apple's 30% cut. So what's their plan? Republique hasn't yet said, only that it's still being decided.

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• Anatomy of a Project: Miller Mobley's Re-enactors

  14 May 2012 | 8:39 am

  When I worked at The Sun, a lot of emphasis was put on always having multiple projects in the hopper. Self-generated projects are the lifeblood of any good paper, and they promote exploration and serendipity. Since I have gone out on my own, I can honestly say projects have the single most important vehicle for developing my photography. I always have at least one on the front burner, with a couple more in the on-deck circle. When my friend Miller Mobley tweeted last week about his series of U.S. Civil War re-enactors, I reached out to him to see if he could give us a little BTS — not only…

• Q&A: C-Stands

  10 May 2012 | 6:00 am

  Several people asked about the C-stand (short for century stand) that I used on the Rosco OA posted on Monday. Long story short, after spending 2 months on the road with McNally and crew last year, I have become a convert. If you have never used a C-stand, and/or are considering getting one, here's what you need to know. Read more »

• Always Bring a Model Release

  7 May 2012 | 6:00 am

  I try to be pretty open with this blog. Sometimes I get it right, and sometimes I screw up royally. A recent shoot I did for Rosco is a good example of both. Read more »

• Royce Bair's Night-Lit Landscapes

  3 May 2012 | 6:00 am

  There are no AC plugs near Delicate Arch in Grand County, Utah, where Royce Bair made this night landscape shot. So all of his flashes needed to be battery-powered to illuminate the 20-meter tall formation. Two of his light sources were Norman 400B's, weighing in at 6 lbs and from which he needed a total of 48 pops to make the image. But his Big Gun required only two pops to balance with the Normans. That 110,000 lumen light source weighed about a pound, all-in. And it ran off of a 9-volt battery. Read more »

• On Assignment: Trattoria / 360

  30 Apr 2012 | 6:00 am

  Having eaten at this restaurant often enough to put these guys' kids through college, I recently photographed brothers Gianni (left) and Carlo Morra at one of their three local Italian trattorias. It is a simple picture, but there is much more here than meets the eye. So keeping with last Thursday's talk of photo ecosystems, let's go a little more 360 on this one than just the typical lighting BTS. Read more »

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  Exploratorium Explainers

• Hands-On Consciousness

  Anne

  7 May 2012 | 12:23 pm

  Explainers, monks, and Exploratorium teachers exploring sensory exhibits in small groups in preparation for co-facilitating the monks’ World of Your Senses exhibit for Exploratorium visitors. Explainers and monks working out a problem about mirrors during a morning training session. Explainers and monks sharing magic tricks with each other and the Exploratorium visitors. Explainer and monk dissecting a cow eye together for Exploratorium visitors. What is the purpose of science museums? Is it the democratization of science learning, increasing public science literacy, inspiring people to…

• Disagreeing About Color

  Ann Bartkowski

  29 Apr 2012 | 10:05 am

  Over my spring break from school, I visited the explo and had the privilege of attending their morning Paul D. training. Training with Paul D. is something I have missed this year, as Thursday mornings with him always gave me an outlet for my curiosity, lots of entertainment, inspiration for experiments I wanted to try, opportunities for bizarre thought experiments, and new questions to think about all week long! That Thursday, we went to the exhibit Disagreeing About Color–an exhibit I feel like I have heard Paul D. explore lots of times, but I always come away with more. I stumbled…

• Size and Scale and…. S P A C E !

  Ann Bartkowski

  23 Mar 2012 | 11:38 pm

  As a former Explainer slash current first year science teacher, I have lots of awesome kids to share all of my love and inquiry for science with. I also have lots of science questions that I can no longer just ask Paul D when I see him, especially awesomely creative questions that kids come up with during class! So now I go to the internet. The question, “How big is space?” randomly came up this week, and “really big” didn’t seem like a good enough answer. Luckily, my googling turned up THIS SITE. It reminds me a lot of this size and scale prezi-esque…

• happy vernal equinox!

  Chas

  20 Mar 2012 | 1:54 pm

  March 20th, the first day of spring, and the day when the sun should rise exactly between two column of the rotunda when viewed from the center of the dome. even though clouds were forecast, Anne, Khamara, and I headed out to see what we could see. I arrived a bit before 7 am. the lights were still on, and bats were flying about. the cloud cover continued all morning but we could see a bright spot rising between the columns. although we didn’t get to see the sun, it was still a magical morning. there is something special about watching the world wake up in such a beautiful location.

• It’s Pi Day (and it’s Einstein’s Birthday too)!

  Sylvia

  19 Mar 2012 | 5:40 pm

  Happy Pi Day, everyone! On March 14th, we celebrated the 24th annual Pi Day at the Exploratorium. The Field Trip Explainers joined in the festivities by writing and performing a Pi Day song. The core band is called Buffon’s Needle (a nod to the mathematician that came up with a probability problem as a method to estimate pi, check out the Pi Toss exhibit). So proud to be a part of a celebration so joyous and geeky! Still find myself humming 3.141 592 653 589… Check it out: Pi Day Song

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  Lorelle on WordPress

• Do Not Delete Comment Spam. Mark Spam as Spam.

  Lorelle VanFossen

  10 May 2012 | 3:16 pm

  Is comment spam one of the things that gets you down? Are you taking it personally? Are you confused by comment spam and how to handle it? I’ve been speaking at a variety of meetups lately on web publishing, blogging, and podcasting, and the topics often turn to managing comments and comment spam. “I’ve started [...]

• WordCamp San Francisco August 4, 2012

  Lorelle VanFossen

  8 May 2012 | 11:48 am

  WordCamp San Francisco 2012 is set for August 4 this year at the Mission Bay Conference Center. A developer hack day is scheduled for August 5th, and a survey looking for the best WordCamp speakers is open for recommendations. I know it’s me, but who’s counting. Honestly, if you have attended a WordCamp in the [...]

• May Day Protests: Having Your Say Beyond the Web

  Lorelle VanFossen

  2 May 2012 | 5:22 pm

  Yesterday was the annual May Day protests across the United States. I stumbled upon the Portland, Oregon, May Day protest parade on my way to meet with the panel members for the WordPress Theme Panel at WebVisions 2012. The power of the blog is the ability to have your say. A blog doesn’t guarantee the [...]

• WordPress Theme Panel at WebVisions 2012

  Lorelle VanFossen

  30 Apr 2012 | 9:22 am

  Webvisions is in Portland, Oregon, May 16-18, 2012, and I’ll be there presenting “Crank WordPress to 11” featuring four top WordPress designers and developers showcasing how they have pushed WordPress beyond traditional limits and taking your questions about how they do it and if WordPress can take it. Friday, May 18, at 1:30PM, I’ll be [...]

• 201 WordPress Books

  Lorelle VanFossen

  26 Apr 2012 | 12:01 pm

  As part of my project to bring WordPress into colleges nationally, I did a quick survey of how many books have been published about WordPress. I was asked by several major publishers to publish the first book in English on WordPress but had to decline due to my traveling schedule and work load, so it’s [...]

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  Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials

• 5 Useful CSS Tricks for Responsive Design

  Nick La

  16 May 2012 | 7:04 am

  Making the design to be responsive is very easy as shown in my Responsive Design in 3 Steps tutorial, but maintaining the elements to look aesthetically balanced on all breakpoint layouts is an art. Today I'm going to share 5 of my commonly used CSS tricks along with sample cases for coding responsive designs. They [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Giveaway from PSD2HTML

  Nick La

  9 May 2012 | 8:37 am

  If you follow Web Designer Wall, then you have noticed the PSD2HTML banner ad on the sidebar. PSD2HTML is not only my long time supporter, but they are also one of the most recognized vendors in PSD slicing services. Today I'm happy to partner with PSD2HTML to give away PSD to HTML slicing services to [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Free Base WordPress Theme

  Nick La

  17 Apr 2012 | 8:36 pm

  Although WordPress has made it very easy to create a custom WordPress theme, but it still takes time to learn and build it. So I've created a Base theme based on the free Basic theme from Themify. I've stripped out the framework and the extra functions that you might not need. It includes only the [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Mobile Navigation Design & Tutorial

  Nick La

  3 Apr 2012 | 10:45 pm

  One of the common challenges when designing responsive design for mobile is the navigation menu. If the site has many sections or pages, it gets challenging to squeeze all the items into a small mobile resolution. The navigation most likely ends up running into multiple lines or the buttons stacking on top each other. So [...]Advertise here with BSA

• Design Process of ShopDock

  Nick La

  22 Mar 2012 | 9:38 pm

  Today I would like to share the design process of an ecommerce theme that I recently designed. Shopdock is an Ajax ecommerce theme where the user can quickly add/remove items to the cart with a single click. It is actually inspired by one of my sites, IconDock. The design process was quite challenging to make [...]Advertise here with BSA

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  A List Apart

• Responsive Images and Web Standards at the Turning Point

  15 May 2012 | 11:44 am

  Responsible responsive design demands responsive images—images whose dimensions and file size suit the viewport and bandwidth of the receiving device. As HTML provides no standard element to achieve this purpose, serving responsive images has meant using JavaScript trickery, and accepting that your solution will fail for some users. Then a few months ago, in response to an article here, a W3C Responsive Images Community Group formed—and proposed a simple-to-understand HTML picture element capable of serving responsive images. The group even delivered picture functionality to older…

• Application Cache is a Douchebag

  8 May 2012 | 5:00 am

  We’re better connected than we’ve ever been, but we’re not always connected. ApplicationCache lets users interact with their data even when they're offline, but with great power come great gotchas. For instance, files always come from the ApplicationCache, even when the user is online. Oh, and in certain circumstances, a browser won't know that that the online content has changed — causing the user to keep getting old content. And, oh yes, depending on how you cache your resources, non-cached resources may not load even when the user is online. Lanyrd’s Jake Archibald illuminates…

• Say No to Faux Bold

  8 May 2012 | 4:59 am

  Browsers can do terrible things to type. If text is styled as bold or italic and the typeface family does not include a bold or italic font, browsers will compensate by trying to create bold and italic styles themselves. The results are an awkward mimicry of real type design, and can be especially atrocious with web fonts. Adobe’s Alan Stearns shares quick tips and techniques to ensure that your @font-face rules match the weight and styles of the fonts, and that you have a @font-face rule for every style your content uses. If you’re taking the time to choose a beautiful web font for your…

• Content Modelling: A Master Skill

  24 Apr 2012 | 6:00 am

  The content model is one of the most important content strategy tools at your disposal. It allows you to represent content in a way that translates the intention, stakeholder needs, and functional requirements from the user experience design into something that can be built by developers implementing a CMS. A good content model helps ensure that your content vision will become a reality. Lovinger explains how to craft a strong content model and use it to foster communication and align efforts between the UX design, editorial, and technical team members on your project.

• Tinker, Tailor, Content Strategist

  24 Apr 2012 | 5:59 am

  What does content strategy mastery look like? As in any field, it comes down to having master skills and knowing when to apply them. While there are different styles of content strategy (from an editorial and messaging focus to a technical and structural focus), the master content strategist must work with content from all angles: messaging architecture and messaging platforms; content missions and content management. Above all, she must advocate for multiple constituents, including end users, business users, stakeholders, and the content vision itself. Rachel Lovinger shares the skills that…

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• Want To Become A Space Explorer? Just Email NASA

  16 May 2012 | 12:07 pm

  Syfy recently aired a series of advertisements with the tagline ' let's imagine greater ,' celebrating the type of people who inspire their programming content and viewers-the curious and creative individuals who see the world a little bit differently.

• Kwiksher celebrates one-year anniversary offering 30% off Kwik plugin

  16 May 2012 | 9:57 am

  In celebration of its one year anniversary Kwiksher is offering 30% off Kwik, its popular Photoshop plugin this month.

• 9 Ways to Convince Your Parents to Support Your Startup - Not Just Financially

  16 May 2012 | 5:47 am

  For many young entrepreneurs, getting their parents' support for a new venture can make a huge difference - emotionally, practically and even financially.

• Two nations, one voice, as seen through graphic design student projects.

  16 May 2012 | 2:42 am

  In 2010, the OneVoice Movement - a grassroots organization that aims to magnify the voices of Israeli and Palestinian moderates - teamed up with design students at Tirtza Grannot [the Academy of Commercial Communications] in Tel Aviv for their final year projects.

• Calling all artists: Gallery is offering - Friday Creative'

  15 May 2012 | 10:32 pm

  Artist Cassie Snow paints a landscape at "Friday Creative" at the Uptown Gallery Group and Art Studio School on Friday at the first meeting of its kind where artists are invited to come and work on projects while they learn from one another.

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  CSS-Tricks

• Responsive Images and Web Standards at the Turning Point

  Chris Coyier

  15 May 2012 | 9:04 pm

  Mat Marquis keeping us up to date on the responsive images hot drama. Good reminder at the end about not picking sides. Responsive Images and Web Standards at the Turning Point is a post from CSS-Tricks

• ShopTalk Episode 18

  Chris Coyier

  15 May 2012 | 5:11 pm

  With ol' Mean Gene Crawford! We talk about crazy clients, responsive images, health, and all kinds of other shoptalk. Thanks to Mijingo for sponsoring this episode. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkShopTalk Episode 18 is a post from CSS-Tricks

• Which responsive images solution should you use?

  Chris Coyier

  11 May 2012 | 7:39 am

  There are a bunch of techniques going around for dealing with responsive images lately. That is, solutions to help us serve the right image for the occasion (e.g. size of screen and bandwidth available). They all do things a bit differently. To keep track, Christopher Schmitt and I have created this spreadsheet of techniques. The spreadsheet has the data, but let's digest it through thinking about it through the lens of practical questions. To choose which technique is right for you and your project these questions may help as a guide. Many of the questions may apply to your project, so…

• Opt-in Typography

  Chris Coyier

  7 May 2012 | 8:19 am

  I recently heard Chris Eppstein give a talk (slides) about creating better stylesheets and using SASS to do it. There were a couple of surprising bits in there, one of which was about "opt-in typography." The idea was that instead of setting global styles for typographic elements like p, ul, ol, h1, h2, etc that you would instead apply those styles as a class, perhaps .text. The idea is that there is a lot of places on a website where you want a clean slate to work from and not be worried about what global styles are doing. The classic example is lists, where when using them for things like…

• ShopTalk Episode 17

  Chris Coyier

  6 May 2012 | 8:01 am

  Another RAPIDFIRE show where Dave and I answer as many listener questions as we possibly can. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkShopTalk Episode 17 is a post from CSS-Tricks

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  chrisbrogan.com

• Create a Setting and Connect With Emotions

  ceb

  13 May 2012 | 10:26 pm

  I recently moved the delivery time of my beloved newsletter to be Sunday morning (well, that’s when it launches here, though my New Zealander and Australian friends all get it on Monday). In the process, I talked to people about sharing this information over breakfast, and with a “second cup of coffee” sometimes. I basically set a scene in the reader’s head that we were having a personal chat over breakfast. Ask yourself this: in trying to reach others for whatever your goal may be, is it facts or emotions that will win them over? Which do you think plays the bigger…

• Nobody Reads Agency Blogs- Or Why You Need Skin in the Game

  ceb

  7 May 2012 | 6:57 am

  Thanks to Jason Falls, I just read this post about how many marketing agencies are closing down their blogs and tweeting and Facebooking instead. “Nobody reads agency blogs, and there are so many out there it’s impossible for people to keep up anyway,” said Sam Weston, director of communications at digital agency Huge. Nobody Reads ANY Blogs- If They’re Boring I’ll tell you without even having to look why nobody reads a blog: because it’s boring. Because it’s poorly written. Because it’s utterly self-referential. Nobody has time to read junk. Why would you?

• Constraints

  ceb

  5 May 2012 | 9:43 am

  I was at a live performance the other night where Jacq sang and played with Girish, and I had a great conversation with Reggie, the drummer for the night. (I am SO sorry that I don’t know your last name, Reggie.) We talked about the fact that his typical drum kit for events is usually like 30 or so pieces, but that he decided to go minimal for the event. He had a kick drum, a snare, a tom, two cymbals, and a cowbell. What Reggie said was something like this, “I really enjoy this, because it means I really have to use what I have to get the expression I’m aiming for. I…

• Pattern Break

  ceb

  2 May 2012 | 9:17 pm

  When you wake up in the morning, you check your emails, probably from your phone. First thing. Yes? Why? There’s no good answer to why. Even brain surgeons can wait until they’ve done other things before checking in on the world outside of your immediate proximity. So why do you do it? Because it’s a habit, a pattern. Do you read the top tech and marketing blogs? Why? Why do you read this blog? Because you’re subscribed? Are you getting something from it? If no, then why are you still doing it? Twitter and Facebook are hugely pattern-driven. They thrive off the same…

• Where Should You Put Your Content?

  ceb

  30 Apr 2012 | 7:44 am

  I’ve been asked by subscribers of my personal newsletter how I decide what goes on my blog and what goes into my newsletter. I think the answer differs depending on your strategy, but I’m more than happy to tell you how I view it. I put information that sells on my blog, and information that nurtures in my newsletter. Information that Sells My job, because people seem confused these days as to what exactly it is I do or am selling, is to help mid-sized to larger companies build business (revenue and growth) by improving their use of the human digital channel (social media, email…

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  ddo's posterous

• Ordinaire

  14 May 2012 | 12:06 am

  Jane B*'s Flickr Photostream Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Nostalgia

  1 Apr 2012 | 4:37 pm

    A Series by Lucas Simoes 2009 Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Too Much But Never Enough

  31 Mar 2012 | 6:05 pm

  Holy hell. Huge Graphite pieces by Melissa Cooke. I asked her if she sold prints of her artwork. She said no. I cried a little. "Too Much, But Never Enough" is the title of her second artwork on my post. Check out her website. Her pieces are huge. Love her projections on her models. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Yanni Floros

  31 Mar 2012 | 5:47 pm

  Charcoal work by Yanni Floros. Sweeeeet. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Under The Unminding Sky

  31 Mar 2012 | 5:39 pm

  A series of Paintings by Gregory Thielker. More on his site. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

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  ReflectionOf.Me

• Popping Popcorn in super Slow Motion

  16 May 2012 | 12:04 pm

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• 1955 Hover Board

  16 May 2012 | 11:59 am

  "Flying Platform. US Navy demonstrates its Flying Platform in 1955, a "flying skateboard" or "hover board" vehicle that uses a direct lift rotor aircraft, using contra-rotating ducted fans controlled by the pilot shifting his body weight around to tilt the platform. " Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Rare

  16 May 2012 | 11:56 am

  At least 100 species go extinct every day. That's how this amazing video by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore begins. And there's no better way to grab someone's attention. The will give you a brand new appreciation for what we stand to lose if changes aren't made immediately. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• iPhone Inspired Business Cards

  16 May 2012 | 11:52 am

  See the full gallery on Posterous Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Blackboard Door Planner

  14 May 2012 | 12:45 pm

  Turn your door into a daily planner using these chalkboard decals. The pack includes a decal for each day of the week and can be used on any surface. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

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  Holy Kaw!

• The scent of man, now available at Yankee Candle

  16 May 2012 | 1:31 pm

  If vanilla and fresh linen was still feeling too feminine to scent the man cave, fear not, manly men, Yankee Candle has heard your barbaric yawp and is now offering Man Candles. Offered in macho scents such as 2x4, Riding Mower, First Down and Man Town, you need never hang your head again after being dragged into the candle store. They even offer a sports-themed candle holder so you don’t ruin the tabletop. Just in time for Father’s Day. Full story at Yankee Candle via Buzzfeed. You know you want a Man Candle. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Dirty Disney cartoons? [video]

  16 May 2012 | 1:16 pm

  It’s hard to imagine Disney cartoons have ever been the subject of censorship, but like many beloved cartoons, there’s a seamier side that’s bound to offend if you get the references. Such was the case with “The Shindig” where Clarabelle Cow’s exposed udders were deemed too risqué for Ohio audiences as was her reading material; Three Weeks was an early example of “women’s mass market erotic fiction.” As the old saying goes, "What happens in the barn, stays in the barn." Full story at Neatorama. The evil underbelly of Disney.

• Mammals may not get to cool climates in time

  16 May 2012 | 12:09 pm

  Nine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of…

• Time of year matters for vitamin D risk

  16 May 2012 | 12:08 pm

  When considering a patient’s blood vitamin D levels, it may be best to consider a lower threshold for concern, as well as the time of year. "In evaluating health risk," the University of Washington researchers conclude, "season-specific targets for Vitamin D blood concentration may be more appropriate than a static target when evaluating patients health risk." Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life

  16 May 2012 | 11:52 am

  Marine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

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  Sachin's Space

• When A/B testing, make sure you have defined "success" correctly

  10 May 2012 | 2:45 pm

  A great read about A/B testing: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/ff_abtesting Companies may protect themselves against major gaffes but risk a kind of plodding incrementalism. They may find themselves chasing “local maxima”—places where the A/B tests might create the best possible outcome within narrow constraints—instead of pursuing real breakthroughs. I'm a huge fan of Optimizely, the focus of this Wired article. We used their service at Posterous to optimize our homepage and other marketing content. That said, making small, incremental improvements and missing…

• Zynga's Problem Is It Has No Core Product

  8 May 2012 | 11:28 am

  From http://silencedgood.tumblr.com/post/22547672461/zyngas-going-down Zynga wants to be a game publishing house that squashes competitors in a world that seems built for small, independent publishers. This is akin to aggressively trying to build a book publishing company right as the Kindle goes on the market, and then buying up each popular book as it goes on the ebookstore at multiples far beyond what the books are currently selling. I don't agree that acquiring OMGPOP is what is causing Zynga's drop in share price, and I definitely don't agree that "It takes nothing to produce a…

• Surprised @uber doesn't account for one way streets in time estimates

  3 May 2012 | 7:15 pm

  No way this car will be here in 2 minutes. Note: I LOVE UBER. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Video: lion tries to eat a baby

  3 May 2012 | 6:28 pm

  Hat tip, @suyash. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Employee Of The Month Grabs $25k In Costco Shopping Spree

  3 May 2012 | 11:36 am

  Wong did a practice run the day before, which paid off. She managed to grab $25,000 in stuff in the three minutes, including three big screen TVs, 10 Nikon cameras, three Dyson vacuums, two Roomba vacuums, two HP computers and a case of Dom Pérignon champagne. via uncrunched.com I totally should have done this at Posterous. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

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  garry's posterous

• How a train ride helped Mixpanel get into YC

  10 May 2012 | 10:46 pm

  I'm so proud of Suhail, Tim, and the team at Mixpanel -- they just announced their $10 million Series A funding with #1 VC firm Andreessen Horowitz.  Back in 2009, I had just moved back to San Francisco and we had just raised our angel round for Posterous. We worked out of our bedrooms in SOMA in San Francisco. A friend of mine, Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (R.I.P. Dan) had introduced me to a pair of young hackers out of Arizona State, Suhail Doshi and Tim Trefen.  They were in town for their YC interview. We met up at the Creamery across from the SF Caltrain for coffee, and I…

• The adventure game lives!

  9 May 2012 | 1:10 am

  Remember the good old pixelated days of yore? Action packed, story and puzzle-driven interactive fiction of the highest order? That's what Gabriel Knight was. I grew up playing these games. King's Quest. Police Quest. Space Quest. Day of the Tentacle. Indiana Jones. Sam and Max Hit the Road.  Yet somewhere along the way, the great, cerebral, deep games that told a real story vanished. There are a few more recent examples -- the heart of this lineage lives on in new titles like LA Noire, Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption, and yes, even Grand Theft Auto 4. I look forward eagerly to the…

• To soften our view of others

  23 Apr 2012 | 11:37 pm

  Jesus urged his followers to learn to look at other adults as they might at children. Few things can more quickly transform our sense of a person's character than picturing him or her as a child; from this perspective, we are better able to express the sympathy and generosity that we all but naturally display towards the young, whom we tend to describe as naughty rather than bad, cheeky rather than arrogant. This is the same sort of softening we may feel towards anyone whom we see sleeping: with eyes closed and features relaxed and defenceless, a sleeper invites a gentle regard that in itself…

• How does a startup out-recruit Google? Palantir cofounder Stephen Cohen explains.

  20 Apr 2012 | 10:28 am

  In a conversation at Stanford with Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, my friend Stephen Cohen (cofounder of Palantir Technologies) says: We tend to massively underestimate the compounding returns of intelligence. As humans, we need to solve big problems. If you graduate Stanford at 22 and Google recruits you, you’ll work a 9-to-5. It’s probably more like an 11-to-3 in terms of hard work. They’ll pay well. It’s relaxing. But what they are actually doing is paying you to accept a much lower intellectual growth rate. When you recognize that intelligence is compounding, the…

• Travel planning software: The most common bad startup idea

  6 Apr 2012 | 6:52 pm

  At CMU yesterday, I heard a story about how Yahoo Trip Planner has pretty much zero adoption. It has never taken off, though it remains online even today. Yahoo keeps it around because it's fantastic for recruiting. People love to work on this idea! Yahoo recruiters lure talented engineers, designers and PMs to work on this project, then gradually shift them off to real value-creating projects once they're hired.  Travel planning software (the kind that you would use with friends and family to plan vacations) is one of the most common ideas pitched. It has been attempted, and attempted,…

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  Write4Kids!

• Two New Tools Help Self-Publishers Create and Sell Enhanced EBooks

  Laura

  10 May 2012 | 2:40 am

  Self-publishing enhanced eBooks gets easier every day. One new advance is the Vook publishing platform, a comprehensive, cloud-based tool that allows authors and publishers to turn any document into a professionally styled eBook, complete with embedded images, videos and other multimedia. Vook's platform then makes it easy to distribute the finished e-book to Amazon, iBooks and BN.com. Another is Demibooks Storytime, a new e-reader app for the iPad  that offers a multipublisher retail marketplace for interactive children’s books created using the Demibook Composer eBook…

• Forget About Impressing Your Readers When You Write

  Laura

  9 May 2012 | 5:26 pm

  "Write to express, not to impress." These six words are the backbone of mystery writer Bernadette Pajer's advice for writers in a recent blog post. It's brilliant in its simplicity, and it works. Writing for young adults? Write to express, not to impress. Otherwise you'll come off as an out-of-touch adult trying to sound cool. Writing for preschoolers? Write to express, not to impress them with your silly-billy, goofy-woofy word play. Clever is good, condescending is not. Creating a blog post? Write to express. Don't pile on the five-syllable words plucked from the…

• Simple Tips to Get Started Writing for Children

  Laura

  3 May 2012 | 5:17 pm

  According to book industry experts, the hottest trend today is the young adult and children's market. Just look at the popularity of the Twilight series and the more recent Hunger Games trilogy. As a parent or adult, you have a wealth of experiences on which to draw making the children's book market the perfect place for you — the author — to make your mark.   Mining the Field As an adult you have you have the unique ability to look back on the wonderful world of childhood. From your perspective you can use your writing to help children negotiate the fine line between…

• Taming the Fairy Tale

  Laura

  20 Mar 2012 | 2:14 am

  In this recent article from the UK, one in five parents has scrapped traditional fairy tales in favor of kinder, gentler versions. While we've long been used to Little Red Riding Hood hiding from the wolf with her grandmother in the closet (rather than being eaten and then cut out of the wolf's stomach by the woodsman who rescued them), parents are now seeing less-obvious dangers lurking in classic stories: Rumblestiltskin has themes of kidnapping and execution, Goldilocks and the Three Bears condones stealing, and Cinderella sends the outdated message that young women should stay…

• Social Networking Tips for Writers

  Laura

  15 Mar 2012 | 2:57 am

  We all know that it's now mandatory that writers do the lion's share of their marketing, regardless of how they get published. We also know that social networking is one of the easiest, and cheapest, ways to get the word out. But how much time do we really need to spend on blogging, Facebook, Twitter, etc.? The Skinny on Social Networking, a terrific article by Rob Eagar, the founder of WildFire Marketing, offers blogging do's and don'ts, tips on the frequency and content of your posts, and tells when you should use Facebook and Twitter. It's a great blueprint for a busy…

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  Science teacher

• Cowardice

  15 May 2012 | 4:31 pm

  I proctored our state end of course biology state exam today.At least somebody's profiting from all thisI watched the passive resignation of young adults who finished a pointless section in less than half the time allotted, then sat there on a mid-May morning.They were polite--they've been trained to be.They were silent--they've been coerced to be.They were compliant--it's what we want them to be.I felt dirty.I went home and planted a few moonflower seeds I had soaked overnight.So it wasn't a totally wasted day.By KeepOpera, CC 3.0But I had no right, none of us do, to subject children to a…

• NGSS: Meet the new boss

  13 May 2012 | 6:36 am

  This is too much science for one post--I'll get around to splitting it up but wanted to toss it out there now since we only have 3 weeks to comment on the proposed standards. Meet the new bossSame as the old bossI've started plowing through the  Next Generation Science Standards draft.We, the public, have all of three weeks to comment on a document so confusing it comes with an article and a video on how to read the document. When you get to the document, you get 87 pages of color-coded (at least 9 shades at my count and I'm color-blind) jargon with DRAFT splashed across each page.You…

• Light again

  10 May 2012 | 6:09 pm

  May 11th is special to me--we're in the sunlight now, and will be for 3 months.This was written a year ago, and it works again today. We only get so many Msys in a lifetime. "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution."Theodosius DobzhanskyI should be crafting a descent with modification (misnamed "evolution") exam.Descent with modification is the heart of biology. Without it, a world with red-lipped batfish, roly-polies, and humans makes no sense, no matter how clever God pretends to be.Without it, nothing in biology makes sense. Nothing.Seems sacrilegious to test it…

• Hubris and humility

  9 May 2012 | 7:46 pm

  The primary social consideration for savants is purely and simply one of professional duty. Savants are people who are paid to manufacture science; they are expected to manufacture some; they feel it is their duty to manufacture some....The spirit of truth is nowadays almost absent from religion and from science and from the whole of thought.Simone Weil, The Need for RootsAny chance of me becoming a researcher ended the moment I pulled the head off a living cricket under a dissecting scope because, well, I was told to. And now I teach my lambs about DNA polymerases before they can see the…

• I've been slimed

  8 May 2012 | 4:11 pm

  Every day I am asked what the secret is to ensuring every child in New Jersey graduates from high school ready for college and career, and I always have one simple response – outstanding teachers.I do not  doubt that you have "one simple response"--I do doubt your sincerity.At a small meeting last spring among a few other teachers, and the Governor himself, you said that teachers were the most important factor affecting student success.I said, perhaps a bit too pointedly (politeness is not my strong suit), that teachers are the most important factor in the building, but that poverty…

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  3 May 2012 | 9:43 am

  The Official Samsung Mobile USA channel. Do you have questions about our US phones? Go here – http://bit.ly/ELanO or reach out to @SamsungSupport for help!

• @justinbieber

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  3 May 2012 | 9:42 am

  BOYFRIEND on ITUNES NOW! – I GOT SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE FANS…you are always there for me and I will always be there for you. MUCH LOVE. thanks

• @HopkinsCreative

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• @geekgirlworld

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  1 May 2012 | 6:08 am

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  Imaging Resource News Page

• The Leica M Monochrom: Is Leica Pricing Out Its Loyal Customers with an $8,000 Black-and-White Camera?

  adetchells@gmail.com

  16 May 2012 | 11:19 am

  Leica has gotten a lot of press in the last few days between the record-breaking auction of a 1923 Series-0 camera for nearly $3 million, to the announcement of a digital rangefinder that shoots only in black and white: the 18-megapixel Leica M Monochrom ($7,950).   Reading these reports including what we’ve written here on Imaging Resource, I must admit my initial reaction was bafflement, followed by sadness. I tried to understand these feelings, wondering why I felt anything at all about the sale of an old camera or a black-and-white-only digital camera?   However, in…

• New firmware ships for Leica S2 DSLR

  adetchells@gmail.com

  16 May 2012 | 10:23 am

  Germany's Leica Camera AG has released updated firmware for its Leica S2 digital SLR, bringing improved flash performance and adding support for a recently-announced mount adapter. Leica S2 firmware version 1.0.3.3 includes the following changes, according to the official release notes: Support of the new Hasselblad lens adapter Leica S-Adapter H –full functionality (order no. 16030) Improvement of flash synchronization with 1/125s focal plane shutter Announced earlier this week, the Leica S-Adapter H allows use of Hasselblad H-system lenses on the Leica S2's...

• Photoshop Touch 1.2 relaxes image size limits, but with a catch

  adetchells@gmail.com

  15 May 2012 | 3:01 pm

  Adobe has recently issued updates for its Photoshop Touch app on both the Android and iOS platforms, bringing a number of updates and new features, and taking the version number up to v1.2. Key among these is a change that answers criticisms that the app could previously handle images only at resolutions below 1,600 x 1,600 pixels (2.6 megapixels in a square aspect ratio; 1.9 megapixels in the more common 4:3 aspect), rather limiting its utility. Now, Photoshop Touch will allow a slightly more generous 2,048 x 2,048 pixels (4.2 megapixels max. in square aspect; 3.1 megapixels in 4:3... (read…

• Fuji unveils wide conversion lens, new firmware for X100 (with samples!)

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  15 May 2012 | 11:26 am

  Fujifilm has today announced a new conversion lens specific to its FinePix X100 digital camera, offering X100 shooters an alternative to the 23mm fixed focal length of their camera. The company has also simultaneously announced updated firmware for the X100 body. The Fuji WCL-X100 Wide Conversion Lens has 0.8x magnification, and mounts directly on the camera body, without the need for the AR-X100 adapter ring that must be used to attach other filters and accessories. When mounted, the combination of X100 body and WCL-X100 conversion lens provides a focal length of 19mm, equivalent to…

• Lens Review: Pentax 40mm f/2.8 XS SMC DA

  adetchells@gmail.com

  14 May 2012 | 4:46 pm

  Pentax released its new 40mm f/2.8 XS SMC DA "pancake" lens with the K-01 mirrorless camera, making for a very small and portable camera-lens combination. With its K-mount, the lens is compatible with other Pentax cameras, so we took the opportunity to put it through its paces in our test lab. Does smaller become better? Check out the results for yourself in our full review of the Pentax 40mm f/2.8 XS SMC DA "pancake" lens. (read more)

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  Quotes of the Day

• Bruce Barton

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "Conceit is God's gift to little men."

• George Aiken

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon."

• Soren Kierkegaard

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

• Gregory Thomas Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "Babies are cool, until you've done everything to do with 'em and you get bored. That's why T.V. shows about babies don't last more than a year."

• Anonymous

  14 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

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  Motivational Quotes of the Day

• Christopher Reeve

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean."

• Charles DuBois

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become."

• Oscar Wilde

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "I can resist anything but temptation."

• Lisa Williams

  15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "I'm the world's least happy atheist. I miss having religious faith, but trying to have it seems like trying to be in love with someone that you're not in love with."

• Lord Chesterfield

  14 May 2012 | 5:00 pm

  "Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you."

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  National Geographic Photo of the Day

• Tsingy Climbing, Madagascar

  Stephen Alvarez

  15 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  This Month in Photo of the Day: Adventure and Exploration Photos Climber John "Razor Sharp" Benson weaves through skin-ripping pinnacles. In Malagasy, the formations are called tsingy, meaning "where one cannot walk barefoot." The terrain resists intrusions from hunters, hungry cattle, and wildfires. See more pictures from the November 2009 feature story "Living on a Razor's Edge." See more pictures of National Geographic explorations » See pictures of climbing shot by our readers »

• Western Cwm, Mount Everest

  14 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  This Month in Photo of the Day: Adventure and Exploration Photos At dawn, a sliver of moon shines above the Western Cwm. See more pictures and read dispatches from the National Geographic Everest Expedition and download the National Geographic magazine app to follow real-time updates from the team. Compare climbing gear then and now » See pictures of Nepal treks from our readers »

• Skiier, Whistler

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  13 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  This Month in Photo of the Day: Adventure and Exploration Photos A skier in Whistler, Canada, jumps through a ring of fire. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more of Your Skiing and Snowboarding Photos » Explore the world's best ski towns »

• Kayaking, Greenland

  USER ID: 329753

  12 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  This Month in Photo of the Day: Adventure and Exploration Photos Kayaking in Torssukatak fjord, near Kummiut, east Greenland (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.) See more pictures of paddling shot by our readers »

• Arrigetch Peaks, Alaska

  11 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  This Month in Photo of the Day: Adventure and Exploration Photos Arrigetch Peaks, August 23, 2010 "These teeter-tottering granite boulders all wanted to slide," Andrew Skurka says of a talus-covered pass in the central Brooks Range, where his friend Roman Dial joined him. See more pictures from the March 2011 feature story "Circling Alaska in 176 Days." Learn more about National Geographic explorers in the field » See more pictures of National Geographic explorations »

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  National Geographic News: Ancient World

• Prehistoric "Panda" Found in Spain—Giant Panda Has European Roots?

  14 May 2012 | 2:26 pm

  A small fossil bear recently identified in Spain suggests China's giant panda has European roots, a new study says.

• Unprecedented Maya Mural Found, Contradicts 2012 "Doomsday" Myth

  10 May 2012 | 4:36 pm

  Unprecedented paintings and calculations have emerged from under the Guatemalan jungle—including evidence against the 2012 "doomsday myth."

• Howard Carter: "Miraculous," Misunderstood Man Behind Google's Gilded

  9 May 2012 | 7:30 pm

  Find out why the "miraculous," misunderstood archaeologist who found King Tut's ancient tomb was honored Wednesday in a modern way.

• Biggest Crocodile Found—Fossil Species Ate Humans Whole?

  8 May 2012 | 2:35 pm

  The 27-foot-long predator may have ambushed early humans in what's now Kenya, a new study says.

• Dinosaurs' Gaseous Emissions Warmed Earth?

  7 May 2012 | 6:53 pm

  Giant plant-eaters known as sauropods may have heated the planet by releasing huge amounts of methane, a new study says.

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  National Geographic News: Space and Tech

• Hundreds of Superflares Seen on Sunlike Stars

  16 May 2012 | 11:59 am

  But the new data from a NASA spacecraft cast doubt on a popular theory for what triggers the planet-roasting bursts of energy.

• Sun Is Moving Slower Than Thought

  10 May 2012 | 11:51 am

  New NASA data hint that our star is moving too slow to form a bow shock, a structure long thought to protect us from cosmic rays.

• Light From a "Super Earth" Seen—A First

  10 May 2012 | 7:37 am

  NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has proven it's possible to capture the infrared glow from relatively small alien worlds, a new study says.

• Is Saturn Moon's Haze Old Enough for Life?

  9 May 2012 | 12:46 pm

  Saturn's largest moon may have only recently turned hazy, according to two new studies that could spell trouble for the chances of life.

• Four White Dwarfs Found Eating Earthlike Planets

  7 May 2012 | 2:29 pm

  Four hungry white dwarfs have been found "snacking" on the shattered remains of Earthlike planets, a new study says.

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  Web developer jobs | Simply Hired

• Web Developer at Bennett Staffing & Recruiting (St Paul, MN)

  16 May 2012 | 7:36 am

  Plans, designs, develops, codes and tests public facings websites. In addition to skills listed below, candidate should have expert level of experience with jQuery, jQuery Mobile Responsibilities Rapid prototyping of new technologies and...

• Web Application Developer at eTech Recruiters, Inc. Dba eTech Resources. (Hillsboro, OR)

  16 May 2012 | 4:32 am

  4+ Years, Medium - Senior Project Description: Software developer to work on Service Management tool ... development, testing and documentations Necessary Skills: . Web 2.0 application development . Javascript Additional...

• WEB SITE DEVELOPER at General Atomics (San Diego, CA)

  16 May 2012 | 3:45 am

  DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge of secure web application development Graphic arts experience with Illustrator, Photoshop, or other such design tools Experience with scripting in JavaScript, Perl, and Python in a Linux environment...

• FRONT-END WEB DEVELOPER JAVASCRIPT/HTML at Adecco (New York, NY)

  16 May 2012 | 3:04 am

  the web into HTMLWhat you will be doing:The work entails a web based application that is primarily written in ... currently supported HTML5 components, mainly SVG, and web sockets, devise fallback solutions for unsupported...

• Web Developer at Coventry Digital (Newport Beach, CA)

  15 May 2012 | 6:25 pm

  Coventry Digital Design & Marketing, LLC, is a progressive web application development company specializing in building ... as PHP and you are comfortable working with database driven web applications. What You'll Get You will become part of a...

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  Graphic designer interaction designer ui designer web designer jobs | Simply Hired

• Professional Freelance Web Designer, Graphic Designer (California)

  16 May 2012 | 12:38 pm

  growing company in UK and we need professional creative graphic designer who start work immediately and design ... Skills Required: web-design, front end development, HTML 4/5, CSS 2/3 JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax design, graphic-design, l...

• Graphic Designer at Elance.com (Los Angeles, CA)

  16 May 2012 | 12:26 pm

  to some examples of your work and use the above example of workflow for your bids. I selected a fixed price fore the work but if you could include an hourly rate I would appreciate it. Desired Skills: Fireworks, Graphic Design,...

• Homepage Web Designer - ASAP at Elance.com (San Diego, CA)

  16 May 2012 | 12:26 pm

  I need a creative designer who can take what we have so far and finish it. We are close/ its for architect and theme is ... I have sample design just need some updates send portfolio Desired Skills: Graphic Design, Photoshop, Web...

• Site design - Web Design at Elance.com (Brooklyn, NY)

  16 May 2012 | 12:26 pm

  Web/Graphic Designer. Job Description: Your responsibilities: - Translate business and user requirements into highly engaging and compelling design concepts - Conceptualize, design, and develop the User Interface/User Experience as well as...

• Graphic Designer at Grainger (Janesville, WI)

  16 May 2012 | 12:11 pm

  Function as a lead graphic designer for assigned catalogs and coordinate design projects with assigned graphic designers ... Education and Experience: Bachelors or Associate degree in graphic/web design-related fields such as Graphic Design, Web...

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  Mashable!

• NBA Star Uses Twitter — And a Platypus — to Prank Sports Media

  Sam Laird

  16 May 2012 | 1:28 pm

  Around the sports media scene, Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee has a certain reputation: Quirky, unique, a bit out there, something of a laughingstock at times. Reporters and fans love to chuckle at his on-court goofiness. Examples abound, but here’s the best one: a legendary GIF of McGee throwing up a wild shot and then earnestly running back on defense — except his team still has the ball. This week, however, McGee decided to turn the tables on those who love to poke fun at a young millionaire basketball player just trying to do his best. On Monday afternoon, he posted this…

• Register Now to Join Mashable and Partners in Brazil for Rio+Social

  Zoe Fox

  16 May 2012 | 1:04 pm

  Registration is now open for Rio+Social, the historic meeting of social media, technology, global development and sustainability leaders during the UN’s Rio+20 conference. Policy makers, journalists, technologists and environmentalists are now invited to register and apply for accreditation to the free conference. Ten exciting new speakers were added to the Rio+Social lineup Wednesday, including entrepreneurs, UN leaders and philanthropists. Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chief communications officer Kate James are among the…

• Thirst App Will Change The Way You View Twitter

  Emily Price

  16 May 2012 | 12:53 pm

  A new iPad application called Thirst might reinvent how you look at your Twitter stream. Using its own natural language processor, Thirst filters, organizes, and presents your Twitter stream in an engaging way, helping you find the tweets you want to read quickly and in context. “I wanted to make an app that no matter how often you check Twitter, these are the things you need to see, ” Thirst Co-Founder and CEO Anuj Verma told Mashable. The app is designed so it can be useful for people who check Twitter constantly throughout the day, as well as those who might only check Twitter a few…

• The Facebook IPO Timeline

  Stephanie Buck

  16 May 2012 | 12:32 pm

  If the Facebook IPO were a real person, we certainly wouldn’t blame it for posting braggy status updates. This infographic, created by our friends at mbaonline.com, imagines the road leading up to the decade’s most-anticipated initial public offering, as if it were documented on its own Facebook Timeline. As a Facebook user, give yourself a pat on the back for helping the company make it this far. You are one of 900 million, and you spend an average of 20 minutes per day surfing the network. That means Facebook’s usership logs 16,000 years of combined time on the platform…

• Facebook Fans Get to Pick Bonus Levels in ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD’

  Chelsea Stark

  16 May 2012 | 12:06 pm

  Activision is polling fans via Facebook on which levels will be included as additional downloadable content on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is a rebuilt version of the classic games. It features seven levels from the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, released in 1999, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, which came out in 2000. Players will be able to skate all over classic levels such as “Warehouse” and “Mall” that have been rebuilt using the old maps. Starting Wednesday afternoon, fans will be asked to pick which of their favorite Tony…

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  ReadWriteWeb Jobs

• Web Developer / Catholic Relief Services / Baltimore, MD

  16 May 2012 | 11:50 am

  Catholic Relief Services/Baltimore, MD (Downtown )Catholic Relief Services is looking for an experienced Web Developer to join the Web Team in Baltimore, MD as a lead PHP web and Wordpress developer. This position requires the ability to bend Wordpress at will, expert in standards-based front and back-end web development; have an affinity for a mission-based organization doing amazing work around the world; have a keen web design sensibility and a love of all things related to web publishing! Applicants must be eligible to work in the US at time of application. For additional details and…

• Relationship Manager / Akamai Technologies / Bangalore, India

  16 May 2012 | 9:01 am

  Akamai Technologies/Bangalore, India (Bangalore)Relationship Manager Location: IN-Bangalore Posted Date: 3/16/2012 Cost Center: 662 Category: Sales/Sales Engineering ID: 6010 About the Job The Relationship Manager, will manage the customer experience for a specific territory's install base of customers and help grow and maintain revenue. He/She is the Customer Representative/Advisor who serves as a key point of contact and as a liaison between the customer and the various departments within Akamai. Key responsibilities will include managing customer activation process, ongoing support…

• .Net Developer - Permanent / Yoh / Chadds Ford, PA

  16 May 2012 | 8:15 am

  Yoh/Chadds Ford, PA Yoh has multiple full time direct hire opportunities for .Net Developers for a great client in Kennett Square, PA. Job Responsibilities: - Architect, design, and implement new applications or systems using .NET technologies - Maintaining web, windows, and server applications that present data and deliver processing and analytical capabilities to our clients - Creating automated tests as part of test driven development methodology - Applying cutting edge technologies to complex problems in the financial space - Manage and/or participate in multiple high priority projects…

• Business Analyst JDE Manufacturing / Tri-S Recruiters, Inc. / New York, NY

  15 May 2012 | 7:51 pm

  Tri-S Recruiters, Inc./New York, NYBusiness Systems Analyst - Systems Liaison for Manufacturing Requirements for this position include: Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent. Minimum 5 years of experience in the Manufacturing Module/Applications of the Oracle - JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (versions8.11 to 8.12 or above). Strong business process knowledge of the Manufacturing functional area. At least two full implementations experience with multiple site configuration set up. Strong verbal and written communication skills Strong organizational, coordination, facilitation, consultation…

• Business Process Improvement Senior Manager-Location Flexible / PricewaterhouseCoopers / New York, NY

  15 May 2012 | 7:51 pm

  PricewaterhouseCoopers/New York, NYThe PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LETS Practice provides internal clients valued solutions that address their business problems and aligns with the firms strategy. We support the operations, growth, continuous improvement and development of discipline strategies within the firm. The LETS team...View Full DescriptionSponsored job from Linkup

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  paidContent Jobs

• Director of Marketing and Business Development / Millennial Media / Baltimore, MD

  16 May 2012 | 11:01 am

  Millennial Media/Baltimore, MDThe Marketing Executive will be responsible for implementing, growing and optimizing marketing and partnerships around our Self-Service Advertising platform. The ideal candidate will bring both strategic vision and solid execution skills, be willing to roll up their sleeves and do whatever it takes to create lasting corporate value. To be successful in this role, you will need to combine insightful data analysis and careful planning with smart and creative marketing tactics. It is critical that this individual is a self-starter, problem-solver, strong writer and…

• Digital Project Manager / Confidential / New York, NY

  16 May 2012 | 7:46 am

  Confidential/New York, NYDigital Project Manager Consumer-Focused E-Commerce Publisher New York, NY Direct Hire If you're a seasoned, take-charge Digital Project Manager, you could be just the Gun to help our client, an innovative e-commerce publisher, get its arms around a plethora of creative projects and set up a formal project management discipline for the creative team. Gun Profile: You have broad but nuanced experience in tracking, reporting, and managing complex projects: you know how to get things done. And your budgets are always tight and to the penny. (To that end, it's important…

• Product Director, Pet and Animal Sites / Confidential / New York, NY

  16 May 2012 | 7:43 am

  Confidential/New York, NYProduct Director, Pet and Animal Sites Leading Television Network New York, NY Direct Hire The Hired Guns are seeking a dynamic and, quite frankly, brilliant Product Director to plan and develop innovative features and components for a major television network's animal- and pet-focused websites and emerging platforms. Gun Profile: As a seasoned product visionary, you have led development on a variety of web-based experiences that are content-driven, but also highly interactive, with lots of tools, in-site applications, e-commerce, calculators, sophisticated search,…

• Eastern Online Advertising Sales Manager / Synacor / New York, NY

  16 May 2012 | 7:16 am

  Synacor/New York, NYThe Synacor Portal Group is responsible for selling advertising real estate across our ISP clients' portal sites. Our team is looking for a seasoned sales executive to fill a key role as Eastern Online Advertising Sales Manager to assist in driving the expansion of our advertising sales platform in the East. The Synacor platform provides advertising partners with broad reach to over half of the 25 largest Internet Service Providers in the U.S. Reporting to the Director of Online Advertising Sales, East in New York, NY, you will be expected to meet and exceed advertising…

• Senior Product Manager, Digital Media / Current TV / San Francisco, CA

  15 May 2012 | 12:25 pm

  Current TV/San Francisco, CA Current is looking for a highly motivated Product Manager/Senior Product Manager for the Digital Media team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong product management skills and digital savvy to help shape the future of Current Digital, driving innovative cross-platform experiences that push the boundaries of progressive political news and analysis, changing the conversation and delivering new consumption experiences. The position is responsible for managing product initiatives, including the documentation of priorities and timelines, the…

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• Social Sales Manager (napa county)

  robot@craigslist.org

  16 May 2012 | 1:43 pm

  Picture perfect Napa Valley Resort complex anxiously awaits career-minded individual who will contribute immediately and directly to this 4 Star, 4 Diamond property . The successful candidates will be highly energetic, creative team players who has proven ability and a commitment to service excellence. Qualified candidates will have a minimu of 3 years experience in Social Sales including but not limited to Weddings. Please submit salary requirements. Compensation: DOE Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not…

• Receptionist / Admin Assistant (santa cruz)

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  16 May 2012 | 1:43 pm

  Wanted part time receptionist / admin assistant at law firm in Santa Cruz starting pay is minimum wage. Experience preferred but willing to train the right candidate. Fax resume to (831) 475-5888 This is a part-time job. Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

• Warehouse - Shipping / Receiving (san bruno)

  robot@craigslist.org

  16 May 2012 | 1:43 pm

  Warehouse - Shipping / Receiving 1-2 years work experience in Freight/distribution warehousing desired. Job Summary; Monday - Friday / 40 hr work week. Order picking, forklift and shipping activities. ** You must be able to pass background check with no arrest reports ** DUTIES: • Unload materials/product from incoming trucks, using pallet jack, forklift, or by hand. • Receive goods against purchase orders or bills of lading. • Research discrepancies and advise Manager of problems as required. REQUIREMENTS: • 1-2 years experience in a warehouse, Freight forwarding, or 3PL environment.

• Opening for Line Cook and Prep Cook (berkeley)

  robot@craigslist.org

  16 May 2012 | 1:42 pm

  Summer Kitchen is an extremely popular cafe and to-go spot in the Elmwood. Serving a seasonal/sustainable menu. Open for Lunch and Dinner. Line Cook- We are looking for an energetic and dependable cook who enjoys working in a fast paced environment. Our seasonal/sustainable menu changes all the time. Speed and accuracy is important in our busy kitchen. We are looking for hardworking cooks who have a deep interest in food culture. Working cleanly and quickly with a professional appearance is a must, in our beautiful open kitchen. Must have worked at least 1 year in a professional kitchen. Must…

• Economy got you down? (san jose south)

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  16 May 2012 | 1:40 pm

  You must not be working in solar! If you are reading this, that means you are looking for work, and if you are looking for work, then why haven't we been looking at you?! Unlike so many other industries in the country right now, Solar is growing. We are one of the fastest growing companies in California! We are looking for driven, hard-working, ambitious people who would like to be a part of something truly special -- the solar boom! We started small in late 2009 with just a handful of visionaries. Now we are servicing clients from San Diego all the way to Oakland! Translation: The knocking…

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• Officer Candidate School - Leadership / Management Training

  15 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Details: The U.S. Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) provides leadership and management training unlike any other organization in the world.  Army Officers are trained in career fields ranging from communication and personnel management to finance and logistics.

• Adjunct Instructor- Visual Effects & Motion Graphics

  15 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Details: Adjunct Instructor for Visual Effects & Motion Graphics Job Summary The Visual Effects & Motion Graphics instructor facilitates meaningful learning of the course competencies in the curriculum and proactively supports all facets of the learning e

• RN - Nursing Instructor

  15 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Details: Everest College is a world-class educational organization and a rapidly growing part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc.  Founded in 2004, Everest College's Fort Worth, Texas, campus is located only 10 minutes from downtown and is near the Fossil Creek area with

• Occupational Therapist Instructor

  14 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Details: Keiser Collegiate Systems are hiring Occupational Therapist Instructors for their Ft. Myers location! 401K, Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits, Upward Mobility, Tuition Reimbursement, 4 Weeks of Paid Vacation, No Weekends and Never On Call. Instructors

• Assessment Specialist I, Social Studies

  14 May 2012 | 9:00 pm

  Details: BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Develop tests in history/social science. Write, review, and revise test questions. Assemble tests or pools of questions to meet specifications. Work independently and as part of a team; may also work with outside e

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• Startup Swingers: Swapping Founders to Generate Fresh Ideas

  16 May 2012 | 12:00 pm

  Remember "swinging"? Two people in a committed relationship go to a party with a bunch of other people in committed relationships. They all separate, find new partners for the evening and get jiggy. It may sound lurid and gross, but it’s the cool new thing for startup founders. Swapping Ideas, Not Spouses First, let’s be clear. We’re not talking about sex. We’re talking about Founder Swap, a June 1 event in New York where teams from six different startups will get together, trade partners for a day and go home with an injection of fresh ideas. The tagline? “Like Wife Swap but for…

• Google Goes Back to What It Does Well: Finding Things

  16 May 2012 | 10:00 am

  Surprise! Google has completely transformed the way search works again. But this time, it's a kind of search that would have made the old Google proud. Today, starting with U.S., English-language users, Google unveils the Knowledge Graph. Search now looks at the words of your query and identifies the things in it. You're not just searching the Web anymore. You're searching the world. From Words to Things Most of Google users' queries are ambiguous. In the old Google, when you searched for "kings," Google didn't know whether you meant actual monarchs, the hockey team,…

• Read/Write Daily: Bionic Eyes That Can See Clearly

  16 May 2012 | 9:45 am

  Today's theme is improving on life. Nature did a pretty good job of engineering some hardy life forms. But now we're able to tinker with life ourselves. We're further along than you might think. Researchers have lifted the lid on turtle evolution, a perfect demonstration that technology is natural. But now we have our own genetic ideas. We're able to triple the physical endurance of mice in the lab. This paper shows that high-resolution prosthetic human eyes are possible! Here are slightly and greatly more accessible articles about these bionic eyes. We've also developed low-cost artificial…

• Why the iPad Works for Writing

  16 May 2012 | 8:02 am

  When the first iPad launched in 2010, critics were quick to lampoon the device for being geared too heavily toward content consumption. The criticisms weren't entirely without merit, especially considering that the first-generation iPad didn't even have a camera, and external media slots are still nowhere to be found.  Over time, the iPad has evolved into something that's much more creation-friendly. It still doesn't compare to a desktop or laptop computer for many things, but it's great for quite a few others. Writing is one of them.  I happen to write things for a living, but the…

• The Truth About Why Yahoo's CEO Got Fired

  16 May 2012 | 7:02 am

  What's the takeaway from Yahoo's recent CEO fiasco? Don't lie on your corporate bio, for one, and make sure no one else has lied on your behalf. But the real lesson has nothing to do with falsified credentials. Sure, the world will remember Scott Thompson as the Yahoo CEO who got fired over a fake computer science degree, but the context is crucial: A battle with Yahoo shareholder Dan Loeb for control of the company. If not for Loeb, we may never have found out about Thompson's juiced resume, and he might still be CEO. The real lesson is: Beware the activist investor. Four months…