Comment The secretary (Score 1) 159
Has the secretary disavowed all knowledge of his actions?
If not, then I don't believe it
Comment Re:If you want CD-quality audio, buy CDs (Score 1) 550
"So thank you for diverting the conversation."
You must be new here.
Comment Simplicity & Easily readable (Score 1) 356
Max two directories deep.
Reverse date system
Everything gets a folder (no unfiled files)
eg:
Music/Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Photos/2008-11 Europe Vacation
Comment FAIL (Score -1) 96
no hdmi out
not enough storage
Comment Re:News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters (Score 1) 97
you can do this already - use the "friend lists" feature within facebook
Comment Simplicity (+backup) (Score 1) 366
I try to keep stuff simple and make it a natural part of my routine (that way its gets done). Plus I try and have a backup system, just in case.
- Gmail for notes to myself and digital emphemera
- delicious for bookmarks, internet links, recipes, articles (the feed of my links is backed up via email to my gmail)
- 2x hard drives for photos & music (don 't worry about movies, since I only watch them once). Flickr also for photos.
- Dropbox for all recent documents (the type of stuff you would find in PC's "my documents" folder) - this syncs across my pc, netbook, and allows access to my documents via my phone.
- a big drawer for all hard copy receipts & documents. once a year at tax time it gets sorted and the stuff I want to keep gets put into a folder for that year.
They key is that all electronic stuff is searchable, so need to worry about tags, folder structures or databases (with the exception of folders for mp3 albums).
Everything is backed up (with the exception of hard copy stuff - too lazy to scan it)
I like the idea of evernote - but what happens if evernote goes down? Everything will be lost. That said I am a little reliant on Gmail. But if google goes down, then the internet has imploded anyway.
Comment Re:Videos vs Text (Score 2, Insightful) 240
totally agree. plus a video usually takes two minutes to tell me something I could read in 20 seconds.
Comment Re:This will never see the light of day (Score 1) 311
In an ideal world, the US would have a department which would independently assess the CEO's proposals and see if they stack up.
Comment Re:Oh and by the way (Score 1) 311
Have you been advising my wife at shoe store sales?
Submission + - TechCrunch sold to AOL for $40m (latimes.com)
Phurge writes: AOL Inc. is buying TechCrunch for as much as $40 million in a high-profile partnership that weds the struggling Internet giant trying to reclaim its former glory with one of the more influential blogs in the technology industry.
AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong joined TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington onstage Tuesday to make the announcement at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco.
Arrington, 40, an outspoken entrepreneur who built a hobby chronicling the rise and fall of young companies into a Silicon Valley powerhouse, said San Francisco-based TechCrunch would operate as a subsidiary and retain its distinctive editorial direction.
AOL's Armstrong, who is hiring hundreds of writers to create original news content and snapping up content companies to capture more users and advertisers, said the TechCrunch purchase would give AOL "a much larger tech presence." AOL already operates Engadget, a TechCrunch competitor, which it bought in 2005.
See also: http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/28/why-we-sold-techcrunch-to-aol-and-where-we-go-from-here/
AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong joined TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington onstage Tuesday to make the announcement at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco.
Arrington, 40, an outspoken entrepreneur who built a hobby chronicling the rise and fall of young companies into a Silicon Valley powerhouse, said San Francisco-based TechCrunch would operate as a subsidiary and retain its distinctive editorial direction.
AOL's Armstrong, who is hiring hundreds of writers to create original news content and snapping up content companies to capture more users and advertisers, said the TechCrunch purchase would give AOL "a much larger tech presence." AOL already operates Engadget, a TechCrunch competitor, which it bought in 2005.
See also: http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/28/why-we-sold-techcrunch-to-aol-and-where-we-go-from-here/
Submission + - Sony Ericsson preps micro display for Android (goodgearguide.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "Sony Ericsson has unveiled a remote control with a 1.3-inch screen that will allow Android smartphone users to view Facebook and Twitter updates and control their phone's music player. The LiveView connects to the phone over Bluetooth, and can also be used to see missed calls and incoming text messages, and view RSS feeds."
Comment Re:500% growth in e-book sales in 3 years!! (Score 1) 437
great tip!! I'll buy some of that stock too!!
Comment Re:So sad, but it's time (Score 1) 390
I'm tired of hearing crocodile tears for the steam powered "mom 'n pop" stores. As Blockbuster is being taken down by services that better provide what the customer wants, so the "mom 'n pop" stores were taken down by Blockbuster.
fair point - but there are no crocodile tears for a soulless corporate like blockbuster, in fact, there's more than a little Schadenfreude
Comment 2c on ebooks (Score 1) 437
Contrary to some other opinions around here - I have to say I love the convenience of reading ebooks on my phone. I catch the train to work and the volume of my reading has increased massively. Previously books were too bulky to slip into my suit pocket and I used to read a book once a month or so, now I'm finishing books once every couple of days.
Comment 500% growth in e-book sales in 3 years!! (Score 2, Interesting) 437
3 years ago, ebooks were less than 1%. Now they're 6%. That's a phenomenal growth rate of 500%. The ebook market is exploding!! Buy some Amazon shares now while they're cheap!!
