Early Startup Time Wasters

“A major difference between launching a brand new startup and working on one that’s a year or two old is quality of shot selection. Every day begins with 1,000 doors in front of you: which door do you go through to make the most progress? Shot selection is choosing what to focus on at the expense of other forgone opportunities. It’s one of the most critical skills in running a startup.”

tags: startup

Groklaw – From the Courtroom: Oracle v. Google, Day 1 of Patent Phase ~pj – Updated 7Xs- Partial Verdict; Oracle Wins Nothing That Matters

“The judge has stated, pending judgment as a matter of law, that there is “zero finding of copyright liability” other than the 9 lines of code to which Oracle’s damages report attributes no value. A good day for Google overall. The Washington Post quotes him like this: “There has been zero finding of liability on copyright, the issue of fair use is still in play,” Alsup said after the verdict was read.”

tags: oracle google

All commands sorted by votes | commandlinefu.com

“commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.

Delete that bloated snippets file you’ve been using and share your personal repository with the world. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on, discussed and voted up or down”

tags: linux commands commandline bash shell

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X-Wing!

tags: starwars xwing awesome

Git

“Git How To
— is a guided tour that walks through the fundamentals of Git, inspired by the premise that to know a thing is to do it.”

tags: git tutorial howto

Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics

“A book by Nathan Yau who writes for FlowingData, Visualize This is a practical guide on visualization and how to approach real-world data. The book is published by Wiley and is available on Amazon and other major online booksellers.”

tags: visualization infographic design

The Life and Times of Shan Carter.

“I make interactive graphics for The New York Times and I’m the creator of Mr. Data Converter. You can find me on twitter as @shancarter.”

tags: infrographic awesome nyt

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Frisée Salad with Poached Eggs and Bacon Recipe – Saveur.com

“Slivers of bacon create a pleasing taste and textural contrast in this classic French bistro salad. “

tags: salad eggs bacon recipe

Google Apps Marketplace – Crisply: Timesheet Revolution. Don’t waste time tracking time. Join In!

“Crisply quantifies the work you do and creates a draft of your time sheet automatically and includes: full timesheet system, invoice generation, portfolio & project management, Quickbooks integration.

Organic Time Tracking, Timesheet, & Billing
Finger on the Pulse of Projects, Clients and Team
Free for the first 5 users”

tags: google apps timetracking

Google Apps Marketplace – MinuteWorx Punch Clock

“Track your Employees’ Time, Work Shifts, and Schedules with our GPS Web Punch Clock. Employee Time Tracking, Scheduling & Payroll Time sheets. Time Clock for Mobile Google Android, iPhone Blackberry.”

tags: google apps timetracking

Google Apps Marketplace – Mavenlink: Free Project Management– Share Files, Collaborate & Manage Tasks

“Mavenlink is the leading project management and collaboration solution in the Google Apps Marketplace.

Centralize your tasks, files, and communications
Integrate your Google Docs, Calendar, and Contacts
Go Pro: Invoicing, Time & Expenses, Branding”

tags: google apps marketplace project management

GQueues – Manage tasks & to-do lists with your Google Account

“A full-featured task manager for your Google Account™ and Google Apps™ account! “

tags: tasks lists google

Savings Accounts, SSH Command Prompts, and Picture-Filled Emails

“I’m a pretty big fan of PuTTY, but I wish I could run those sessions in my regular Console2 window rather than having two terminals open. I Googled around and found a comment in this post that details exactly how to do that!”

tags: ssh windows

User Acquisition: Viral Factor Basics | Psychohistory

“It’s About Users Touching Non-Users

Look at your product and ask yourself a simple question: which features actually let a user of your product reach out and connect with a non-user? The answer might surprise you.”

tags: traffic viral web

Creating CSS3 Image Ribbon Tags | InsertHTML

“The other day I was thinking that I quite liked these little ribbon things that people add to their images, so I put together this little tutorial on how to make your own. I came up with a few ideas, but they honestly didn’t look right without the use of images. This CSS only ribbon fits on most images and can be integrated easily into existing code.”

tags: css3 ribbon code tip

Latitude and Longitude of a Point

“To find the latitude and longitude of a point Click on the map, Drag the marker, or enter the…
Address”

tags: maps longitude latitude google map googlemaps tools

Google Plus free interface Icons

“204 Google Plus interface icons”

tags: icons webdesign

The pressure cooker makes a comeback. – Slate Magazine

Horgan, Hayden, and the Last Word on Warfare : The Last Word On Nothing

“In 2008, I published a book about the evolutionary origins and cultural development of warfare throughout human history. John Horgan, about as distinguished a science writer as one is likely to find, graciously invited me to share my thoughts on war’s deep past and possible futures on a web video show he hosted. It was an extremely pleasant experience, but that, apparently, was just because John is polite. It turns out he disagrees with me utterly about a key conclusion of Sex and War, namely that … oh, but why give it away? We decded to continue the conversation here at LWON, and to help keep the discussion of war from coming to virtual blows, we asked the very peaceable Ann Finkbeiner to referee. A very lightly edited version of the resulting virtual chat unspools below:”

tags: war

Minigroup – Super-simple online collaboration software. Project management, communication, file sharing.

“Super-simple team collaboration

Minigroup helps you communicate, share files, and get things done. Keep track of multiple projects and groups in one place. No more messy email threads or lost attachments.
Try it free
No credit card required”

tags: collaboration tools groups minigroup

• Super-simple team collaboration

   

  Minigroup helps you communicate, share files, and get things done. Keep track of multiple projects and groups in one place. No more messy email threads or lost attachments.

      Try it free
    No credit card required

Martin Scorsese’s Film School: The 85 Films You Need To See To Know Anything About Film | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce

“As we head into Oscars weekend, here’s an A-Z list of the films that influenced the most influential–and Oscar-nominated–director in Hollywood, Martin Scorsese (in other words, the films you need to see to be the film expert you think you are).”

tags: film cinema toWatch scorsese

Co.Create | Fast Company

“How Martin Scorsese Risked It All And Lived To Risk Again In Hollywood”

tags: Creativity Film Scorsese

Piggy Pack : Hiding things out in the open

“Looks like a typical image right? What if I said there was a pop song encoded within the pixels of the image (not in any meta-comment field, but the actual pixels)? All 3 minutes, 32.7 seconds of the pop song too; original, not a MIDI file!

“Proof!”, you scoff? Let’s hope this isn’t snake oil: “

tags: cryptography steganography awesome

Amazon Products Visualization – YASIV

“Yasiv is a visual recommendation service that helps people to find the right product from Amazon’s catalog. Being it a book, a movie or a video game – Yasiv finds anything what is sold on Amazon.com. “

tags: books visualization recommendation amazon

Amazon Products Visualization – YASIV

“Yasiv is a visual recommendation service that helps people to find the right product from Amazon’s catalog. Being it a book, a movie or a video game – Yasiv finds anything what is sold on Amazon.com. “

tags: books visualization recommendation amazon

Helveticons

“Royalty-free vector icons, glyphs and symbols based on the Helvetica Bold typeface”

tags: symbols icons helvetica typography webdesign vector

Mission | NounProject

“Mission
“sharing, celebrating and enhancing the world’s visual language”

The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world’s visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way.

Here is our pledge to you:
Free

The symbols on this site are and always will remain free. We believe symbols can not be effectively shared with the world if they are not free.
Simple

Everyone likes simplicity. We want you to be able to come to our site and effortlessly find and obtain what you are looking for. Simple as that.”

tags: symbols icons

ZOMBIES, RUN!

“You tie your shoes, put on your headphones, take your first steps outside. You’ve barely covered 100 yards when you hear them. They must be close. You can hear every guttural breath, every rattling groan – they’re everywhere. Zombies. There’s only one thing you can do: Run!”

tags: running fitness zombies awesome

Teller Reveals His Secrets | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine

“In the last half decade, magic—normally deemed entertainment fit only for children and tourists in Las Vegas—has become shockingly respectable in the scientific world. Even I—not exactly renowned as a public speaker—have been invited to address conferences on neuroscience and perception. I asked a scientist friend (whose identity I must protect) why the sudden interest. He replied that those who fund science research find magicians “sexier than lab rats.””

tags: magic neuroscience

Massage Doesn’t Just Feel Good—It Changes Gene Expression and Reduces Inflammation | 80beats | Discover Magazine

“What’s the News: If you’ve ever been told been that a massage is good for “releasing toxins”—or to sound more scientific, “lactic acid”—from your muscles, then you’ve been told wrong. Turns out muscle cells do like a good massage, but it has nothing to do with lactic acid.

In the first study on the cellular effects of massage post-exercise, researchers found that massage bolsters chemical signals reducing inflammation and promoting repair of muscle cells.”

tags: massage health