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Q&A: NASA Scientist Answers Your Questions About Lying in Bed for 90 Days - Our readers had a lot of questions following our last post on the NASA Bed Rest Study, in which participants spend 90 days lying in bed in exchange for about $5,000 a month. What did participants eat? Could they have...

Roofing Company Develops Peel-and-Stick Solar Panels - A construction company has developed solar panels that use peel-and-stick technology to attach to roofs. That's right: Lumeta's Power-Ply 380 is a solar panel sticker. The product's adhesive back allows it to be installed about twice as fast as conventional...

Only Greentech Can Save U.S. Economy, Says Über-Investor - "The U.S. financial system is in a mess. The global marketplace is in the same disarray ... What the hell is going on? Can we get out of this mess, and how? And will our children be living in caves?"

Hydrophones Help Scientists Pinpoint, Protect Right Whales - Regular Wired Science readers know that I have a thing for underwater microphones. Streaming the depths of the ocean to your laptop is just plain awesome. But now scientists are using them to do some good. Researchers at the Cornell...

Can Sea Urchins Handle Human Appetites? - Sea urchins are the new It Food. So I learned yesterday, from no less buzzworthy a source than a trendspotter at Converse. Meanwhile, two of the chefs picked to provision the New Yorker Stories From the Near Future conference were...

Orion Preliminary Design Review Slips Two Months- Off Nominal Returns Examined - The Orion crew capsule that can ride atop NASA's planned Ares I rocket has a Preliminary Design Review slip from September 26th to November 21st. The Critical Design Review slips even further from September 2009 to April 2010. While schedule...

NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in Bed - UPDATE 05/09: According to a Q&A we did with the study's head scientist, you can, in fact, play World of Warcraft or any other computer game while taking part in the study. Check out the full question-and-answer session for answers...

Car Loan After Bankruptcy - 18%. When seeking car loans after bankruptcy from one of the online brokers, they will require the buyer to go through one of their authorized dealers.

Owner Builder Construction Loans - There are several factors that owner builder construction loans are based on that make them more efficient for the person building their own home.

Hippotherapy For Treating Various Medical Disorders! - Hippotherapy is an occupational, speech and physical therapy treatment approach that employs equine movement. This therapy is used as a part of an integrated program in order to get functional outcomes. In hippotherapy, you need to engage yourself in activities on the horse, which are challenging and also enjoyable. In a very controlled [...]

Herbal Acne Remedy For Effective Acne Control! - Approximately ¾ of all teenagers and young adults suffer from the condition of skin called acne. Usually acne occurs at the age of 20-30. Acne formation takes place when the oil and dead skin cells clog the skin’s pores. Most of the time, acne affects the places where oil glands are higher such as [...]

Acupressure Technique To Induce Labor Naturally! - When you are in ninth month of pregnancy, you will be waiting for the baby to born. There are many methods to encourage your labor with less pain. Some of the methods are however risky. A natural way to encourage labor is acupressure and it is called as labor acupressure. Labor acupressure is a [...]

Could Apple, NBC be patching up differences? - Apple and NBC were embroiled in a feud last year over iTunes pricing. But signs point to a thaw in the frosty relations between the two companies, as NBC shows have appeared on the U.K. version of the iTunes Store.

Poets - Written May 1, 2008

Winter - The weather in New York City sucks!

Racism, Singing, and Politics Just Don’t Mix - Can my family manage to mourn a death without some dysfunction? Of course not!

A Dimming Light - May...whatever

Goin' on assignment! - Yeah, I know, you're jealous.

A Life Lived - Written May 5, 2008, for my daughter Julia

Witch Watch Mom Goes to Confession - --For the new challenge or old challenge or some challenge--

A Sad Commentary On TIBU - At Least for me, it was very telling...

IF IT WERE TRUE, I WOULD'VE TOO -

Superhero - Iron Man? Weak. He's got nothing on me.

Love Forever... - Can it last?

Vernacula-A-Dracula - With nods to "pomo-a-gogo" and Sulaas' Dark Confessions Challenge

The TIBU E.P. - The fruition of the "What's In A Name?" challenge.

Fetus "Elitist?" Um, not THIS guy. - One man's response to Jasmine Ardent's "Are Women Really People?"

Toss me around, show me how it is! - I haven't had sex like this...in God knows how long!

What Drives Me Nuts - A personal memoir, and a life-lesson thwarted.

Comprehensive Assessment System - A poem about standardized testing.

Yelling Fruit - Korea is often referred to as "The Land of the Morning Calm" -- maybe for a few minutes.

My Daughter is a "Tree Hugger"! - But I didn't raise her that way!

Into the Rabbit Hole - "...brandishing military hardware in someone's home, and in response to a reported psychiatric crisis, boggles the imagination. It boggled mine, anyway."

Silence or Violence - What Do You Do?

State of the Typo - Why I'm going to be scarce for a while. Edit! Now with bonus link to pictures of the town.

The Man From Counters-R-Us, Part II - A Word Gently Whispered

Bloody Confession... - Sulaas' Challenge ( done right this time )

A Death and a Goddess - A True Account. Part 1. January 2008

Putting the Jinx on John McCain - Getting inside Baghdad Johnny's head

The Man From Counters-R-Us, Part I - An Allegory

Forget Once You Existed, Forget Now You Existed Not - Whenever I write I get intoxicated with words, this too is out of some intoxication...

Women and Cars Don’t Mix! At Least Not When There’s a Man Involved! - But, It’s MY BABY! Not anymore! So suck it up!

Serious Connection Issues Today - I'm not ignoring you . . .

"Her Story" - words......

Chil Semi Aims to Streamline Mobo Power - Chil Semiconductor hopes to make its mark on the motherboard next month, offering improved power efficiency, reduced cost, and more fine-grained overclocking.

'Gran Turismo' Series Sells Fifty Million Copies - A lot of people sure like sexy cars. In fact, enough to sell over fifty million games to be exact, according to a recent Sony press release.

Charity Christmas Card - Charity Christmas cards can be sold by a company that only sponsors one particular organization or by a company that designates to several charities.

Charity Christian Fellowship - Christ relieved us from tradition and instead wants us to live free an abundant lives, following His path and doing His will.

Charities For Children - Charities for children such as homeless shelters need money as well as donated items such as clothing.

Charity Car Donation - Donated vehicles must be itemized deductions detailed on a Schedule A of the Income Tax Form 1040.

Charity Auto Donation - Finding a charitable foundation that is accessible and approachable can be the second step in making a worthy donation.

Charity Auction - Any individual can hold a charity auction.

Charitable Organizations - Another type of non-profit group that offers support to others is a Christian ministry or a church.

Charitable Giving - Monetary charitable gift giving is now easier than ever with the Internet.

Charitable Gift - There also are effective ways to give beyond a one-time donation.

Charitable Foundation - The IRS form 1023 is approximately 25-75 pages in length and takes roughly 100 hours to fill out.

Charitable Donation - There are also many children who are displaced due to abuse or neglect by their parents.

MWg launch in Europe, offer up Smartphone, WM7 + more roadmap - As well as going along to the HTC Diamond launch this week, I was in London to attend the European Launch of MWg, the Windows Mobile company formerly known as O2 Asia and now backed by well known device store eXpansys.At the launch MWg announced their Atom V and Zinc II devices, as well as offering up their device roadmap for those in attendance.I captured the Roadmap presentation on video (as you can see), but also took a still you can see below (after the jump for news page readers!). Particularly interesting points...- MWg plan to make a Smartphone- MWg plan to make a Shift-esque UMPC- MWg plan to release a lot of devices- MWg plan to release a WM7 device before the end of 2008!If it's right (and let's be honest, the roadmap errs on the side of vague), that has to be VERY good news (and it'd be great to see another Smartphone released too)!P

BT introduces 'Total Broadband Anywhere' with awesome 10MB usage cap - Looking to get a Smartphone that you can use out and about without fear of racking up huge data charges?Best steer clear of 'BT Total Broadband Anywhere' then!From the Press Release...QUOTE(BT)Now you can take your broadband anywhere New broadband option offers free smartphone for web and e-mail on the moveBT takes broadband out of the home with the launch today of BT Total Broadband Anywhere, an all-inclusive package which offers a free, internet-capable smartphone – the BT ToGo – worth around £150, and BT’s Total Broadband service in the home.From £23.99 per month1, only £5 more than the price of BT Total Broadband Option 3, the new BT Total Broadband Anywhere option delivers the most complete broadband experience, both at home and out and about – for surfing the web, sending and receiving e-mails, making calls or texting.John Petter, managing director, Consumer at BT, said: “Broadband Anywhere customers get the total broadband experience – BT’s top-of-the-range broadband service at home, and a free BT ToGo smartphone for when out and about or on the move.” “Communications services are converging, and it is clear that customers want consistent access to the things that matter not only at home, but in the palm of their hands wherever they are. When shopping, waiting for a train or having a coffee, Broadband Anywhere enables you to read e-mails, check the football score or compare prices.”Broadband Anywhere customers get a choice of two stylish, full-function BT ToGo smartphones2 – the HTC S620 or S710 – both powered by Microsoft Windows Mobile 6. When in range of a WiFi hotspot, the BT ToGo connects to the internet at broadband speeds and provides cheaper calls through BT Broadband Talk3. When out of WiFi, there is a 10MB4 monthly download allowance, and the package includes 50 call minutes and 50 texts on any network at any time5. Larger minute and text bundle options are also available.The BT ToGo integrates seamlessly with many other BT Total Broadband services, and is preconfigured with a BT e-mail address, although customers are able to set up other popular email accounts easily. In addition, the BT ToGo comes with mobile security software for comprehensive virus protection. The BT ToGo boasts a built-in camera for taking photos and video clips, and comes complete with a media player so customers can enjoy their favourite music and videos wherever they go. It also includes BT Snap & Send, which means photos taken with the BT ToGo can be quickly transferred to a personal online BT Digital Vault so they can be safely stored or instantly shared with family and friends. At home, Broadband Anywhere customers get BT’s premium Option 3 Total Broadband service, including a free, future-proof black wireless Home Hub with Hub Phone, download speeds of up to 8Mb/s6 with unlimited downloads7, advanced online security8, free 5GB Digital Vault9 secure online storage and free 24/7 customer support. All Broadband Anywhere customers automatically join the BT FON WiFi community. Using any wireless device, including the BT ToGo, customers get unlimited WiFi access7 at more than 82,000 BT FON Hotspots in the UK, a further 190,000 hotspots around the world and over 2,500 BT Openzone hotspots10 in the UK and Ireland. A range of BT Total Broadband Anywhere packages are available, each offering BT’s top of the range Total Broadband Option 3 and an inclusive BT ToGo.4. 10MB usage per month. Additional usage will be charged at £1.50 per MB. Any allowance not used during the month may not be carried forward. As a launch promotion, all BT Total Broadband Anywhere customers receive unlimited GPRS usage for no additional cost until 31 July 2008. After that date, customers will be able to choose whether they wish to continue with unlimited GPRS (at additional charge) or retain the 10MB inclusive allowance.OMG BT what are you thinking?At first site this seems pretty sound. A bolt on to your existing broadband = good, home hub = good, WinMo Smartphone = good, WiFi access = good, Digital Vaule = good I guess but 10MB per month usage cap = absolutely ridiculous, not to mention the £1.50 / MB over-use charges.Anyone signing up for this? P

HTC Touch Diamond tour (+ additional feature videos!) - Here is the HTC Touch Diamond brief tour filmed today by Matt (of tracyandmatt fame) and myself.Enjoy Discussion / questions in this thread!P[Edit: 2 additional videos after the jump showing the 'pulse notifications' on the dpad (different 'pulses' mean different things), plus the Zoom on dpad in Album and Opera.] (currently uploading!)

This is why Orange take WLM off their devices - Orange, what ARE you smoking?5p per message, £1 daily bundle or £4 monthly bundle. lol, good joke Orange! Wait, what, you're serious? Oh... dear...Continue the discussion already started in this topic!P[this topic locked, use topic linked above]

Windows Mobile update is broken, how about ROM update OTA via AppToDate? - Since the dawn of Windows Mobile time, there has been talk of 'over the air' device updating.Microsoft has built Windows Update into the OS and nobody uses it, and everybody blames everybody else for the fact that today, we still can't keep our devices up to date without tethering with a PC. A real pain if, like me, you don't generally tether due to using Exchange, and even more of a pain if, like me, you use a Mac Fellow MVP Mauricio Freitas actually wrote about this recently entitled 'Windows Mobile update distribution is broken', and he's spot on.While the people who supply us our devices decide who takes responsibility for deploying our updates, and as scores of users take to trying 'Cooked ROMs' to get the features they want, why not develop an OTA (Over The Air) update method of our own? It sure is possible using the work already done by others on custom bootloaders, and the work i've already done with AppToDate.Check out the video, and remember you can grab AppToDate here!P

Handango: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 coming mid September - Well well, look what we have in the latest 'Handango Content Partner newsletter'!Oops! Is that info meant to be in there?Handango in Hand on device blah blah submit your products blah blah the Xperia X1 will launch in mid-September 2008! If the Xperia X1 is the device for you, it looks like you have a little while to wait yet i'm afraid! P

WinMo Week 12: HTC Leakage is now live! - This is the MP3 (non-enhanced) version!Chris (Monolithix) and I are proud to announce the release of WinMo Week Twelve!In this ~50 minute show, we talk about...IntroAtom VPDAHut / Proporta battery packHTC LEAKAGE! The Diamond, Raphael and TitaniumNew devices coming to Orange! i200, S730 and White Touch DualNew (for them anyway!) device coming to 3! The TyTN II..Close...as well as the usual amount of tangents you'll find in our chats As with all our shows, this episode is available in standard MP3 format or as an enhanced M4A format with chapters, images and links for use on an iPod or in iTunes. You can get the podcast in the following ways:Direct download from the downloads section of the siteVia iTunes (search for MoDaCo!)Via RSS with enclosures - simply add http://feeds.feedburner.com/MoDaCoPodcast to the reader of your choiceYour feedback is really valuable and will tell us whether it is worth our while to continue running the podcasts! Do you listen? What do you like? What do you not like? Please leave your feedback in this topic, or on the phone in number (which you can also use for questions for the podcast). The Phone in number again is:+44 1379 888 101You can also leave a voicemail via Skype by calling:skype user modacoEnjoy! PNOTE: From next week, the podcast will be available on seperate feeds for standard and enhanced (by popular request!)Link for enclosure purposes: http://donald.modaco.com/podcast/twelve.mp3

The 'HTC 6th May Product Launch' coverage post (now with official specs) - This post is where you will find all of our 'HTC 6th May Product Launch' coverage!We'll be attending the launch event in London and posting news, thoughts, pictures and videos as well as LiveBlogging via CoverItLive and Live Broadcasting the event with uStream (both connectivity allowing of course!)Check back here just before 11:30 AM GMT on Tuesday for the live coverage, and in the meantime, check out the leak of what we expect to see at the event! Finally, if you have a particular burning question you'd like answered at the event, post it here and we'll do our best!P Little tidbits:- When the stylus is removed in a call, it starts a note for that person. Removing the stylus turns on the device. There is a magnetic latch for stylus, no more losing the stylus by it falling out!- When the phone is ringing, you can turn it over to mute the call- There is a marble game with an accelerometer included, also tied to vibration motor- It was designed for haptic feedback, but the user experience wasn't satisfactory - The screen is NOT capacitive due to acceptable user experience for handwriting recognition essential in asian markets- There is tempered glass on the front of the Touch Diamond, a first for a HTC device. Touch surface -> tempered glass -> LCD- It doesn't auto rotate all apps, just Album, Browser etc.- The GPU (graphics accelerator) IS in use- There is NO microSD slot, adding it would have added 2mm to the chassis- There is a built in mass storage mode. When you use it to add content from your PC, the music and photo apps automagically update- The Browser uses the Opera rendering engine, but completely HTC engineered UIPress release:QUOTE(HTC)A NEW AGE FOR MOBILE PHONES BEGINS; HTC UNVEILS ‘TOUCH DIAMOND’Debut brings breakthroughs in size, style connectivity and overall user experience, leaves compromise at the door. LONDON — May 6, 2008 — Born from a unique heritage of innovation and a deep desire to blend design with simplicity, HTC Corp., a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond. Delivering unmistakable style and meticulous craftsmanship the HTC Touch Diamond is defined by its compact size, game-changing Internet and its new captivating 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. The result is an uncompromising mobile phone that sets a new benchmark for phone sophistication and shapes consumer expectations for how a phone can be used.“Today we mark a new era in mobile phone evolution, an era where beauty and size integrate with uncompromising innovation at broadband speeds,” said Peter Chou, president and CEO, HTC Corp. “The HTC Touch Diamond will make browsing the Web and using Web-enabled applications just as practical and easy to use as making calls.”A New Dimension To TouchHTC has taken a great leap forward in touch screen innovation with the introduction of its new 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. TouchFLO 3D provides animated access to people, messaging, email, photos, music, weather and more. In addition, HTC is introducing a new innovative touch-sensitive control for interacting with Touch Diamond.Making The Mobile Internet FunWith the introduction of the Touch Diamond, HTC delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience that utilizes broadband-like speeds with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA wireless connectivity. Committed to improving Web browsing, HTC provides a new customized mobile Web browser that enables easy viewing and effortless navigation of Websites in the way they were designed. As part of this browsing experience users can zoom and pan Websites with one-hand and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view.In addition to Web browsing, the Touch Diamond includes a customized new, HTC-developed, YouTube application for watching a variety of user generated video content as well as utilizing Google Maps for mobile for mapping and traffic data. Unmatched Style and SizeThe Touch Diamond is crafted with precision to fit comfortably in a user’s hand without compromising on features or functionality. Blending contrasting design elements of metal and unique geometric facets, the Touch Diamond complements a user’s personal style. Bursting with InnovationThe Touch Diamond delivers an unrivalled combination of features and functionality that set a new standard for integrating mobile phone innovation into a small package. The 2.8 inch display provides near-print quality viewing that enables beautiful Web browsing and viewing of photographs. The built-in camera includes an optical auto-focus lens that ensures the photos you take will be clear and consistent. Advanced wireless and auto sensor screen pivoting are just a few of the features that make the Touch Diamond experience a stand out.AvailabilityThe HTC Touch Diamond™ will be available to customers across all major European carriers in June. It will be available later this quarter in Asia and the Middle East. The North American and Latin American versions of the Touch Diamond will be available in the second half of 2008. “Our long-standing relationship with HTC meant they shared their phone concept and worked with us from the earliest stage. This early collaboration is important to us because at Orange, we know that the right multimedia experience is about more than just the phone,” said Olaf Swantee, EVP of Orange’s global mobile operations. “Our approach is to select and test the best phones and integrate our applications, combining them with access to the Orange World portal, the best tariffs, integrated billing, a user-friendly interface and excellent customer support. With the Touch Diamond from Orange we have created a unique phone which has taken advantage of our latest service innovation to build upon the consistently rich experience customers expect from Orange.”HTC Touch Diamond Key Specifications• Size: 102 x 51 x 11.33mm• Weight: 110 g• Connectivity: WCDMA / HSPA: 900/2100MHz. HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA• Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional• Display: 2.8-inch VGA touch screen• Camera: 3.2MP, with video calling• Internal memory: 4 GB Internal Storage, 256 MB flash, 192 MB RAM, • Bluetooth: 2.0 with EDR• Wireless: WiFi 802.11b/g• GPS: GPS/AGPS• Interface: HTC ExtUSB (mini-USB and audio jack in one; USB 2.0 High-Speed)• Battery: 900 mAh• Talk time: GSM: up to 4 hours• Standby time: GSM: up to 300 hours/100 hours with push email• Chipset: Qualcomm® MSM 7201A 528MHz

Vodafone add 'unlimited' Internet to new price plans! - Yowza!QUOTE(Vodafone)As Facebook, Bebo and eBay top the popularity charts on Vodafone Mobile Internet, Vodafone UK has today changed the way it structures its price plans to include access to the internet and email on their mobile as an integral part of the monthly price plan.The move means that pay monthly customers will no longer need to buy an additional internet bundle for £7.50 but instead every plan will automatically include internet access. The new plans will give Vodafone customers reliable and fast unlimited* access to their favourite social network sites, email and the whole of the internet when out and about in the UK. Vodafone customers will now have even greater confidence to browse the mobile internet without the worry of additional charges, no matter what monthly plan they choose.Price plans start at £25 and customers who select a £40 or higher price plan will also for the first time have the choice of unlimited texts, unlimited landline calls or unlimited Vodafone to Vodafone calls.“Our customers want simplicity and services that are easy to select, buy and use. Today with our new price plans Vodafone customers have the confidence to browse for as long as they need with no extra costs when checking their e-mail, visiting their favourite social networking sites or making a final bid on eBay,“ said Ian Shepherd, director of consumer for Vodafone UK. “This will make Vodafone not only the network of choice for voice and text but also the internet. And what’s more, all customers who visit a store to sign up to the new plan will benefit from Vodafone’s simple two minute set up for email so that they can leave the store up and running.”Since launching the internet on mobiles last summer Vodafone has witnessed the growth in consumers’ appetite for email, instant messaging, and social networking as well as more general services such as Google search. Favourites for customers include quick access to Facebook, MySpace or Bebo to share pictures and news, YouTube to check out videos on the move, and fast connections to eBay to make that last minute bid.*subject to a fair usage policy of 500MB / per monthOK so it's got a 500MB FUP, but to get half a gig of data bundled into your price plan for free is pretty blooming awesome IMHO!Any Vodafone customers on here?P

The official i-mate 9502 'Ask Paul' thread - If you've been into Windows Mobile for a while, you probably remember the i-mate 'glory days'. The days when they were the most sought after Windows Mobile devices - admittedly the days when they were reselling HTC kit. Since they parted company with HTC, their devices have been lacklustre... however they are now trying to regain some momentum with their 'Ultimate' range.The latest device to arrive on my doorstep is the 'Ultimate 9502', that you see unboxed here.Priced at $899 and supplied to me by Smart Mobile Gadgets, the 9502 leaves little out of the spec sheet...• Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 6.0 Professional• 116mm(L) x 60mm(W) x 17.8mm(T)• 200g with battery pack• 400 MHz Qualcomm® MSM 7200™• 256 MB ROM• 128 MB RAM• 2.8” VGA (640×480) Touch-screen• GSM / GPRS / EDGE Quad-band 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900• Tri-band UMTS / WCDMA, Band 1 (2100 MHz), Band 2 (1900 MHz), Band 5 (850 MHz)• HSDPA and HSUPA• Slider LCD exposes 39-key Qwerty keypad• 360° Jog wheel and OK / Back• Removable 1620mAH, Lithium ion-Polymer battery• 3.0 Megapixel auto-focus camera• LED Compensation light• VGA camera for Video Calls• WiFi 802.11 b/g• Bluetooth® 2.0 + EDR• TV + Audio out cable• MicroSD™ card slot...the question is, is it the sum of it's parts? That's what I plan to find out!Check out the unboxing video (including a demo of the TV out functionality!), and if you have any questions, feel free to ask away P

The best event you attended - This is a collective effort of the Linkedin community to figure out what makes an event outstanding. We have a 1000+ Event Planning & Management Group there which I invite you to join. If youd like to answer to the next question and be featured on a post like this check out this link. Here is the [...]

Zen Event Managers - When I think about productivity, GTD, being organized and blogging, I think about Zen Habits. It is the best written blog about all of the above (and more) topics. No surprises it won the award as Best Overall Blog in 2007. I am one of the thousands fan of Leo Babauta, its editor, who has accomplished [...]

Spam @ Barcamps - I am hearing things that should have not happened are indeed happening. I heard of people going to BarCamps and complaining about 15 minute spamming sessions. Ive heard of unattentive organizers preferring the pitch of a product, a software or a blog over discussion and creation. This is what unconferences should not be. By pitching you are [...]

Work Breakdown Structure and Details - Events are about details. If you dont pay attention to details I strongly suggest you pursue another career path, or alternatively read below. If you are convinced that details are indeed a priority I strongly suggest you think about using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to manage your next event. Project managers use WBS to break down [...]

Is Multitasking good for you? - Lately I have been having a great conversation with few of you on what were the top 5 qualities of the successful event manager. Although not in the Top 5, a lot of you named multitasking. I agree. Even if you are involved with planning a dinner with friends, tasks will include collecting RSVPs, arranging food [...]

Fancy an event in Atlanta? - As part of the Global Event Management section, a featured interview with Todd Thurston, president and CEO of CretiveWharehouse. Convention Capture is a service offered by Creative Warehouse, Inc. creators of the MarketLearn(TM) design and development model, will create an ongoing return from your event by keeping your message in front of your target audience year-round, [...]

Top 5 qualities of the successful event manager - This post is a collective effort of the Linkedin event community trying to identify the attributes that make an event professional stand out. A few comments. Read all the answers as you may be inspired by the very latest and I can tell by the quality that every single participant made an effort in writing. I [...]

Sorry but you’re not on the list… - Ive worked for more than 5 years with entertainment and being more specific with discos and clubs. I became what was and still is called a PR, a person that gives away invites to cool friends to populate the night. I earned a small percentage on every invite turned in with my name on [...]

Jack Mardack and Eventbrite - Eventbrite is an online ticketing and registration platform for events. It is one of the most adopted and therefore definitely worth a review and interview with its Director of Marketing, Jack Mardack. How does it work? Few things that I love about the service: - There is no standard price. They earn a percentage based on your ticket [...]

What’s Ricardo Semler got to do with events - Ricardo Semler has sparked a revolution for the theory of business management. He has actually put in practice what tons of authors have just theorized. He walked the walk and showed the world that horizontal management is indeed more effective than any other approach. Events are about people. Pressure, limited time and resources [...]

Exclusive Mastering Dojo Chapters - Craig Riecke, Rawld Gill, and Alex Russell, along with the Pragmatic Programmers themselves have been kind enough to give the Ajaxian community some exclusive extracts from the Mastering Dojo beta book. What do we have on the docket? First, we have details on the Dojo DOM Apis. Specifically, the author takes us through a challenge involving interview [...]

One-on-one with Amarjyoti Krishnan, Bobcares - Customer support is undoubtedly a topic in our industry people can get very passionate, dare I say, "fanatical" about. So when a company, like Bobcares, dedicates its entire business to providing outsourced support as a service - and currently boasts a clientele of over 3.5 million websites - passionate could arguably be seen as somewhat of an understatement. Serving the hosting industry for almost a decade, Bobcares says it offers support plans for dedicated administration facility, server administration plans, helpdesk plans and telephone support plans. WHIRtv recently caught up with Amarjyoti Krishnan, co-founder of Bobcares, and gained some insight into the philosophy behind the service and where he envisions the company going in the next few years.

Video: Honey, should we have one child or two? Or 18? - Dude.

Arianna: McCain “used to be an American hero” - "Iraq -- that's his Viagra."

Columbia Shuttle Data Recovered - During Columbia's fateful mission, the disk drive had been used to store data from a scientific experiment on the properties of liquid xenon

Linkshare - timing of Intl Direct Deposits - Does anyone have experience with the timing of LS intl direct deposit? My account was switched (from chqs) a few months ago, but account info wasn't tested, so a missing transit # caused payments to disappear into a banking black hole. Got it resolved, and LS reissued the payments. My question is how long is a reasonable time to wait? I already have my bank looking into it (you can trace incoming transfers if you provide precise details). I have confirmed every which way, with my bank, that...

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