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Microsoft’s Ballmer Rips on Google…

Image by Getty Images via Daylife If there were ever a CEO who was rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic without knowing it, it’s Steve Ballmer. Read on… “Steve Ballmer must be on crack. Or something. In a fascinating interview with the Financial Times, Ballmer has the cheek to call Google a one-trick pony (this [...]

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While you were sleeping 2/3/2010

Image by Freedom To Marry via Flickr Google fired back at Steve Jobs… “Google’s Android smartphone operating system is clearly aimed at the same customers that might be interested in picking up an Apple iPhone. But it looks like Google may not only be interested in taking the iPhone down a notch or two — [...]

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Do you outline?

One of my favorite apps, Freemind, came in in the top five in a recent quest for the top five outlining tools @ Lifehacker… “Traditionally one thinks of outlines as a linear progression down the page. Many Lifehacker readers, however, opted to outline their projects and ideas in mind-mapping applications like the popular and open-source [...]

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AGCO is harvesting the benefits of social media

Image by werktuigendagen via Flickr AgWired, the social media voice of the agriculture industry reports that AGCO, one of the world’s largest agricultural equipment manufacturers, is effectively using social media to stimulate sales in a down economy… AGCO is providing a great example of how to integrate social media and networking into their communications strategy [...]

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Top Open Source Downloads…

Kudos to the folks at Datamation who put this list together… “Tired of your boring screensavers? Need a game that allows you to survive the boring hours before quitting time? Wish your PC looked more like the terminals in the Matrix? Or maybe you’re more business-minded: do you need an open-source solution for ERP? Project [...]

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Firefox or Chrome; which one should I use?

Image via CrunchBase This question is NOT a slam dunk! Also, you may be surprised to know that the answer depends on what computer platform you use… “Which Should I Use on Windows: Firefox or Chrome? There’s no short answer to this question, really, since neither browser is clearly better, so instead of a straight [...]

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From thinker to thought leader in one easy workflow

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Thought leadership tools

So you wanna be a thought leader? There’s no better way to make your point of view ‘searchable, findable, and knowable’ on the internet than this suite of tools. It is the simplest and most straightforward blogging workflow I can imagine and if you’ve got a better idea, I’ll be the first to admit [and [...]

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Best of Open Source Software Awards 2008 [& 2009]

Looking for value and quality? Open source may be the answer… “If the phrase “open source software” continues to conjure images of impassioned programmers selflessly collaborating for the common good, it may be because, even as commercial interests are behind many of the most prominent projects, the results are no less inspired – and typically [...]

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I had a date with an old ‘flame’ this past week…

Image via Wikipedia Not really — it just felt that way! David Sauter of Envano gave me a Powerbook G4 for a project we’re working on and it was the first time I had used a fast Mac running a current version of OS X. Ever… I left the Mac back in 2002 — finally [...]

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