Seth's Blog: Texting while working Yes, you shouldn't text while driving, or talk on the cell phone, or argue with your dog or drive blindfolded. It's an idiot move, one that often leads to death (yours or someone else's). I don't think you should text while working, either. Or use social networking software of any kind for that matter. I don't think there's anything wrong with doing all that at work (in moderation). You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. Raise the stakes.
How to Use QR Codes for Better Conversion Rates From building loyalty and generating sales to capturing customer feedback and boosting local SEO, check out the ways 2D barcodes like QR code and Microsoft Tag can improve conversion rates and help achieve your business goals. Mobile Barcodes 101 QR codes are a 2D barcodes that resemble square-like mazes. The content encoded in these barcodes can be revealed with a smartphone using a QR code reader mobile app. QR codes can store 133 times more data than a UPC (1D barcode) including letters and numbers which enables storage of various content – hyperlinks, maps, phone numbers, email, and more. Smartphones are able to interpret the appropriate mobile app (i.e. contacts, YouTube, maps, etc.) for rendering barcode content which can uniquely equate to useful time savings for users. Although the technology is still new to North America, mobile barcode scanning was up over 4,500 percent comparing Q1 2010 to Q1 2011. Golden Rules of Mobile Barcode Usage: Conversion Optimization 101 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Cellphone cops make 'joke' of law A senior police officer has condemned colleagues for using their cellphones while driving, saying it is a joke to go out and enforce the law when officers appear to be readily flouting it. Another officer has been caught on camera talking on his cellphone at traffic lights. He was filmed by a motorist in West Auckland on Thursday. "I wound down the window and started recording, I was yelling out trying to get his attention," said the motorist, who did not want to be identified. "Then the light turned green and he casually drove off, still talking." The motorist sent the footage to the Herald after seeing a similar photograph in Friday's paper showing a man believed to be an officer talking on his cellphone on the Southwestern Motorway. Staff at police national headquarters were not convinced the man was an officer and said that, either way, there were provisions in the law allowing officers to talk on their cellphones if it was within the execution of their duties. - NZ Herald
Optimising QR Codes for hotels Bar codes are not new technology, but they can be an incredibly effective way of bringing the real world to your website. Published: 03 Oct 2011 With a little careful planning, you can create a QR campaign that will enhance your guests’ experiences, improve your search engine ranking and make you stand out above your competition. Mike Supple, Sr. What are QR codes? Simply put, QR (Quick Response) codes are two-dimensional barcodes. Can be read very quickly by a variety of devicesCan store large amounts of data in a small codeThe encoded information can store many different types of dataUp to 30% of the data can be corrupted while leaving the code readable (i.e. you can take a significant amount of artistic license with your code and still have it function) How to scan QR codes QR codes can be scanned by the average consumer via mobile phone camera. Why use QR codes? How to best implement QR codes Top five QR uses for hoteliers
Water absorption spectrum Water and global warming Absorption spectra of gaseous, liquid and solid water The vibrational spectra of liquid water The visible and UV spectra of liquid water Water and global warming Water is the main absorber of the sunlight in the atmosphere. Absorption spectra of gaseous, liquid and solid water The water absorption spectrum is very complex. Shown opposite are the main vibrations occurring in water. The water molecule has a very small moment of inertia on rotation which gives rise to rich combined vibrational-rotational spectra in the vapor containing tens of thousands to millions of absorption lines. Opposite is shown a comparison of the gas, liquid and solid spectra of the same amount of H2O [1392]. The vibrational spectra of liquid water Recent work, using attenuated total reflectance (ATR) infrared spectroscopy, shows isosbestic points for both ordinary and heavy liquid water, with respect to temperature. * Raman peaks are given in [805]. The visible and UV spectra of liquid water
10 New Web Tools to Make Life Easier Google lists billions of websites, but it’s often hard to know which ones are useful to you as a small business owner—some are nothing but front-ends to spambots, others have been around for so long the operators forgot they even registered the domain. These brand new sites and Web services will help you do everything from create a custom profile for your company on Facebook to connect with top lawyers who will bid for your business. Sorry, none of them will run your business for you—yet. 1. vSites You may already have a corporate website, but vFlyer vSites lets you create a branded page for something you sell. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Creative Characters interview with Michael Doret, January 2011 He started up his foundry Alphabet Soup seven years ago, and has published one typeface family a year on average. But what typefaces they are! With up to 2000 glyphs per font, and endless ways of using digital technology to emulate hand-lettering, his fonts are clearly the work of a seasoned scriptmeister. Indeed, before entering the font business, Michael Doret was already a household name in the design world, producing iconic designs for the likes of The New York Knicks, KISS and TIME Magazine. Michael, you grew up in Brooklyn, not far from the amusement park in Coney Island. I didn’t realize what an incredible influence growing up in Brooklyn in the ’50s and ’60s was to me until a couple of years ago. I realized that my work only looks the way it does because as a kid I was constantly exposed to — and often surrounded by — an incredible visual cornucopia. Could you say something about your art and design education? Absolutely! steinweiss script metroscript deliscript grafika orion MD
The 30 Most Popular Passwords Stolen From LinkedIn [INFOGRAPHIC] Think your password is unique and clever? A new inforgraphic from security firm Rapid7 has revealed the top passwords stolen from this week's LinkedIn security breach. There are hundreds of duplicates and patterns associated with the compromised log-in information. "Link" was the number one hacked password, according to Rapid7. Religion was also a popular password topic — "god," "angel" and "jesus" also made the top 15. SEE ALSO: How to Check If Your LinkedIn Password Was Stolen Earlier this week, rumors circulated that 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were subject to a security breach. The breach comes on the heels of news that LinkedIn’s iOS app potentially violates user privacy by sending detailed calendar entries to its servers. For a full look, check out the infographic below. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, PashaIgnatov
Turn Your Computer Into a Cloud With Tonido Have you ever wanted to access all of your files from anywhere, without having to store all of your data online? Online storage tools like Dropbox are incredibly useful, but you likely can’t fit all of your files in your Dropbox. Then, what if you want to stream your music to your work computer without downloading it all? Today we’re going to look at a way you can run your own cloud from your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. What is Tonido? Tonido is a free home server solution that makes it easy to host your own files and web apps from your home or business. The TonidoPlug is a popular ARM based Ubuntu server that you can get setup on your home network in minutes. Tonido's Homepage Getting Started Ready to setup Tonido? Create Your Account Once the install is finished, the Tonido dashboard will open in your browser. Tonido stores your account on their servers, but all the rest of your data (including your password) is on your computer Accessing Your Files Tweaking Tonido on Your Computer
Пластилиновый источник витамина С — Look At Me — поток «DIY» В детстве каждый из нас лепил из пластилина. Кто-то больше любил кошечек, кто-то делал домики, у кого-то были целые города. Мы выросли, и почему-то перестали лепить, и кошечек, и собачек. Но оказалось все более оптимистично, и есть, те для кого, это настоящее искусство, дело жизни и источник заработка. Это ссылка на сайт женщины, которая этим занимается.
Сделано в России! Сайт о производстве в России - Главная - - , Накануне Дня российской науки, который с 1999 г. отмечается 8 февраля, Всероссийский центр изучения общественного мнения ( ВЦИОМ ) проверил знания россиян. 29-30 января 2011 г. 1600 россиянам были заданы 13 простейших вопросов из различных областей знаний. Результаты немало удивили исследователей ( см. таблицу). Треть ( 32%) респондентов считает, что Солнце вращается вокруг Земли. 76% россиян полагают, что центр Земли горячий. 78% знают, что кислород, которым мы дышим поступают из растений. В том, что атомы меньше электронов, уверены 18% россиян. В том, что первые люди жили в ту же эпоху, что и динозавры, не сомневается 29% россиян. 46% считают, что антибиотики убивают вирусы так же хорошо, как и бактерии. 26% полагают, что лазер работает, фокусируя звуковые волны. Научные заблуждения более свойственны женщинам, нежели мужчинам. Названы лучшие в мире дистанционные программы MBA Власти КНДР объявили о переходе страны в «состояние войны» с Южной Кореей
Understanding Traffic Flow of a NZ ISP. Generic ISP NZ Limited This post attempts to describe how Internet traffic with a fairly standard ISP works in New Zealand, from the point of a fictional ISP called “Generic ISP NZ Limited”. I can’t stress enough that this isn’t modelled on any actual ISP in New Zealand! The first thing to note is if you work in an ISP in New Zealand is that I've taken a few creative liberties with a few things. Feel free to point these out in the comments and I’ll tell you if I meant to do that, or I’ll correct the article as required. This is a fairly generic model I'm discussing here, I’m also talking mostly about ADSL services here too, though most things are relevant regardless of access method. I'm also not talking much about the portion of the network from your house to the DSLAM. Ok, so welcome to Generic ISP New Zealand Ltd! Let's look at our core network. Here's Generic ISP NZ’s Network Diagram (click it for bigger): This links is very expensive, so we only buy 100Mb/s of capacity.
Create a Red Giant Star in Photoshop When a star like our own reaches the end of its life, it begins to run out of hydrogen fuel in its core. Like a car running out of gas, it will begin to sputter, swelling to a size that could encompass every planet in our solar system out to Mars. When this happens, the sun will swallow the Earth and will spell certain doom for all life on our planet. Today's tutorial is part of a 4-part series depicting the journey of the inhabitance of a dying world that must travel into the unknown to find a new world to call home. In this series, we will explore the cosmos from the perspective of this fictional civilization making their way through the universe and will demonstrate the techniques that you can use in Photoshop to depict your own cosmic scenery. Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Step 1 - Creating Our Brushes Next do a copy and paste on to a new layer so we get our selection out of the background. Step 2 - Sun Texture