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The Cellphone That Could Change the World(socialentrepreneurship.change.org)
8 points by babul 18y ago|1 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Paul Carr is just as funny, yet honest, in person (especially after a pint at DrinkTank http://blog.huddle.net/?c=DrinkTank or such). Twitter gives a good flavour http://twitter.com/paulcarr .
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by babul 18y ago
Without being passionate about what you do, you are unlikely to succeed in your aims. Build a portfolio of passive income assests. Ideally you should have been doing this while you had those 38hours per week "free", but it is not too late t
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by babul 18y ago
Summary... Tip #1: Empower your team. Tip #2: Go Real-Time & User IRC (Talk to each other in real-time in a searchable medium). Tip #3: Go Semi Real Time (Use their prologue tool, or twitter to communicate). Tip #4: Get Together (Have r
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by babul 18y ago
I actually like it. It may not have many good games on there yet, but this works to keep things simple and you can tell what you are going to get in each section and page quickly and accurately. League tables are always a good idea, so good
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by babul 18y ago
r.e. title image, does anyone else think the chick on the left looks like she has a dick?
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by babul 18y ago
A portfolio of passive income web-properties that can be administered from anywhere ...that is the dream.
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by babul 18y ago
I have been working on my passive income streams for a few years now, in all 3 areas mentioned (and some others), I don't know how much value I can add but here is my real-life $0.02. PROPERTY: Real estate generates good returns principally
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by babul 18y ago
Sounds very Rich Dad, Poor Dad ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Dad,_Poor_Dad , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kiyosaki ) et al. Also, once you have substantial passive income, or have people believing you have substantial passiv
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by babul 18y ago
Analogous to the 24hr-licensing debates many countries (especially in Europe) seem to have regarding pub/bar drinking times (aimed at stopping binge-drinking and drink related crime/violence)? Ultimately they too did not work as they failed
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by babul 18y ago
Most of these seem like wastes of time that are not worth the effort-to-reward ratio unless you start out doing them for fun or as a hobby.
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by babul 18y ago
Just a word of caution on PayPal, being as unbiased as I can. I have had first-hand experience, on behalf of numerous clients, with problems that can arise with PayPal and some of the crazy things PayPal do out of the blue and without reaso
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by babul 18y ago
It is amazing how listening to people talk can then affect the way you read their comments. It is like you have a better/newfound understanding of the person they are based on their speech pattern, speed, accent, inflections etc.
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by babul 18y ago
That is a very cool way to have your product demoed (and reach the mainstream masses).
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by babul 18y ago
I love bookshops that let you do that. Many near me even have in-store cafes, but I do wonder if this is effective in increasing sales or if the coffees subsidise those people who read the book but not buy.
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by babul 18y ago
Thanks. Its still early days yet (<1mth). I am having a go at building one device that can access digital, terrestrial, satellite, and iPTV from one device, with a simple interface and full recording fetures. I expect to fail (being suc
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by babul 18y ago
Yes, but building it with "be your own customer and everything" in mind, and have yet to see a single device that can recieve and record multi HD streams inc Sky (which in the UK can only be received with thier Sky box, and does not allow r
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by babul 18y ago
The source code is available at this site too and may interest those wanting a Python based master-worker distributed processing pattern for thier own problems/tasks.
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by babul 18y ago
...but you will have needed to focus and raise your game to get one?
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by babul 18y ago
I have exactly the same thoughts but also think stealth-mode is bullshit. Having just started on my first tech startup about a month ago, I am trying to go for the "be open and honest about everything" meets "release early, release often"
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by babul 18y ago
...better still, they should give you a deadline upon which they will throw you out (in a nice way, of course) or charge rent :-) For most people (atleast that I have observed), becoming independent really focused them and helped raise thie
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by babul 18y ago
Doh! For some reason I thought it was $4 per year. Must learn to read properly.
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by babul 18y ago
Our interviews went pretty well despite getting absolutely grilled by Pete from Songkick. It was probably one of the sharpest, toughest interviews I’ve ever had. Pete is such a nice friendly guy it makes me smile thinking of him grilling
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by babul 18y ago
It is my favourite Java editor, but is expensive compared to the others which are free. However, you get what you pay for.
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by babul 18y ago
Thanks, so using napkin calculation... (1,000,000 users) x ("well over 1% conversion", we'll call it 4% to be generous) = 40,000 customers x $4 = $160,000 in revenue. They have 6 people in the team, so allowing modest salary of $50,000 each
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by babul 18y ago
Redmine ( http://www.redmine.org/ ) is also a good choice (free, fast, easy to setup and use), especially if you want other project management features. We use it, and are happy with it.
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by babul 18y ago
If you are buying a new macbook today, you are right, it does not matter, they will all be fine. I was thinking about a 13" white macbook my colleague used to use which I thought had a processor that did not have VT support (as not all Inte
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by babul 18y ago
Even if twitter fails, you will still have a a network of people/friends/contacts and experience that will be invaluable to you. Even at employee #25+, given a significant rise in twitters value, you will still do well (e.g. the first emplo
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by babul 18y ago
I don't understand why they have advertised this position given the network of people they know, talent they already have access to, and lists of exceptional that must be referred or apply all the time. I hope they find that hidden rough di
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by babul 18y ago
The cheap one does not have VT support on the CPU which means that virtual machines run much slower than on the CPUs that do have VT where they run at native or near native speeds (depending on the VM software you use). This becomes particu

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