Squeak of the Week

Entries from May 2009

cards of change

May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments

There's more talent out on the streets than ever before. Brilliant people looking to reshape their country, build their career and perhaps even grow your business.

Cardsofchange is a place where the glass is always half-full. A destination where all the bad news of the day takes a back seat to stories of individual success.

Our mission is to collect as many business cards and stories of positive change of people who have recently been laid off and connect them with new opportunities from potential employers, business partners and people who make the effort to look on the bright side of life.

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Tags: Seeds of Inspiration

The Vendor-Client Relationship in Real World Situations

May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Funny look at how costs figure into the vendor-client relationship.

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Tags: Advertising

Challenging convention

May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments

"There are four things to keep in mind when deciding to challenge a convention. You should incur the costs and hassles of inventing a new way to do things when you can are prepared to deal with all four. The costs can be huge, because a new user convention can slow people down or turn them away. A new financing convention makes it harder to raise money. A new hiring convention causes some people to avoid you…"

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Tags: Seeds of Inspiration

[VIDEO] 1964 Antique MODEM Live Demo

May 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Watch a 1964 Livermore Data Systems "Model A" Acoustic Coupler Modem connect to Wikipedia at 300 baud (you can see it connect around 7:10).

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Tags: Seeds of Inspiration

[VIDEO] An “Intel Star” TV ad

May 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Intel's new ad campaign focuses on its brand and features its "rockstar" employees. Or, at least in the case of this ad, actors playing their employees. [http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2009/05/intels_new_ads_feature_oregon.html]

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Tags: Seeds of Inspiration