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Intel &Oracle vs. HP & fusion IO in the Microsecond SSD Drive fight Oracle OpenWorld 2010 will decide it!

The war for the Microsecond DB on SSD or Flash media is on! In one corner is Intel SSD's $250-400 http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/index.htm , Oracle TimeTen $100,000 http://www.oracle.com/timesten/index.html boxes & Gridlock w/ the 1Million IOPS $1Million Oracle Accelerator http://www.gridironsystems.com/products/turbocharger-oracle . In the Other Corner is http://HP.com & (Woz-led) http://Fusion.io & the Opensource version of IBM's SolidDB http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/soliddb/ whick will win. I think the Ease of Startups using it as away 2 not get @MCHammer ed w/ explosive growth! the Key is the transition from MySQL & NoSQL Clouds like Amazon& Google AppEngine 2 Hybrid Clouds like Openstack from NASA http://openstack.org/#

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Blitz the Ambassador w/ Oakland institution The Park
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Transplanted from Accra City, Ghana to Brooklyn at the age of 12, rapper/composer Blitz the Ambassador makes a particular brand of hip-hop, recorded and performed with his live band, and influenced by the High Life sounds he grew up around in Ghana. His debut album, Stereotype [LISTEN HERE], hit Top Ten on the iTunes Hip-Hop chart with no label support, and the video for his song "Breathe" was in rotation on MTV2 this past summer, which led to a MTVU 'Live Sessions' recording featuring John Forte.

He has performed with artists like Nas, The Roots, Mos Def, Akon, Rakim, Slick Rick, Das Racist, and his star is steadily rising. Blitz just released a live record, Stereolive [LISTEN HERE] - a 5 track EP that follows up his debut.. The EP has guests John Forte (of The Fugees fame), Malian singer, Balla Tounkara, as well as Kate Mattison, Bajah, and Tess. This summer, Blitz was hand-chosen by Chuck D to open for Public Enemy on August 15th at the very prestigious live music institution, Central Park Summerstage, in New York City.

"Loving the string-drenched, ecstatically brassy, flamenco-guitar-and-handclap flourishes of production on this Ghanaian rapper's debut." - San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Blitz the Ambassador takes a (Bob) Dylanesque approach in his 2010 track “Emmett (S)till”...In true griot fashion, he ties Emmitt Till’s fate to the larger community and nation." -Pop Matters

"Best live show i've seen in a very loooooooooooooooooooong time, more entertaining than the Roots even and I sincerely mean that. And you can quote me on that!"- Bobbito 'Kool Bob Love' Garcia

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Sahana web site q/a & usability feedback

 

 

Sahana Usability and QA  Website feedback

 site: http://www.sahana.lk/

 

Participant’s First Name (or Nickname):Claudia Zeiler

Age range: little old lady

Gender: female

Job: DBA

Before
the test, the testers should familiarize themselves with the interface
in a basic way and try to work through the set of tasks for a key
scenario (e.g. making a donation, locating a person, etc.) 

 

Thank you for participating. I’m going to be showing you a website/app and asking you some questions as you interact with it.  There are no right or wrong answers and we won't take any criticism of the site/app personally.  If
there is anything confusing it's not a reflection on you, we just need
to sharpen the design. This test should take around 15 minutes.

 

Are you familiar with this project?  NO

 

I’m sure you’re aware of the situation in Haiti after the earthquake.  If you were interested in donating money or getting involved, how would you go about doing so? (Note search terms)

 

Show them the Main Screen and ask

 

What do you think is the purpose of this site/app?  (If
the answer is "not sure", ask why and provide them with a couple of
sentence and ask what we could do to make it clearer. If their
understanding is incorrect, note that and explain the real purpose.)

To offer NGO's disaster management software

 

Is this a site you would use? Why or why not?  No.  I'm not an NGO

 

 

Let’s say you are in charge of crisis management at your worksite.  Would you find this site helpful?

Sure.  If I had the mandate to get crisis management software for my workplace, I would look at this software

Other comments about this screen?

This
page seems to have a number of different objectives that are not
readily apparent.  It would be nice if each objective had a tab or
other heading. 

 

At
the top the page seems to be distributing software.  Further down it
links to a wiki page that seems to be directing people to projects to
assist Haiti.  Are these projects that use Sahana software?

How is the site's performance and responsiveness (page load times)? No problem noticed.

 

Ask them if there are any other comments suggestions?

I
had quite a bit of difficulty finding the site.  I first went to
sahana.org (South Asian Heritage Association of North America). I also
looked for Sahanafoundation with unsucessful results.   The lk country
domain was not the first place that I would have looked for the
group.  

On
most web sites, a click on the upper left hand image, (a sunflower on
this site), will take you to the home page.  This link would be a nice
addition.

The tab entitled 'sourceforge'  would be more clear if it were labeled 'download'.

There
is a link that says 'download'.  It links to a variety of versions of
the software.  The sourceforge is only one version. 

There
is a tab on the first page, 'translate' which goes to the 'sahana
localization project'.  However, there is no link back on that page. 
It would be nice if there was a 'home' link on this page.

The
right side menu 'Report a Bug' :  I expect that clicking on it will
open a bug form.  Instead, it links to some unreadable (and small font)
verbage which has 2 different hyperlinks.  Both of the links go to the
same place, the bug form that I expected in the beginning.

 

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-user  Has 'Which language do you prefer to display your messages? '
I am sure that this is on for future language expansion, but for the
present, it only has an option of English.  The question should
probably be made invisible until it means something.

Under Navigation > documentation> installation links to >http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php?id=doc:nwhome#installation_guides  which is empty.

Navigation > documentation>  links to http://wiki.sahana.lk/doku.php?id=doc:home .  The first information on this page is 'Installation information' .

Navigation > IRC Chat > Connect to Sahana chatroom here > links to http://webchat.freenode.net/http://webchat.freenode.net/. 
At that site you have to enter the channel that you want to use.  There
is no clue on the Sahana link page as to what channel(s) are available
for Sahana. 

Navigation > Report & Fix bugs duplicates

Navigation > Report a bug (or vise versa)

It seems odd that login is the LAST item of the Navigation menu.

Tab
'LSF'  - The name is not self explanitory.  LSF links to Lanka software
foundation.  The subheader says 'fuelling FOSS in Sri Lanka'.  I
believe that the correct spelling is fueling. 

 

 

 

Can we get contact info for possible follow-up questions? (If not, that's fine.)

415-317-1363

 

Thank you again!

 

Google is OG they Fired 3 To The Dome of Microsoft, Facebook & Apple's Dome! They are the One Ring To Organize Them All Why Chrome OS, Social Gadgets

Why Chrome OS Now? Because Microsoft Office In The Cloud Comes Monday. http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=145550

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http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/08/prediction-google-apple-war/


http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217800996

http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=151672#friends

Google Says Mobile Web Apps Will Win In The Long Haul http://bit.ly/bSKho I c Short Run it Saves $ & Time to be 1 Tech to Rule All+SMS WebD3

Google Says Mobile Web Apps Will Win In The Long Haul http://bit.ly/bSKho I see the Short Run because browser cached HTML5 (500mb cach in browser) installationless (IGoogle XML Gadgets already drive 20% of ALL Traffic to Google.com!!!) it Saves $ & Time to be the 1 Tech to Rule All Platorms +SMS & offers & Surveys WebD3 Style. MO MONEY, MO MONEY, MO MONEY...FOR LESS COST!!! THE MAGIC BOX+RIDING THE BIG WAVES FROM THE FLOOR OF A MARKET TO THE BLUES SKY OF GETTING THE MOST POSSIBLE PART OF THE TOTAL ADDRESSABLE MARKET.

Free Social Viral PROMO $ WebD3: Kids & DIY Sci-Fi Filmmakers know more about digital Social Virality than big Budget Comedian Dave Chappelle ;-) & but take it to the Next Level WebD3 style & Combine it with Monetization $ Like Mos Def , Soulja Boy & Trent Reznor are in cool & interesting Ways

The GrindfortheGreen.com Kids are doing a better Job http://thebirthofwebd3.blogspot.com/2009/07/look-how-grind4thegreencom-follow-trent.html THAN DAVE CHAPPELLE
{Thanks RFB Brandon Middleton http://www.facebook.com/brandon.middleton & talk about a Renaissance Black Man: Engineer (U. of I. like Mark Andreesen http://www.brandonmiddleton.blogspot.com/), Artist (CHECK His Concious RAP SONG DUMB IT DOWN http://www.myspace.com/brandontimothy), & Business MAn (CHECK OUT HIS IPHONE GAME TIC TAC TOE TEN IT HAS OVER 3000 DOWNLOADS ON THE Apple Iphone APP STORE see the VIDEO & Get it http://www.tictactoeten.com/ !!!) He is One To Watch & follow on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/bware218}

DAVE CHAPPELLE VIDEO & ARTICLE Dave Chapelle gives free midnight show to fans in Portland Source:http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/dave_chappelle_shows_up_fills.html
The comedian treated lucky fans in Portland, Oregon to a free show early Wednesday morning. (AK*2 Editorial: It VIRALED OUT TO THOUSANDS in Hours SEE THE VIDEO CLIP of Dave's Surprise & the Anatomy of a Twitter & Facebook FLASHMOB in 7 Hours that went past the expected 200 to 4000+! )http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/dave_chappelle_shows_up_fills.html
Dave Chapelle gives free midnight show to fans in Portland Source: www.nydailynews.com
The comedian treated lucky fans in Portland, Oregon to a free show early Wednesday morning.

This is Gangsta Quality Indie Video SMASHUP of Rap Battles & Harry Potter Perfect example of what is Possible http://vodpod.com/watch/1912563-harry-potter-vs-voldemort-rap if you
UNDERSTAND & ORGANIZE SOCIAL CROSS PROMO EVENTS Like Trent REZNOR of NIN says http://newteevee.com/2009/07/11/5-ideas-online-video-makers-should-steal-from-trent-reznor/

but take it to the Next Level WebD3 style & Combine it with Monetization $ Like Mos Def , Soulja Boy & Trent Reznor are in cool & interesting Ways http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/the-10-weirdest-ways-to-distribute-music/
Even SNOOP DOG IS GOING Digital Snoop Dogg Launches “iFizzle” iPhone App http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL4-ghF76zQ? Fo SHIZZLE

P.S. I Was in the Movie In World War Monday 7/12/2009 Downtown Oakland 7-10 AM & It was a BLAST (Will Post VIDEO LAter !!!! More Fun than MATRIX 2 & 3 and THAT WAS a GREAT Week w/the Washaski Brothers in ALAMEDA!!), I got Upgraded to a SPEAKING PART (Got to Explore My MOTIVATION ;-) They need Extras For 7/23/2009 & % more
Locations {especially Bar/CLUB & Private Bedroom [NO THIS ISN'T PORN Film is http://www.inworldwar.com/ by the Maker of http://www.qualityoflife-themovie.com/ ;-] They Got 40 of the 45 LOCATIONS they NEED ;-) here is the Contact TELL HIM KARRIEM AK*2 SENT YOU ;-) See this PAge for the People they NEED but they ARE FLEXIBLE !!! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101854029009&ref=mf 9259638616
Email:
anthony@studiolomismo.com
Anthony Ramil to July 13 at 11:21pm
Hi Karriem,
Thank you for posting this! The big extras scene actually got moved to the 23rd because of location conflicts. Here is the message I am sending out:
We are presently in production of an ambitious and exciting sci-fi indie feature film. This SF Bay Area Community-based film not only requires the help of a lot of people behind the camera, but a lot in front as well.
You can find out more by visiting our website , or checking-out some write-ups about the film on SF360, io9, and Film School Rejects (links on the homepage). IN-WORLD WAR needs extras throughout production, but especially for the "Orientation Classroom" scene, which will be filmed on Thursday, July 23rd in the East Bay (exact location and call time are TBA). If you are available, please come!
And bring all your friends; we will need to fill up a whole classroom. This is your chance to be a part of a local, sci-fi film. Your participation would be supporting a great cause. Please forward this message to everyone you know.
Thank you! Anthony Ramil Assistant Casting Director, In-World War www.studiolomismo.com
Not on the IWW mailing list? Contact anthony@studiolomismo.com to become a subscriber!
Also, get reminders about shooting days for extras by finding "IWWextras" on Twitter and Facebook.

Look How Grind4theGreen.com Follow Trent Reznor of NIN's ADVICE to ONLINE VIDEO MAKERS to PROMO FREE ECO MUSIC Event where MC's WIN $1000

Look How http://www.grindforthegreen.com/ Follow Trent Reznor of NIN's ADVICE TO Unknown Artists http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?30,767183 & ONLINE VIDEO MAKERS http://newteevee.com/2009/07/11/5-ideas-online-video-makers-should-steal-from-trent-reznor/

TALK ABOUT a CROSS-PROMOTION PERFECT STORM !!! see http://www.grindforthegreen.com/ for THEIR VIRAL CHANNELS & the Homage to Stevie Wonder The secret Life of Plants @ the BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
July 18th is a week away everyone. Grind For The Green is holding a Eco Music Conference at 835 Market/Powell Street. This is our first Eco Festival for 2009 and for any youth that have are focus on rapping and want to get their name out there this is the place to be on July 18th from 10am to 2pm.


Calling all emcees, singers and producers: The 2009 GrindfortheGreen Hip-Hop Competition is here! M-1 of DEAD PREZ Keynote SPEAKER & TALIB KWELI Lead JUDGE R looking for talented artists ages 14-24 with a positive message to compete in this year’s eco-music festival competition and be a part of the largest youth green hip-hop event series. 2 lucky contestants (1 emcee and 1 producer) will win $1,000 each and will have their music featured on the upcoming G4G documentary, free studio time and have their music played on G4G websites. If you are interested in entering the competition please email your mp3 song or beat to Ambessa Cantave at ambessa.negus@gmail.com by 7/18/2009 5pm. To SEE THEIR VIRAL CHANNELS & HOT SOUND TRACK click http://www.myspace.com/grindforthegreen http://twitter.com/grind4dagreen & http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=582677135

http://www.grindforthegreen.com/2009/07/just-added-keynote-speaker-m1-of-dead-prez-4-eco-music-festival-on-july-18-2009/
The Eco-lution will not be televised. It’ll be live, and direct on Saturday, July 18 when the mighty and dedicated soldier M-1 of the monolithic dead prez graces us with this wisdom on the struggle. Most recently Ambessa and Zakiya had the opportunity to sit on a food justice panel with Sticman on Chicago and now we get to be the other ventricle of the powerful All Heart hip-hop crew that can arguably go down in history as one of the realest we had. Check out this promo video of his here: http://www.rapbasement.com/videos/57311/M1-of-Dead-Prez-Talks-New-Album-Working-With-Green-Lantern.html

The Locale is6th Floor (SF State's Downtown Campus right Under Microsoft SF in the 5th & Market Mall near Powell Barts main entrance), San Francisco, CA. DID I FORGET TO MENTION IT IS FREE & Open TO ALL !?!

WHY Under the Radar Monetizing Social Network Users $ Off-Network & Data Valuation are 10-100x LOW DELL B&M DEMOG Co. $1-300/hr.=MAGIC BOX WEB D3!!

WHY Under the Radar Monetizing Social Network Users $ Off-Network & Data Valuation are 10-100x LOW DELL B&M DEMOG Co. $1-300/hr.=MAGIC BOX WEB D3!!

The Reason that the Under the Radar Blog is if anything 10-100x LOW IS THAT Bricks & Mortar Research Co. charge $1-300/hr. brand & Advertisers for the lesser quality DATA (aggregate Video from Focus groups & in person Panels) that could be Synergised & Gathered over the WEB D3 style! I KNOW THIS because I Have been PAID x$100/Hour!!!, as a subcontractor (Participant) or WHOLESALER (Organizer) by By Startups & Established Brands including A Category Leading Social NETWORK & to Organize these by A Category leading A-LIST TECHNOLOGY Top 10 COMPANY?!?) I even have a Growing Digital Due Diligence Business {my work responding as an Expert in Widget & Mobile Monetization through an Expert Network http://glgroup.com is in the $2-500's/hr. FOR Online SURVEY QUESTIONS & PHONE CALLS!!! and we receive more & more Invites to do Projects!!! the % of Projects in or Niche is in the 1000's & GROWING
& WE ONLY CAN RESPOND TO 10's a WEEK!!!} . Because of this Trending I see a WEB D3 DISRUPTIVE REVENUE Opportunity!!!

This is What Raj Kapur of Under the Radar Also Predicts http://www.undertheradarblog.com/blog/social-networks-will-make-more-money-off-site-vs-on/
THE DATA ECONOMY:

That said, I do believe there’s a big opportunity - it’s in the Data that is captured explicitly (entering info on yourself in your profile) and implicitly (the groups you join, the content of the messages you send each other). In some social nets like Facebook and LinkedIn, the data is very deep and for the most part true. The profile page itself is a treasure trove of information on age, gender, location, interests, work experience, favorite movies, tv, etc - all the attributes a great brand marketer wants to target when reaching an audience.

The advertiser may not have measurable success reaching the user in the social network, but if they had access to the data when the user is on other sites - more conducive to engagement with ads - the advertiser would be in nirvana.

The data economy is developing fast where data is decoupled from ad inventory and used to target audiences where ever they are (Mayfield companies Audience Science, Adchemy, and Rubicon Project are leading the charge here). I think the big social networks are aware of this but are treading carefully given the privacy concerns. I do believe when they find the right mix of user privacy and sharing of this data, they can provide it to advertisers, networks, and publishers and profit handsomely from it. They can make more money on a user by charging a tax for the data each time its used vs the pageviews from that user on their site.

Let’s do the math and make some assumptions to illustrate:

I used the following estimates on ad impressions/user/mo on top social networks:
- Facebook: 356
- Tagged: 387
- Myspace: 452
….Avg: 403

…And I assume $.50 as the assumption for eCPM (which I believe maybe high). Thus, on average a social network makes $.20 per user per month on ads on their site.

USING SOCIAL NETWORK DATA TO MAKE MONEY OUTSIDE THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Now, let’s look at how many ad impressions the typical internet user encounters in a month - I’ve found it to be about 1,650 per month. Let’s also assume the following:

- 50% of these impressions could be targeted using the vast amounts of profile and friend data from SNS
- $2 eCPM for such a data targeted ad
- the social network keeps 15% of this revenue for its data (which seems like the going rate talking to data players).

That’s about $.25 per user per month. So, if my assumptions hold true, then a social network can monetize their users $.25 offsite vs $.20 onsite….

Social networks will make money on their site - thru ads, virtual goods, etc - but the real big opportunity is freeing all the user data and enabling it to target them wherever they are on the web.

HE IS RIGHT BUT HE IS UNDERSTATING THE OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS THE NO-BRAINER (Adsenselike) FLOOR OF THE MARKET. THE BLUE SKY is IN OFFERING GRANULAR TUNED (By Percentage of Demographic & Psychographic) GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED Video (via Webcam) SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS along with PRODUCT & SURVEY OFFERS & TRIALS (Like Ree Movie Screening w/out THE $5000 for the theater or another $15-20,000 for the Printed PASSES & Promo STAFF see 1st steps toward this Model BUT WHY is 1 of the TOP 3 Video sites in the World NOT DOING THIS ONLINE NOW!!!http://www.myspace.com/blackcurtain WEB CAMS & CHARGING $1-2500 per for Indie Movie & Music Companies ?!? I WOULD DELL Pre-Screenings in THEATRES & do a MoviePAL Market Monetizing the FREE MARKET Research from the Myspace Friends Demographic & offer Premium Subscriptions (CROWDSOURCE the Prosumers: AUtiers, & Movie Addicts like http://www.facebook.com/massanimation did who want to see the alternate endings, give Feedback & have an involvement & impact on Movies they want to Learn from for their Craft & Passion) that are subsidized by the Money From selling the DATA to Movie Investors & Executive Producers as a Niche Prediction Network's you could make it a Movie Fantasy league like ESPN & give Players Box Office PRediction Rankings & $ like Earth Web's http://www.webscription.net/p-833-earthweb.aspx author Author HP Researcher Marc Steigler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Stiegler (thanks FOR VISITING US @ Micheal Carter's Java Script Meetup @ GOOGLE Mountain view, You & SNOWCRASH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowcrash author Neil Stephenson are My TECHNOHACKER FUTURIST HERO's!!!) ;-) Read Earthweb http://www.webscription.net/p-833-earthweb.aspx & the Research behind it ttp://www.webscription.net/10.1125/Baen/067157809X/067157809X.htmhave become the Floor, DELLing COMODOTIZATION Adsense Revenue Opp. Of Crowdsourcing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing . The Blue Sky Magic BOx Opportunity is too do this with Facial Rec. Software on the Webcam Feedback because it is a 10-100x REV$+ OPP. + 10/ Cost SAVINGS!! This is the MAGIC BOX where SOMETHING GIVEN AWAY & GOT FREE (LIKE DATA is More VAluable WHOLESALED than WHAT THE IT IS WORTH SELLING IT RETAIL. WE ARE SEEING THIS WITH category leading SOCIAL NETWORK GAMES. MORE IS MADE ON SN PLATFORMS PER USER LIKE POKER ON http://www.zynga.com (last we heard $30/user /month VS. World of WarCRAFT charges $15/ month/user @ !!!) & on 2nd Life ( http://secondlife.com/whatis/landpricing.php & see my analysis of their COST

[Here is the link for my Second Lifecase study ( I successfully presented this In the last SF Mysql meetup @ CNET ; it was Harder than a Doctoral thesis Defense) on Second Life's scaling problems & my conclusions were confirmed by a Developer in the audience who used to work there & said their initial architecture wasn't scalable & thats why their CTO got the Boot) http://mysql.meetup.com/30/boards/view/viewthread?thread=4166583 ]
http://mysql.meetup.com/30/messages/boards/thread/4166583 For LOWER COSTS!!! This is A BILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY even with out the Microtransaction Money Available http://www.undertheradarblog.com/blog/why-you-should-charge-money-sooner-rather-than-later/ . LEt ME Know WHAT YOU THINK & CALL BS WHERE NECESSARY in the COMMENTS, FACEBOOK & TWITTER !!!

;-)

WIFI Phone APPCRACK is it a Nokia Trojan Horse ? RT @TechCrunch Cherry, The Mobile Operator That Doesn’t Care Whether You’re On Wi-Fi Or Not ;-)

WIFI Phone APPCRACK is it a Nokia Trojan Horse ? RT @TechCrunch Cherry, The Mobile Operator That Doesn’t Care Whether You’re On Wi-Fi Or Not http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/05/cherry-the-mobile-operator-that-doesnt-care-whether-youre-on-wi-fi-or-not/ ;-)Cherry Commercial

Cherry from Vincent Battaglia on Vimeo.

Cherry Youtube Interview THEY Are On SYMBIAN & STILL ARE ONLY 1/2 DISRUPTIVE like Google Voice 1 MILLION #'s BOUGHT http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/06/19/143203/Google-Voice-Grabs-1-Million-Phone-Numbers?from=rss If GOOGLe HAd INTEGRATED GMAil Chat VIDEO& AUDIO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A KILLER APP or APPCRACK http://mail.google.com/videochat with Google Voice http://google.com/voice

Check out a Bootstrap (or Grass Roots) CLASSIC Online Viral Promo

Check out a Bootstrap (or Grass Roots) CLASSIC Online Viral Promo . & the THEY NEED to Add SMS & Social Virality ( http://Myxer.com & Twitter like Hammer http://twitter.com/mcHammer ) by an Oakland Independent Film & Video Group Sea THEIR 30 second COMMERCIAL , 5 minute Trailer & Music Video . CHECK OUT the Flashing Blue NAV http://www.townbizthemovie.com/index.html . THEY HAVE FORGOT MORE ABOUT UI than MOST Designers Ever will learn!!!

Business Management As Taught By The Holy Quran+Toyota WebD3 Mashup

Business Management As Taught By The Holy Quran+Toyota WebD3 Mashup

http://www.trcb.com/business/management/business-management-as-taught-by-the-holy-quran-10103.htm

Happy Independance Day WebD3 HolyQuran+ID4 Mashup

Happy Independance Day WebD3 HolyQuran on Tribal Partisanship (Assabiyah)!!!+ID4 Mashup

In the Spirit of Independance Day And after Reflection on the Sacrifices My ForeBears to Keep us Free ( Veterans since the Civil War & Before that On the Choctaw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw Side of my Mothers Lineage; Over 1000 Years Freedom Fighters on my Fathers side http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa ) I dedicate this Happy Independance Day WebD3 HolyQuran+ID4 Mashup of the ID4 (Independence Day) Movie from Youtube - Speech By The President (Bill Pullman)+the Holy Quran on Tribal Partisanship (Assabiyah)!!!

http://www.openburhan.net/ob.php?sid=49&vid=13
O men! Behold, We have created you all out of a male and a female, [I.e., "We have created every one of you out of a father and a mother" (Zamakhshari, Razi, Baydawi) - implying that this equality of biological origin is reflected in the equality of the human dignity common to all.] and have made you into nations and tribes, so that you might come to know one another. [I.e., know that all belong to one human family, without any inherent superiority of one over another (Zamakhshari). This connects with the exhortation, in the preceding two verses, to respect and safeguard each other's dignity. In other words, men's evolution into "nations and tribes" is meant to foster rather than to diminish their mutual desire to understand and appreciate the essential human oneness underlying their outward differentiations; and, correspondingly, all racial, national or tribal prejudice (asabiyyah) is condemned - implicitly in the Quran, and most explicitly by the Prophet (see second half of note on 28:15 http://www.openburhan.net/ob.php?sid=28&vid=15 ):
"...And [one day] he entered the city at a time when [most of] its people were [resting in their houses,] unaware of what was going on [in the streets]; [Lit., "at a time of its people's unawareness".] and there he encountered two men fighting with one another - one of his own people, [I.e., of the Hebrews.] and the other of his enemies. And the one who belonged to his own people cried out to him for help against him who was of his enemies - whereupon Moses struck him down with his fist, and [thus] brought about his end. [But then] he said [to himself]: "This is of Satan's doing! Verily, he is an open foe, leading [man] astray!" [Regarding the reference to "Satan's doing", see first half of note on 15:17. In the present instance, verses 16 -17 seem to indicate that it was the Israelite, and not the Egyptian, who had been in the wrong (cf. next note). Apparently, Moses had come to the assistance of the Israelite out of an instinctive sense of racial kinship without regard to the rights and wrongs of the case; but immediately afterwards he realized that he had committed a grave sin not only by killing, however inadvertently, an innocent person, but also by basing his action on a mere tribal - or, as would describe it today, racial or national - prejudice. Evidently, this is the purport of the above Quranic segment of the story of Moses. Its moral has been stressed and explained by the Prophet on many occasions: cf. his famous saying, "He is not of us who proclaims the cause of tribal partisanship (asabiyyah); and he is not of us who fights in the cause of tribal partisanship; and he is not of us who dies in the cause of tribal partisanship" (Abu Daud, on the authority of Jubayr ibn Mutim). When he was asked to explain the meaning of "tribal partisanship", the Prophet answered, it means helping thine own people in an unjust cause" (ibid., on the authority of Wathilah ibn al-Asqa).

. In addition, speaking of people's boasting of their national or tribal past, the Prophet said: "Behold, God has removed from you the arrogance of pagan ignorance (jahiliyyah) with its boast of ancestral glories. Man is but a God-conscious believer or an unfortunate sinner. All people are children of Adam, and Adam was created out of dust." (Fragment of a hadith quoted by Tirmidhi and Abu Daud, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah.)] Verily, the noblest of you in the sight of God is the one who is most deeply conscious of Him. Behold, God is all-knowing, all-aware."
http://www.openburhan.net/ob.php?sid=49&vid=13

Pre-Alpha Google CLOUD Relational DB, IT is COOL but USER BEWARE Free the Data: Breaking Down Silos With Google; Liberating Spreadsheets, Collaboration Beyond the Cell http://bit.ly/eJJ0j

Pre-Alpha Google CLOUD Relational DB, IT is COOL but USER BEWARE!
read the article to see Promise & Possibilities of Google Fusion Tables article Free the Data: Breaking Down Silos With Google; Liberating Spreadsheets, Collaboration Beyond the Cell http://bit.ly/eJJ0j UPDATE http://tables.googlelabs.com/ IS DOWN RIGHT NOW check back Later
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UPDATE IT IS BAKCK UP & IT WAS ALL OF GOOGLE LABS (THAT'S WHAT AN ALPHA TEST BED IS FOR, A PLACE TO STRESS TEST &BREAK STUFF with out RECOURSE http://www.googlelabs.com/ !!!

help me check out Spreezio's VIP facebook Private Beta http://www.spreezio.com/facebook.html ;-)

Hey everyone, help me check out about Spreezio (try the VIP facebook Private Beta http://www.spreezio.com/facebook.html ;-) .

John Ricci Shared this with me (He is the Head of http://basn.org & the US Angel's Inc @ http://tipsgroup.com Give him some Good Freedback & Maybe He will Help you Present for Angel Funding ;-)

John sent me this FB message :
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Source: http://www.spreezio.com/facebook.html
Spreezio has just launched our private beta in the Willow Glen area of San Jose. We'd like to invite local residents to participate in this revolutionary change to how the world shops and sells.

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Fed Web 2.0 dashboard for http://it.usaspending.gov/ site suck Versus the Cal State & Oakland City Budget Games

Bess Ho RFB Tim O'Reilly reported Fed Web 2.0 dashboard for gov site http://it.usaspending.gov/ they suck Versus the http://nextten.org/next10/programs/budget_challenge.html http://www.oaklandbudgetchallenge.com/ & http://californiabudgetchallenge.org/

I wonder if the Outcry over the Siezed on the High SEAS by Israel former U.S. House Rep. Cynthia McKinney & a Nobel Prize WINNER!!!

I wonder if the Outcry over the Siezed on the High SEAS by Israel former U.S. House of Representatives Member Cynthia McKinney & a Nobel Prize Winner will be as High as the IRAN OUTCRY! PROPS TO THE OB PREZ For calling for relief to wartorn Gaza! Now lets see if the outcry over the Siezed on the High SEAS by Israel former U.S. House of Representatives Member Cynthia McKinney & a Nobel Prize Winner is as High as when the SOmali Pirates did their thing ;-) http://hiphopandpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/cynthia-mckinney-arrested-detained-by-isreali-government-free-cynthia-mckinney/

STARTUPSCHOOL HOW to GET $ GreaT!How to get funding?

STARTUPSCHOOL HOW to GET $ GreaT!
How to get funding?
finished on Jun 30 13:30
http://startup.supercoolschool.com/classes/382
Hrach Simonian from Canaan and Shobeir Shobeiri from the Plug&Play Center answer the following questions: What are successful ways finding and approaching VCs and Angels? Where can I find help and feedback?
http://twitter.com/ak2consulting
VIDEO in 6 HRS http://startup.supercoolschool.com/classes/382 Must watch GREAT JOB SHOBEIR! via @addthis
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Malcolm @Gladwell calls bullshit on Chris Anderson. Chris missed the Effect of the Customer Pyramid & the Time Costs of Discovery

Malcolm @Gladwell calls bullshit on Chris Anderson. Chris missed the Effect of the Customer Pyramid & the Time Costs of Discovery
Some Niches $Monetize Better than others. Chris Anderson fails to take into Account the Opportunity Costs of Discovery & the Value of time for the Customer Pyramid {On top Technology Early Adopters & Reviewers, Below them Prosumers & Power -Users, At the Base of the Pyramid Are the VAST REgular Users [I call them the Walmart, safaricom & Monster Speaker Wire People] because they have made THESE 3 companies Multi billion $ Behemoths!}.!
For Example-And there’s plenty of other information out there that has chosen to run in the opposite direction from Free. The Times gives away its content on its Web site. But the Wall Street Journal has found that more than a million subscribers are quite happy to pay for the privilege of reading online. Broadcast television—the original practitioner of Free—is struggling. But premium cable, with its stiff monthly charges for specialty content, is doing just fine. Apple may soon make more money selling iPhone downloads (ideas) than it does from the iPhone itself (stuff). The company could one day give away the iPhone to boost downloads; it could give away the downloads..@paigecraig Malcolm @Gladwell calls bullshit on Chris Anderson’s “Free: The Future of a Radical Price.” bit.ly/YaM67 (@paigecraig said the same at sxsw09) http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/06/090706crbo_books_gladwell?currentPage=all

I am kicking Off a Game Design SIG @ would like to invite you to the Alpha Psychographic research session (I am treating this like Product Design ;-)

I am kicking Off a Game Design SIG @ the http://www.svwebbuilder.com/ EVENT http://americanpieapplestore.eventbrite.com/ 6/24/2009& would like to invite you to participate in the Alpha Psychographic research session (I am treating the Design of this Group just like a New Product development ;-) I am asking the Group what they want to see in a Game Design Group In the Bay Area & build what People want. I have some Ideas (Including meeting in each Region of the Bay Area {Fremont, East Bay, San francisco & silicon Valley} once a in in each REGION, Format: 1HR Game Design Clinic: lightning 5mn. Show &Tell's & Problem or Need described [with points to those who can solve it to them On the Spot], 1hr./Open Topic Panel Lead by Dynamic Audience DRIVEN Discussion; 1 Hr. Partner or Project Matchmaking: the Goal To Show & Tell what you Have & What You NEED; Be Ready to OPEN THE KIMONO!!! ;-) but I want IT TO BE WHAT THE GROUP NEEDS. I was asked to fill this need in the BAY AREA by the http://tipsgroup.com hosts & Supporter of Several of Several Bleeding Edge http://tipsgroup.com/page.php?code=8Developer Groups. Several Locations have Expressed Interest. I am OPENING IT TO the REAL passionate Game Enthusiasts, Startups, Platform, Service & Tools Providers & Angel investors. (THERE IS NO GAME COMPANY SIG that I know Of like the homebrew Computing Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club )
LET'S MAKE IT WHAT WE NEED IT TO BE NOT WHAT ANY one PERSON WANTS! If you can't COME POST YOUR WISHLIST to the COMMENTS Here!