dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.


an inconvenient truth trailer.... with subtitles! in any language thanks to dotSub.com!

have a good weekend

james

How to Change the World: The Art of the Start Video

How to Change the World: The Art of the Start Video:
"June 22, 2006
The Art of the Start Video"

Guy Kawaski... speaking about starting a company!
see some of you tomorrow. (Please try to come on time... David has to leave at noon)

TGIF
james

An honest speaker will tell you that she has “on” days and “off” days. The result of a truly “on” day is a standing ovation. I had a very “on” day at TiECon on May 13, 2006. This is the annual meeting of The Indus Entrepreneur organization.

I’ve provided postings of audio and video of my speeches that covered the topics of innovation and evangelism, but this is the first one of “The Art of the Start.” It’s the first one, frankly, because I’ve been waiting until I did it very—standing ovation—well.

Here are the PowerPoint slides that I was using that day. By the way, I am wearing an Anne Namba vest in this video. This is the company that makes the world’s most expensive aloha shirts.

Here is the video in MP4 format in case you can’t use Google Video.
Download GuyKawasakiTheArtoft.mp4 (178510.9K)"

Six Scams To Shun! - 05/12/2006

Follow the link to read more about how NOT to be scammed!!!!

see (some of you) tomorrow... please come promptly so David Bizer can start on time.
james

Six Scams To Shun! - 05/12/2006: "Six Scams To Shun!
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There's a huge difference between being a common-or-garden fool and being a Fool of the Motley variety.

People in the first category are at risk of being cheated, conned, deceived, defrauded, duped, fiddled, fleeced, hoodwinked, ripped off, scammed, swindled and tricked (no, I didn't get a thesaurus last Christmas!).

On the other hand, people in the second category (Fools) have discovered how to make better financial decisions by reading the words of wisdom on this wonderful website. Some will have read How To Spot A Scam and know that promises of easy money are almost always entirely phoney!

However, in order to help more people move from fooldom to Fooldom, I've put together the following list of six scams to watch out for:"

VoyCabulary.com - Online web dictionary & thesaurus word linking lookup reference tool.

VoyCabulary.com - Online web dictionary & thesaurus word linking lookup reference tool.: "VoyCabulary makes the words on any webpage into links, so you can look them up with just a click--in a dictionary of your choice. "

Triumph of the Nerds: The Transcripts, Part I

Triumph of the Nerds: The Transcripts, Part I


this is the text where you can read about steve jobs when he was a phreaker!

search for "blue box" in the text...

Dilbert Comic Strip Archive - Dilbert.com - The Official Dilbert Website by Scott Adams - Dilbert, Dogbert and Coworkers!

Dilbert Comic Strip Archive - Dilbert.com - The Official Dilbert Website by Scott Adams - Dilbert, Dogbert and Coworkers!


That is funny

Management virtual interview....

Maybe you prefer this one? (again from the Monster Interview advice center...)
see you soon
james
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Management Virtual Interview

Welcome to the Management/Supervisory Virtual Interview. This virtual interview includes nine questions you're likely to encounter when interviewing for a supervisory or management position. Each question focuses on a different management competency,including:

* Leadership.
* Management style.
* Budgeting.
* Influence.
* Presentation skills.
* Handling difficult employees.
* Change management and more.
* There's even an inappropriate question you might encounter and the best way to respond.

While this virtual interview asks questions similar to what skilled interviewers might ask, interviewers will also probe for additional details with follow-up questions. And even if they don't, it's up to you to provide details about actions you've taken in various situations and the results you achieved to show them that you can do the job."

Monster's Virtual Interviews

If you don't know this tool on the Monster site you might enjoy discovering it!

Tech Virtual Interview
Welcome to the Technology Virtual Interview. Whether you're a Java genius or a seasoned systems administrator, you can always use some practice before your next job interview. We've got questions ranging from puffball to killer that are typically asked of candidates in the technology field. This interactive section gives you the opportunity to test your answers without jeopardizing your chances of landing that sweet job youíre interviewing for. After a few practice runs with us, you'll be ready for the real thing. You'll be able to engage in a meaningful exchange rather than grope for a clumsy comeback. Think of it as QA for your career.

A new way to search

Like.com is a new visual search engine. It is funny to try it especially if you are interested in the hand bags, the shoes or the watches. The engine was developed by the team of Riya which has already developed a facial search engine. The team wants to make it possible to people to seek objects close to those which they saw weared by their favorite star, in order to be able to acquire them.

There already exist search engines when you are looking for an image, but they allow only a search on the text attached to the images. Like.com uses at the same time the text and the image to answer the requests.

The best way to understand is to try Like.com.

Enjoy ;-)

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

A collection of short videos and audio podcasts of industry leaders....

People like Larry Page and Eric Schmidt who founded Google, and many others....

The topics include:

• Creativity & Innovation
• Opportunity Recognition
• Founding Team
• Product Development
• Marketing & Sales
• VC & Finance
• Leadership & Adversity
• Team & Culture
• Globalization
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Career & Life Balance
  

• Invention to Venture

Once you create a login you can also download these videos to your computer (or iPod) :-)
enjoy... james

Human Computation - Google Video

Human Computation - Google Video

Interesting video... and it's subtitled! (So what are humans good for????)

061111_Elevator_Pitch_Contest_Show_2.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)

061111_Elevator_Pitch_Contest_Show_2.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)

I'm sure you all know about elevator pitches.... right?

have a good week! I'll see some of you tomorrow and some on Friday!
james

Presentation Zen: Bill Gates and visual complexity

Presentation Zen: Bill Gates and visual complexity:
"Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

I am not attempting to be glib or sarcastic (really), but perhaps Bill Gates and company should look to Steve Jobs and Apple for more than just technical inspiration. Bill could learn a lot about 'presenting different' from observing Jobs' artful presentations. Sure, not everyone will agree with Jobs' observations, conclusions, and projections after his presentations, but at least people are not left scratching their heads in befuddlement. Jobs' presentations generate a lot of positive buzz and always release yet another wave of viral communication about the presentation's content. This happens in part because the contents are easily grasped and remembered by both the media, and regular customers and fans. You can't 'spread the word' if you don't get what the word was. With Jobs' public presentations there is both a verbal and visual clarity. This is what great leaders do. Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba, authors of Creating Customer Evangelists make a good observation about Jobs:

'Jobs does just what a leader is supposed to do: Provide a vision of where the company ship is headed and make sure everyone understands it.'"

Google to create 500 jobs in Dublin expansion | CNET News.com

Google to create 500 jobs in Dublin expansion | CNET News.com: "Google to create 500 jobs in Dublin expansion
Work force in Dublin, Google's European headquarters, will grow to 1,300.
By Reuters

Internet search engine company Google said on Wednesday it was expanding operations at its European headquarters in Dublin with the creation of more than 500 new jobs. The expansion, which will increase the company's Dublin work force to 1,300 people, would allow it to meet the increasingly diverse needs of its growing number of customers in over 35 countries, Google said in a statement."

Maybe our guest in our last class will talk about this!
see some of you on Monday.... some of you next Friday!
james

Create a CNET News.com alert | CNET News.com

Create a CNET News.com alert | CNET News.com: "Personalize News.com with My News and e-mail alerts
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User Interfaces : Simplicity vs Functionnality

Well, let's start with my first post on our blog.

One of the interesting aspects of tools, including (especially including) applications and web applications (that macromedia called during the glorious Flash years "Rich Internet Applications") is usability, not in terms of accessibility, respect of web standards, etc... , nor in the radical terms of Jakob Nielsen , but in the terms of simplicity of use for the end user.

Being simple is not simple : it needs to know what is useful and what is not. What is needed, and what is just functions you implement because challengers have it. Being simple is a everyday question about relevance. For that, you can check The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda.

Simplicity seems to be one of the main paradigm of Web 2.0 : get simple, get useful. Do one thing, but get it done RIGHT. Just think of GoogleMaps. Just check Remember The Milk (i love that name!) application. Just check Fluxiom (video here), an assets management software, by Wollzelle, the guys of Script.aculo.us, the designers of the astounishing new Gucci website which reinvent the paradigm of web shop, and even found a way to have a Luxury e-commerce website that is Luxury. Just check the 37Signals products, and their blog.

The guys at 37Signals are amazing ones. They got a full and deep understanding of simplicity as beauty, from programming to software products, from entrepreneurship to productivity.

They are the creators of Ruby on Rails. Check that keynote about beauty in programming.

They just published a book, Getting Real. The kind of book that make people write things like : "Every once in a while, a book comes out of left field that changes just about everything. This is one of those books. Ignore it at your peril." or , by the New York Times online : “If you want to have a first hand look at how this industry's working methods are changing, this is the book to read.”

What they show, is that simplicity must be everywhere : the engineering (programming), the product, the distribution, the marketing, and the pricing must be simple. And that's not simple. It demands to understand the consumer and the people you work with. It demands to care about details. It demands to keep a distance from the competitors, from the market, and to say : "I'm making that kind of product, and that kind of product in its market is done that way". It's saying : "Let's Reinvent". Let's find new ways, new paradigms, to make things. Let's have a philosophy. Simply.

The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less - Google Video

The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less - Google Video

what do you read? what do you listen to?

enjoy
j

DEMO.com The blogosphere as echo chamber

DEMO.com The blogosphere as echo chamber: "Chris Shipley

The economics of starting up have changed dramatically. Today a plethora of Web services, open-source platforms and open affiliate and advertising partners can lower the cost of creating a Web-centric business and leverage others' efforts to take that business to market.


These economics have spawned thousands of new companies around the globe, and turned up the volume in the innovation ecosystem to deafening levels. Keeping track and pace with these new companies is a full-time job, one taken on by dozens of bloggers who have set up shop to act as 'early warning systems' for each new wave of so-called Web 2.0 companies. You see, the economics of media have also changed, and dramatically. Now, anyone with a bit of time and minimal technical patience can opine endlessly about the technology market – or any other topic, for that matter.

Like many of you, I follow the technology blogs. Some of them are quite good. Others are link factories that crank up the noise but deliver little additive value. Never was this clearer than during the 48-hour Google/YouTube rumor-fest prior to the official announcement of the acquisition (and one wonders how blogosphere rumor-mongering accelerated negotiations and drove the announcement timelines)."

Geek Entertainment TV

Geek Entertainment TV

more on the Vloggies....

GETV’s very own Irina Slutsky co-founded, co-hosted and co-produced (with PodTech) the first annual Vloggies awards show this past weekend in San Francisco. By all accounts, it was a smashing success. We’ve got our own coverage coming soon of the fun craziness. In the meantime, feast on our sugardaddy PodTech’s wrapup of the festivities hosted by John Furrier. Includes lots of b-roll and interviews with GETV friends new and old.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Educators Corner: Material Search

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

A collection of short videos and audio podcasts of industry leaders....

People like Larry Page and Eric Schmidt who founded Google, and many others....

The topics include:

• Creativity & Innovation
• Opportunity Recognition
• Founding Team
• Product Development
• Marketing & Sales
• VC & Finance
• Leadership & Adversity
• Team & Culture
• Globalization
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Career & Life Balance
  

• Invention to Venture

MIT OpenCourseWare | Comparative Media Studies | CMS.930 Media, Education, and the Marketplace, Fall 2001 | Video Lectures

MIT OpenCourseWare | Comparative Media Studies | CMS.930 Media, Education, and the Marketplace, Fall 2001 | Video Lectures

you might enjoy listening to Metcalfe....

Techies get set for Austin's South by Southwest | CNET News.com

Techies get set for Austin's South by Southwest | CNET News.com

all the best from rue Barrault! ... just in case any of you are in Texas next year! happy Spring!

james

"What's not so well known is that SXSW, as the 10-day conference is commonly known, also boasts long-running and well-regarded interactive and film events that have their own registration requirements; schedules; and large, committed constituencies. These events kick things off, in fact, starting up on Friday.

These days, there's no shortage of conferences catering to bloggers, podcasters, Web site owners and anyone interested in the interactivity of the Internet. And that's to say nothing of the endless number of film festivals that start around Jan. 1 and go throughout the year, bringing hordes to just about every locale the world over."

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