Paul Graham on the Future of Software and Startups

Y Combinator founder, Paul Graham shares his thoughts and predictions on the future of software, startups, technology, the United States, Apple and more at last year’s Business of Software conference. I have noted almost all of the key points from his speech below. – Bio Tech – May be big, you can make money in…

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Do You Show Up In Google Social Search Results?

You may have noticed a new feature on Google search results pages that show related content from your social circle. These additional results show up if you are logged in to GMail or other Google services. You may recognize a link to your friend’s blog post or someone you follow on Twitter. Here is an…

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40 Premium Web Design Resources Bookmarked This Year

I’ve just dived into the Design folder of my bookmarks toolbar and selected the best resources I’ve bookmarked in recent months. I have a preference for tutorials and articles for beginners as well as freebies, icons, textures and WordPress. Enjoy! 14 Free Mobile Application Development Icon Sets Design & Code a Cool iPhone App Website in…

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How to Get Infinitely More Follow Suggestions from Twitter

I am loving Twitter’s latest feature that pops up 3 suggestions for people to follow each time you follow someone. Unfortunately, by using the feature as is, we are limiting it’s full potential to provide additional suggestions. Get 3 more suggestions by simply opening each profile in a new tab and following from there. There…

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Inc. Magazine Goes Local for Business Meccas

One of my favorite publications for entreprenuers, Inc. Magazine has just launched 12 local sections for major business hubs around the world. Each city’s local section has 5 featured articles, sub-categories of local topics of interest and a full archive of articles related to the city. For example, the San Francisco local section has a great feature on how…

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10 Tools & Resources for Researching .CO Domains

The .CO launch is going very well. CoInternet is now reporting over 279,000 domains claimed in just 2 days. For more details on the launch, read my article on DotSauce. There seem to be quite alot of skeptics happy to provide their commentary. On the other side of the fence, adopters are also sharing their…

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The Only Person Earning Big Money On .CO Right Now

The public landrush for .CO domain names is just 2 days away. The only person that’s been making money thus far (aside from the registrars) has been Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire. Andrew seems to be following my affiliate marketing advice from the .ME launch and promoting the heck out of .CO with multiple…

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Blogging Tool: Aspect Ratio Calculator for Perfect Videos and Images

I find myself using this aspect ratio calculator all the time. It is especially useful when embedding videos within blog posts to get the dimensions just right. Simply type in the original width and height on the left values and your desired width or height on the right. Also useful for scaling large images to…

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