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Mar 10

Find the perfect domain – Wordoid.com

If you’re like me every time you come up with a killer idea the first thing you do is go and register the domain name.

I always have to make sure that I secure the web address so no one else can steal it.

Seth Godin recently mentioned Wordoid.com as a suggestion tool for domains. It helps you find available domains that include your keyword. Check it out.

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11
Feb 10

Feel Like Meetings are a Waste? Here’s Proof.

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When I worked in corporate America I would always get frustrated with the time that my company wasted on meetings. For the most part, they were unproductive, pulled us away from what we needed to be doing and just ended up creating more overhead and protocols. We literally had meetings about meetings.

Meetordie.com has created a way to measure just how must is wasted in meetings. Enter your company name or industry, the number of people that will be attending and the length of the meeting and they’ll spit back an estimated waste cost. I’m not sure how scientific this is…but it’s definitely entertaining to at least get a rough idea of how much companies waste.

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Jan 10

YouTube brings the Mixtape into the 21st Century

I remember the days of the mix tape on my Sony Walkman. CDs and CD burners came along and made it even easier to record and share tunes. Then the web, Napster and the iPod completely revolutionized the concept of sharing music.

Today, YouTube unveiled Disco where users can create customized playlists using YouTube videos. Sounds to me like Informer, Parents just don’t understand, and Seven have just found their way back into my heart.

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20
Jan 10

The opposite of a thank you card – Poo You

pooyouLooking for the perfect gift to give that not-so-special person? Send them poop in the mail. Literally.

Pooyou.com will mail 100% legal, organic and biodegradable worm poop to anyone in the U.S. for under $10.

Know someone that really gets under your skin? Drop a deuce on them for $14.95.

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Jan 10

Posterous = Email…on Steroids

posterous_logo1Posterous.com lets you create a website simply by sending an email. Type and send to post@posterous.com and you will get an automated response message with a link to your new automatically created website. The website will include all information that you provided in your email (text, pictures, movies, music, documents, etc). You can then share the URL with friends and family or use it to solicit feedback from a work or school colleague.

Point blank there is no simpler way to post your files online. You don’t need to know HTML or understand how to get around a Content Management System (CMS). You don’t need to download any software or subscribe to any monthly payment plans. In fact, you don’t even to need to register for an account.

You can create a website by simply sending an email.

That said, you won’t fully appreciate the coolness of Posterous until you create an account and register your email address. You’ll then be able to aggregate your emails together in one website that you can brand. You can also attach your social media sites to your Posterous account to automatically post to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube every time you add relevant content to Posterous via email.

Check it out. Super cool. And super simple.

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15
Jan 10

Groupon – Deals in Indy like HotBox Pizza

Groupon is one of the coolest deal mechanisms to spring up in the midst of our flailing economy. Most of you have no doubt already heard of this incredibly awesome service. It’s free to join and I receive an email once a day with an exclusive offer to a local restaurant, attraction or professional service. Today I bought 4 $12 gift cards to HotBox Pizza for $20 total. Sweet!

If you are new to the world of online discounts click here to sign up today. Selfishly, I get $10 just for sending you to the site. But you get the satisfaction to know you are a part of something cool. And you get to save money.

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14
Jan 10

Blippy?!? I don’t understand…

Just heard about a new service opening to the public at Blippy.com. It’s a new way to share what people are buying. You sign up and add a credit card or authorize an online account like Amazon, iTunes or GoDaddy. Then everytime you buy something it autoposts the amount and the details of your transaction for the world to see. I just don’t understand why anyone would want to publish this information publicly. I get Mint, Outright and MoneyStrands, where users can track and manage their money online. But why would I want to share my personal financial history with the world? In real-time?

I could see spammers running all over this data. Creating feeds that track my purchase history and selling lists of users that shop at specific stores or have specific buying tendencies.

Blippy just raised $1.6 million from some the the biggest names in the VC world. So apparently, those that are smarter than I understand the value.

Someone please explain?!?

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13
Jan 10

Interesting Business Model – Pinboard

Pinboard.in is a social bookmarking service similar to Yahoo’s Del.icio.us. The major difference: Pinboard is not free.

They charge a one-time fee to join that is calculated based on the number of users in the system. This encourages a customer that’s on the fence to sign up now or risk paying more later. The price goes up $0.001 for every new user that joins ($5.94 at the time of this post). Genius!!!

This income stream allows the company to stand above other services in terms of customer support and reliability. If you have a question/problem, you’ll get an answer within minutes and you don’t have to worry about the company closing shop and taking your links with them.

Did I mention I really like the way they drive registrations and grow their bottom line? Kudos.

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12
Jan 10

Jelli.net – A new way to Radio

I stumbled across Jelli.net and love it. What can I say, I’m a tech nerd that loves music.

I love Pandora and Last.fm and Lala, but Jelli is great because it makes the process of listening to online radio fun. It’s 100% user controlled radio. In my browser I pick a station and see a song list. I then vote for songs I like and don’t like and the system plays the most popular songs. It’s fun, it’s fresh and it sounds great.

Check it out.

Jelli