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links for 2006-10-25

  • Win a Porsche with PayPal – PayPal
    This is a really nice way of getting the word out about a new service and doing charity some good at the same time. I especially like that they've tied it in with Children in Need
    (tags: paypal donations charity childreninneed smart marketing)
  • Up above once again. – WordRidden
    Jessica’s written a great writeup of their trip to Australia which has given me a huge feeling of homesickness for South Africa and a real desire to get to see Australia sometime.
    (tags: travel australia jessica anecdotes)
  • microformats | weblog | Web Standards Group Hosts Microformats Evening
    Wish I’d made it down for the WSG’s Microformats evening. For those who missed it like me, links here to the presentations and the podcast.
    (tags: wsg microformats webstandards webstandardsgroup london meetup)
  • Jonathan Schwartz’s Weblog : Weblog
    “Q: But someone could steal a container in a parking lot. A: Of course they could. They could also steal the Mona Lisa if it was left in an unguarded parking lot. So don’t leave a million dollar datacenter in an unguarded parking lot.”
    (tags: sun blackbox datacentres cool design technology hardware)
  • Creating Passionate Users: Better Beginnings: how to start a presentation, book, article…
    “If I read just ONE more book about the web that starts with a history of the internet, I will have to take hostages. Seriously.”
    (tags: advice writing beginnings kathysierra funny humour)
  • Seth’s Blog: The silver-grey Japanese car syndrome
    “Your choice of car shouldn’t tell us anything about what sort of neighborhood you’d like to live in or who you will vote for in the next election. The kind of clothing you wear should have no influence at all on the kind of wine you prefer. But it does.”
    (tags: quotes sethgodin anecdotes marketing)
  • ongoing ยท IBM vs. Amazon
    Tim's right. This is the big one — the one we should all be worried about.
    (tags: timbray ongoing patents amazon ibm litigation)
Posted by delicious @ 7:18 PM on October 25, 2006
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  1. Text me your money « Musings of a Tech Geek Says:
    October 31st, 2006 at 9:00 AM

    [...] Similarly, I heard about a new PayPal service from Meri Williams’ blog a couple of days ago. It sounded really interesting, so I thought I’d sign up and see what it was like. Obviously, as a poor student the chance to win a Porsche had no bearing on my decision. It turns out that the new service is basically like my Egg one, but better. Instead of only being able to send money to people when I’m at my PC, I can text or e-mail them money at any time. [...]

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