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links for 2006-11-15

  • BBC NEWS | Business | First Direct to end free banking
    Interesting move. I see their point about people using their current accounts as “second accounts”, etc, but the minimum level they’re prescribing (£1500 per month deposits) I imagine may exclude quite a few people.
    (tags: money personal finance banking bank firstdirect hsbc business)
  • BBC NEWS | Technology | Physics promises wire-less power
    This is an amazingly cool idea. I just hope they’re looking an energy consumption as well — I’d hate to see this make environmental problems WORSE
    (tags: business computing hardware physics innovation charging batteries power technology wireless)
  • The Dilbert Blog: Small Pleasures
    “And I like writing this blog post today because I know it will remind you of your own small pleasures. Take a deep breath. Release that knot in your back. Wiggle your feet. Enjoy your day.”
    (tags: anecdotes advice scottadams humour)
  • radiac.net diary – Messing with Cold Callers
    Richard is so evil. In such a good and funny way. We should start up international tournaments of this game!!
    (tags: radiac games gaming funny humour sales coldcallers)
  • ongoing · Java Is Free
    If anyone was in any doubt, Tim Bray is totally the man. And Sun open-sourcing Java is pretty damn cool too!
    (tags: blog java free opensource opensourcesoftware sun timbray software gpl)
  • Joel on Software
    “Agile is not supposed to be about swapping out one set of bureaucratic, rigid procedures for another equally rigid set of procedures that still doesn’t take customer’s needs into account.”
    (tags: coding development management programming softwaredevelopment agile agiledevelopment joelonsoftware)
  • The Dilbert Blog: Are Smart People Dumb?
    “It turns out that the people who join Mensa and attend meetings are, on average, not successful titans of industry. They are instead – and I say this with great affection – huge losers.”
    (tags: mensa scottadams genius life humour anecdotes funny)
  • Geeking with Greg: Ruthless enough for a startup?
    “Is ruthlessness the key to success for Web 2.0 startups? Are you ruthless enough to succeed in the same way these others have done?” via Simon
    (tags: business startups work interesting evil history story web2.0 entrepreneurs)
  • We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format.
    Sign it and spread it
    (tags: petitions copyright uk legislation)
  • GTD: Project Verbs vs. Next-Action Verbs | 43 Folders
    Nice little rundown to help you identify when you’re planning projects rather than actionable todos
    (tags: 43folders advice GTD lifehacks productivity organization todo tips)
  • Joshuaink — Inspiration
    Seriously cool video
    (tags: music videos youtube drums drumming comments)
  • Seth’s Blog: Don’t make a bad deal
    Seth, again, talking about the important shit that everyone else glosses over. The man is a legend.
    (tags: management negotiation sethgodin tips contracts deals web2.0 bubble2.0 business)
Posted by delicious @ 7:21 PM on November 15, 2006
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