blog.danflies.com: Archive

“Blogging requires of a huge commitment and every company or entrepreneur should...”

– Entrepreneurs: Blogging Requires Commitment. Are You Ready? | SocialMouths (via Instapaper)

Nov 25th

The 5-Minute-a-Day Twitter Strategy | Virgin... →

More posts with numbers in the title. (via Instapaper)

Nov 25th

“Listen to me. Do NOT enter social media until you know what you want to get out...”

– Creating Your Social Media Plan | Using Social Media for Business (via Instapaper)

Nov 24th

Twitter Help Center →

Good Twitter tips from Twitter (via Instapaper)

Nov 24th

Oct 16th

Almost on the Road!

It was a crazy week. As if thursday I and nothing packed, washed, or ready for my trip on Friday. I didn’t even have valid tags in my car. All of my washing, packing, charging of electronics and list making were done by midnight/1 am. Friday morning I got an oil change, and got replacement tags for my car. Only a day of work between me and almost 2000 miles to Vermont.

Oct 15th

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Social media in 5 minutes or less with a co-creator of Reddit. It was a very cool example of the internet taking hold of an organization’s goal, for it own purposes, and by side effect accomplishing the organization’s goal. Check it out an interesting TED talk.

Sep 24th

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Kidblog.org Featured in Twin Cities Business... →

A start-up I co-founded with another UMM grad and 3rd grade teacher, Matt Hardy, was featured on Twin Cities Business Magazine’s Start Me Up blog. Check it out.

Sep 22nd

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Lessons on standing out. Excellent examples: sliced break, soy milk, including great failed projects. This really builds on the Minnebar talk: Inspiring Passionate Users;what can I do to focus on the 1% of user base that are the opinion makers. Quotes: “We’re all in the fashion business now” “Safe is risky” “Remarkable” is the key work, it isn’t...

Jun 8th

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Kidblog.org Featured on Tech{dot}MN →

Arising from our unsuccessful performance in the start up funding contest at MinneBar, we came to the attention of a writer for Tech.MN a technology/entrepreneurship news site. It is our first local story and I’m quite excited to see if leads to more conversations.

Jun 5th

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Kidblog.org Featured on Tech.MN →

Kidblog.org was featured today on Tech.MN, pretty sweet! Over the last several months Hardy and I have been working to make Kidblog.org. After attending Minnebar last month, it really got the startup juices flowing. Look for more startup news about Kidblog.org and our other venture: Classroom Placement (we need a better name).

Jun 4th

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Nova: Intelligent Design on Trial →

Another excellent Nova program on the Dover School District case that pitted Evolution vs. Intelligent Design. The background on the case and the trial testimony is amazing. If you we were ever unsure about Darwin’s Theory vs. creationism or ID, check this program out. With in this program you can ask yourself, if we want to be leaders in science and technology in the 21st century can we...

Apr 30th

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This is why TED is amazing. Micheal Pollan uses the example of a farm in Virginia that I’ve read about before, but from a new perspective; the evolutionary manipulations of humans by plants and other animals/insects. Corn (his example), wheat and rice (my addition) have dominated the Western and Eastern cultures more than any other plant. They have maybe ruled the earth longer than any...

Apr 21st

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Why have I seen this before? Neil Greenfield seems out outline the revolution in computing and invention in this talk. Someday Fab Labs will be ubiquitous so that each person can harness their own inventions. Very cool, must watch.

Apr 18th

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Sir Ken Robinson makes a good case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity.

Apr 10th

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The ecosystem of giant redwoods. If you’ve see the National Parks documentary by Ken Burns, you love this talk and become fascinated by the eco-system that has developed over thousands of years in canopy of the giant trees on the West Coast. Check it out.

Apr 2nd

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Mar 26th

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Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish Brilliant!

Mar 19th

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Feb 16th

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Pricing Your Web Service/Product →

Continuing the theme on pricing software. The start up is going very well. Next week will be very interesting, a very big moment. When we announce the new pricing model I’ll let you now how it works and send you a link to the site.

Feb 5th

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Innovation, or Lack of it, at Microsoft.

Microsoft’s Creative Destruction By DICK BRASS (NY Times Op-Ed) Why Microsoft, America’s most famous and prosperous technology company, has failed to bring us the future.(save for the XBox) Gizmodo’s take on the article:How Innovation Died at Microsoft

Feb 4th

Jan 29th

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A very interesting talk about harnessing solar energy using a Sterling engine and genetic algorithms.

Jan 29th

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Jan 28th

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Just Don't Roll The Dice →

A short FREE ebook on pricing software. After attending MinneBar this year, I’ve been much more interested in software startups and how to a real business going. I’m working right now with Hardy to get his product out and creating innovative pricing schemes to get the the start up going. I’m a software hippie by heart. I always have been and probably always will be. I...

Jan 26th

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An interesting history of the computer at TED talk. Also gives a glimpse to the amazing times at Princeton trying to build a computer.

Jan 22nd

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This is Going to Get Real Annoying

NY Times “Meter Model” Coming in 2011 Slate’s Take on NY Times Announcement I’m already sick of the Pandora 40 hours a month limit for free use, now the NY Times wants me to meter me too! It’s not that I want everything for free, although it would be nice, when I pay for something I want something I can keep. I don’t get to keep the songs Pandora streams to...

Jan 21st

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New blog is up!

Thanks to Joe and the guys at Onsharp.com DanFlies.com is now running Tumblr as its blog host and Google Apps’ Gmail for email. Thanks again to Joe and Onsharp.com, please stay tuned for more updates coming to danflies.com.

Jan 20th

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From Phi at Unhindered by Talent.

Jan 19th