TheMadPeacock On The Sofa

So I have a week at home with my new baby and between feeds I am getting some time to sleep and catch up on some of my hobbies.
Music is something I love, I played violin as a kid, (I wanted to play electric guitar but my parents made me play violin; don’t know why) [...]

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I am a huge fan of LinkedIn, I think they are providing one of the top “Web2.0″ services for business individuals and as I have indicated in other posts (LinkedIn : Company Profiles) It continues to be one of my most valuable sales tools.
I congratulate the LinkedIn team on securing this new round of funding [...]

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About a year ago I decided to create a community web site that would provide photographers with a place to share information on the photo locations they have found.
I was motivated to do this because I travel a lot as part of my job and although I only get a bit of time between meetings [...]

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Wichinomics was recommended to my by one of the VP’s at Emergent, having read it
I feel the need to share it with you. It is an enlightening book that focuses on the changing world of Internet togetherness, mass or global collaboration also known as crowdsourcing.
In a previous job I had the honor of working with [...]

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I purchased this book because Amazons web site recommended it to me based on my past purchases and the recommendations of its members. Ironically this software as a service type crowdsorcing system is part of what is being discussed in the book itself.
For me open source as a business is fascinating. The idea of [...]

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