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Make an Appointment with Yourself for Distraction-Free Time Blocks

It got so bad that when I was on deadline, I'd book hour-long meetings in a conference room where I was the only attendee. I'd put the meeting in my calendar a day or two ahead of time so that I showed up as "busy" in Outlook. When the time came, I'd steal off to the conference room with my laptop to work uninterrupted. When I confessed to another programmer that I was holding fake meetings with myself just to get work done, he asked if he could join me--under

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:54 am PST

Peter Funch photography

Source: Delicious/pax | 9 Mar 2010 | 8:15 pm PST

Freelancing Together | Carsonified

In his first article for Think Vitamin Matthew Smith, Principal Designer at Squared Eye Design, discusses the benefits, risks and infrastructure required to work effectively with fellow freelancers

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:51 pm PST

Coworking

Coworking is an emerging trend for a new pattern for working. Typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors or people who travel frequently end up working in relative isolation. Coworking is the social gathering of a group of people, who are still working independently, but who share values and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with talented people in the same space.Some coworking spaces were developed by nomadic internet entrepreneurs seeking an alternative to working in coffeeshops and cafes, or to isolation in independent or

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:50 pm PST

Coworking

Coworking is cafe-like community/collaboration space for developers, writers and independents.

Source: Delicious/pax | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm PST

Does Going Green Make You Less Virtuous?

A new study shows that people are more likely to cheat and steal after buying green products.

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:48 pm PST

Times Square by Peter Funch

Times Square by Peter Funch

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:00 am PST

Statistics for a changing world: Google Public Data Explorer in Labs

As of today, Google is sharing a snapshot of some of the most popular public data search topics on Google. They’re also launching the Google Public Data Explorer, an experimental visualization tool in Google Labs.Here’s the most popular data and statistics search topics:1. School comparisons2. Unemployment3. Population4. Sales tax5. Salariesand an interesting chart for my fellow colleagues:This chart compares bi-annual gross minimum wages per month in Euro. This dataset was prepared by Google based on data downloaded from Eurostat - Last updated: March 6, 2010Chart link (embedding didn’t workfor my

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:07 am PST

Pana una-alta-alta

Speram sa vina in seara asta spotul nou pentru UniCredit Tiriac Bank (unul care nu e inca nici pe TV) sa-l putem arata aici. Dar n-a venit. Si nu putem. Asa ca am ales de pe youtube un alt rezultat iesit la search cu numele bancii.

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 8 Mar 2010 | 9:14 am PST

How to Save $148 On an iPod Touch - Lost ipod touch - Gizmodo

8 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 7 Mar 2010 | 9:33 am PST

Ruba.com

Community driven Tours & Tour Reviews, Travel Guides, Places to see

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 7 Mar 2010 | 8:28 am PST

Tough gals - Artsy Spot

2 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 7 Mar 2010 | 7:47 am PST

Mingle2 - How I Built a Web 2.0 Dating Site in 66.5 Hours

Let this be a testament to Web 2.0 and the effectiveness of rapid development frameworks: I built a full-featured dating website, from concept to launch, in 66.5 hours.  In a typical 9-5 job this would amount to about a week and a half.   Deliverables included:

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 6 Mar 2010 | 9:07 pm PST

Grow Collective

Bristol Web Design Co–operative

Source: Delicious/pax | 6 Mar 2010 | 9:04 pm PST

#grid

This is a little tool we created for our Analog holding page. It inserts a layout grid in web pages, allows you to hold it in place, and toggle between displaying it in the foreground or background. To see it in action, hit G on your keyboard.

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 6 Mar 2010 | 8:52 pm PST

Heineken Balaton Sound

Primele confirmari ale party-ului din 2010: The Chemical Brothers, Jamiroquai, Sven Väth, Paul Kalkbenner, Paul Van Dyke

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 5 Mar 2010 | 1:30 pm PST

Nova Rock

Rock serios in Austria: Deftones, Slayer, Green Day, Alice in Chains, Rammstein, Stone Temple Pilots

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 5 Mar 2010 | 12:51 pm PST

Hot blue DNA dressed chicks welcome you to the weekend.

Hot blue DNA dressed chicks welcome you to the weekend.

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 5 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm PST

My kind of girl.

My kind of girl.

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 4 Mar 2010 | 8:00 am PST

Perfect example of real-life hacking

Comments

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 3 Mar 2010 | 10:41 pm PST

OMG I WAS STUCK ON STAIRS HOLY KRAP I ALMOST DIED

Shared by pax this can't be trueOMG I WAS STUCK ON STAIRS HOLY KRAP I ALMOST DIED

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 3 Mar 2010 | 10:33 pm PST

Music Industry Piracy Fears: A Historical Perspective

Thank you, Dead Kennedys for encouraging piracy, 20 years before BitTorrent was ever created.

Source: digg / U8IK / history / diggs | 3 Mar 2010 | 9:55 pm PST

Davidope's mesmerizing animations :: koikoikoi.com - Visual Arts Magazine, graphic design, illustration, photography, interviews, inspiration, tutorials

25 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 3 Mar 2010 | 6:22 pm PST

You can’t make this stuff up, pt. 11,555

The Israeli military had to cancel a plannedoperation after a soldier posted the details of the upcoming mission onFacebook. "The soldier also disclosed the name of the combatunit, the place of the operation and the time it will take place," Haaretzreports. The soldier actually wrote, "On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah [avillage near Ramallah], and on Thursday, god willing, we come home." Can you imagine being this guy's platoon leader?

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 3 Mar 2010 | 7:18 am PST

Wars of the African tribes

[w/ some Graphic PICS]

Source: digg / U8IK / history / diggs | 27 Feb 2010 | 2:59 pm PST

Robots Are Doing Better Than Humans on Twitter

This is all about an experiment I started back in July 2009, called TwiBots. Initially it was supposed to be a simple 24/7 online tweep (Michael Davis) saying a bunch of stuff randomly. But then ...

Source: digg / U8IK / history / diggs | 27 Feb 2010 | 2:55 pm PST

WordPress : 10+ life saving SQL queries

Although there's lots of things that you can do in WordPress, sometimes you may need a quick fix for a specific problem. In those cases, working directly on the database can be a real life-saver. This article shows you 10+ extremely useful SQL queries for WordPress.

Source: digg / U8IK / history / diggs | 27 Feb 2010 | 2:55 pm PST

Create a Twitter bot with PHP

Source: Delicious/pax | 27 Feb 2010 | 2:50 pm PST

Create a really simple fly-out menu

There are a millions of flyout, drop down, suckerfish menu generators out there, but all of them are really complex. I just need to show a few options.

Source: Delicious/pax | 27 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am PST

50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files

wireframing tools and standalone applications, as well as resources that you’ll need to build your own wireframe: wireframing kits, browser windows, form elements, grids, Mac OS X elements, mobile elements

Source: Delicious/pax | 27 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am PST

Comics - Explosm.net

0 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 27 Feb 2010 | 7:20 am PST

Browser Game Pick: Home Sheep Home (Aardman Studios)

Home Sheep Home is a physics-based puzzler that features characters from Shaun the Sheep, a stop-motion animation series produced by the creators of Wallace and Gromit. The objective of the game is to get all three sheep to reach the signpost safely. This means players will have to switch between Shaun, Timmy and Shirley as needed to overcome the obstacles they come across.There are only fifteen stages to play through, but you can also turn the hint system off for a bit of extra challenge. (official site, Kongregate mirror)

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 26 Feb 2010 | 8:50 am PST

http://www.newlaunches.com/entry_images/1107/12/nokia_timeline.php

1 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 26 Feb 2010 | 7:46 am PST

Online ASCII text generator

geeky awesome

Source: Delicious/pax | 25 Feb 2010 | 6:13 pm PST

Dynamic Dummy Image Generator

Sometimes you just need a placeholder image right at your finger tips. Just enter the width + x + height at the end of this URL and off you go!

Source: Delicious/pax | 25 Feb 2010 | 4:24 am PST

Extremely Hungry Girls | SadAndUseless.com

0 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 24 Feb 2010 | 9:28 pm PST

Cool Story, Bro!

1 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 24 Feb 2010 | 9:13 pm PST

Airport-WiFi-Map

world-wide map with free wi-fi airports

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 23 Feb 2010 | 2:18 pm PST

Travel Blog Exchange

A community of new media travel writers who share the journey.

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 23 Feb 2010 | 10:50 am PST

Photo

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 23 Feb 2010 | 2:41 am PST

Music Industry Piracy Fears: A Historical Perspective [Image Cache]

There is nothing about this old Dead Kennedys cassette single I don't love. [SB1 via HypeMachine]

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 22 Feb 2010 | 6:46 am PST

Цирк уехал - клоуны остались - Spoki

1 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 22 Feb 2010 | 5:19 am PST

Damn...You...Beer...Goggles!

Some drunken douchebags have an encounter with a transexual and get more than they wanted. By the looks of the size of her/him I don't fancy those lads chances if things get violent. I bet she/he can do nasty things with her/his handbag.

Source: digg / U8IK / history / diggs | 22 Feb 2010 | 12:11 am PST

Slipshine

adult comix

Source: Delicious/pax | 21 Feb 2010 | 1:18 pm PST

Tweepler

A Twitter follower management application that lets you make quick, one click decisions about whether to follow people back or drop them into an ignore pile (out of sight, out of mind). In addition to being able to view recent tweets, Tweepler gives helpful stats about new followers, such as average tweets per day.

Source: Delicious/pax | 21 Feb 2010 | 10:42 am PST

Nest Unclutterer

Clean your twitter following list.Nest.Unclutterer will automatically block Twitter users who are following more than a certain number of people or who have been inactive for a certain number of days.

Source: Delicious/pax | 21 Feb 2010 | 10:23 am PST

Google Chart Tools

The Google Chart Tools enable adding live charts to any web page. * A rich gallery of visualizations provided as: o Image charts - using a simple URL request to a Google chart server o Interactive charts - using a Google developed JavaScript library * Can read live data from a variety of data sources * Simple to use and free

Source: Delicious/pax | 19 Feb 2010 | 6:41 pm PST

http://i.imgur.com/AfUFy.png

1 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 19 Feb 2010 | 8:15 am PST

Titillium

open-source web font

Source: Delicious/pax | 18 Feb 2010 | 4:55 am PST

A new global visual language for the BBC's digital services

A place where senior staff from the BBC's Future Media and Technology teams, will discuss issues raised by you about BBC Online, the BBC's digital and mobile services, and the technology behind them.

Source: digg / U8IK / history / diggs | 18 Feb 2010 | 1:52 am PST

BBC - Future Media Standards & Guidelines - Global Visual Language v2.0

All BBC Online (bbc.co.uk) web pages MUST adhere to the Global Visual Language Guidelines v2.0 (this is a zip file, approximately 5MB in size).

Source: Delicious/pax | 18 Feb 2010 | 1:49 am PST

dack.com web web economy bullshit generator

198 reviews

Source: StumbleUpon | U8IK's favorites | 17 Feb 2010 | 1:51 pm PST

Drupal showcase

showcases of Drupal websites. (sometimes) with architecture / modules explanations

Source: Delicious/pax | 17 Feb 2010 | 10:08 am PST

Future Sink

Future Sink

Source: digg / U8IK / history / diggs | 15 Feb 2010 | 2:40 pm PST

Ghid de supravieţuire bab.la pentru călătorii

cheatseets in 14 limbi straine

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 12 Feb 2010 | 7:59 pm PST

Quick Tip: Different Layouts for Different Widths

It’s becoming more and more common for web sites and applications to provide different layouts dependent upon the user’s window size, or resolution. This can be accomplished in a variety of ways, ranging from CSS to JavaScript solutions.In this video quick tip, we’ll learn how laughably simple it is to do this with a touch of jQuery, and the resize() method. By utilizing jQuery’s “resize()” method, we can easily listen for when the user changes the width of their browser window. function checkWindowSize() { if ( $(window).width() >

Source: pax's shared items in Google Reader | 12 Feb 2010 | 11:21 am PST

Most Traveled People - On the Road to Everywhere

According to our members, the world is made up of 871 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major states and provinces. To visit all 871 would be to go everywhere.

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 9 Feb 2010 | 3:26 pm PST

World Travel Tips

the World Travel Tips web site, a resource for general information, top destinations, and informative tips for travel to countries around the world

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 9 Feb 2010 | 3:02 pm PST

The Secret Guinness 14

The Secret Guinness 14, items once listed by the Guinness book of World Records and not included on other travellers' country lists and now officially disowned by Guinness, is a list of some of the most difficult places in the world to visit for either geographical or political reasons; difficult enough that no one has visited all 14, and only a few have made it to even twelve.

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 9 Feb 2010 | 3:02 pm PST

http://www.jorgesanchez.es/08ViajerosNotables/08ViajerosNotables.htm

Notable travelers. A top with most travelled people in history.

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 9 Feb 2010 | 2:55 pm PST

nextstop.com

Discover Things to Do & Places to Go

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 25 Jan 2010 | 3:28 pm PST

AsiaWheeling:

crew hanging around and reporting from Asia. nice posts & pics

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 18 Jan 2010 | 11:47 pm PST

Shred.ro

blog de snowboarding

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 16 Jan 2010 | 7:13 pm PST

Fresh-Meat

portal de snowboard .ro

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 16 Jan 2010 | 7:12 pm PST

Amateur Snapper

Photography tips, tricks and tutorials

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 6 Jan 2010 | 12:02 pm PST

GoPlanit

trip planning social networkTravel Planning Help

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 4 Jan 2010 | 3:29 pm PST

Andrei Iliescu photography

photo journalism

Source: Delicious/dordeduca | 4 Jan 2010 | 3:21 pm PST