Rene Zuleta

Proposal to improve microsyntaxis in Twitter

Chris Messina makes an interesting proposal to improve microsyntaxis in Twitter, in particular the way we do retweets, include other people in a conversation and cite other people: Change the RT: or the (via @user) to: /via @user — is more descriptive and you save one character in the second case. Start using /cc @usuario to include somebody else t [...]

Unusual Origins of 15 Innovative Companies

Being an entrepreneur is definitely not an easy endeavor. As this article points put, many entrepreneurs worry too much about what they’re going to develop, make, or market. But what’s more important is that they actually make, develop or market something. The odds that they end up making it big doing something different are apparently [...]

iPhone on sidewalk practical joke

I have to admit that I would probably fall for this one... I would have been nice to see actual people trying to pick this baby up

Tips to move up on the corporate ladder

BNET is a very good resource for management related topics. I really like this site. There are a lof of books and references meant to help you on your career development. What I like about this article, was the approach to cut the theory BS and go to the point. If you really want to learn how to move up in the business world, you’ve got relatively few sources of expert information. And when you’re done with all the MBA BS, the business self-help books, and God help us - the life coaches - ask somebody who’s done it, and he’ll tell you. What better advice than this?

Top 5 Best Practices for Writing Effective E-mail

I’m usually amazed of the amount of unnecessary problems created at work many times because of people not being savvy about using “simple” stuff such as e-mails. Having that said, I like to share info that I find useful such as tips that can help us enjoy a better time at work while avoiding unnecessary [...]

Easier internet addresses

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist credited with creating the World Wide Web in 1989, doesn't seem like a man who has many regrets. But he admitted earlier this month at a symposium in Washington that his decision to include those annoying forward slashes in http addresses was made on a whim. If he could change one thing about the Internet now, he says, he would slash the slashes, which are completely unnecessary.

Seth Godin on Trolls

Great post that came at very good time for me. During the past 2 weeks, I’ve come across a very annoying troll. I don’t mind discussing with people whenever we don’t agree on something. But my biggest frustration is trying to to have a decent discussion with somebody who just wants to insult, tells lies about [...]

Scientists and Engineers on Boards Will Keep Focus on the Long Term

Very interesting article from Harvard Business Review related to long term planning in our companies. many people has been talking during this economic crisis, that part of the problem is the pressure coming from investors and work ethics (or lack of them I should say) that pushed corporations to seek fast results.

White House site is now running on Drupal

WhiteHouse.gov has gone Drupal. After months of planning, says an Obama Administration source, the White House has ditched the proprietary content management system developed by General Dynamics INformation Technology (GDIT) and that had been in place since the days of the Bush Administration in favor of the latest version of the open-source Drupal software, as the AP alluded to in its reporting yesterday.

36 skaters make a perfect human Tetris

Cool video showing a group of 36 skaters using neon lights and creating the most geek and cool human Tetris ever seen.