December 2010
31 posts
“Computer programmer Rajendrasinh Babubhai Makwana was last week sentenced to 41...”
– Fannie Mae UNIX Engineer Gets 41 Months for Planting Logic Bomb 12 - 24 months earlier and he would have been a hero!
“Skype may soon join Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube on China’s Internet...”
– China Declares Skype Illegal Sounds like a sweet place to live.
“Here are some interesting Vimeo stats this year: 1. We became a Top 100 site in...”
– Reason to celebrate! on Vimeo Staff Blog Both are incredible accomplishments! Congrats guys!!
Flavors.me Blog: Featured User: Cody Simms, VP of... →
flavorsdesign:
Cody Simms is VP of Product Management at Yahoo! for the Entertainment and Lifestyles products and also lectures at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
“I have found myself migrating to simpler and simpler personal homepage solutions over the last few years. In four years I’ve gone from a self-hosted WordPress blog to WordPress.com and now...
Flavors.me Blog: Brand New Feature: Custom Content →
flavorsdesign:
It’s now possible to create custom content directly on Flavors.me! We are launching with a basic blank canvas with support for text, photos and video embeds. Very soon, we will be releasing more structured content types such as a ‘Bio’ and a ‘Map with Directions’. The beauty is, all of the custom content is deeply integrated into the core layout structure, so it really adds just...
U Got 2 Luv It | Cam’ron
Flavors.me Blog: Announcing Custom Domains from... →
flavorsdesign:
Custom domains are most premium Flavors users’ favorite aspect of the upgrade. It is quite simply the best way to brand your Flavors.me homepage, giving it a unique identity and allowing your visitors to easily remember your site’s address.
Using a custom domain name for your Flavors site hasn’t been completely easy though, as it required searching around on other websites to...
AOL Acquires Personal Profile Startup About.Me →
caterpillarcowboy:
I wonder how much AOL had to pay to convince them working at AOL wasn’t a death sentence.
Alternative headline: AOL desperate for talent, acquires still-in-beta flavors.me clone. Instructs TechCrunch to write about acquisition to make AOL brand seem “cool” and “cutting edge”.
Flavors.me Blog: Featured Site: The San Diego... →
flavorsdesign:
Having grown up in San Diego, Flavors.me founders Jonathan and David Marcus are die-hard Chargers fans. They spent many Sundays rooting for all the Charger greats, from Lionel “Little Train” James to Natrone Means and Junior Seau. And with Philip Rivers currently leading the charge to make the playoffs this year, we are thrilled to announce that the San Diego Chargers are...
“After the market collapsed and a promising round of financing fell through, Phil...”
– An Evernote user once saved the company with a last minute $500,000 check
Watchoats:
tedroden:
Portland
I have never been to Portland but this video fits what I imagine it to be like. (With respect to dalas and Meagan and all the other great people there.)
“Do you even realize what you have with Flickr? It’s the largest well organized...”
– Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » An Open Letter to Carol Bartz, CEO Yahoo Inc.
“Selling trending topics is like gaming Digg,” Falls said. “Twitter...”
– Twitter Launches Online Form to Buy Ads, Trending Topics & More
“Our friends over at flavors.me have just rolled out DailyBooth integration....”
– DailyBooth » Blog Archive » Flavors.me adds DailyBooth Integration
Flavors.me Blog: New Service: Bandcamp →
flavorsdesign:
We have a musician or two here on the Flavors team, so we know how important it is for artists to connect with their fans and get their product (awesome music) out there. We pride ourselves on making it easy for bands and solo artists to easily share their music with the world, and we’re always…
Fire Flame (Remix) | Lil’ Wayne &...
Beast Mode | B.O.B.
“Stuxnet is an incredibly advanced, undetectable computer worm that took years to...”
– Mystery Surrounds Cyber Missile That Crippled Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Ambitions Incredible.
Goodsie Blog: Goodsie-powered Store of the Day:... →
goodsie:
Goodsie-powered store BoomCase has been overwhelmed since receiving a bounty of press from the likes of Rolling Stone Magazine and BoingBoing.
What is it that’s garnering all of this attention? Wonderfully retro vintage suitcases (and a guitar case!) outfitted with stereo systems…
“My favorite one is, it is the job of innovative companies to create jobs. When...”
– Soon-To-Be Professor Bob Metcalfe Sees ‘Innovation Bubble’
“Since they pioneered the EasyPay system in late 2009, Apple has had a tremendous...”
– Apple opens up new business with POS systems | Apple Intelligence
“The Federal Reserve, under orders from Congress, today named the counterparties...”
– Fed Names Recipients of $3.3 Trillion in Crisis Aid - Bloomberg