Lost Book Sales | Every day an author and a publisher lose a sale. These are the stories why.
Every day an author and a publisher lose a sale. These are the stories why.
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Vincents Random Waffle: Keeping kindling dry
Creating a case for your ebook reader from a hollowed out book. genius!
The Ethicist - E-Book Dodge - Question - NYTimes.com
But in this case, it is not unethical. Author and publisher are entitled to be paid for their work, and by purchasing the hardcover, you did so. Your subsequent downloading is akin to buying a CD, then copying it to your iPod.
Your time is up, publishers. Book piracy is about to arrive on a massive scale – Telegraph Blogs
But I was right about the complacency of publishers. They’ve spent three years bickering about eBook prices and Amazon and Apple and Andrew Wylie, and they’ve ignored that massive growling wolf at the door, the wolf that has transformed the music and TV so much that they’re forced to give their content away for practically nothing.
RubyConf 2010 - schedule
uses html5 offline storage
RubyConfirmate
my rubyconf schedule
Effective A/B Testing
Google Website Optimiser
Website Optimizer, Google’s free website testing and optimization tool, allows you to increase the value of your existing websites and traffic without spending a cent. Using Website Optimizer to test and optimize site content and design, you can quickly and easily increase revenue and ROI whether you’re new to marketing or an expert.
Making Better Presentation Slides
5 Minute Lightning Talk on How to Make Your Slides More Awesomer
Here's how Amazon took the lead in the billion-dollar ebook market — and why they'll dominate
But Amazon played beautifully every step of the game. And now, in a market that is growing very big, very fast, and probably has strong network effects, it has an early lead which makes us think it will end up dominating it. In fact, we think Amazon's marketshare will end up closer to 90%.
James Bridle – Wrangling Time: The Form and Future of the Book | Web Directions
How to Name Gems
Here is my STRONG recommendation on how to name gems:
Shopify Blog — Shopify's path to Rails 3
Vegan Skeptic: Being Vegan is worse for the environment?
My RubyConf Talk | PABCAS — Paul Campbell Blogs Here - Thoughts, links, pictures on music, food, wine, film, tech etc. I chose Keller over Scoble.
We’re sitting on the pinnacle of 10 years of not only a language, but a community that fosters creative spirit, welcoming of ideas and peers from the outside, and grounded in the principles of programmer happiness and productivity.
Fix – Remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop client access licenses | This is Helpful
how to renew temporary RDP licenses win windows XP AND windows 7
DiCentral: EDI software solutions and EDI services
War on Perfect
75% of ruby gems never reach 1.0
The Ruby Stdlib is a Ghetto
Will Ruby 1.9.3 or 2.0 get a good spring cleaning or will we have to live with these classes forever?
Object Scopes in Rails 3.1 |
Programming from the Ground Up
Adobe Reader PDF LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution
CVE-2010-0188: Exploit in the wild | Fortinet Security Blog
rc3.org - A third kind of freedom
What Apple offers in exchange for giving up Freedom 0 ... is a new freedom for computer users — the freedom to install stuff on your computer without screwing things up.
The Ruby Stdlib is not a Ghetto
I have read Mike Perham's post on ruby's stdlib and strongly disagree
Ben Strong's Blog: Google and Microsoft Cheat on Slow-Start. Should You?
What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory
The Age: Best eats for vegans and vegetarians
A Waste of Money and Time - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
A good opinion piece by Bruce Schneier on airport security
Google Prediction API - Google Code