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All Small Business Technology Articles

All Small Business Technology Articles 07/14/2004 04:47 PM
Microsoft Jul 14 2004 8:32PM GMT

Businesses For Sale in Northern and
Southern California Reached a Record
Number 368 Business & Franchise Sales
This Past Week from Business Brokers,
Small Business Owners, & Real Estate
Agents

Businesses For Sale in Northern and
Southern California Reached a Record
Number 368 Business & Franchise Sales
This Past Week from Business Brokers,
Small Business Owners, & Real Estate
Agents 05/31/2004 01:52 PM
Businesses for sale in Northern and Southern California reached a record number 368 business & franchise sales this past week from business brokers, small business owners, & real estate agents for the week of May 17, 2004 thru May 23, 2004. [PRWEB May 27, 2004]

Boring Boring: A Directory of Dull
Things

Boring Boring: A Directory of Dull
Things 04/03/2005 01:01 AM
Boring!Boring!

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Cory uses the DMCA against Boring Boring

Cory uses the DMCA against Boring Boring 04/01/2005 02:27 PM
Cory Doctorow: What with the Boring Boring post and my holding such double standards and all, I couldn't help myself. I got EFF's Fred von Lohmann to issue a DMCA takedown notice to the Boring Boring people. Enough is enough, but too much is too much. Ernest Miller has the scoop:

Furthermore, Mr. Doctorow and BoingBoing own all rights in and to the registered mark BoingBoing (the "Mark"), which has been in continuous use in interstate commerce since the world-renowned website entitled "BoingBoing" was first published in 2000. BoingBoing is the exclusive licensee of the publishing and merchandising rights to the Mark in connection with the internet and all related collateral products and services (collectively, the "BoingBoing Properties"). As I am sure you are aware, BoingBoing is quite probably the most famous website ever published. Indeed, millions of pageviews of the various posts on the website have taken place since first publication. As a result of this enormous number of pageviews and the attendant publicity, the public associates the Mark and its distinctive logo solely with Cory Doctorow and BoingBoing.

Lin k (Thanks, Ernest!)

ZachEverson.com: Op-ed articles, humor
columns, true stories of zany exploits,
and a business dictionary.

ZachEverson.com: Op-ed articles, humor
columns, true stories of zany exploits,
and a business dictionary. 12/10/2003 04:39 AM
* zach everson .. Zach

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Boring Boring: Awesome April Fool's
parody of Boing Boing

Boring Boring: Awesome April Fool's
parody of Boing Boing 03/31/2005 11:46 PM
Xeni Jardin:

Some anonymous geniuses whipped up this incredibly thorough parody of Boing Boing. I LOLed until my very eyeballs popped out. The detail is frightening (note the "Studious Girls" ads), as is the volume of witty, nuanced little references to actual crap we've blogged. To wit:

HOWTO: De-everybody Boring Boring
Jason Gill says, "Someone has posted a script for GreaseMonkey (a Firefox extension that lets you add your own Javascript code to any website, to remove ads or add features) that automatically removes every post when viewing Boring Boring." We wish we had thought of that.

and

At last, an alternative to Firefox!
Firefox Alternative Chris James sez, "I got so tired of all the updates, lame plug-ins and the W3C evangelism of the Mozilla crowd that I've been looking around for an alternative to Firefox for quite some time. Finally, I've settled on a great free app called Internet Explorer -- and it looks like I'm not alone. According to my site stats, Explorer is running neck and neck with Firefox for marketshare. It's about time somebody gave those thugs at the Mozilla Foundation some competition." Link

Link to "Boring Boring: A Directory of Dull Things." It's a masterpiece. Thanks, smartass(es)!

Update: Looks like their webserver is acting squirrely. If you can't access the site, here's a partial screenshot: Link. Come back, you big tease!

Northern And Southern California
Businesses For Sale Dipped This Past
Week To 324 Business & Franchise Sales.
These Small Businesses Were Sold By
Business Brokers, Small Business Owners,
& Real Estate Agents Throughout
California.

Northern And Southern California
Businesses For Sale Dipped This Past
Week To 324 Business & Franchise Sales.
These Small Businesses Were Sold By
Business Brokers, Small Business Owners,
& Real Estate Agents Throughout
California. 06/23/2004 03:08 AM
Northern And Southern California Businesses For Sale Dipped This Past Week To 324 Business & Franchise Sales. These Small Businesses Were Sold By Business Brokers, Small Business Owners, & Real Estate Agents Throughout California. [PRWEB Jun 23, 2004]

Business Week Quiz

Business Week Quiz 05/12/2004 01:21 AM
ic Wales,UK-2 hours ago ... morning? 4. Name the Welsh director of search engine Google, who is a partner in Silicon valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. 5 ...

Business Week Slams the RIAA!

Business Week Slams the RIAA! 01/27/2004 03:32 AM
Business Week gets it and the RIAA doesn't. What is amazing is that Business Week's opinion fell without directly saying...

Outsourcing to India in Business Week
and at MIT...

Outsourcing to India in Business Week
and at MIT... 01/07/2004 04:17 PM

Not all of our students will see this cover story in Business Week on the migration of high-paying jobs to India.  But most attended a lecture in 6.171 by the folks who run MIT's latest big IT effort:  OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), which distributes syllabi, problem sets, and other materials from MIT classes (at least one semester after the class is actually given).  During the lecture the students learned that, although ocw.mit.edu is a purely static .html site, it is produced with a database-backed content management system.  In fact, of the $11 million donated by foundations to support the service, about $2 million was spent on technology and the salaries of folks at MIT who oversee the technology.

The more sophisticated portion of ocw.mit.edu is a 100 percent Microsoft show.  A student asks the speakers why they chose Microsoft Content Management Server, expecting to hear a story about careful in-house technical evaluation done by people sort of like them.  The answer:  "We read a Gartner Group report that said the Microsoft system was the simplest to use among the commercial vendors and that open-source toolkits weren't worth considering."

Students began to wake up.

A PowerPoint slide contained the magic word "Delhi".  It turns out that most of the content editing and all of the programming work for OpenCourseWare was done in India, either by Sapient, MIT's main contractor for the project, or by a handful of Microsoft India employees who helped set up the Content Management Server.

Thus did students who are within months of graduating with their $160,000 computer science degrees learn how modern information systems are actually built, even by institutions that earn much of their revenue from educating American software developers.

"Outsourcing to India in Business Week
and at MIT..."

"Outsourcing to India in Business Week
and at MIT..." 12/02/2003 03:01 AM

Business Week Pundits on Parade

Business Week Pundits on Parade 06/05/2005 11:25 PM
Henry slams the Business Week cover story on blogging.  Bravo.

Frankly, the entire article smells.  Heather Green and her cohort are using the article to launch a new blog that talks about business blogging.  Can you say:  business book?  Scoble will soon have some competition.

Also, the article is full of over the top analysis.  This is classic Forrester, but the analysts were left out of the picture.  The reporters are now the subject matter experts/pundits/analysts.  "We've done our research on blogs, made our dire pronouncements." Very funny.

Finally, the article (of course) claims that businesses will find ways to dominate the world of blogs.  It has to.  You can't sell business consulting/books/articles/commercial blogs/speaking engagements unless you can tell companies that they can eventually dominate the blogging world (or that their company is at risk).  If they told the truth, interest would tank.

Business Week talk on the Two Palms

Business Week talk on the Two Palms 06/25/2004 03:54 PM
Cliff Edwards, of Business Week's Streetsmart writes, "Both before and after Palm split into tw...

Business Week Trashes RIAA's Strategy

Business Week Trashes RIAA's Strategy 01/26/2004 09:53 PM
Even Business Week, which you might expect to side with the big recording industry over the consumer, has an article suggesting that the latest lawsuits from the industry are their worst move yet, and things are only going to get worse for them. The article points out, as many people have been saying, that each move by the recording industry only drives those sharing music files further underground while making them even less receptive to any eventual embrace from the industry. While we've discussed this plenty of times, what's interesting here is the fact that a magazine like Business Week is coming to the same conclusion. For a while, the industry insisted that it was only a bunch of kids "stealing" music who were against the actions they were taking. However, when big name business publications start trashing the strategy as well, you'd think the industry might start to pay attention.

Business Week: Polishing Apple's Future

Business Week: Polishing Apple's Future 04/23/2004 12:03 PM

Gov't approves business activities in
Kaesung in this week

Gov't approves business activities in
Kaesung in this week 09/08/2004 01:14 AM
Maekyung Internet Sep 8 2004 5:55AM GMT

Linux knocks Bush off cover of Business
Week

Linux knocks Bush off cover of Business
Week 02/01/2005 10:09 PM
While George W. Bush was off dreaming about a world that doesn't exist, those no-nonsense savvy capitalists at Business Week were cooking up a cover story on Linux. Proving that business is still more interested in what works than in...

Business Week Online: What Eric Schmidt
Found at Google

Business Week Online: What Eric Schmidt
Found at Google 04/28/2004 04:10 PM
Search Visibility Report Apr 28 2004 8:13PM GMT

The World Famous Chi-Lites Joined
DigiPie this Week in Music Business

The World Famous Chi-Lites Joined
DigiPie this Week in Music Business 08/10/2004 03:43 AM
DigiPie is the new kid on the block when it comes to legal downloading. While iTunes has established validity in downloading, DigiPie takes it much further by also allowing Artists to take control of the exploitation of their creations and shares the "pie" with the public. DigiPie is currently building it's artist base. [PRWEB Aug 10, 2004]

Industry Bodies Coordinate E-Business
Standards Efforts (Internet Week)

Industry Bodies Coordinate E-Business
Standards Efforts (Internet Week) 06/17/2002 11:58 AM

Microsoft Celebrates National Small
Business Week with Technology and
Service Offerings for Small Businesses

Microsoft Celebrates National Small
Business Week with Technology and
Service Offerings for Small Businesses 05/18/2004 01:31 PM
In recognition of National Small Business Week and the significant role the nation's 7.5 million small businesses play in the U.S. economy, Microsoft is teaming with other organizations that focus on small companies, including the Small Business Administration, to provide higher levels of support and services.

Boring Boring

Boring Boring 04/02/2005 12:06 AM

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"Boring Boring"

"Boring Boring" 04/01/2005 10:26 PM

Cue the Boring CEO!

Cue the Boring CEO! 08/04/2004 06:27 AM
Three bosses, three slots on CNBC, three reviews: Who's stiff, who's fake, who nails it.

Boring Biotech?

Boring Biotech? 06/04/2004 12:37 PM
Sometimes, boring's not so bad. Take this company, for instance.

Backup doesn't have to be boring--really

Backup doesn't have to be boring--really 06/21/2004 01:59 PM
ZDNet Jun 21 2004 4:23PM GMT

Microsoft is being boring

Microsoft is being boring 07/25/2004 04:11 AM
Telegraph Jul 25 2004 8:40AM GMT

Beautiful, Not Boring

Beautiful, Not Boring 07/09/2004 11:46 AM
Look for solid performers that lack a natural buying constituency.

Who said Politics were boring?

Who said Politics were boring? 08/27/2004 02:04 PM
If they can't wow you with dirt on the opponent they'll wow you with smut of themselves don't believe...

Boring Is Beautiful

Boring Is Beautiful 06/25/2004 01:52 PM
There's nothing dull about conservative management and hefty dividends.

Big Profits Not So Boring

Big Profits Not So Boring 08/23/2004 10:57 AM
Revenues, comparable sales, and earnings are all up for Men's Wearhouse.

Boing is boring?

Boing is boring? 04/01/2005 06:17 AM
BoringBoring a directory of dull things. [not via BoingBoing]

Air France + KLM = Boring

Air France + KLM = Boring 02/13/2004 03:52 PM
Two airlines have received a green light to merge into the world's largest.

I Feel Like a Boring Little Twit

I Feel Like a Boring Little Twit 02/10/2003 01:08 PM
I Feel Like a Boring Little Twit The title of my PHPCon tutorial is "Getting Started with PHP". Why oh why wasn't I creative like Zak? [_Go_]

Bride, Once Boring, Now Known As Bland
(AP)

Bride, Once Boring, Now Known As Bland
(AP) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
AP - If going from the sublime to the ridiculous is not your idea of a good time, how about the bride who made the switch from Boring to Bland? While it might not sound very exciting, she and the man she was marrying managed to catch the attention of television talk show host talk Jay Leno even before they tied the knot.

Boring Boring's story

Boring Boring's story 04/06/2005 09:02 PM
Cory Doctorow: The geniuses behind the awesome Boring Boring April 1 spoof-site have published a post-mortem on their prank:

It has always been the case that I work better when I am under deadline. So once the concept turned into something I was actually doing, I started cranking out material. I tidied up my half-finished logo, and e-mailed it to Jim. Rose suggested I recruit a Web designer friend of ours, Debby, into the project. I knew she'd be an asset, but it hadn't occurred to me how much of an asset she would be until I told her, "Yeah, I don't really know what to do with the jackhammer girl" and she turned around and made her a sleeping girl, complete with animated snoring.

I learned a lot about Photoshop last month. Many of the ad parodies were mine, and making some of them required me to learn new skills (like, I had to make most of the background of the Slep ad transparent when dropping in a new background image, so I wouldn't need to worry about the logo alignment changing; this is something I would not have had any clue about a month ago, so I felt pret-ty smooth about it). It took me several tries to tweak the Suicide Girls logo into something sufficiently studious. Using the logo from the actual BoingBoing ad didn't work, because it was too small for me to modify well enough. So I took the logo from the main Suicide Girls page instead, cropping the hair and adding glasses and a shirt, and left the logo a little larger than usual in the finished ad, the better for people to see the modifications

Link (Thanks, Francis!)

A few boring Barbelith stats...

A few boring Barbelith stats... 04/24/2004 05:03 AM

A few interesting Barbelith (temporarily closed for new members) stats which I compiled the other day whlie trying to avoid work. In the last month there have been 14846 undeleted posts on the site, made by around 900 unique user names. That makes around 480 new posts each day, with each user posting around 0.5 times per day or 16 posts a month. After a (hopefully) brief period of reworking, the site will be open again and I hope to see all you guys there.

Must All Educational Games Be Boring?

Must All Educational Games Be Boring? 08/16/2004 05:00 AM
Some researchers are trying to encourage those on food stamps to eat in a healthier way, while making the food stamps go further. They decided that, since so many young adults like to play video games, they might as well create some video games on the subject called The Fantastic Food Challenge. While it's a nice idea, the games sound ridiculously boring ("place baked beans, tortillas, frozen chicken and other virtual groceries into a cartoon-drawn freezer, cupboard or refrigerator"), and unlikely to attract much attention. While the designers suggest these games are more exciting than typical "eat smart" brochures, they forget that they're not competing against those brochures, but other video games. This brings up the question, then, why must all educational games be so painfully boring?

Boring Best Buy's Boost

Boring Best Buy's Boost 06/25/2004 10:15 AM
News of an increased dividend and buyback program are business at usual for Best Buy.
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