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Fliptop: Shining A New Light On The RSS Feed

Tech Zulu Event

The RSS feed subscription idea has been around for quite some time now, however for some reason never really caught on with the general public. Chances are because they need to then use another service like Google Reader to keep track of the RSS and end up getting information they are not generally interested in.

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS? Twitter curates even wider.

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The Power Of Mouth To Mouth Marketing

InfoChachkie

I had no idea how I was going to slip the flyers under the doors of conference attendees. I was beginning to feel that this brilliant idea of ours was going to be next to impossible to pull off. 230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate). In Hubba''s case, the company was well rewarded for its boldness.

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How This Startup Turned An April Fools Joke Into Customers

InfoChachkie

site that allowed users to create hideously cheesy sites, using a variety of garish templates, buttons and animated images. On March 28 I randomly thought of the idea, pitched it to the team and got an immediately positive response. In fact, many of them built some pretty awful sites themselves back in the day.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

NEA No one owns it Everyone can use it Anyone can improve it Introduces (adds to Levels above) idea of Level 4 Platform In his mind, the key ingredient is that the there needs to be multiple platform service providers. Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site. Will it survive as long as you need?

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This 28 Year Old Woman Co-Founded One Of The Most Successful YouTube Networks

InfoChachkie

I used to get up at 5:00 in the morning with my father and go to construction sites. During her tenure, "A director came into our offices and pitched us a web-series idea. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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Improving Website and Wordpress Performance with Hard-Coded Share Buttons

SoCal Delicious

Wordpress in particular is fairly resource heavy right out of the box so speeding up everything else is a critical piece of running a site on this platform. Your content gets to the share site just as it would with the Javascript, sometimes even faster. Also, make sure the image names here are the same ones you’re using.

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