Archive for July, 2009
Joel Tenenbaum Admits in Court He Shared Music Files
by Tahoe Designer on Jul.31, 2009, under Banter, Technology
There’s no subterfuge with Joel Tenenbaum.
The graduate student accused of copyright violations admitted in court on Thursday that he shared files and knew others were downloading the music he made available on Kazaa, according to a Twitter post from blogger Ben Sheffner.
Sheffner, a copyright lawyer who is covering the story from the courtroom, wrote “(Music [...]
Bob Parsons 16 Rules for Success
by Tahoe Designer on Jul.29, 2009, under Banter, Personal, Photography, Technology
Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Godaddy.com offers some words of wisdom for entrepreneurs.
1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone.
I believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say, “But I’m concerned about security.” My response to that is simple: “Security [...]
Twitter Campaigns: A Cautionary Tale for Marketers
by Tahoe Designer on Jul.13, 2009, under Design, Technology, Website Design / Web Development
Marketers looking to leverage Twitter beware: The company will only let you rig the system so much, as one brand recently discovered.
Moonfruit, a U.K.-based company that offers free Web site building tools, saw a great opportunity to raise brand awareness on Twitter. The company last week kicked off a sweepstakes, giving away 10 MacBook Pro [...]
Google Voice… Finally!!!
by Tahoe Designer on Jul.08, 2009, under Design, Lake Tahoe, Personal, Technology, Website Design / Web Development
So I just got my Google Voice account invitation after a long wait. Google purchased Grand Central back in 2008 and has been busy adding their own touches to the VOIP call forwarding system. I have to say I am pretty impressed so far with quality of calls and the options available in the interface.
I [...]
On Facebook? New Algorithm Can Guess Your SSN
by Tahoe Designer on Jul.07, 2009, under Art, Design, Food, Lake Tahoe, Personal, Technology, Website Design / Web Development
Two researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown they can reverse engineer a person’s Social Security number using, ironically, nothing more than data from publicly available data on government sites, and the data you share with the world on Facebook.
Like many confirmation numbers we use daily, from bus tickets to software purchase codes, Social Security [...]
