Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Dec 9, 2011, 11:04 am
It’s not guesswork. Build solutions not just based on features and functions but in accordance to how your customers use handheld devices in their everyday lives. http://www.inc.com/guides/201105/how-to-create-a-mobile-strategy-for-business.html
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 30, 2011, 11:36 am
Like a 21st century version of the choose-your-own-adventure books, interactive YouTube videos can up the engagement factor by letting the viewer decide the course of the action, or just play around with the content. With Tippex seeing success with its A Hunter Shoots a Bear campaign, and Samsung an...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 28, 2011, 11:14 pm
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here. The first public alpha of Sublime Text 2 is now available for download. Sublime Text is a modern text editor, previously only available for Windows, but the late...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 28, 2011, 5:13 pm
My profession is teaching people about leadership.  As a result, I am always on the lookout to see when leadership is truly practiced, yet this practice goes unheeded and unnoticed to the outside world.  I had a chance to see true leadership one night, in the most unlikely place – the coffee c...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 28, 2011, 5:13 pm
Time Honored CCL has been studying leaders and their development for 40 years. Many of our practices have become “tried-and-true” ways to develop leaders and leadership. Here, we highlight ideas, strategies and tactics that we have developed and refined over many years and by working with many t...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 28, 2011, 4:56 am
News to Lead By Needed: A Fool’s View Do you have a fool working for you? Executive Coach Michelle Randall hopes so. In a Fast Company blog post, “Are You Surrounding Yourself With Fools? (You Should Be),” Randall points out the importance of truth-telling in organizations. History and literat...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 28, 2011, 4:56 am
Control vs. Openness: How Social Technology Is Changing LeadershipAn interview with author and consultant Charlene Li Charlene Li wants you to know that the most important thing about social technology isn’t the technology. It’s the relationships. Li is one of the foremost experts on social medi...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 28, 2011, 4:56 am
Leadership by Design “We want to create the iPod of our industry.” Dan Buchner hears that a lot from clients these days. His reply? “Do you have Steve Jobs as your CEO?” Buchner, an award-winning designer, entrepreneur and innovation consultant with global design firm Continuum, may not alwa...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 27, 2011, 4:52 pm
Job Assignments That Matter Most Job mobility isn’t what it used to be. You can’t count on the next new opportunity to show up and provide you the experiences you need the most. Today, you need to get clear on what you need to learn and what skills you need to improve — and then
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 27, 2011, 4:52 pm
Resolve to Lead in 2011 Conflict and complexity are not going away. So what can we do to handle the messy challenges, competing opinions and thorny dilemmas that face us as leaders at work, in our communities and around the world? CCL’s John McGuire says the way forward is to “move beyond us ver...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 27, 2011, 4:52 pm
What’s Your Leadership Brand? Personal branding is serious business these days. Since the 1997 publication of Tom Peters’ “The Brand Called You” in Fast Company, personal branding has gone from a radical idea to a career basic. But how much thought have you given to building your leadership ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 25, 2011, 10:32 pm
Tumblr has finally gotten its own “fail whale.” Inspired by the blogging service’s occasional downtime spells as of late (something both Twitter and Foursquare struggled with in earlier days), Oatmeal comic artist Matthew Inman decided to create a special image for its “Tumblr is down page�...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 25, 2011, 10:18 am
The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has unveiled a new logo for HTML5 — and along with it, a new way of framing the conversation about newer web development technologies. The topic of HTML5 has been one of great debate and no small amount of confusion over the past year or so. With the ardent supp...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 24, 2011, 10:16 pm
Encoding.com launched a new, easy video-encoding service called Vid.ly in private beta Monday. Using Vid.ly, users can upload a video file and serve it to multiple devices and web browsers all from a single URL. Vid.ly simplifies and automates the process of not only transcoding video into multiple ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 24, 2011, 10:11 am
Fans of Node.js will appreciate today’s finding: NodeFu, a sort of Heroku for Node.js. The incredible success of Node.js last year was one of the top web-dev highlights of 2010. And the advent of more web-based development tools and more open-source tools was one of our predictions for 2011. So it...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 23, 2011, 10:04 pm
Despite what much of the Internet will have you believe, some things are just worth paying for. And while the theme garden over at Tumblr is chock-full of delicious freebies that will lend some personality to your blog, portfolio, or small biz website, the premium themes are worth a look for one imp...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 23, 2011, 9:51 am
Amazon Web Services has launched a new service called Elastic Beanstalk, which helps developers simplify the management of their applications in the cloud. The service, launched in beta, is primarily aimed at developers who either can’t or don’t want to manage every little detail about the deplo...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 22, 2011, 9:47 pm
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here. If you’ve been hacking away in Ruby for a while and are looking to take your skills to the next level, our panel of seven Ruby experts has a few words of advic...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 22, 2011, 9:41 am
If you were particularly bummed by that whole horoscope shakeup last week (I, for one, would really dig being an “Ophiuchus”), here’s something to ease your mind: Data visualization master David McCandless and coder Thomas Winnigham have put together one, generic horoscope, fashioned from thos...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 21, 2011, 9:40 pm
Lisa Wehr is the founder and CEO of Oneupweb, a leading digital marketing agency representing some of the nation’s most recognized brands for more than 15 years. We’ve all heard the expression “The customer is always right,” but what about making the customer experience on your website so th...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 21, 2011, 9:30 am
The rumors about Google Docs getting a music player, playlists and a preview pane are just that, according to one of the execs in charge of Docs. Earlier this week, Google Operating System blog, which is not affiliated with Google, dug through the Google Docs source code and found several references...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 20, 2011, 9:22 pm
How much does it cost to buy a stolen credit card number on the black market? What about renting a botnet or setting up a fake online store designed to steal user identities? Cybercrime involving stolen credit card numbers, money laundering, botnets and other black-hat activities is a huge business ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 20, 2011, 3:19 pm
Training prepares professionals not yet in management roles for leadership success. 19 January 2011 – Greensboro, NC – Many experienced managers who go through leadership training programs ask, “Why didn’t I learn these skills earlier in my career?” In recognition of the need to develop es...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 20, 2011, 9:13 am
If you’re a small business with a limited marketing budget but are in need of a logo for your company, turning to crowdsourcing could be a viable option rather than going the DIY road. The average cost of a crowdsourced logo is around 250 to $350, which can be less than half the minimum going
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 19, 2011, 9:04 pm
Developers interested in creating cross-platform mobile apps have a new tool for their arsenals in The-M-Project. The-M-Project is an HTML5 JavaScript framework that targets iOS, Android, BlackBerry and webOS platforms. Think of it as jQuery Mobile with the added bonus of a NodeJS based build tool. ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 19, 2011, 8:58 am
Sony will unveil a new version of its handheld game console PlayStation Portable on January 27, as well as a gaming-oriented smartphone in February, Bloomberg reports, citing two people with knowledge of the company’s plans. Rumors of Sony working on a combination of a portable gaming device and a...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 18, 2011, 8:32 pm
Appcelerator, a platform for mobile and web development, has just announced its acquisition of Aptana, an integrated development environment (IDE) for web apps. Together, both entities hope the new offering will be the best suite of tools for designing, developing and deploying cloud-connected apps,...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 18, 2011, 2:28 pm
by Samuel Asher Rivello Figure 1. Some leading MMO games. Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) technology has arrived in all forms of software. When we think MMO, we typically think of multiplayer games that enable many users to connect in real time to play cooperatively and competitively (see Figure ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 18, 2011, 8:22 am
The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has unveiled a new logo for HTML5 — and along with it, a new way of framing the conversation about newer web development technologies. The topic of HTML5 has been one of great debate and no small amount of confusion over the past year or so. With the ardent supp...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 18, 2011, 2:17 am
by Doug Winnie Flash CS4 Professional introduces a revamped animation engine that is easy to use and more powerful than previous versions. When you have mastered the basics of the engine, Flash CS4 gives you added capabilities to extend your creative possibilities. In this article, I show you how to...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 17, 2011, 8:08 pm
In what is becoming an all-out tradition, today’s Google’sGoogle doodle honors the birth of yet another prominent figure. It features a group of children playing hopscotch — an homage to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Today marks the celebration of activist Martin Luther King Jr’s birth (althou...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 17, 2011, 2:05 pm
by Arno Gourdol, Director of Engineering, Adobe AIR I am excited to tell you about the latest iteration of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR. For both releases, the engineering teams focused largely on two themes: mobile and performance. In this article, we go under the hood to explore new features, ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 17, 2011, 8:02 am
Google has taken the next step to expanding goo.gl, its URL shortener, and integrating it into third-party apps with the launch of the goo.gl API. The new API, like Google’s URL shortener, is rather straightforward. It gives developers the ability to use goo.gl to shorten or expand their URLs and ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 17, 2011, 2:02 am
by Thomas Ortega II On June 1, 2009, Adobe Labs released betas of Flex 4 (codenamed Gumbo), Flash Builder (previously named Flex Builder), and Flash Catalyst (codenamed Thermo). With the introduction of these new tools comes a new way to work when building applications in Flex. In this article, I ex...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 16, 2011, 8:00 pm
Landing on an error paging while surfing the Internet is usually an unpleasant experience, but some web designers add a bit of sunshine to the world with their quirky 404 error pages. We recently featured some of the most entertaining 404 error pages and asked users to share their favorites. Submitt...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 16, 2011, 1:53 pm
by Samuel Asher Rivello Games created with Adobe Flash software are everywhere. We play them on game arcade sites such as Newgrounds.com and AddictingGames.com. There are dozens of game genres to choose from: action, adventure, casino, puzzle, role-playing, and much more. These games are interactive...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 15, 2011, 7:47 pm
Posterous co-founder Garry Tan has bid adieu to his startup and is heading to Y Combinator, where he will serve as designer-in-residence. The move is something of a shocker for several communities, especially considering Posterous’sPosterous aggressive marketing throughout 2010 and product roadmap...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 15, 2011, 1:45 pm
by Doug Winnie We all have amazing ideas. We have ideas for new games, applications, websites, businesses, training, and many other tools. The struggle we all have is how to get that fleeting idea out of our minds and make it a reality. Many authors will tell you to keep a journal with you throughou...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 15, 2011, 7:39 am
The latest beta of Firefox 4 — beta 9 for those of you counting at home — is now available to download. The latest beta version of the venerable web browser features faster start-up, improved bookmarking and history functions and smoother complex animations. The Firefox team released the first F...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 15, 2011, 1:39 am
by Doug Winnie Adobe Flash Catalyst, a new professional interaction design tool for rapidly creating application interfaces and interactive content without coding, helps you create some really cool UIs from your existing designs. With native Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop support, Flash Catalyst br...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 14, 2011, 7:26 pm
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here. The Ruby community and the language itself are a fast-growing phenomenon that plays an ever-increasing role in the ecosystem of web apps we all know and use. If ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 14, 2011, 1:19 pm
by James Polanco Now that Adobe has released the public betas of Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder, you are probably hearing and seeing more about the new graphics file format, FXG. So what is FXG and why is it important to Flash Catalyst, Flash Builder, Flex 4, Flash Professional and Creative Suite ...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 14, 2011, 1:10 am
by Justin Everett-Church As senior product manager for Adobe Flash Player, I am really excited to tell you about Flash Player 10 beta. But before I drill into new features and improvements, I want to encourage you to download the prerelease version of Flash Player 10, code-named Astro, from Adobe La...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 13, 2011, 7:09 pm
About half a year after Google announced its WebM video codec at Google I/O, Chromium has made some interesting announcements on how the open-source browser project plans to support open-source video. Chromium Project Manager Mike Jazayeri writes that his team is “changing ChromeChrome’s HTML5 v...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 13, 2011, 1:06 pm
Application Deadline Is January 18, 2011 November 2010 – Greensboro, NC – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is now accepting applications for its 2011 Executive Nurse Fellows program. Deadline for the receipt of applications is 3 p.m., January 18, 2011. RWJF’s Executive Nurse Fellows p...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 13, 2011, 1:06 pm
by Brian Rinaldi Getting involved in the community is, by far, one of the best things you can do for your career. It can help you keep up on important discussions, relevant tools, and shared challenges that keep your skills fresh. It can also be an invaluable resource if you have a problem or questi...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 13, 2011, 7:05 am
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here. The community behind the open source content management system JoomlaJoomla released version 1.6 earlier this week. Along with WordPressWordPress and DrupalDrupa...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 13, 2011, 1:04 am
Question: After a well-chronicled, 30-year decline into bankruptcy, General Motors is now profitable again and going public. What does it say about its former executives, directors and union leaders that such a large, complex organization could be revived in less than two years? What factor best exp...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 13, 2011, 1:04 am
23 November 2010 – Brussels and London – Aid and development organizations are experts at logistics and mobilization, but their impact is often limited by weak leadership capacity and communication problems, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) finds in a new survey of the sector. Leadership...
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Daniel Simon posted an article on Daniel Simon's blog - Jan 13, 2011, 1:04 am
Question: Despite suspension over honor code violations and an ongoing investigation into his recruitment, Auburn’s Cam Newton last week won the Heisman Trophy–an award meant to honor “pursuit of excellence with integrity.” The award raises a dilemma faced by many organizations: In dealing w...
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