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According to a new study by Razorfish and online community CafeMom, there is a predictable difference in media use between moms under the age of 35 and those over 45. The older moms are "demonstrating information-seeking behaviors," says Terri Walter, vice president, emerging media, Razorfish. Over 45, moms are veering more towards traditional authorities and sources: online news, consumer reviews and podcasting. Under 35, and the moms are much more heavily reliant on social media and mobile. In fact, overall, Razorfish found that mothers of children under 18 are remarkably adventurous when it comes to emerging media, from gaming to mobile, podcasting to social networks. And they ascribe different levels of authority and influence to sources. For instance, while only 10% of "Digital Moms" use mobile browsing, the ones who do say it has greater influence than other channels, perhaps because they tend to consult this source closer to the point of purchase.
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According to a new study by Razorfish and online community CafeMom, there is a predictable difference in media use between moms under the age of 35 and those over 45. The older moms are "demonstrating information-seeking behaviors," says Terri Walter, vice president, emerging media, Razorfish. Over 45, moms are veering more towards traditional authorities and sources: online news, consumer reviews and podcasting. Under 35, and the moms are much more heavily reliant on social media and mobile. In fact, overall, Razorfish found that mothers of children under 18 are remarkably adventurous when it comes to emerging media, from gaming to mobile, podcasting to social networks. And they ascribe different levels of authority and influence to sources. For instance, while only 10% of "Digital Moms" use mobile browsing, the ones who do say it has greater influence than other channels, perhaps because they tend to consult this source closer to the point of purchase.
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I love music. I believe that for people who love music, the desire to share it is innate and crucial for music itself. When we find a song we love, we beckon our friends over to the turntable, we loan them the CD, we turn up the car stereo, we put it on a mixtape. We do this because music makes us feel and we want someone else to feel it, too.The story of Muxtape began when I had a weekly show at my university’s radio station in Oregon. In addition to keeping the station’s regular log I compiled my playlists into a web page, with each show represented by a simple block that corresponded to a cassette recording for that week. At the time, mixtapes were already well into their twilight, but long after my show ended I couldn’t stop thinking about how the playlist page served a similar purpose, and in many ways served it better. Like a mixtape, each playlist was a curated group that was greater than the sum of its parts. Unlike a mixtape, it wasn’t constrained by any physical boundaries of dissemination, but… it also didn’t contain any actual music. Someone might come across the page and smile knowingly at the songs they knew, but shifting the burden of actually compiling the mix to its intended listener defeated the purpose entirely.Five years later, internet technology had advanced significantly. I was working on experimental user interfaces for web sites when I started thinking about that playlist page again, and ultimately set out to bring it to life. My desire to share music (in the mixtape sense) hadn’t gone anywhere, but the channels to do so were becoming extinct. Popular blogging services allow you to post audio files in an ephemeral sort of way, but it wasn’t the context I was looking for. A physical cassette tape in your hands has such an insistent aesthetic; just holding one makes you want to find a tape player to fulfill its destiny. My goal with Muxtape’s design was to translate some of that tactility into the digital world, to build a context around the music that gave it a little extra spark of life and made the holder anxious to listen.The first version was a one-page supplement to my tumblr, and was more or less to what it would become later. The feedback was great, and the number one question rapidly became “can you make one for me, too?” At first I started thinking about ways I could package the source code, but the more I thought about it the more it seemed like massively wasted potential. Distributing the source would mean limiting access to the small niche of people who operate their own web server, whereas I wanted to make something that was accessible to anyone who loves music. The natural conclusion was a centralized service, which suddenly unfolded whole other dimensions of possibility for serendipitous music discovery. What seemed before like the hollow shell of a mixtape now seemed like its evolution. I knew I had to try building it. Three weeks of long nights later, I launched Muxtape.It was successful very quickly. 8,685 users registered in the first 24 hours, 97,748 in the first month with 1.2 million unique visitors and a healthy growth rate. Lots of press. Rampant speculation. Tech rags either lauded it or declared it an instant failure. Everyone was excited. I was thrilled.There was a popular misconception that Muxtape only survived because it was “flying under the radar,” and the moment the major labels found out about it it’d be shut down. In actuality, the labels and the RIAA read web sites like everyone else, and I heard from them both within a week or so. An RIAA notice arrived in triplicate, via email, registered mail, and FedEx overnight (with print and CD versions). They demanded that I take down six specific muxtapes they felt were infringing, so I did.Around the same time I got a call from the VP of anti-piracy at one of the majors. After I picked up the phone his first words were, “Justin, I just have one question for you: where do I send the summons and complaint?” The conversation picked up from there. There was no summons, it was an intimidation tactic setting the tone for the business development meeting he was proposing, the true reason for the call. Around the same time another one of the big four’s business developers reached out to me, too.I spent the next month listening. I talked to a lot of very smart lawyers and other people whose opinions on the matter I respected, trying to gain a consensus for Muxtape’s legality. The only consensus seemed to be that there was no consensus. I had two dozen slightly different opinions that ran the gamut from “Muxtape is 100% legal and you’re on solid ground,” to “Muxtape is a cesspool of piracy and I hope you’re ready for a hundred million dollar lawsuit and a stint at Riker’s.”In the end, Muxtape’s legality was moot. I didn’t have any money to defend against a lawsuit, just or not, so the major labels had an ax over my head either way. I always told myself I’d remove any artist or label that contacted me and objected, no questions asked. Not a single one ever did. On the contrary, every artist I heard from was a fan of the site and excited about its possibilities. I got calls from the marketing departments of big labels whose corporate parents were supposed to be outraged, wanting to know how they get could their latest acts on the home page. Smaller labels wanted to feature their content in other creative ways. It seemed obvious Muxtape had value for listeners and artists alike.In May I had my first meeting with a major label, Universal Music Group. I went alone and prepared myself for the worst, having spent the last decade toeing the indie party line that the big labels were hopelessly obstinate luddites with no what was good for them. I’m here to tell you now that the labels understand their business a lot better than most people suspect, although they each have their own surprisingly distinct personality when it comes to how they approach the future. The gentlemen I met at Universal were incredibly receptive and tactful; I didn’t have to sell them on why Muxtape was good for them, they knew it was cool and just wanted to get paid. I sympathized with that. I told them I needed some time to get a proposal together and we left things in limbo.A few weeks later I had a meeting with EMI, the character of which was much different. I walked into a conference room and shook eight or nine hands, sitting down at a conference table with a phonebook-thick file labeled “Muxtape” laying on it. The people I met formed a semi-circle around me like a split brain, legal on one side and business development on the other. The meeting alternated between an intense grilling from the legal side (“you are a willful infringer and we are mere hours from shutting you down”) and an awkward discussion with the business side (“assuming we don’t shut you down, how do you see us working together?”). I asked for two weeks to make a proposal, they gave me two days.I had to make a decision. As I saw it I had three options. The first was to just shut everything down, which I never really considered. The second was to ban major label content entirely, which might have solved the immediate crisis, but had two strong points against it. The first, most visibly, was that it would prevent people from using the majority of available music in their mixes. The second was that it did nothing to address the deeper questions surrounding ownership and usage for everyone else who wasn’t a major label: mid-size labels and independent artists who have just as fundamental a right to address how their content is used as a large corporation, even if they don’t carry quite as big a stick.The third option was to approach a fully licensed model, which I had been edging toward since I met with Universal. I knew other licensed services so far had met with mixed success, but I also knew Muxtape was different and that it was at least worth exploring. The question about whether or not the labels saw value in it had been answered, the new question was how much it was going to cost.It was June. I approached a Fifth Ave law firm about representing me in licensing negotiations with the major labels, and they took me on. Two weeks later I met with all four, flanked by lawyers this time, and started the slow process of working out a deal. The first round of terms were stiff and complex, but not nearly as bad as I’d imagined, and I managed to convince them that allowing Muxtape to continue to operate was in everyone’s best interest. Things were going well. I spent the next two months talking with investors, designing the next phases of the site itself, and supervising the negotiations. A big concern was getting a deal that took into consideration the fact that Muxtape wasn’t a straightforward on-demand service, and should pay accordingly less than a service that was. Another reason I liked the licensing option from the outset was that it seemed like an uncommon win-win; I didn’t want the ability to search and stream any song at any given notice, and they were reluctant to offer it (for the price, anyway). Muxtape’s unusual limitations were its strength in more ways than one.The first red flag came in August. Up until then all the discussion had been about numbers, but as we closed in on an agreement the talk shifted to things like guaranteed placement and “marketing opportunities.” I was denied the possibility of releasing a mobile version of Muxtape. My flexibility was being constricted. I had been worried about Muxtape getting a fair deal, but my biggest concern all along was maintaing the integrity and experience of the site (one of the reasons I wanted to license in the first place). Now it wasn’t so simple; I had agreed to a variety of encroachments into Muxtape’s financials because I wanted to play ball, but giving up any kind of editorial or creative control was something I had a much harder time swallowing.I was wrestling with this when, on August 15th, I received notice from Amazon Web Services (the platform that hosts Muxtape’s servers and files) that they had received a complaint from the RIAA. Per Amazon’s terms, I had one business day to remove an incredibly long list of songs or face having my servers shut down and data deleted. This came as a big surprise to me, as I’d been thinking that I hadn’t heard from the RIAA in a long time because I had an understanding with the labels. I had a panicked exchange of emails with Amazon, trying to explain that I was in the middle of a licensing deal, that I suspected it was a clerical error, and that I was doing everything I could to get someone to vouch for me on a summer Friday afternoon. My one business day extended over the weekend, and on Monday when I wasn’t able to produce the documentation Amazon wanted (or even get someone from the RIAA on the phone), the servers were shut down and I was locked out of the account. I moved the domain name to a new server with a short message and the very real expectation that I could get it sorted out. I still thought it was all just a big mistake. I was wrong.Over the next week I learned a little more, mainly that the RIAA moves quite autonomously from their label parents and that the understanding I had with them didn’t necessarily carry over. I also learned that none of the labels were especially interested in helping me out, and from their perspective it had no bearing on the negotiations. I disagreed. The deals were still weeks or months away (an eternity on the internet) meaning that at best, Muxtape was going to be down until the end of year. There was also still the matter of how to pay for it; getting investment is hard enough in this volatile space even with a wildly successful and growing web site, it became an entirely different proposition with no web site at all.And so I made one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever faced: I walked away from the licensing deals. They had become too complex for a site founded on simplicity, too restrictive and hostile to continue to innovate the way I wanted to. They’d already taken so much attention away from development that I started to question my own motivations. I didn’t get into this to build a big company as fast as I could no matter what the cost, I got into this to make something simple and beautiful for people who love music, and I plan to continue doing that. As promised, the site is coming back, but not as you’ve known. I’m taking a feature that was in development in the early stages and making it the new central focus.Muxtape is relaunching as a service exclusively for bands, offering an extremely powerful platform with unheard-of simplicity for artists to thrive on the internet. Musicians in 2008 without access to a full time web developer have few options when it comes to establishing themselves online, but their needs often revolve around a common set of problems. The new Muxtape will allow bands to upload their own music and offer an embeddable player that works anywhere on the web, in addition to the original muxtape format. Bands will be able to assemble an attractive profile with simple modules that enable optional functionality such as a calendar, photos, comments, downloads and sales, or anything else they need. The system has been built from the ground up to be extended infinitely and is wrapped in a template system that will be open to CSS designers. There will be more details soon. The beta is still private at the moment, but that will change in the coming weeks.I realize this is a somewhat radical shift in functionality, but Muxtape’s core goals haven’t changed. I still want to challenge the way we experience music online, and I still want to work to enable what I think is the most interesting aspect of interconnected music: discovering new stuff.Thank to you everyone who made Muxtape the incredible place it was in its first phase, it couldn’t have happened without your mixes. The industry will catch up some day, it pretty much has to.Justin Ouellette25 September 2008±
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The Top 10 list of what user experience design is NOT…1. …user interface design2. …a step in the process3. …about technology4. …just about usability5. …just about the user6. …expensive7. …easy8. …the role of one person or department9. …a single discipline10. …a choiceWitney Hess
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The Top 10 list of what user experience design is NOT…1. …user interface design2. …a step in the process3. …about technology4. …just about usability5. …just about the user6. …expensive7. …easy8. …the role of one person or department9. …a single discipline10. …a choiceWitney Hess
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Over the coming months we'll be posting a few articles about the architecture and interaction we are exploring, and we look forward to your feedback.±
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Through my research and experience I have decided that maps create more questions than they answer. ±
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Красота нереальная.http://www.theskyinmotion.com/
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Yohji Yamamoto"Am I still going to be alive in 2009? I really hope so. I am a designer; I will go on designing until I die. This is my way of talking about 2009, 2010…" Восток, Япония как всегда прекрасны в вопросах будущего.style.com
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"Настал момент, когда надо чем-то жертвовать,— говорит инвестор и управляющий рекомендательным сервисом "Имхонет.ру" Александр Долгин.— Но только не объектами из категории "неприкосновенный запас". "Имхонет" и для меня лично, и для пестующей его команды — стопроцентно из этого списка. В проект столько всего вложено — ума, денег, времени, жизненных интересов. Сайт в полуметре от точки, в которой начинается отрыв и свободный полет. Любовь к своему детищу и вера в его успех — это самый настоящий капитал, мультипликатор денежных вложений. Можно быть спокойным за судьбу проектов, которые им располагают. Из стартапов выживут самые любимые, близкие сердцу финансиста".Ъ
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"Настал момент, когда надо чем-то жертвовать,— говорит инвестор и управляющий рекомендательным сервисом "Имхонет.ру" Александр Долгин.— Но только не объектами из категории "неприкосновенный запас". "Имхонет" и для меня лично, и для пестующей его команды — стопроцентно из этого списка. В проект столько всего вложено — ума, денег, времени, жизненных интересов. Сайт в полуметре от точки, в которой начинается отрыв и свободный полет. Любовь к своему детищу и вера в его успех — это самый настоящий капитал, мультипликатор денежных вложений. Можно быть спокойным за судьбу проектов, которые им располагают. Из стартапов выживут самые любимые, близкие сердцу финансиста".Ъ
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Wiki has turned out to be much more than I'd imagined! That is not to say that I didn't imagine a lot. These are the design principles I sought to satisfy with the first release of Wiki. -- WardCunninghamNote that this page is only a reconstruction from memory of intentions I held at the beginning. Additional principles, like server robustness, have been forced upon me.Open - Should a page be found to be incomplete or poorly organized, any reader can edit it as they see fit.Incremental - Pages can cite other pages, including pages that have not been written yet.Organic - The structure and text content of the site are open to editing and evolution.Mundane - A small number of (irregular) text conventions will provide access to the most useful page markup.Universal - The mechanisms of editing and organizing are the same as those of writing, so that any writer is automatically an editor and organizer.Overt - The formatted (and printed) output will suggest the input required to reproduce it.Unified - Page names will be drawn from a flat space so that no additional context is required to interpret them.Precise - Pages will be titled with sufficient precision to avoid most name clashes, typically by forming noun phrases.Tolerant - Interpretable (even if undesirable) behavior is preferred to error messages.Observable - Activity within the site can be watched and reviewed by any other visitor to the site.Convergent - Duplication can be discouraged or removed by finding and citing similar or related content.There are many Wiki authors and implementers. Here are some additional principles that guide them, but were not of primary concern to me.Trust - This is the most important thing in a wiki. Trust the people, trust the process, enable trust-building. Everyone controls and checks the content. Wiki relies on the assumption that most readers have good intentions. But see: AssumeGoodFaithLimitationsFun - Everybody can contribute; nobody has to.Sharing - of information, knowledge, experience, views...Comments:Interaction - This enables guest interaction.Collaboration - We believe that this could make a good collaboration tool, both synchronously and asynchronously.Platforms - We like the cross-platform implications.Social Networks - Its power for supporting collaboration is great.It is FUN- It is very easy and fun.http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiDesignPrinciples
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I sat in a presentation of a talent management system last week and after being shown how skills could be categorized and people for progression, I had one question. How can you prepare for a job that does not even exist yet? Many of us are doing work that we would never have imagined one or two decades ago. How about professional blogger or podcaster? Imagine a talent management system in 1999 that was preparing junior journalists to become a newspaper’s full-time representative in Second Life. You cannot use an accountant’s rear view perspective to prepare for an unknown future. It is better to nurture a mix of people with a variety of skills, experiences and attitudes, much as nature does with ecosystems. A biological model trumps a mechanistic one in adaptation to change.— — —New design principles, from instructional development to job descriptions, are needed for our inter-networked society. I’ve started looking at a new design for the training department but redesign is needed everywhere. I think that more people are looking for new designs and are willing to try them out, if they can. The economic crisis may actually help bring about some needed change. So here’s a new job description to insert into all those talent management systems: work redesigner.+
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To launch the Quarter Pounder in Japan, McDonald's leaves out the Golden Arches, Ronald and even the chain's name.#
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Before I begin, here are some quick stats regarding Obama's social media presence: Official Facebook supporters (not including all unofficial groups): 3,095,916MySpace friends: 900,046Twitter followers: 128,321Views on YouTube of appearance on "Ellen" 4,354,287As marketers are discovering, people like being consulted; they like being part of the discussion, and that buys goodwill -- just the kind of goodwill Obama is going to need as he makes his way through the thicket of problems that will consume much of his presidency. Obama's social media channels have been very quiet since last week. I'd hardly expect the first thing he would do after winning the election is post to his MySpace blog. But I hope he's got people looking at how these channels can be used right now. I bet he does, and once they have a plan we'll see one of the most fascinating social media experiments ever.
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The critical questions for marketers are: How do we insert ourselves credibly into these networks and conversations? What's the optimal use of this two-way communication and distribution channel?So here are five things to do to seed social media into your marketing strategy.Find your peeps. It's all about targeting. The goal is to comfortably intersect with your customers and prospects. In some cases, you can add social media elements to your Web site and to your marketing campaigns. In other cases, it makes more sense to go where they are already going. Think like an anthropologist. Find your people. Watch what they say and do. Look for patterns. Ask them what they like and what they want.Dare to be embarrassed. Social media shifts control from brands to customers. It's about what they think and what they want; not what you're pushing. Some think you suck. But you knew that and it's okay. To embrace social networks is to risk being next to content that you don't control, to receive and respond to reviews and criticism you're not used to -- and possibly to take your brand not so seriously.Lead with your long suit. Social networks give brands the opportunity to expose things they know, showcase expertise, present or designs, float trial balloons and introduce personalities. It's an unparalleled chance to invite customers and prospects into your world. Don't underestimate how into your brand your best customers are. Don't be bashful. Put your people and your best stuff out there. Don't let the lawyers tell you otherwise.Play around. We're in the early stages. There are no proven formulas and no real best practices. It's a real chance to play around by asking users to send in things, participate in contests, answer survey questions, sample products or services, download coupons, upload photos and who knows what else? Test and learn your way to greatness.Play to the cheap seats. Social media is like talk radio or old-fashioned telephone party lines. A tiny percent call -- but everybody is listening. The beauty of having friends and linkages is seeing what they are doing and watching them experiment from the sidelines. The numbers of passive and occasional users far outnumber the hardcore players, even among the younger demographic groups. But don't ignore them because they're getting off and getting their own watching what goes on.
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Точкаот 12 октябряна Эхо Москвы
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За последние два-три года развелось куча успешных людей, которые считают, что добились всего сами. Хотя есть мнение, что ребятам просто повезло.
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Мне не нравится восклицательный знак (!) в смс, которую он прислал, с просьбой позвонить ему как смогу.
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Надо будет для себя не забыть, следующий паттерн:Если ты смотришь на некий интерфейс и не понимаешь как им пользоваться будучи не жителем страны, ты должен иметь возможность им воспользоваться, даже не зная расценок на жилье. Это я к тому, что я пыталась воспользоваться сервисом, что бы понять как он работает, но у меня не получилось. А понять в чем моя ошибка я не знаю. Да, я не знаю языка, да я не знаю сколько может стоить минимально квартира, но проставив цифры 1000 и 10000, я должна была увидеть, хотя бы один результат. Что я сделала не так, никогда наверное не узнаю.
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Куча народу разместила ссылки и рекомендации на пост Федора Вирина про онлайн исследования. Пробежалась по тексту, к разместившему вопросов нет, он поделился с народом, но с чего народ это полез так рекомендовать и что он там полезного нашел, сеть мне в сети не принесла. Либо я совсем глупая, либо что-то не так ищу, и не понимаю в этом мире. Одни вопросы в голове, и совсем отсутствуют ответы.
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Куча народу разместила ссылки и рекомендации на пост Федора Вирина про онлайн исследования. Пробежалась по тексту, к разместившему вопросов нет, он поделился с народом, но с чего народ это полез так рекомендовать и что он там полезного нашел, сеть мне в сети не принесла. Либо я совсем глупая, либо что-то не так ищу, и не понимаю в этом мире. Одни вопросы в голове, и совсем отсутствуют ответы.
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Когда открываешь привычную посуду в которой привычно хранится сахар, непривычно видеть сахарную пудру в ней, потому как, по виду она больше похожа на соль. Когда же во рту у тебя сок карамели, которую ты пытаешься сосать, то понять, что это сахарная пудра, можно только со второго разу, потому что язык, кажется тебя больше обманывает.Когда же во рту оказывается, что-то горячее, и обжигает язык, то уже ничего не хочется понимать и привыкать особо не приходится. Понеслась, моя буйная.
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Yawning, I and smearing my eyes with my fingers, I walked walked bleary eyed into the kitchen and made made myself boiled the kettle. filled the kettle. took the kettlegrabbed the kettle, unhooking it from the cord and filled it.. I filled it with fresh waterI turned the tap and drew fresh water, making sure it was cold enough checking with my hands to make sure it was cold enough (The best tea comes from the coldest water!). I filled the kettle as I glanced outside at the mistoutside for a minute across the city mist. I could taste almost taste the grey. I got some biscuits. The kettle was full so I plugged it inThe kettle was half full, so I switched the tap off and returned it to its socket. I turned it on I flicked the power switch on and got some biscuits out.looked for biscuitssifted through the cupboards, looking for biscuits. Anything Anything above loose crumbs would do. I Thankfully I found some fusty digestives. Biscuits For some reason, biscuits are nicer always nicer when theyre theyve gone a bit dry and stale. I took the milk out of the fridge. I took the milk out of the fridge and poured some into a mug. I reached over and opened the fridge, retrieving the milk. I got a mug and poured some milk in. I poured a little into a mug at the same time as grabbing the mug from the cupboard and placing it on the surface. This This is a technique I developed that doesnt really save any time, but makes me feel clever. Then I made myself. The kettle began grumbling fiercely so I poured water on to a teabag so I took it from the cord, threw a teabag into my cup and poured boiling water onto it and watched it brew. I watched swirls brown swirls rise up and through the watermuted white of milky water. A few minutes passed. I put the teabag in the bin. I removed removed and squeezed the teabag, then flicked it into the bin. I picked up my mug and left the kitchen with tea a cup, nice cup, hot cup of tea strong tea.http://www.telescopictext.com/
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As US baby boomers retire, a generation that lived through unprecedented prosperity—and has correspondingly high hopes for its golden years—must cope with significant financial, physical, and social challenges. By 2015, the United States will have more than 45 million households with people from 51 to 70 years old, compared with about 25 million for the “silent” generation, born from 1925 to 1945. Their real disposable income and consumption will be roughly 40 percent higher, and they will control nearly 60 percent of US net wealth. Nonetheless, reality may fall short of their expectations. McKinsey research reveals that 60 percent of the boomers won’t be able to maintain a lifestyle close to their current one without continuing to work. The same percentage of older boomers already suffers from chronic health problems. Not surprisingly, 43 percent already are frustrated that they aren’t leading the lives they expected. To learn more about the future of retirement, read “Serving aging baby boomers” (November 2007).
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Вбегает ко мне значит и говорит, я на двадцатом месте! Я обогнала того то. Теперь осталось обогнать такого то. А ведь человеку уже не мало лет. Скажем так, тут надо подумать. Опять же никто не отменял у нас в душе ребенка и игрушек.
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Мне порой не понятны мотивации некоторых людей. Говоришь: Не тронь, ударит током! Все равно лезут. Морально все выглядит хорошо и правильно, но ведь порой я очень сильно разочаровываюсь в них. Выбрать деньги и сделать, то что я умею, мне конечно же легче всего, но при этом смотреть в глаза людям ведь тоже хотелось бы. Как они не могут понять, что это никому не надо и то как они себе представляют эту аудиторию совсем не будет работать? Желание иметь свой блог сервис, со своими профилями, так называемую социальную сеть в каждый дом. Как так? Ну разве вы не научились на предыдущих ошибках? При этом - наверняка будут говорить, зато мы теперь научились и точно знаем, что это все не работает. Как жалко, что нельзя тут прямо написать, (фио) вы мудаки. Надо улыбаться чаще. И не обращать на все, что происходит внимания. Как бы там ни было.
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Новости порой очень не понятные. Тут мне такое нашептали, все что я могла сказать, так это : "Ну бля!" Главное одно не понятно, чем руководствуются и каких принципов придерживаются, все принципы сводятся к тому, что бы попробовав что-то сделать, потом явно рассказать о каком-либо опыте.
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Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
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ANIMAL-FRIENDLY: Created without harming, testing or using animals.ARTISANAL: Made at least in part by hand, which saves on energy used and emissions created by machines.CHARITABLE: Supports eco-friendly organizations or causes. FAIR LABOR: Production involved no child labor, safe working conditions, a living wage, fair pricing, and eco-friendly production.LESS POLLUTING: Pollutants and greenhouse gases emitted during production or use are fewer or offset, resulting in cleaner air and water and contributing less to global warming.LESS TOXIC: Contains or is manufactured with fewer unhealthy and polluting chemicals than similar market items.LOCAL: Materials sourced from nearby, which reduces fuel use for transportation.ORGANIC: Contains at least one organic or certified organic ingredients, which means it was grown without toxic pesticides or chemicals.RECYCLED: Made at least in part of recycled, vintage or materials that would have otherwise been discarded, including packaging.RESOURCE-SAVING: Uses less water, energy or some other natural resource in its use or production.SUSTAINABLE: Made from renewable resources, which means they can grow back quickly, and/or harvested with minimal harm to the environment.VEGAN: Contains no animal products or byproducts.VEGETARIAN: Does not contain meat or fish.WASTE-REDUCING: Anything that reduces waste in landfills because it's recyclable, biodegradable, reusable or made with waste-reducing production methods.sprig.com
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In a complex world, where technology and innovation develop at a blink of an eye, it is the designer that help make the experience of them simpler, better and more pleasant.#
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Part I: FoundationsCommon Ground: Defining Web Applications and establishing the Goals of DesignPutting the User First: Describing Target Users and Product GoalsDeconstructing the Problem: Prioritizing and Categorizing Different Aspects of an InterfacePart II: Tier 1, StructureThe Conceptual Model: Selecting a Fundamental MotifThe Structural Model: Understanding the Building Blocks of a Web InterfaceThe Organizational Model: Organizing and Structuring Content and FunctionalityPart III: Tier 2, BehaviorViewing and Navigation: Creating Consistent Sorting, Filtering, and Navigation BehaviorsEditing and Manipulation: Using HTML Input Controls to Accurately Capture Users’ DataUser Assistance: Communicating with Users Through Help, Status, and AlertsPart IV: Tier 3, PresentationLayout: Positioning Elements to Maximize Understanding and ReadabilityStyle: Defining Visual AppearanceText and Labels: Writing for the Web and Calling Things by Their Right NamesPart V: Case StudiesAmazon.com: Browsing the Aisles of the Web’s Supreme RetailerOfoto: Looking at the Leading Online Photo Processor
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Завелся дневничок.А вот такой прекрасной фразой заканчивается первое письмо от Яндекса:О том, какие еще помещения есть у Яндекса, всегда можно узнать здесь. А здесь Вы прочит***Вот "Дом2.0" и ключи, только от Яндекса.
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