As a business/contracter who’s been stiffed on several projects I thought I would put down things every online contractor and business should know when doing business at a distance.
With the recent rise of working at a distance/virtually with someone and often never meeting this person face-to-face there are several things both parties need to [...]

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A sign of how things are changing and disruptive technologies are making their mark on mainstream business. Verizon Wireless and MySpace launched the ‘unsigned’ band Parlour Boys to the world through mobile phones bypassing the entire recording industry machine.
The Parlour Boys who won a contest were chosen from more than 4,000 entries to be the [...]

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It was bound to happen — Martha Stewart has teamed up with KB Homes to build and design communities around the US. I can’t say I’m surprised and I might even consider buying something Martha designed because I do like her sensibilities.
The two companies’ co-branded communities are outside Raleigh, North Carolina, known as KB Home [...]

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Wow, what a coincidence — I just came across a great doc reviewing where Open Source will be in five years. And provides a great juxatapostion to the information/panel in Austria.
Here is more information with a link to the report:
The Future of Commercial Open Source Think Tank Summary Report” offers rich insight into the challenges [...]

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Global Economy & Technology
The panel forum included Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, Niklas Zennstrom, CEO of Skype Technologies, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, Geoffrey Moore (TRG Advisors moderator).
There were many topics covered but one piqued my interest, Digital Rights Mgmt. It’s an important topic for anyone publishing content [...]

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