Category: Information Visualization

  • The Employment Law You Are Probably Breaking

    Suzanne Lucas, inc.com EVIL HR LADY How you pay your employees is governed by federal law. Violating it is easy, so be careful. Dear Evil HR Lady, If an exempt employ­ee had to go to the doc­tor and missed an hour to three hours of work, can an… The Employment Law You Are Probably Breaking…

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  • Your reputation will be the currency of the future

    Your Reputation Will Be The Currency Of The Future BY MARINA GORBIS, fastcoexist.com In The Nature Of The Future: Dispatches From The Socialstructed World, Marina Gorbis argues that as more and more of our activities are quantified online, your actions could become a new currency. But what happens if good behavior is… Your Reputation Will…

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  • Building a startup still means buying or selling SOMETHING

    Startups | The Easiest Path to Online Riches Is Good Ol’ Buying and Selling Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com While Google and Facebook might be transformative internet technologies that mint their inventors money, your consumer internet startup is more likely to hit that billion-dollar mark if it’s in the business of digital transactions. http://flip.it/6o25v Related articles Google…

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  • Virgin mobile overdrive 4g mobile hotspot is best deal

    Get a Virgin Mobile Overdrive Pro 3G/4G mobile hot spot for $83.99 by Rick Broida, cnet.com That’s the lowest price to date for this no-contract hot spot, which offers unlimited 4G service (where there’s coverage) for as little as $35. Remem­ber back on Mon­day when I said I was the vic­tim of flaky hotel Wi-Fi?…

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  • How do entrepreneurs answer the question: what do you do?

    (via What Do You Do? An Entrepreneur’s Answer – Forbes) Related articles Nivea Print Ad Doubles as Solar Charger in Brazil – Forbes (lumpyproletariat.wordpress.com) Aliko Dangote Is Africa’s First $20 billion Man- Forbes. (soundsmusicstudio.wordpress.com) What Tech Can Do For Your Health And Your Government – Forbes (1bedouin.wordpress.com)

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  • Why Your Kid Can’t Get a Job

    Michael S. Malone, forbes.com This arti­cle was co-authored by vet­er­an Sil­i­con Val­ley mar­ket­ing exec­u­tive Tom Hayes, cur­rent­ly founder and CEO of MePedia.com Accord­ing to the US Bureau of Labor Sta­tis­tics, one out of every two Mil­len­ni­als—age 18 to 32… http://flip.it/Dipv8 Why Your Kid Can’t Get a Job Related articles Self employments 2 (indomitablewoman.wordpress.com)

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  • How much does T-Mobile’s contract-free iPhone plan save over two years?

    en Lovejoy, 9to5mac.com Now that T-Mobile offers the iPhone, how do the four nation­al car­ri­ers com­pare in terms of costs? A cou­ple of web­sites have done the sums. Our friends over at Zagg did a blog post that sug­gest­ed three of the four net­works come out at… http://flip.it/8HvEU How much does T-Mobile’s contract-free iPhone plan…

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  • Good interview questions to avoid a bad job

    Don’t Get Fooled Into Taking a Bad Job by Asking These Questions in the Interview Alan Henry, lifehacker.com If your job sucks, and there’s nothing you can do about it, you may be tempted to look for another one. Be careful: remember job interviews are sales pitches as well as candidate evaluations, and all that…

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  • Tips for selling your unused stuff online

    The Complete Guide to Selling Your Unwanted Crap for Money Alan Henry, lifehacker.com We’ve shown you how to kick your clutter habit, but why trash all of those things you don’t need when you could make some money off of them? In this guide, we’ll walk you through how you can appraise your items, where…

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