The Progress Bar

The Progress Bar read by people interested in emerging Internet marketing, technology, social media, reputation, virtual environments, blogs, the Boston Internet scene and much more. If you like what you see you should subscribe to my RSS feed or via email in the sidebar. Thanks for visiting!From Read/Write Web:
BuzzLogic has unveiled a solution today which [...]

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Poaching fish in the dishwasher is a virtually foolproof way to shock your friends, prepare a succulent meal and do the dishes — all at the same time. The writer has poached salmon in more than 100 dishwashers on three continents.

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When I was a young boy, my mom worked for the Space Studies Institute at Princeton University. Her first office was in the basement next to the machine shop. Take your child to work days were always an exciting adventure. Around that time, Gerry O’Neil, my mom’s boss, was all about terraforming Mars and the [...]

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Over at the The Raw Feed, a Canadian RC airplane enthusiast shows us some sweet unanticipated convergence between a model RC airplane and virtual reality gear. It works like this. The airplane is a conventional one, controlled by a wireless remote control. On the airplane is a pan-and-tilt camera, controlled also wirelessly. Here’s the cool [...]

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Popgadget blogs about the Halfsuit from Businessbibs, an upper-body suit that slips over your PJ’s or boxers when working from home. I’ve been talking about setting up a green screen for videoconferencing, along with businessbib, all I need is a laser pointer and I’m all set to be the internet weather guy.

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Pew Internet & American Life Project has published a survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows that a majority agree with predictions that by 2020…

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Alarm:clock opines on the impending Hitwise IPO:
Hitwise is the classic sell shovels during gold rush story. Founded in 1997, based in NYC but global thanks to an Ausi CEO, Hitwise sells Internet analytics. We have been hearing rumors that company is planning an IPO that would value the company at $300M. It doesn’t seem far-fetched.
Through [...]

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Boston’s Blogtoberfest is October 19th at Match on Mass Ave. I will be representing. Excited to meet local bloggers, who I usually see on Flapper maps in 2D, not swilling booze and chatting IRL.

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Seeking Alpha is a stock blog. They have a great post about Google stock, somewhat advanced for the casual investor but a great resource.

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Bruce Sterling via Stowe Boyd’s “Social Architecture and the Future of Markets”:
We won’t be surfing with search engines any more. We’ll be trawling with engines of meaning.

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