COVER STORY: The Gospel According to Dave (Nashville Scene)
The 4,000 souls who have come out this Saturday have come for a certain type of quasi-religious experience. They?re here to be a part of Dave Ramsey?s Total Money Makeover event, to get a good five-hour look at the man....more...Apple's Retail Store Lesson: Connect with Customer (The Mac Observer)
When Apple launched its chain of retail stores, most analysts predicted doom and gloom. Instead, Apple is teaching the rest of the industry, including Sony, how to do retail right: Connect with the customer...more... Many of the best things in Chicago are free (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
CHICAGO -- Vacationing in the Windy City might mean staying at the Four Seasons, scoring front-row seats to Wicked and dining at Charlie Trotter's five-star restaurant....more... Chicago (The Wichita Eagle)
ON THE CHEAP HAVE A GREAT TIME IN THE WINDY CITY WITHOUT GOING INTO HOCK Vacationing in the Windy City might mean staying at the Four Seasons, scoring front-row seats to "Wicked" and dining at Charlie Trotter's five-star restaurant. But most of us aren't that rich. Luckily, the best things in Chicago are cheap or free. The parks. The zoo. The Bean. The hostel. The hostel? Read full ......more... Scrapbook enthusiasts bringing hobby to Internet (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Forget the glue and the scissors. A new generation of scrapbook enthusiasts is shunning traditional materials and using Web-based tools to make scrapbooks available online....more... Opening Sources, Opening Minds (TechNewsWorld.com)
The term "open source" has several meanings. First, it is the name of a school of software design whose free products can be modified by users. However, open source also refers to a philosophy of sharing. In the case of software, developers freely share information about how they have tweaked and changed a program to suit their needs....more... Things to do, places to go (Pacific Daily News)
Philippine band Hale is on Guam to perform in a series of live performances. Hale will be performing tonight at the Metro Bar and Lounge in Tamuning, according to a press release....more... HP Garage Becomes a National Landmark (TechNewsWorld.com)
The world-famous garage that spawned Silicon Valley has become a national historic landmark, a designation recognizing the place where Hewlett-Packard was founded nearly 70 years ago. Thursday, HP said the Palo Alto, Calif., property where cofounders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard worked and lived was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service....more... Vulnerability and Penetration Testing: What's the Difference? (TechNewsWorld.com)
We don't typically stop to think about it, but we all need feedback in order to succeed. Imagine, for example, trying to cook a meal without periodically tasting it to see if the spices are right. When it comes down to it, trying to do anything -- even the simplest of tasks -- is much more difficult without empirical validation....more... |