January 2012

There were 58 posts published in January 2012 (this is page 5 of 6).

quoted by the creator of Sims my idea is

“I’ve had a couple of experiences where I realized that I’m surrounded by opportunities in life that I’m not aware of. Every now and then I trip over one of these experiences — like a classic car show I happened upon in a Burbank Shoney’s parking lot. I realized that we could build a system — if we had a situational awareness about you, about who you are, where you are, what time of day it is, how much money is in your pocket, what’s the weather like, what your interests are, etc. — that could make your life much more interesting.” – from the creator of Sims

The Gamification Wiki

Gamification Wiki | Gamification and Game Mechanics Guide

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The Gamification Wiki is a community site that anyone can contribute to. Discover, share and add your knowledge about Gamification and Game Mechanics!

Hot on Quora: How do I provide value to my startup as a non-technical Founder?

Non-Technical Co-Founders: How do I provide value to my startup as a non-technical cofounder? – Quora

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  • Be maniacal about product details – Focus on every single detail from UX, UI to marketing and messaging. There are a lot of aspects about the product that don’t immediately require code, therefore, own the details so that the product embodies your vision. Don’t overestimate the necessity of technology here, but understand that before putting pen to paper, a lot can be accomplished.
  • Own customer development – In a startup, customer development is paramount. As a non-technical co-founder determine not only how best to drum up excitement with customers about your product (beta users, net promoters, etc.), but also how to evaluate success every single day in the product life cycle (metrics, metrics, metrics!). This is a time consuming process, own it.
  • Focus on business development, partnerships and fundraising – If you want to be a non-technical founder, you should be able to go above and beyond in all these categories. A techie is too busy hacking away at the beta to be bothered with these tedious, time-consuming yet crucial aspects of your business.
  • Become the visionary, consultant, accountant, blogger and janitor – In other words, do everything under the sun other than code. Starting a business involves a lot of moving parts, if you can’t figure out a way to stay up all night managing all these processes, you probably aren’t doing something right.

Top 20 Reasons to Create your own Website

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1. To Establish A Presence
2. To Network
3. To Make Business Information Available
4. To Serve Your Customers
5. To Heighten Public Interest
6. To Release Time Sensitive Materials
7. To Sell Things
8. To make pictures, sound and film files available
9. To reach a highly desirable demographic market
10. To Answer Frequently Asked questions
11. To Stay In Contact With Salespeople
12. To Open International Markets
13. To Create a 24 Hour Service
14. To Make Changing Information Available Quickly
15. To Allow Feedback From Customers
16. To Test Market New Services and Products
17. To Reach The Media
18. To Reach The Education and Youth Market
19. To Reach The Specialized Market
20. To Serve Your Local Market

What wikipedia has on free web hosting services

About free web hosting services

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A free web hosting service is a web hosting service that is free, usually advertisement-supported. Free web hosts will usually provide asubdomain (yoursite.example.com) or a directory (www.example.com/~yourname). In contrast, paid web hosts will usually provide a second-level domain along with the hosting (www.yourname.com). Many free hosts do allow use of separately-purchased domains. Rarely, a free host may also operate as a domain name registrar. There are also some free domain companies which may provide free 3rd level domain names free with dns and other facilities.