Bill Gates' Dad: Raise Taxes On My Son!

Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:27 PM EDT (The Business Insider)

We already knew Bill Gates Sr, father of Microsoft (MSFT) founder Bill Gates Jr, was one heck of a toastmaster. But the old man also has some pretty strong opinions on tax policy too.

business, on-line, bill-gates, big-tech

Gates Foundation Assets Plummet 20%

Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:48 PM EDT (The Business Insider)

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No surprise that Bill Gates, along with everyone else, is getting hammered by the recession. But Dealbook breaks down the numbers: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is down 19%, and Bill's Cascade Investment is down another 18%.

bill-gates, big-tech, recession

Masters of Form Plus Function: 12 Amazing Web Designers

Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:12 PM EDT (web urbanist)

Seeded by Vanessa Wilson (Clipped by Vanessa Wilson)

Content is king, but it's often the design of a website that pulls viewers in and incites them to read in the first place.

technology, internet, web-deisgn, web-development, design, graphic-design, usability

What Have Venture Capitalists Really Done for Innovation?

Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:46 PM EDT (TechCrunch)

Seeded by Vanessa Wilson (Clipped by Vanessa Wilson)

Back in 1986, when Bill Gates was still making sales calls, he pitched my group at First Boston on why we should bet the farm on Windows. Despite the risk involved, we gave his fledgling startup the deal.

technology, national-venture-capital-association, google, gates, innovation, corporate-culture, collaboration

Digital rules of the road key to National Broadband Plan

Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:03 AM EDT (Congress Blog)

Seeded by Vanessa Wilson (Clipped by Vanessa Wilson)

By Motion Picture Association of America Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman.

technology, internet, broadband-plan, online-distribution, user-generated-content, movies, art, digital-tv, tv, radio

ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiences

Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:12 AM EDT

By Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer (Clipped by Vanessa Wilson)

Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively.

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us, tec, omniture, measuring, audiences, technology

7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time On Right Now:

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:20 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by Vanessa Wilson (Clipped by Vanessa Wilson)

Bored at work? Wondering what you can say to anger a cop or what people do with their pets after they die? Look no further: HuffPost Comedy has picked 7 sites for you to waste time on that will answer all of these questions and more.

technology, social-media, web-development, internet

Schiff: Rising Gold Signals Inflation

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:47 PM EDT (NewsMax)

Seeded by inmycircle

Gold's recent two-day 15 percent surge, Schiff notes, is the equivalent of the Dow being up 1,400 points — and a clear signal that investors fear inflation is just around the corner, says Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff.

us-news, gold, economy, inflation, wall-street

40 Free Fonts Sites & Resources

Seeded on Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:09 AM EDT (skyje weblog)

Seeded by Vanessa Wilson

Top Free downloadable fonts and resources. Use for websites, graphic design, brochures, logos, headlines, and more.

technology, design, media, free-fonts, graphic-design

Music Comes Back To Life On YouTube In The UK

Seeded on Fri Sep 4, 2009 2:01 AM EDT (Techdirt)

Seeded by Vanessa Wilson

I still can't quite figure out what sort of leverage the various music labels and collections societies think they have over YouTube. Musicians who have embraced YouTube have found it can help boost their careers and turn out more fans at their shows.

arts, music, google, youtube

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