The first tripod in this series is the Berlin 38.4, or simply, the 38.4: “38” refers to the largest carbon tube diameter (38mm), and “4” is the number of sections per leg. FLM claims it is the “steadiest, most rock-solid tripod in its class”. FLM does has a history of high quality with their ball heads and tripods, backed up by an excellent 10-year warranty. The Berlin tripods all share these specs and features:...
Cottage Food Laws, adopted by 31 states in America, allow individuals to operate bakeries from their homes and sell the baked goods for a profit. Huang and Su tracked these laws early, factoring them into their initial design of Food by People. Huang and Su want bakers to maintain focus on their actual baking, so they tackle the technical side of transitioning bakers to an Internet market. Food by People ensures that all aspects of the online selling process will be taken care of; however, they leave marketing up to the baker....
We’ve written pretty extensively about the need for immediate change in the racial and gender composition of the tech industry, and Collins-Jones brings a unique perspective to the conversation as both a woman and a person of color. In her opinion, she thinks that the gender issue will be much faster to solve simply because of the sheer population of women in the space compared to minorities. When it comes to increasing the number of minorities in tech, she points to whether tech is being exposed on wide scale in places like inner-city schools or historically-black colleges and universities (HBCUs)....
Team What are your top tips for building a team?What are your top tips for managing a team?Harsh reality: Tell us a story about how you struggled or made mistakes building or managing a team.Tell us a story about how you incorporate fun or celebration into hiring or managing your team. Submit your answers! Company culture What are your top tips for creating company culture?Harsh reality: Tell us a story about what happens when company culture goes wrong....
Think about Your Customers List the traits you want your ideal customers to have. When you write new content with those traits in mind, you’ll resonate with potential clients who possess those traits and attract more of them. Narrow Down Your Customers Identify all kinds of people your product or service can serve. I’m sure the list will be huge. If that is the case, pick no more than seven types of people....
Google’s ad policy is never set in stone – it’s rather fluid, and has been subject to multiple changes over the years. These have included disabling payday loans ads, adverts that purport to be warnings that need to be clicked on, and ads for illegal products. However, this latest move is definitely going to shake up certain sections of the online advertising world. For internet users worldwide, it could even see an end to some “classic” internet clickbait ads that may have been long parodied and mocked, but are still seriously deceptive....
Google touts its new platform as an alternative to music “spinning out of control” on computers, MP3 players, and phones – perhaps a reference to the constant need to sync on iTunes. Instead, Google Music is cloud-based and auto-syncs songs and playlists to your laptop, tablet, and phone. You can also choose to make your favorite songs available offline. In addition to uploading up to 20,000 of your own songs to Google Music, you can now purchase tunes in the Android market music store, set to rival the iTunes store....
With voice assistants becoming everyone’s favorite tech indulgence in recent years, this security vulnerability could be a serious problem. With control over your TV, your music, and even your lights, voice assistants are privy to a wide range of devices, giving hackers free reign over your smartphone and your laptop, along with your entire smart home set up. And that’s just the beginning. This is the kind of hacking that movies and video games have been dreaming up for decades, and it’s decidedly unsettling....
Specifically, $500 will come in the form of a BoomBoom Prints gift card and the other $500 will be on a Visa gift card. Visitors to the site have the ability to submit entries from April 6 through May 9, and they can enter multiple times by submitting an email and subscribing to BoomBoom Prints’ various media platforms. This is what BoomBoom Prints is all about though: connecting independent artists with new moms and families....
Here’s how it works, and why you might want to get in on it. Get 25 Percent Off New Ning users looking for an opportunity to create their own online communities can go for the new offer, which lets users in on a discount of up to 25 percent for creating and managing their own social networks. Here’s how they phrased it in the press announcement: The deal covers international users....
Here are a few ways to think about UI in order to understand why people shift UIs and where the world of UI design might be headed next. From Static to Mobile One major turning point in UI history was the shift from a static technology to a mobile on. From PCs to smartphones, essentially. Guy Turner, of Hyde Park Venture Partners, recently blogged about the difference, saying: The problem?...
In the first of a series of posts, Facebook states that it has collected three stories that had been posted on its site by users. It explained the fact-checking process, and reveals which were true, and which weren’t. But is this process the right one, and what are the ramifications for the purveyors of false (or fake) news? What is ‘False’ News? Facebook has been on the defense in recent months, campaigning to get its users back on side again....
On February 15, 2011, a Red Cross employee – obviously having a lot of fun – accidentally broadcasted this tweet from @RedCross rather than her personal account. (See the full story on CNN.) But what VP Community Dave Olson was most alarmed about was the little HootSuite marker: the rogue tweet had been sent using his startup’s social media dashboard. So HootSuite flew into action: they donated to the Red Cross, encouraged others to donate, and sent a care package with a beer koozie to the mistweeter....
Enter Patreon, the service that claims it can multiply those numbers by anywhere from 50 to 10,000 times. It even cuts out the advertising middle-man, to boot. We explain how Patreon works in practice, and how it could disrupt the stagnating ad-supported online revenue platform that’s proving so low reward for those of us running blogs or supporting a small online business. Setting up a site for a blog or small business?...
With overwhelming majorities of the nation’s largest generation prioritizing sustainability, ethics can no longer be a thoughtless add-on to existing models. If today’s companies want to prosper, sustainability and social responsibility must become core business practices. Nowhere has this trend taken root more deeply than in the tech sector. From established brands like LinkedIn and Philips to disruptive startups like littleBits and Skeleton Technologies, tech companies are making sustainability more than a marketing gimmick — they’re making it a competitive advantage....
Competitiveness Cloud technology makes it possible for small businesses to compete with larger organizations around the world. Cloud services provides a platform for businesses to operate more efficiently by using software at a lower cost. Access to business software and other applications on the cloud is made possible through monthly service fees. If a company no longer sees an improvement on the bottom line with current software in place, the cloud makes it easy to transition to the latest versions of every application it needs to succeed....
Why Dissolve a Business Partnership? There are many reasons that people choose to dissolve their partnerships in business. Sometimes, people dissolve their partnerships with no hard feelings simply for personal reasons. However, most often, reasons for partnership failure include personality conflict, poor business strategy, or lack of a written partnership agreement. The best way to avoid the end of a business partnership is to have a business plan that outlines each partner’s responsibilities....
Here are a few ways to help grow your startup, beyond the incubator stage (via Mashable): Choose Carefully Choosing an incubator isn’t like choosing what to eat for lunch… it’s a serious decision that could impact your startup’s future before it even begins. Researching incubators and their strengths and specializations will help you match up with the one that best fits your startup’s needs. Disrupt, Substitute or Complement Your startup should be doing one of three things – disrupting, substituting, or complementing....
As an entrepreneur, you master a wide range of skills: you are resilient, passionate, a leader, and always focused on your company’s success. The vast majority of entrepreneurs also come from a technical background, and the core team they build around them is often comprised of people with similar skills. This may often lead to the startup’s marketing efforts being kept on the back burner in the initial stages of the company, and later being outsourced; however, marketing is a crucial aspect of a company and should be treated as such from the start....
Staying Physically Active Helps People in Their Personal Lives…And the Workplace If you are noticing that your employees are losing their zeal, incorporating fitness and an active lifestyle in the workplace can be just what the doctor ordered. There are an increasing number of businesses – large and small – that are making exercise in the workplace a regular features of their work day. Not only is promoting physical activity good for health—it is good for productivity and business....
