Many of you might be users of one or more sites with the service of the moment: video sharing.
The problem that we face is that we might want to keep some of these videos on our computers or to put them on DVDs or CDs.
I discovered KeepVid.com, a web-site that allows you to download your favorite videos.
Enjoy it!
I was listening to a very interesting lecture by Tina Seeling at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program in Stanford University. In one part of it, Tina talked about how failure makes the Silicon Valley a unique place in the world.
You might say, no, you are wrong, success is what makes the Silicon Valley and many companies there different. Well, not really, I totally agree with her when she says that in most parts of the world, if you fail, you might have to hide yourself or move somewhere else while in the Valley, to fail is part of the game and it can even be considered good.
Why? It is simple, because you can always learn something from it. This is one of the reasons why we hire experienced people and not young graduates.
She even goes further and as a teacher, she asks students in her class to write failure resumes.
More concepts that were mentioned in the pod cast:
I think that all this is not only truth in the business world but it also applies to almost any aspect of our lives.
How many times do we see people not doing what they love just because they are too afraid of “taking risks” or taking a wrong decision? How many times people fail in the long term because they don’t want to consider the slightest possibility of failing?
Of course, too much risk is not good either but it is important to find a balance. I think that for people in general, avoiding risk is always more important than taking risks. Even if those risks are small and they could lead to greater satisfaction in the long term.
Have you ever asked yourself how it might be to live in Iraq? Probably not.
In my case, many times I read in the news about Iraq but I generally feel like I am poorly informed by the media about what is going on there. I always want to know more, to have access to what the people living there think.
A friend of mind just sent me a link to an interesting blog written by a girl from Baghdad. I have only read a couple of posts but I find it interesting.
Here is the link to her blog: Baghdad Burning
In general, war makes no sense to me but it is even worse when I see how people suffer.
There were big demonstrations in the United States last week. Millions of immigrants are worried because they will be treated as criminals, even if they are not.
Actually, I think that immigrants are not the only ones to be worried about big walls being built in the border with Mexico and the criminalization of immigration in a country that was created by and for immigrants.
Let’s assume it, there is a problem there, there are an estimated of 12 millions people living with no documentation in the country. But the question is if these measures are going to solve the problem or to worsen it. I think that they will worsen it.
This is why I think that the US should look at the European for a solution. But why? Well, did anyone imagine 60 years ago that some decades later, the same countries that were destroying one another would have a common currency, the same educational system, a common parliament and freedom to live and move within the EU borders?
Would have they imagine only 20 years ago that Polish, Czech or Slovak nationals could move freely and work in financial centre in London if they wanted to?
The European Union has opened its borders to workers from “poorer countries” many times already. It was for the central European countries recently but it was for poor new democracies some twenty years ago (Portugal, Spain and Greece).
Did the Spaniards hoarded in the border with France to move there? Not at all, but the “rich” countries gave money to the new ones so that they could build infrastructure, generate employment, improve education, etc.
Now back to the US, the problem I see is that the current administration doesn’t realize that the country has more to win if they really integrate with the south, financing the same way Germany and France did rather than wasting billions in walls that as we know, lead to nowhere and will not solve the problem. Integration is the answer, not separation .
Only when this is understood by the government, will the country find a real solution. Additionally it will pave the way that will lead to real development in the region.
If you are still using software-based rss readers but you would want to read all your favorite feeds on-line so you can access them at anytime and from anywhere, then you might find this article very useful:
I particularly liked the PC-Magazine-like chart that compares different features of 9 on-line aggregators.
A must read if you like the blogging world.