asg october 2011 issue

ASGThis is a collection of items that we found in October and thought interesting enough to aggregate and package in a consumable format for our followers.

We hope you enjoy.

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All Systems Go Technology for Creative Minds

October 2011

http://lifehacker.com/evil-week/

http://lifehacker.com/5620502/nine-great-uses-for-private-browsing-that-dont-involve-porn

http://lifehacker.com/5831636/the-best-web-browser-for-iphone


http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atomic-web-browser-browse/id347929410?mt=8

http://lifehacker.com/5832026/the-best-web-browser-for-android

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sASGSure - this was written in September and shouldn’t be in the October issue – but we’ve been seeing many of our clients revamp their sites lately, so we thought it fitting.

http://twitter.com/hanelly

http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/digital-marketing/the-future-of-websites/

http://www.businessweek.com/1997/25/b35321.htm

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ASGBoth articles show that people are getting more selective and going deeper with their chosen sources

http://mashable.com/2011/10/14/tablet-ipad-news-study/

http://mashable.com/2011/10/14/tablet-ipad-news-study/

ASGHe kind of missed the point – the customer is in fact always right. You just need to find ways to cater to their needs in the manner expected.

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http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/the-customer-is-not-always-right/

http://twitter.com/

http://www.zappos.com/

http://www.deliveringhappiness.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkExchange

http://www.microsoft.com/

http://www.amazon.com/

http://www.facebook.com/mitchjoel

http://www.tripadvisor.com/

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ASGThis is the first time that we’ve found a clear cut article regarding twitter usage for businesses.

http://www.linksalpha.com/social?blog=Convince+and+Convert+Blog%3A+Social+Media+Strategy+and+Social+Media+Consulting&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.convinceandconvert.com%2Fsocial-media-research-2%2Fif-youre-b2b-what-day-you-tweet-doesnt-matter%2F&title=If+You%27re+B2B%2C+What+Day+You+Tweet+Doesn%27t+Matter+&desc=%28at+least+on+weekdays%29%0D%0A%0D%0AOn+Thursday+October+27%2C+join+me+and+my+friends+at+Argyle+Social+for+a+valuable+%28yet+free%29+Webinar+that+puts+some+of+the+big+questions+about+social+media+timing+under+the+expe&fc=333333&fs=lucida+grande&fblname=like&fblref=facebook&fbllang=en_US&fblshow=1&fbsbutton=0&fbsctr=1&fbslang=en&fbsendbutton=0&twbutton=1&twlang=en&twmention=jaybaer&twrelated1=&twrelated2=&twctr=1&lnkdshow=show&lnkdctr=1&buzzbutton=0&buzzlang=en&buzzctr=0&diggbutton=0&diggctr=0&stblbutton=1&stblctr=0&g1button=1&g1ctr=1&g1lang=en-US

http://www.ar.gy/caT

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ASGThis is true – but lately the infographics are too unwieldy. But a few get it right – here’s our favorite.

http://twitter.com/intersection1

http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/the-business-of-infographics/

https://twitter.com/ripetungi

http://jess3.com/

http://www.visualteachingalliance.com/

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http://www.dezeen.com/?p=167375

http://www.eastern.e-arc.jp/

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ASGThis drew our attention by seeming both repellant and compelling.

http://mocoloco.com/profile/Harry

http://www.art-tic.com/www.art-tic.comflow.html

http://technologizer.com/2011/10/01/hipmunks-flight-search-just-as-hip-on-android/

http://technologizer.com/2011/10/01/hipmunks-flight-search-just-as-hip-on-android/

http://technologizer.com/author/harrymccracken/

http://www.hipmunk.com/

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http://www.coolhunting.com/author/graham-hiemstra/

http://www.coolhunting.com/design/

http://www.hjcdesign.co.uk/about

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ASGPerhaps it’s time to pickup some cheap land – anywhere.

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http://www.archdaily.com/

http://www.archdaily.com/author/megan/

http://www.archdaily.com/category/featured/

http://www.archdaily.com/category/houses/

http://www.archdaily.com/category/selected/

http://www.archdaily.com/tag/japan/

http://www.archdaily.com/tag/mizuishi-architects-atelier/

http://www.archdaily.com/tag/tokyo/

http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier/05-exterior-view/

http://www.archdaily.com/177899/valley-hi-north-laguna-library-noll-tam-architects/

http://www.archdaily.com/177899/valley-hi-north-laguna-library-noll-tam-architects/

http://www.archdaily.com/177822/winery-nals-margreid-markus-scherer/

http://www.archdaily.com/177822/winery-nals-margreid-markus-scherer/

http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier/

http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier/

http://www.archdaily.com/178277/definition-of-architecture/

http://www.archdaily.com/178277/definition-of-architecture/

http://www.archdaily.com/177457/bu-landmark-complex-architects-49/

http://www.archdaily.com/177457/bu-landmark-complex-architects-49/

http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier/floor-planlevel0/

http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier/11-living/

http://www.archdaily.com/177383/house-in-horinouchi-mizuishi-architects-atelier/01-birds-eye-view1/

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ASGCreating a market for those who DWR is like IKEA – and where new artists can hawk their wares.

http://www.coolhunting.com/author/evan-orensten/

http://www.coolhunting.com/design/

https://twitter.com/share?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coolhunting.com%2Fdesign%2Fdering-hall.php%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%3A%2Bch%2B(Cool%2BHunting)&related=coolhunting&source=tweetbutton&text=New%20online%20shop%20grants%20discerning%20consumers%20access%20to%20top-flight%20designers&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coolhunting.com%2Fdesign%2Fdering-hall.php&via=coolhunting

http://twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coolhunting.com%2Fdesign%2Fdering-hall.php

http://www.dwr.com/home.do

http://www.deringhall.com/

http://www.waterworks.com/

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ASGThis may work in NYC if they can work on the turning radius – then we have the perfect Fairway transport.

http://www.dezeen.com/?p=158567

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ASGThis article is shockingly good in regards to the tech usage. I’m not sure who would actually need this – but don’t forget to get a burner cell phone

http://lifehacker.com/


http://lifehacker.com/evil-week/

http://lifehacker.com/5620502/nine-great-uses-for-private-browsing-that-dont-involve-porn



http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/atomic-web-browser-browse/id347929410?mt=8

http://lifehacker.com/5832026/the-best-web-browser-for-android

http://lifehacker.com/5306452/how-do-you-keep-your-email-address-private

http://lifehacker.com/5306452/how-do-you-keep-your-email-address-private

http://lifehacker.com/disposable-email-address

http://www.spamgourmet.com/

https://ssl.trashmail.net/

http://lifehacker.com/5724037/trashmail-is-a-feature+rich-disposable-email-service

http://lifehacker.com/5724037/trashmail-is-a-feature+rich-disposable-email-service

http://lifehacker.com/186198/send-anonymous-email-or-sms

http://sharpmail.co.uk/

http://lifehacker.com/280437/become-the-next-jason-bourne-with-the-fake-name-generator

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/index.php

http://lifehacker.com/5676149/how-to-ditch-big-brother-and-disappear-forever

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaelx/5445598436

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ASGWe hate to admit it – but none of us even heard of Klout until a few weeks ago. Perhaps it’ll be useful – just not yet.

http://dannybrown.me/category/guest-posts-2/

http://corp.klout.com/blog/2011/10/a-more-accurate-transparent-klout-score/

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ASGOur 5 second Synopsis – Social media “Does” work

http://www.spinsucks.com/social-media/six-reasons-social-media-doesnt-work/

http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http://www.spinsucks.com/social-media/six-reasons-social-media-doesnt-work/

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HmWj5wYQTE0/TDuCxj8dffI/AAAAAAAABEo/lufPbR-rGkU/s1600/Public-Relations-and-Social-Media-Why-it-Doesn

http://armentdietrich.com/gini_dietrich

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/return_on_influence_the_new_ro.html

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gyASGThis tablet is droolworthy – now how much?The killer part is the “detachable keyboard” that comes standard.

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ASGOK – the era of emailing large files is over – and has been for a while. Any business should be using one of these products for simpler file transfers – and review functionality every 12 – 18 months.

http://xkcd.com/949/

http://xkcd.com/949/

http://techcrunch.com/tag/Dropbox

http://techcrunch.com/tag/Sugarsync

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/claire_cain_miller/index.html?inline=nyt-per

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/technology/workers-own-cellphones-and-ipads-find-a-role-at-the-office.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/technology/workers-own-cellphones-and-ipads-find-a-role-at-the-office.html

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ASGBy far the easiest flight search app for the handheld device – and for the regular computer for that matter.

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ASGAnything that gets us info regarding our clients’ systems faster – the better. ARD on the mac server does similar things – just not as well.



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ASGHP is out, no wait – we’re back in. We’re going elsewhere until you make up your mind

VPN’s – We almost agree. For 80% of typical needs this is correct. But if you’re not already in the cloud – you’ll still need it

Skype – So much upside, but they may have waited too long.

http://technologizer.com/2011/10/17/blackberry-outage-3/

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http://technologizer.com/author/harrymccracken/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/12/tech/mobile/blackberry-outage/

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-services-down-again-emea-region

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-services-down-again-emea-region

http://crackberry.com/blackberry-service-europe-middle-east-and-africa-screeches-halt-uk-server-blame



http://crackberry.com/bis-outage-across-multiple-north-american-carriers

http://crackberry.com/bis-outage-across-multiple-north-american-carriers

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ASGAutomation – Yikes, rebooting the house is soon to be a thing.Adobe – This is going to be very interesting to see the interface and utility of the Apps.

http://technologizer.com/2011/10/12/home-automation-for-the-masses-maybe/

http://technologizer.com/2011/10/12/home-automation-for-the-masses-maybe/

http://technologizer.com/author/dennyarar/

http://technologizer.com/2011/10/12/home-automation-for-the-masses-maybe/verizon-home-monitoring-control-kit/

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ASGOne tickled the geek inside us – the other piqued our inner hacker

http://www.freakonomics.com/author/freakonomics/

http://www.addtoany.com/share_save

http://failblog.org/2011/10/12/epic-fail-photos-win-its-not-that-your-service-was-irrational-just-your-tip-amount/

http://failblog.org/2011/10/12/epic-fail-photos-win-its-not-that-your-service-was-irrational-just-your-tip-amount/?utm_source=embed&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=sharewidget

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/21/video-unlock-any-ipad-2-with-just-a-smart-cover-and-5-seconds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/20/anyone-with-a-smart-cover-can-break-into-your-ipad-2/

http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/20/anyone-with-a-smart-cover-can-break-into-your-ipad-2/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20122632-245/bad-siri-shell-let-anyone-use-a-locked-iphone-4s/


October 2011

ASGThanks for you interest

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