Coupons EcoSystem

Coupons Eco System – (Mostly from Wikipedia)

Types of Coupons:

1. discounts

2. free shipping

3. first-time customer coupons

4. free giveaways

Coupon Distribution:

1. mail

2. magazines

3. newspapers

4. Internet

5. mobile devices

Why Coupons:

1. research the price sensitivity

Online coupon names:

2. coupon codes

3. promotional codes

4. promotion codes

5. discount codes

6. key codes

7. promo codes

8. surplus codes

9. portable codes

10. shopping codes

11. voucher codes

12. reward codes

13. source codes

Coupon Fraud Prevention Methods:

1. unique barcodes

2. coupon ID numbers

3. holographic seals

4. watermarked paper

Discount Reasons:

1. Prompt payment discount

2. Preferred payment method discount

3. Partial payment discount

4. Sliding scale fees

5. Forward dating

6. Seasonal discount

Misc Topics

Allowances:

1. Promotional allowances

2. Brokerage allowance

Rebate:

1. mail-in rebate (MIR)

2. Instant rebate

Scrip

gift certificates

gift vouchers

scrip fundraising

trade, donate, buy and sell gift cards

virtual currency by online games

list of tests available

1. ACID for web standards

Related Topics:

1. Benchmarking for assessing relative Performance while Test Suites are for Correctness/Verification. (Besnchmarking can have a test suite as well)
   
2. Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
3. Phoronix Test Suite
   

Measures:

1. MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)
2. Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) for database
   

Equivalence in other Industry:

1. FCC certification
2. Automobile crash test rating
   

windows install CLI

netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static 192.168.11.12 255.255.255.0 192.168.11.1 1
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.11.33
NET START SharedAccess
netsh firewall set opmode disable
#2008
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0

#2003
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /cs 0

de-open source - Oracle/MySQL

Reasons for moving from closed source to open source could be for

1. Company wanting to benefit from community contribution in terms of
   code addition, code modification, code review & product testing
2. Company folding - so, open source the product
3. Older product or version of product
4. Company getting good will
5. Opening more usage of the product

Recently, I am suspecting some companies could take their code closed source - from open source. I am suspecting dual license can enable this to happen.

My fear is MySQL, used by many companies in production, going closed source. One theory (or did I read somewhere?), was that Oracle purchasing Sun was for MySQL. If it had purchased, MySQL directly, people could call foul easily.

Facebook is using MySQL in their storage. And it is really lots of them. I don't think Oracle would be happy about it. One way to twist Facebook's arm could be by offering Oracle for Facebook at a reduced price or threaten to stop fixing/improving MySQL.

KQED FM 88.5 program

1. All Things Considered
2. BBC World Service
3. California Money
4. The California Report
5. Cambridge Forum
6. Car Talk
7. City Arts & Lectures
8. Commonwealth Club
9. The Do List
10. Forum
11. Fresh Air
12. Health Dialogues
13. Inside Europe
14. It's Your World (a broadcast of the World Affairs Council)
15. Latino USA
16. Living On Earth
17. Marketplace
18. Marketplace Money
19. Morning Edition
20. NewsHour
21. On the Media
22. A Prairie Home Companion
23. Quest
24. Radio Specials
25. Says You!
26. Selected Shorts
27. Soundprint
28. Studio 360
29. Talk of the Nation
30. Tech Nation
31. This American Life
32. This Week in Northern California
33. To the Best of Our Knowledge
34. Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
35. Washington Week
36. Weekend Edition
37. World

1. National Public Radio
2. Public Radio International
3. BBC World Service
4. American Public Media
5. Forum
6. The California Report
7. Perspectives

Smart Appliance in your premise?

Do you have Smart Appliance in your premise? Well, that can be "Trojan Horse" - or it could become one, if needed.

more corp research sites

1. http://www.securityscraper.com/
2. http://www.visionwiz.net/

Microsoft doing it again - anti-competitive against vmware

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/business/default.aspx

Well.. microsoft seems to be doing it again. Using monopoly in Windows OS and joining hands with citrix($8B) - crushing vmware($22B).

vmware is the market leader in virtualization. Microsoft is a late starter into the field. Virtualization products/concept is catching on - Microsoft can't stand to see some one else making more money in software.....

Gluster by Anand Babu

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

This is another open source project taken over by commercial enterprise

http://www.gluster.com/ - commercial
http://www.gluster.org/ - open source

This seems to be similar in relationship between memcached & northscale

The 20 most promising companies in the cloud storage

http://www.resellerweb.com.br/noticias/index.asp?cod=65579

The 20 most promising companies in the cloud storage

by ChannelWeb
23/02/2010
Check out the main suppliers of data storage on cloud computing, the segment of opportunities for the channel

Storage as a service is, for many channels, entering the world of cloud computing. The niche has all the benefits of cloud computing, including the use of shared infrastructure in other data centers to store data and integrate infrastructure into the cloud with the strategy of internal storage and backup. And like almost all customers are looking for better ways to store and backup data, there are many opportunities for suppliers in the industry. Check out the 20 most promising manufacturers of the segment and that can lead the partners to the cloud.

See also: The 20 companies most promising applications in the cloud

1) 3X Systems
The appliance for remote backup (RBA) of 3X Systems offers encrypted backup. The partners in implementing the RBA customers with technology that eliminates duplicate data whenever the information changes in computers and PCs are automatically RBA set to perform backups, which makes the device a sort of mini cloud of storage. It can also be brought to the office or customers in remote areas in case of data recovery after a disaster.

2) Asigra
The Asigra software provides WAN-optimized with the aim of helping customers to control their private or public clouds in a single interface. The tool allows better data protection and ease of filing. The software also manages the lifecycle of backup. The Asigra restructured recently, its policy of channels and now betting on more stable partnership - giving the same margins for small and large partners.

3) Axcient
The Axcient offers a hybrid model of cloud storage that includes a combination of storage and appliance-based storage service on the Internet. Thus, customers can back up data locally for fast recovery, or online, for added security. The SMB can buy the tools of Axcient capacity of 500GB to 10TB via partners. Are the channels that connect to the Internet and use the infrastructure in the cloud that is owned by Axcient.

4) Carbonite
The Carbonite is a pioneer in offering online backup and was the first to offer unlimited backup for the fixed price of $ 55 per year. The company also offers partnership and system manufacturers have a program that channels may be added Carbonite systems in your list of services. The software company backs up data automatically each time the information is modified with encryption.

5) Caring
The Caring Castor allows partners to build an infrastructure of cloud using only a USB memory plugged into one of several company servers. As work in the cluster, these servers automatically replicate each file stored in Castor. The company also offers a content router to distribute information within the cloud beaver, the ability to deliver files of the cloud and a filing function to desktop users who can not only store data and make them available without interrupting workflow .

6) Ctera
The Ctera provides an appliance that delivers all that is required for storage in the cloud in minutes. CloudPlug The device is based on Linux, plugged in, PC and router, allows backups are done automatically in the cloud, without additional software or hardware. The company also offers an appliance for storage on NAS that saves the data in the cloud.

7) Doyenz
The platform's virtualization Doyenz allows partners to build virtual appliances to low-cost disaster recovery, failures or data migration. The company allows it to be built and tested virtual appliances using VMware ESXi software, which can be deployed in minutes if used in conjunction with companies with Savvis and Rackspace. Customers pay the equivalent of one hour consulting rate of the partner, which gives the channel a continuous source of revenue.

8) Efolder
The Efolder helps SMB-focused channel to be offered in the cloud storage and archiving of e-mails. The company also has an offer hybrid cloud and local, which includes an appliance that uses local disk for fast recovery, but stores information in the cloud for remote backup. Last year, he acquired the eFolder the DoubleCheck, specializing in managing e-mail and security, hoping to combine storage, storage and security of e-mail in an indirect offer to the market.

9) EMC
The offer of EMC Mozy for online backup, which was bought in 2007, follows one of the most popular cloud. At the end of 2008, EMC Mozy combined with Pi, a specialist in personal information management, to create a new subsidiary, Decho. The Decho focuses on providing a platform on which to base the construction of storage in the cloud and other services, with special focus on storing and managing personal data.

10) i365
The i365, a subsidiary of Seagate, working with channel partners and managed service to help customers to have a storage infrastructure in the cloud. The company's offer consists of a myriad of partner services in the cloud storage, data protection, storage of e-mails, ediscovery and tools for restoration and data migration. The bet more i365 is new technology that allows software developers to install their applications directly into the cloud storage of i365.

11) IBM IBM service called Smart Business Storage Cloud is a private cloud that supports multiple petabytes of data and billions of files. It is based on IBM's blade servers and storage technology XIV. The service allows companies seams a local cloud storage managed by IBM or a backup data center at IBM. IBM also plans to build a public cloud storage.

12) IntronA
IntronA offers its online backup tool for partners interested in selling it with its own brand. With functionality that ensures that only data changes are stored, the tool also has functions ready for adherence to government regulations. In addition, it also supports backup, storage and file recovery Exchange. The channels can guarantee commission and revenue continued to win new customers for the company or can offer the services of IntronA as part of its own portfolio.

13) Mezeo Software
The Mezeo created software that enables IT organizations to create services cloud storage to their customers. Platform Mezeo Cloud Storage includes a web application, a native client for Windows desktop and native applications for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. With the platform, partners can offer sharing, collaboration, file labeling (tagging), and safety.

14) RELDATE
The technology RELDATE consolidating iSCSI, SAN, NAS and WAN on a single supply of storage, can be used by channels to help its customers build private cloud of storage. The appliance 9240i/RELvos allows customers to scale independently of the storage capacity of disk, replication, storage services and network performance without disrupting their applications. The appliance uses the operating system for virtualization of own RELDATE, Grass and has a controller for high performance SAS disk storage and integrated.

15) Robobak
The Robobak technology provides an automated backup for remote offices, which helps to deliver a supply channel of Storage-as-a-Service. Tool v9 Data Protection Robobak has the understanding of technologies such as backups and fighting duplicate data. In addition, it includes encryption and various tools for creating backup policies.

16) Symantec
Symantec has two offers to cloud up. For companies, the option is the Symantec Protection Network that can be resold by the channels to their customers. Part of the Symantec Hosted Services, the platform of cloud services the company can protect and manage the information stored on any device as and in formats such as e-mail or Messeges. For end users, Norton Online Backup allows up to five PCs in the same house have automatic backups of their data centers within the company, with the added ability to research and share these files.

17) Symform
The cloud storage Symform make a backup copy of the client and divided into blocks of 64MB, the mixing among them with AES-256 and breaking them back into 1MB chunks and adding a further 32 other pieces 1MB for redundancy. After that, the company sends these fragments to 96 storage centers scattered around the world. These cores are obtained in the internal structure of its customers, separating a small part of its storage capacity to be used as storage of data from other companies.

18) Vembu
The of Vembu StoreGrid, allowing channels to enter the market of the cloud with its own brand, now also offers storage services. These include services clustering and load balancing, and allows the data in the Amazon cloud to be replicated directly.

19) Zenith Infotech
The platform of the Zenith Infotech allows channels to offer managed services, help desk and virtual Disaster Recovery for SMB companies. The provision of backup and disaster recovery company was a pioneer in using a hybrid concept - local and cloud - including one for a local backup appliance and sends the data every 15 minutes for the cloud.

20) Zetta
Zetta's technology helps partners to build an infrastructure in the cloud that can replace the indoor storage of SMB companies. The supply of storage in the cloud of Zetta delivers high standard service as data snapshots, replication, and full redundancy without requiring additional hardware and acting like a traditional storage device. It also provides protection and data integrity, security and privacy at a price of 25 cents per gigabyte per month.

business model - 2 schools

1. Mr. E - R&D
Mr. G - M&A

2. Mr. E - Develop/sell products
Mr. G - Buy Products/technology

3. Mr. G - Buy good will
Mr. E - organically develop goodwill (downside - time to market)

4. Mr. E - pay salary in cash
Mr. G - Equity only compensation

5. Mr. G: News flash of relationship

6. Mr. G: Franchise model

7. Mr. G: lobby is one model by which grow - 60% of the business development

testlog - another test case management tool

http://www.testlog.com/

testlog - yet another test case management tool

Free 90 day evaluation, then US$99 to purchase.

Supported on: Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista and Windows 7.

Requirements:
32MB RAM, 10MB Disk space, Pentium CPU or higher, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. IIS (5.1 or higher) or Apache for web access (CGI) module.

Web Access module (optional): (Bummer....)
This is an optional module which allows access to a TestLog database over a web server. Requires TestLog. US$50 per user license.

QCOW2 & QEMU

QCOW2 is from the makers of QEMU. Provides Copy on Write disk image format.

ntfs-3g & FUSE

wikipedia

NTFS-3G is an open source cross-platform implementation of the Microsoft Windows NTFS file system with read-write support. NTFS-3G uses the FUSE file system interface, so it can run unmodified on many different operating systems. It has been reported to work with Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, BeOS, QNX and Haiku. It is licensed under either the GNU General Public License or a Commercial license. It is a partial fork of ntfsprogs and is under active maintenance and development.

	www.ntfs-3g.com

Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) is a loadable kernel module for Unix-like computer operating systems, that allows non-privileged users to create their own file systems without editing the kernel code. This is achieved by running the file system code in user space, while the FUSE module only provides a "bridge" to the actual kernel interfaces.

Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License, FUSE is free software. The FUSE system was originally part of A Virtual Filesystem (AVFS), but has since split off into its own project on SourceForge.net.

FUSE is available for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD (as PUFFS), OpenSolaris, and Mac OS X. It was officially merged into the mainstream Linux kernel tree in kernel version 2.6.14.

Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) Shadow Copy

Wikipedia
Shadow Copy (also called Volume Snapshot Service or VSS), is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that allows taking manual or automatic backup copies or snapshots of data, even if it has a lock, on a specific volume at a specific point in time over regular intervals. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service. A software VSS provider service is also included as part of Windows to be used by Windows applications. Shadow Copy technology does not require the file system to be NTFS, although it needs one NTFS volume for the shadow copies to be stored.

commands:

  vssadmin list providers
 vssadmin create shadow /for=c:

kboot & kexec

http://kboot.sourceforge.net/

kboot is a proof-of-concept implementation of a Linux boot loader based on kexec. kboot uses a boot loader like LILO or GRUB to load a regular Linux kernel as its first stage. Then, the full capabilities of the kernel can be used to locate and to access the kernel to be booted.
kboot integrates the various components needed for a fully featured boot loader, and demonstrates their use. While the main focus is on basic technical functionality, kboot can serve as a starting point for customized boot environments offering additional features.

kboot is currently only tested on the ia32 (i386) platform. Some of its features include:

• supports most file systems and device drivers the Linux kernel supports
• transparent navigation in the file system of the booted system, including auto-mounting guided by /etc/fstab
• network configuration is either manual or with DHCP, including name resolution via /etc/hosts and DNS
• access to file systems via NFS
• access to files via HTTP, FTP, and TFTP
• inbound and outbound SSH (to and from the boot loader)

Besides that, it's easy to add more features. The most important missing features are:

• no pretty user interface yet
• no integration of RAID, LVM, etc.
• needs to support more platforms, in particular amd64
• file name completion only works for commands and kernels
• does not boot legacy operating systems yet

kexec from wikipedia

kexec (kernel execution) is a mechanism of the Linux kernel that allows "live" booting of a new kernel over the currently running one. kexec skips the bootloader stage (hardware initialization phase by the firmware or BIOS) and directly loads the new kernel into memory, which starts executing immediately. This avoids the long times associated with a full reboot, and is useful on systems with high availability requirements, where minimizing downtime is of essence.

While feasible, there are two major challenges in implementing a mechanism such as kexec: first, the new kernel will overwrite the memory of the currently running one, while it is still executing. Second, the new kernel will usually expect all physical devices to be in a well-defined state, as they are after system reboot, when the BIOS (or firmware) resets them to a "sane" state. Bypassing a real reboot means devices may be in an unknown state, and the new kernel will have to recover from that.

1. Reboot Linux faster using kexec

Apache Lucene

Wikipedia:

Apache Lucene, while suitable for any application which requires full text indexing and searching capability, Lucene has been widely recognized for its utility in the implementation of Internet search engines and local, single-site searching.

At the core of Lucene's logical architecture is the idea of a document containing fields of text. This flexibility allows Lucene's API to be independent of the file format. Text from PDFs, HTML, Microsoft Word, and OpenDocument documents, as well as many others can all be indexed so long as their textual information can be extracted.

COW : Copy on Write

From Wikipedia

Copy-on-write (sometimes referred to as "COW") is an optimization strategy used in computer programming. The fundamental idea is that if multiple callers ask for resources which are initially indistinguishable, they can all be given pointers to the same resource. This function can be maintained until a caller tries to modify its "copy" of the resource, at which point a true private copy is created to prevent the changes becoming visible to everyone else. All of this happens transparently to the callers. The primary advantage is that if a caller never makes any modifications, no private copy need ever be created.

.....

The COW concept is also used in maintenance of instant snapshot on database servers like Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Instant snapshots preserve a static view of a database by storing a pre-modification copy of data when underlaying data are updated. Instant snapshots are used for testing uses or moment-dependent reports and should not be used to replace backups.

COW may also be used as the underlying mechanism for snapshots provided by logical volume management and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service.

iPad use possibilities

Non 3G Version

1. eBooks
2. ePrint outs (Map direction)
   
3. Digital Photo Frame
4. Replace Portable DVD Player
5. Replace netbook
6. skype phone
7. Portable Internet Browser
8. Product presentation in exec room / coffee shop
9. Keynote speaker/teleprompter
10. larger screen for video camera/ on location editing
11. Music player
12. Instant ON can replace laptop - check email
13. Multi touch - for artist/painters/ white boarding
14. Travel kit - replacement for laptop
    

perl JSON API http

1. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install JSON'
2. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install JSON::XS'
3. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install WWW::Mechanize'

http://beerpla.net/2008/03/27/parsing-json-in-perl-by-example-southparkstudioscom-south-park-episodes/

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use JSON;
use LWP::Simple;

fetch_json_page("http://www.crunchbase.com/v/1/company/yousendit.js");

sub fetch_json_page
{
 my ($json_url) = @_;
 eval{
   my $content = get($json_url);
   my $json = new JSON;
 
   # these are some nice json options to relax restrictions a bit:
   my $json_text = $json->decode($content);
   print $json_text->{phone_number} . "\n";
 };
 # catch crashes:
 if($@){
   print "[[JSON ERROR]] JSON parser crashed! $@\n";
 }
}

mysql backup

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/backup-methods.html

MySql data file copy is a valid process for MyISAM engine!!

1. Making Backups by Copying Table Files
2. Making Delimited-Text File Backups
3. Making Backups with mysqldump or mysqlhotcopy
4. Making Incremental Backups by Enabling the Binary Log
5. Making Backups Using Replication Slaves
6. Recovering Corrupt Tables
7. Making Backups Using a File System Snapshot

perl <> mysql

#!/usr/bin/perl
use DBI;
use DBD::mysql;

#use strict;
$user="user";
$password="password";
$database="database";
$dsn="dbi:mysql:$database:localhost:3306";
$dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $password,
                      { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 0 });
  $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT ID,Score1 FROM STUDENT_RECORD1");

  $sth->execute();

  while ( @row = $sth->fetchrow_array ) {
    print "@row\n";
  }

web password free tool

https://lastpass.com/

MySql useful tips

mysql -u -p -e
"select
TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_DEFAULT,
IS_NULLABLE, DATA_TYPE,
CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH, CHARACTER_OCTET_LENGTH,
NUMERIC_PRECISION, NUMERIC_SCALE,
COLUMN_TYPE, COLUMN_KEY, EXTRA,
PRIVILEGES, COLUMN_COMMENT
from information_schema.columns
where
TABLE_SCHEMA = ''
order by TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME "
> tbl


select TABLE_NAME, TABLE_ROWS from information_schema.TABLES where TABLE_SCHEMA = '' order by TABLE_ROWS ;

Address validation service

http://www.melissadata.com

1. Address Validation (Makes sure the suite number is input - else throws error)
2. ZIP, Geo code, phone,
   
3. List of streets in zip
4. real estate data
5. house numbers on street
6. Zip codes in radius
7. 
   

interesting lists / templates that can be converted to content

List of waerfalls in Tamilnadu
List of Forts in India
Pin Codes of Indian cities - map with GPS co-ordinates(?)
STD codes in India - With GPS
Railway Stations in India with GPS
Highways of Tamilnadu & India
Choleswara temples with gps location

List of spices (?) used in Tamil friends home(s) and what dish it is used, where to purchase, how much (tricky)
Tamilnadu transportation routes: example http://www.tn.gov.in/transport//routes/routes_salemghat.htm

bluetooth info

Here is the list of Bluetooth Chipset Vendors (2002 list)

1. Agere Systems
2. Alcatel
3. Atmel
4. CSR
5. Conexant
6. Ericsson ROK 101 007/8
7. GCT Semi
8. Infineon
9. Microtune / Transilica
10. Motorola
11. NewLogic
12. Oki
13. Parthus
14. Philips
15. Silicon Wave
16. Spirea
17. TI
18. Vaishali
19. XEMICS
20. Zarlink

Here are the Bluetooth stacks

1. Widcomm (Windows)
   
2. Microsoft Windows stack (Windows)
   
3. EtherMind stack (Windows)
   
4. Toshiba stack (Windows)
   
5. BlueSoleil (Windows)
   
6. BlueZ (Linux)

How about putting bluetooth 2.0 in a chip > dongle for security.

small cap voice

http://smallcapvoice.com/
100K per year for participant!! Good money infact.

IT PIO

http://www.it-pio.org/ an organization for

~ 100 people assembled in Cupertino for Aug 15th, 2009 celebrations.
Information Technology - People of Indian Origin

java download location

http://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/VerifyItem-Start/jdk-6u16-windows-i586.exe?BundledLineItemUUID=Z1RIBe.p_ooAAAEj2BJSexxh&OrderID=rxdIBe.pQlAAAAEjzhJSexxh&ProductID=bhJIBe.ptbMAAAEishcTvuC_&FileName=/jdk-6u16-windows-i586.exe

os / browser testing

Couple of aspects / challenges to solve

1. There are tones of possible OS/Browser/plugin configurations. Maintaining each of them can be costly and resource intensive
   
2. Supporting closed source stuff like Windows, Apple can be costly just for the price of OS alone
3. Open Source (Linux) has the challenge of variety -
   
4. Blackberry, iPhone OS, Symbian OS - nooo don't open that Pandora Box
5. How do we make Windows XP multiple concurrent users
6. How to remotely access the desktop with lowest network bandwidth cost
7. How to have no/minimal client side setup
8. How deal with variety in clients (Windows, Mac, Linux, IE, FireFox, Safari....) accessing our solution
   
9. How to ensure (and verifiable?!) privacy of customer installation
   
10. How to get the first 1-100 customers. The next 10,000 can be easy (as each of them want to do it on their own - wouldn't they)
11. How to price for casual one time user (read as freelance web site designers)
12. How to prevent folks using us as launch pad for attacks
    

What are the comparable technologies out there we can adopt

1. Virtual machines
2. VPN
3. WebEx (any solution from Citrix? I believe yes)
4. litmusapp.com
5. cloud computing
6. http://www.soti.net/
7. http://browsershots.org/
8. http://www.browsercam.com/
9. http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/07/is-your-html-good-enough-7-browser-testing-services/
10. http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
11. http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/
12. xWindows - http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/
13. http://saucelabs.com/
    

How about I operate on one os/browser - but the same http response is rendered on different os on multiple screens in front of me...

older technologies

http://www.htlchennai.com/ci.htm
http://www.htlchennai.com/uci.htm
http://www.htlchennai.com/ntu.htm
http://www.htlchennai.com/se.htm
http://www.htlchennai.com/maxxl.htm
http://www.ptc.com/products/cadds5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computervision

old computing devices

1. Early calculator - http://www.voidware.com/calcs/fx39.htm quickly switched to the LCD version (due to un-affordability to buy batteries) http://www.voidware.com/calcs/fx82.htm
2. Early computer which processed Fortran 77 code : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620 actual input using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_punch device.
3. My first geeky computer (Microprocessor Kit) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprofessor_I

1. Storage was primarily RAM (Cassette recorder - expensive to own) - input the machine code every time powered up
2. 8 KB ROM (EPROM) that we would erase using UV light and reuse
1. Early desktop computer ran on Zilog's Z80 (64KB RAM) and 8 inch floppy drive with OS being CP/M (MS DOS first version had many resemblance to CP/M)
   

Social networking random info & links

1. Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software
2. Wikipedia on Magic Quadrant

1. altuslearning.com
2. amazee
3. bigtent.com
4. Center'd (fatdoor)
5. Collectivex
6. Crusher (website)
7. Daily strength
8. dopplr
9. Epinions.com
10. Evite
11. Facebook
12. fatwire.com
13. Findsmith
14. geocommons
15. groovr
16. grou.ps
17. Groupee
18. grouply
19. Gurgle
20. hi5
21. justbetweenfriends.com
22. last.fm
23. linkedin.com
24. MEETin
25. Meet-up
26. minglebox
27. Netlog
28. Ning
29. passitto
30. PatientsLikeMe
31. Peuplade
32. pingg
33. Quechup
34. selectminds.com
35. SoberCircle
36. Soceeco
37. socialcast.com
38. socialtext.com
39. Sonico.com
40. SparkPeople
41. Spongecell
42. swivel
43. the groupery
44. thepoint.com
45. Upcoming
46. upnext
47. visiblepath.com
48. vooeasy
49. Webjam
50. weogeo
51. wiggio.com

123Signup Event Management
Evite Event Management
Famundo Event Management
Jooners Event Management
Cingo Family Organization
Cozi Family Organization
Thefamily.com Family Organization
Club Spaces Group Management
ClubExpress Group Management
Clubmatic Group Management
ClubPoint Group Management
ClubRunner Group Management
Collective X Group Management
Findsmith Groups Group Management
Grou.ps Group Management
Grouply Group Management
Meet-up Group Management
Memberize (goClub) Group Management
Orgsites.com Group Management
Schoolpulse Group Management
The Groupery Group Management
Wild Apricot Group Management
Yahoo! Groups, Group Management
Emember NA
Minti Parent Social Networking
Mom Junction Parent Social Networking
MommyBuzz/MoxieMoms Parent Social Networking
MothersClick Parent Social Networking
Raising Them Parent Social Networking
CircleUp Polling
Café Mom/Club Mom Social Networking
Center'd Social Networking
DadDaily Social Networking
eons.com Social Networking
Facebook Social Networking
Got Kids Network Social Networking
Linked In Social Networking
Mamasource Social Networking
Maya’s mom Social Networking
MySpace Social Networking
Ning Social Networking
Webjam Social Networking
myelife.com
Soceeo Social Networking

www.123signup.com
http://preview.evite.com/party/invitations
www.famundo.com
www.jooners.com
www.cingo.com
www.cozi.com
http://www.myfamily.com
www.clubspaces.com
http://www.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=0&module_id=379
http://www.clubmatic.com/

www.clubrunner.ca
www.collectivex.com
http://www.mob.findsmithgroups.com/
http://grou.ps/introduction.php
http://www.grouply.com
www.meetup.com
* Home Page Link: http://www.memberize.com/clubportal/ClubStatic.cfm?clubID=2037&pubmenuoptID=21199
http://www.orgsites.com/wa/anna/
www.schoolpulse.com
https://web.thegroupery.com/
http://annatrial.onefireplace.org/
www.yahoo.com
www.emember.com.au
www.minti.com
www.momjunction.com
http://www.moxie-moms.com/index.php
http://www.mothersclick.com/user/Anna/homepage
http://www.raisingthem.com/index.php?page=my_home
http://www.circleup.com/my/cu/home/
http://www.cafemom.com/
www.center'd.com
Uses Ning
www.eons.com
www.facebook.com
http://www.gotkidsnetwork.com
email me if you need this info.
www.mamasource.com
http://www.mayasmom.com/
http://home.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user
www.ning.com
http://www.webjam.com/webjam/home

http://annasplaygroup.soceeo.com/networks/

http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/company-index.html
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/

http://www.ygroupsblog.com/
http://www.tabup.com/Signin.aspx
http://www.weebly.com/aboutus.html
http://www.rjenda.com/jsp/login.jsp
http://www.alumnisoftware.com/
http://blueleo.com/index.bl
http://www.bluekiwi-software.com/

Technology possibility on Tours

• Electronic Museum Guide Wiki article that has more info..
  
• Audio Tour
• City Audio Guide - possibility of $1.5B industry (Why not a Open Source Wiki for this industry?)
• Location awareness can help (GPS)
• How about fm receiver with user. The ultra low power transmitter transmits location based info over the fm channel (Would that save total cost of ownership of such system?)
• How about integrating with Google Street View as part of the multimedia tour guide
• We can get sms or tweaks for the tour info (short and sweet)!!
  

1. have seen this at Manalay Bay Shark Reef, Las Vegas
2. Empire State Building

(in both situations, there is a number at the location and a matching audio in the portable device).

• Cell Phone Tour
• 
  

Available products:

• http://www.tourmate.com/products.htm
• http://www.acoustiguide.com/tours/index.html
• http://www.vistagroupinternational.com/AuTour.html
• http://www.guideport.com/
• http://www.clockaudio.com/tabid/404/Default.aspx
• http://www.antennaaudio.com/content/category/1/7/20/lang,en_GB/
• http://www.audioconexus.com/venues/technology/
  

1. www.audioguide2go.com
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_based_media
3. How to use the existing Tour guides (persons) to coexist and also enhance their delivery? Or should we look at the replacement model instead? What is the impact to tour bus operators (hop on hop off type).
4. What is the over lap with Maps, tour guide (book) and travel books industry?
5. How can this enhance/replace campus tour experience?
6. How does this impact Packaged Tours

HP Laptop Config

HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.0GHz 2.0GHz
4.00 GB
64bit
HPQOEM - 6040000 Ver 1.00PARTTBL
TOSHIBA MK3252GSX
Screen 1280x800