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The stupidest thing Elon Musk could ever do.

Image courtesy of Treehugger.com

Image courtesy of Treehugger.com

In a recent keynote discussion at the D11 Conference, Elon Musk admitted that deciding to get into the electric car business was “one of the stupidest things that you could do”. This is how a lot of people felt about the industry before Tesla was founded. Not many imagined that electric cars could adequately co-exist and even compete with the gasoline-binging machines.

The thought of this being a reality was very optimistic and perhaps a bit delusional but this is the same with all new technology isn’t it? Look at 3D televisions: I’m basically expected to pay a large fortune to see, on my TV screen, what I would have normally seen if I just stepped out of the house and opened my eyes. And I wouldn’t have to walk around with those ridiculous looking spectacles. But these televisions are really selling at the moment.

Musk said it best in a blog post:

New technology in any field takes a few versions to optimize before reaching the mass market and in this case it is competing with 150 years and trillions of dollars spent on gasoline cars.

Since his decision to found Tesla back in 2003, the company has managed to produce a car that is actually twice as efficient as a Toyota Prius (the Tesla Roadster) and an all-electric sedan with a single-charge range of 426km (265 miles). The Tesla Model S.

The car won the 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year, the 2013 World Green Car of the Year; Automobile Magazine’s 2013 Car of the year and it appeared on Time Magazine’s Best 25 Inventions of the year 2012. It also sold over 4,900 units during the first quarter of 2013, surpassing the top two cars in its class that are cheaper and are from manufacturers that are more reputable and have existed for a far longer time than Tesla (the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf).

Oh, I almost forgot: the company has more than doubled its revenue from $204.2-million in 2011 to $413.3 million in 2012

So much for the “stupidest” thing Musk has ever done

 

 

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Verified Accounts on Facebook… What took so long?

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Hey LOOK! Facebook finally caught up with the “Verified” hype!!!

That took a while though, right? I mean, how many times have you heard someone saying: “Dude, I’m so cool. I have David Beckham as a friend on Facebook”. And you just knew that this naivety was the result of a fake celebrity account.

Personally, I’ve been hearing people speak like that ever since I started abusing using Facebook. Once I started using Twitter, I wondered why Facebook couldn’t also “authenticate” celebrity accounts?

But I guess good things come to those who wait? Who knows, maybe they’ve found a way to not only add but maybe even improve the feature? Only time will tell… Again.

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Facebook Notes vs Tumblr – Do Bloggers want this?

Image from TechCrunch Article:"Expect Facebook To Turbocharge ‘Notes’ Into A True Tumblr Competitor"

From TechCrunch Article:”Expect Facebook To Turbocharge ‘Notes’ Into A True Tumblr Competitor”

Would a blogging feature on Facebook that actually competes with Tumblr be appreciated in the Blogging Community?

Most might be thinking: why would it not be? Well, if we take a look at how the ‘blogosphere’ operates right now; we’ll see that there are a few ways that Facebook Notes could cause a series pf continental faults:

  • Most bloggers are known by their user names, whereas Facebook only accommodates your authentic Personal Information… because the point of Facebook is to be found.
    The point of Tumblr is to be heard.
  • The comment button on a Facebook post: both a gift and a curse. The good thing about it is that you are now able to see what your readers thought about your work. But that goes both ways though. You know those mean individuals who always scowl at the sight of good things and talk negatively about everything? Well, they exist online as well. Except here, their voices are heard from far and wide. By HUNDREDS of people. And Facebook users are famous for starting week long conversations on posts about things that aren’t even related to the post.
  • People go to Facebook to socialize, not read an in-depth review of a new this or that or your 500-word opinion on the current mandate of the Cabinet.

The question is, why would we need this?

Okay, we know why Facebook would need to revamp “Notes”. Over the years, sharing on social media has developed two tiers:

  • Twitter- which offers little micro-blog posts that users manage to share at an alarmingly rapid and continuous rate! These micro-blog-posts give us snippets of insights of the “Tweebs'” life- in the moment.
  • Facebook, however, offers a second tier of sharing. It gives the user a platform to post up “updates” from the user’s life that are longer than 140-characters… Not only that- but you can also attach photos, videos and links to your posts. This further extended your insight into the user’s life and gave the user a space to truly share (something meaningful) to the masses. Facebook updates are normally a lot less frequent and we assume that the users on our timelines actually think through the relevance of every post before they “Send” it

This is all fair and well but blogs are about more than just giving people updates about how your day was or what you saw yesterday and who did this and that to you. Blogs are places for writers to develop their writing skills and at the same time share those well-thought-of and well edited pieces of literature to the masses. No one “skims” a blog.

Facebook is different, you just read/listen/watch/look at what caught your attention; marvel at it and perhaps even actually have a genuine “LOL moment” but then it’s on to the next one. Now…  bringing that culture of content consumption to our 21st Century “Globe Theatre”  could, over time, hurt the whole culture dramatically.

Soon, we’ll have “blog posts” looking like this:

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I don’t know if this is what online publication needs right now.

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Speakers at the Tippy-Top

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“One night this past fall, the three were in Walker’s room discussing ideas and music. Thompson was surfing Kickstarter for inspiration, while Walker sat at his desk; Brody lay on the floor looking up at the ceiling, when using the corners of the room struck him. They held the speaker up to the corner to test the sound and loved it.”

This startup launched some time ago and has recently caught my minimalist eye.

Space is such an interesting concepts once you truly try and realize its potential. We normally look at unoccupied rooms as empty. But really they’re just filled with limitless potential, especially if you have a purpose.

In this case, I was thinking about my bedroom/office at home. Currently, my set-up doesn’t really have any shock-appeal but it works- for me. I’m a writer. That’s what I love doing. Creating a world of possibilities and truths through words; so all I really need is a desk big enough to accommodate my netbook and the occasional pad and pen.

The space stills feels major cluttered though. And it’s because of my cheaper-than-cheap laptop speakers that are just too big considering the fact that the best that they can possibly do is whisper VERY LOUDLY.

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Image courtesy of TechCrunch.com

The TipTop speakers, however, utilize the ceiling corners which normally conjure up spider webs and give them a sound purpose. Taking advantage of room gain, “these speakers use the natural acoustics of a room to make the sound richer and more appealing”.

Check out the full story on TechCrunch.

 

Why Weebly is soo Important for us?

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“Ask the Weebly founders who their core audience is and they’ll tell you, proudly, that it’s entrepreneurs — people who are trying to build their own small businesses, across every industry, not just techies”

Weebly allows entrepreneurs to innovate quickly. They get to have their number one problem: infrastructure; partially solved.

The service is mostly free, unless you also want to attain a domain and such services in another package. This package supposedly has more tools and options but I haven’t even found a reason to inspect what exactly these improvements are. I’m soo good right here.

Check it out for yourself though, the amount of edits that you can make on the free themes is a major: Yessir! 

Draft Is The Best Word Processor You Can Write With Today

Draft Is The Best Word Processor You Can Write With Today

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A great “non-MS” word processor to rival all word processors… well at least for bloggers! The startup chose to focus on developing an “editing” feature which is also equipped with a range of kick-ass writing features.
Don’t take my word for it, Follow the Link and check it out for yourself!