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    What Podcasts and RSS feeds are you subscribing to?

    MINDSET 
    So I have exhausted my library of audio books and am looking for something to listen to during my commute. Morning radio shows can be intolerable, and I'm finding that listening to music playlists isn't really getting my mind going in the morning. I currently don't subscribe to any podcasts, but...
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    Impractical Jokers

    MINDSET 
    So I don't watch TV much at all. Unless I'm sitting down to grab a snack or meal and the TV happens to be on, it's usually of no interest for me. My TV time is usually limited to movies or some documentary I've recorded. Last week, I sat down to have dinner with my kid and she was watching a...
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    How did they get started??

    Some of you may be aware of this already. This is for those that aren't. I was over visiting at the ISC offices in Redwood City, California a few months ago. If you aren't a strong IT person, ISC maintains BIND which is the primary name service software running on the internet today. Turns all...
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    ARTICLE: How to make money as an independent developer.

    http://www.itworld.com/article/2957215/development/how-to-make-money-as-an-independent-developer.html Although I would question some of their conclusions: “The fact remains that iPhone users are, on average, richer than those with an Android device, and are thus going to spend more on goods...
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    How laziness and doubt cost me licensing opportunities.

    EXECUTION 
    Not sure where this thread belongs since it's about missed opportunities. My own in fact. Posting this to show how I recognized opportunities and failed to follow through to make them winners. Learn from my mistakes. The first example was back in 2006. Burger King (a U.S. fast food chain) had...
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    How/Why did you choose your niche?

    So I've got my million dollar idea (LOL, I know), but the obstacles so far are tremendous. I've got a provisional patent app being processed simply because I've been studying patents and it was cheap to file. I need to get a prototype designed and built and will also be dealing with a...
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    Google Patent Search

    So I was going through my book of ideas tonight and went to search to see if something existed relating to one of my ideas: As a long time martial arts practitioner, I've always wanted some sort of automatic scoring ability for our sparring matches. Something that could be easily adhered to...
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    Patents and Prior Art

    The Wikipedia description of prior art states: Prior art (state of the art[1] or background art[2]), in most systems of patent law,[3] constitutes all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of...
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    How to test a new product

    EXECUTION 
    With a full time job and family I've been searching for something I can do in my spare time to get my feet wet, learn, and build experience to move on to bigger things. I've selected a niche which I belong to and have an idea of combining two products to solve a problem I've encountered. But...
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    How do you find out where a product is manufactured?

    So I've decided to get my feet wet with a simple product in my off-work hours. It's basically two products combined to suit a better purpose. One of the components is a small electronic device which I've seen sold by two different retailers with different casings and private labeling, but the...
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    Fastlane for kids

    EXECUTION 
    As a slowlaner and a parent, I want a better life for my kid. She's 15 and never really been into school (what kid is). Although she's only in her sophmore year, she really has no ambitions to attend college. I've expressed my preference that she take at least a year or two of classes at the...
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    Changing lanes

    INTRO 
    Hello everyone. I'm 41yo and have been at the same IT job for almost 20 years. Little over 6 figure income, great benefits and pension. Govt work, so it's probably something I could continue to do until I'm old enough to retire. Big problem though, I hate life now. The passion is no longer...
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