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Baggu was started in CA by Joan and Emily (Joan is Emily’s mom). After dozens of prototypes, they came up with a solution that makes using reusable bags stylish, practical and easy. Joan and Emily made Baggu because they wanted a better Reusable Bag. Something neat & compact, stylish enough to take to work or to give as a gift, but really practical so you’ll actually use it for your grocery shopping. Whether you love electric purple or classic black, with a palate of over 40 colors Baggu blends in with anyone’s personal style.

Forget flashmobs. The new thing is the hashmob. A flashmob is, in case it’s already slipped your mind, “a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse.” The term is, as Wikipedia continues, “generally applied only to gatherings organized via social media or viral emails, rather than those organized by public relations firms or for a publicity stunt.” Flashmobs had their moment of near-fame back in the middle years of this decade. I believe they were particularly popular in Finland. Flashmobs were okay, but they had…

Engadget: Oh Brando, will your wonders ever cease? The company famous for making our days with random, wacky, off-the-wall gizmos has just unloaded a small cadre of new USB hubs, all of which are delightfully eccentric and totally destined for neglected desks the world over. From the Clippy-approved USB Happy-Kid 4-Port Hub to the reading light-infused iteration, there’s a hub for practically anyone looking to get more USB devices connected to their PC. Check ‘em all out below, and don’t feel like you have to pick just one, regardless of what your savings account is saying.

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Which platforms do you use to promote your blog?

There may be Twitter, social bookmarking sites like Stumble Upon or Delicious, other blogs and other social networks in your list.

These are all external platforms that you may use to promote your blog – or I should better say, you use these external platforms to communicate with the target market.

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In an analysis released today, and covered by Forbes and the New York Times, the consulting firm McKinsey & Company provides a useful, if flawed, counterweight to some of the more excited hype about cloud computing. While granting that “clouds are very cost-effective” for small and medium-sized companies, McKinsey argues that a large company would spend considerably more today if it were to shut down its data center and run all its applications out of a utility-computing cloud. According to its estimates, based on a “disguised client example,” the total cost per CPU per month using Amazon’s EC2 cloud system…

Inhabitat: Think humankind discovering fire was revolutionary? How about a cardboard box that uses the suns rays to cook without burning firewood? Thats precisely what the Kyoto Box, a cardboard solar cooker, can do. Made out of basic, 5th-grade-science-experiment type materials, the Kyoto box solar cooker offers a life-altering solution for thousands of people: the ability to cook and heat water without burning wood. So how does it work? Inventor John Bohmer says the box uses the greenhouse effect for something good.

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On its homepage, Twitter cycles various blurbs about Twitter. One of them – “Twitter is the telegraph system of Web 2.0″ – is attributed to me. I have absolutely no memory of writing that, but I’ve no doubt that I did. And what do you know: a correspondent today pointed me to one of my ancient posts, from early 2007, in which that line appears. What was most amazing to me, though, is how neatly that old post fits into my current “The Realtime Chronicles” series. I even mention Baudrillard! It seems like an affront to the whole notion of…

What about starting your own web hosting company almost at the rate of hosting your own website or blog!

Does it sound impossible? Actually it is not. Starting a web hosting company does not require you to spend money to buy your server, set up and development, maintenance or ongoing technical support etc. You can actually start a web hosting company @ 99 per year (8.25 per month). Isnt it the amount you normally spend to run a professional website or blog!

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On its homepage, Twitter cycles various blurbs about Twitter. One of them – “Twitter is the telegraph system of Web 2.0″ – is attributed to me. I have absolutely no memory of writing that, but I’ve no doubt that I did. Well, a correspondent today pointed me to one of my ancient posts, from March 18, 2007, in which that line appears. What was most amazing to me, though, is how neatly that old post fits into my current “The Realtime Chronicles” series. I even mention Baudrillard! It seems like an affront to the whole notion of realtime to recycle…