<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"> <channel><title>Bighow User Tolstoy</title> <link>http://bighow.com/user/Tolstoy</link><description>Bighow user Tolstoy's Feed</description><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/face-is-evil-part3-facebook-doesnt-fool-everyone-with-its-new-privacy-policy-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/face-is-evil-part3-facebook-doesnt-fool-everyone-with-its-new-privacy-policy-changes</guid> <title>Face is evil part3: Facebook doesn't fool everyone with its new privacy policy changes</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;The Electronic Frontier Foundation didn't like it. Danny Sullivan didn't like it. And neither did Gawker. Did I forget the mention the non-stoppable guys at ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 02:24:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/facebook-is-evil-contd-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-uses-a-ghostwriter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/facebook-is-evil-contd-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-uses-a-ghostwriter</guid> <title>Facebook is evil (contd.): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Uses a 'Ghostwriter'</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Professional first adopter/product evangelizer Robert Scoble need not be gloating with the email he received from Zuckerberg on Facebook's privacy issues. Ga]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 03:32:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/rob-glaser-malware-overlord</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/rob-glaser-malware-overlord</guid> <title>Rob Glaser: Malware overlord</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;By now you must have heard about Rob Glaser &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222300997&quot;&gt;steppin]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:38:01 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/why-one-educator-will-not-buy-an-ebook-reader</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/why-one-educator-will-not-buy-an-ebook-reader</guid> <title>Why one educator will not buy an E-book reader</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;This is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://bighow.com/topic/tags/ebook&quot;&gt;third post &lt;/a&gt;in the series about E-book readers, which are an intermediate gadget medium in my opi]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:35:33 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/why-men-use-prostitutes-there-is-no-pleasure-in-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/why-men-use-prostitutes-there-is-no-pleasure-in-it</guid> <title>Why men use prostitutes: there is no pleasure in it</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Researchers &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/15/why-men-use-prostitutes&quot;&gt;surveyed 700 people&lt;/a&gt; who paid for sex, from Europe to Asia and]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:31:53 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/five-best-theories-bbout-googles-china-walkout</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/five-best-theories-bbout-googles-china-walkout</guid> <title>Five Best Theories Bbout Google's China Walkout</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Not everyone is shouting 'bravo' to Google. There are some other voices too, pointing at other reasons, some business, some politics. A roundup of the latest]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:51:54 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/topic/a-crash-course-in-internet-censorship-around-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/topic/a-crash-course-in-internet-censorship-around-the-world</guid> <title>A crash course in Internet censorship around the world</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Did you know 40 countries around the world censor the Internet in some form or other? That is according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://opennet.net/&quot;&gt;Open Net Inititiave ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:40:17 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/updates-haiti-earthquake-relief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/updates-haiti-earthquake-relief</guid> <title>Updates: Haiti Earthquake relief</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;The Red Cross has tied with a mobile payments solutions provider: Now you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:34:54 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/topic/20-things-you-must-know-about-avatar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/topic/20-things-you-must-know-about-avatar</guid> <title>20 things you must know about Avatar</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;281&quot; height=&quot;421&quot; src=&quot;/images/avatar-poster-mini.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The story of Avatar is simply about a man from an industrial society who]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:31:33 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/topic/the-late-night-battle-of-2010-leno-vs-conan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/topic/the-late-night-battle-of-2010-leno-vs-conan</guid> <title>The Late Night Battle of 2010: Leno vs. Conan</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;344&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; src=&quot;/images/conan vs leno.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Leno vs. Conan War in 140 characters: &lt;a href=&quot;http://featuresblogs.chica]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:13:38 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/topic/5-thoughts-about-the-future-of-cable-tv-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/topic/5-thoughts-about-the-future-of-cable-tv-in-america</guid> <title>5 thoughts about the future of cable TV in America</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Viewers are watching more and more TV online. They pay their broadband bills. The Internet giants have set up huge data centers and bought bandwidth on a meg]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:04:17 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/topic/5-things-we-should-know-about-the-rise-of-ebook-readers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/topic/5-things-we-should-know-about-the-rise-of-ebook-readers</guid> <title>5 things we should know about the rise of e-book readers</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;367&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;/images/kindle-nook.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Will e-books help spread knowledge or would they just help those with money get]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:07 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/10-things-you-must-know-about-apple-tablet-and-tablet-computers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/10-things-you-must-know-about-apple-tablet-and-tablet-computers</guid> <title>10 things you must know about Apple Tablet and Tablet computers</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;420&quot; height=&quot;302&quot; src=&quot;/images/apple_tablet.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the year of the Tablet computer. Even Google is rumored to be &lt;a href=]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:53:23 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/why-did-google-build-the-nexus-one-smartphone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/why-did-google-build-the-nexus-one-smartphone</guid> <title>Why did Google build the Nexus One smartphone?</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;The common answer is: &lt;em&gt;because Google sees a rival in form of Apple and because there is shift towards mobile computing. &lt;/em&gt;That may be but what is the ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:38:42 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/the-google-nexus-one-termination-fee-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/the-google-nexus-one-termination-fee-problem</guid> <title>The Google Nexus One Termination Fee Problem</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;It is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/01/12/google-defends-nexus-one-termination-fee/&quot;&gt;big problem&lt;/a&gt;. You buy a subsidized smartphone and if yo]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:36:03 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/google-nexus-news-roundup-complaints-new-sdk-etc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/google-nexus-news-roundup-complaints-new-sdk-etc</guid> <title>Google Nexus News roundup: complaints, new SDK etc...</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;A big product brings with it a whole ot of news, from customers, partners, reviewers, developers and so on.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Readwriteweb does a &lt;a href=&quot;http:]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:32:01 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/the-end-of-american-idol-and-rise-of-xfactor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/the-end-of-american-idol-and-rise-of-xfactor</guid> <title>The End of 'American Idol' and Rise of 'X-Factor'?</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;/images/simon-cowell-and-paula-abdul-on-american-idol.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look at this photo. Those were the ideal idol]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:26:08 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/google-vs-china-how-google-plans-to-win-in-china-destroy-bing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/google-vs-china-how-google-plans-to-win-in-china-destroy-bing</guid> <title>Google vs. China: How Google plans to win in China, destroy Bing...</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;504&quot; height=&quot;125&quot; src=&quot;/images/google china tiananmen.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Faced with a soild Baidu in China, and helped by a timely attemted h]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:05:24 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/how-wikileaks-can-fund-itself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/how-wikileaks-can-fund-itself</guid> <title>How Wikileaks can fund itself</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;There is no doubt that Wikileaks is &lt;a href=&quot;http://stefanmey.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/leak-o-nomy-the-economy-of-wikileaks/ &quot;&gt;one of the most politically im]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:56:58 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/google-gdrive-competition-for-amazon-s3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/google-gdrive-competition-for-amazon-s3</guid> <title>Google GDrive: Competition for Amazon S3</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Google is getting more serious about cloud computing by the day and has just announced that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/01/gdrive-is-c]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:54:38 -0600</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/how-you-can-help-haitian-quake-survivors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/how-you-can-help-haitian-quake-survivors</guid> <title>How you can help Haitian Quake survivors</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Did you know that Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere? Now it is hit by an earthquake that may have killed thousands. 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The Guardi]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:36:03 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-generate-term-sheets-for-free</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-generate-term-sheets-for-free</guid> <title>How to Generate Term Sheets for Free</title> <description><![CDATA[Terms sheets are bible for agreement between startup founders and venture capitals. Terms sheets also spell out who has the power over important startupm decisi]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:32:33 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/canmicrodonations-and-social-capital-save-newspapers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/canmicrodonations-and-social-capital-save-newspapers</guid> <title>Can  Microdonations and Social Capital save newspapers?</title> <description><![CDATA[OnJolie O'Dell is trying to cash in her Social Capital [good reputation online, friends on social networks, satisfied clients...] to raise small amounts of mone]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:26:32 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-convert-web-sites-into-pdf-files</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-convert-web-sites-into-pdf-files</guid> <title>How to Convert Web Sites into PDF Files</title> <description><![CDATA[Yes, you read right. So far, we had tools to convert documents into pdf files. Now, the 'HTML to PDF Converter' turns whole Web Sites into PDF Files

The free]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:11:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/what-are-the-remotest-places-on-earth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/what-are-the-remotest-places-on-earth</guid> <title>What are the remotest places on Earth?</title> <description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of remotest places on Earth 1. remote islands like the ones in the Pacific Ocean, and 2. remote places on land that are farthest away from n]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:01:09 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-cable-companies-are-lying-about-costs-of-downloading-videos-from-the-internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-cable-companies-are-lying-about-costs-of-downloading-videos-from-the-internet</guid> <title>How Cable companies are lying about costs of downloading videos from the internet</title> <description><![CDATA[Big cable companies Time Warner Cable and AT &amp;T plan to impose additional fees on users who upload and download more than a set quota, all this based on careful]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:54:29 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/jg-ballard-and-the-art-of-seeing-things-for-what-they-really-are</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/jg-ballard-and-the-art-of-seeing-things-for-what-they-really-are</guid> <title>JG Ballard and the art of seeing things for what they really are</title> <description><![CDATA[British Author JG Ballard, who passed away recently, refused an OBE [Order of the British Empire] back in 2003. He  called that a &quot;charade&quot; designed to &quot;prop up]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:49:11 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/superfans-and-how-p2p-music-downloading-is-good-for-music-bands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/superfans-and-how-p2p-music-downloading-is-good-for-music-bands</guid> <title>Superfans and how P2P music downloading is good for music bands</title> <description><![CDATA[According to recent research by Norwegian Researchers at the BI Norwegian School of Management, and earlier by researchers in Canada, downloading infringing cop]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:44:14 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-rise-of-neuroenhancing-drugs-like-provigil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-rise-of-neuroenhancing-drugs-like-provigil</guid> <title>The rise of neuroenhancing drugs like Provigil</title> <description><![CDATA[The New Yorker article about increasing use of new types of amphetamines, such as Provigil that boost alertness and concentration.

According to the article, ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:36:46 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/why-susan-boyle-is-so-popular</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/why-susan-boyle-is-so-popular</guid> <title>Why Susan Boyle is so popular</title> <description><![CDATA[Mark Blankenship explains the reasons for the breakthrough popularity of singer Susan Boyle, 20 million Youtube views and counting:

'No matter how much we mo]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:31:10 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/the-environmental-benefits-of-electronic-payments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/the-environmental-benefits-of-electronic-payments</guid> <title>The Environmental Benefits of Electronic Payments</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;When we advocate using electronic payments, we don't only mean doing away with paper-based transactions. We also talk about not using plastic money - the Cre]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:06:57 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/five-things-you-should-know-about-earth-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/five-things-you-should-know-about-earth-day</guid> <title>Five things you should know about Earth Day</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Earth Day, celebrated each year on April 22 was initiated by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin in 1970,  which grew into the leading annual pro-enviro]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:52:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-repair-your-credit-score-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-repair-your-credit-score-yourself</guid> <title>How to repair your credit score yourself</title> <description><![CDATA[Credit repair companies must be the second option. First, you should try to do all on this great list to improve your credit score.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:30:21 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-seven-commandments-of-dealing-with-financial-advisors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-seven-commandments-of-dealing-with-financial-advisors</guid> <title>The Seven Commandments of Dealing With Financial Advisors</title> <description><![CDATA[Didn't know a New York Times Personal Columnist was himself duped by his financial advisors. A set of useful advice for Do-it-yourself financial planning.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:28:01 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/high-tech-startup-valuation-estimator</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/high-tech-startup-valuation-estimator</guid> <title>High Tech Startup Valuation Estimator</title> <description><![CDATA[Cool tool for entrepreneurs to use before they go to see a venture capitalist, who will surely put a different to the startup than what the founders had in mind]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:48:14 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/7-ways-to-blast-a-nuclear-bomb-for-universal-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/7-ways-to-blast-a-nuclear-bomb-for-universal-good</guid> <title>7 ways to blast a nuclear bomb for universal good</title> <description><![CDATA[1. Creating a Harbor, or Just a Hole
2. Creating a New Panama Canal
3. Mining Oil Shale
4. Disposing of Nuclear Waste
5. Human Spaceflight
6. Defending Ear]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:23:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/hate-crimes-against-the-homeless-on-the-rise-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/hate-crimes-against-the-homeless-on-the-rise-in-america</guid> <title>Hate Crimes against the homeless on the rise in America</title> <description><![CDATA[Important data about hate crimes against homeless in America:

- most of the attackers are teenagers and young adults.

- between 2002 to 2005, hate crimes ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:14:43 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-ethisphere-institute-lists-99-most-ethical-companies-in-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-ethisphere-institute-lists-99-most-ethical-companies-in-the-world</guid> <title>The Ethisphere Institute lists 99 Most Ethical Companies in The World</title> <description><![CDATA[The Ethisphere Institute, a think tank has put 99 companies 35 different industries. The list includes Nike Inc, BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and HSBC Holdin]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:08:51 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-go-slow-movement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-go-slow-movement</guid> <title>The Go Slow movement</title> <description><![CDATA[How does a life without Blackberries, cellphones and Twitter looks like? A Guardian reporter finds out.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:04:33 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/life-as-a-football-wife-is-not-all-that-shining</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/life-as-a-football-wife-is-not-all-that-shining</guid> <title>Life as a football wife is not all that shining</title> <description><![CDATA[New research from the British Sociological Association, says girls who dream of a fairytale life as a 'Wag' (slang for football wife) have been seriously misled]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:01:44 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-menace-of-ponzi-schemes-on-youtube</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-menace-of-ponzi-schemes-on-youtube</guid> <title>The menace of Ponzi Schemes on YouTube</title> <description><![CDATA[There is wild proliferation of Pyramid Schemes on YouTube. Analysts at TubeMogul have identified about 23,000 videos on Youtube that encourage viewers to sign u]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:59:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-art-of-headshots-for-online-writers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-art-of-headshots-for-online-writers</guid> <title>The art of headshots for Online writers</title> <description><![CDATA[Kimberley Brooks gives tips for great headshots. Her biggest tip: Have a photo that matches the image you are giving out through your work - think about what im]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:52:28 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/jeremy-zeldman-web-guide-for-print-designers-now-free-to-download</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/jeremy-zeldman-web-guide-for-print-designers-now-free-to-download</guid> <title>Jeremy Zeldman web guide for Print designers now free to download</title> <description><![CDATA[The highly influential book Taking Your Talent to the Web, released in 2001 is now free to download. A must read for Print designers still un-clue]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:46:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-make-our-kids-more-intelligent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-make-our-kids-more-intelligent</guid> <title>How to make our kids more intelligent</title> <description><![CDATA[Professor Richard Nisbett, author of Intelligence and How to Get It, says that parents must 'praise effort more than achievement, teach delayed gr]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:42:13 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-best-of-non-english-indian-writing-according-to-famous-writers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-best-of-non-english-indian-writing-according-to-famous-writers</guid> <title>The Best of Non -English Indian writing according to Famous Writers</title> <description><![CDATA[Famous Indian writers in English, including Arundhati Roy pick their favorite Indian writers in native languages - Manto, Qurratulain Hyder, Krishna Sobti are t]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:37:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-file-sharing-is-the-future-of-hollywood-and-the-music-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-file-sharing-is-the-future-of-hollywood-and-the-music-industry</guid> <title>How File sharing is the future of Hollywood and the Music Industry</title> <description><![CDATA[The Pirate Bay people might have been jailed but file sharing will continue to boom. Hollywood and Music industry must find out ways to live with it.

The Wir]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:32:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-track-emergic-music-tracks-online</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-track-emergic-music-tracks-online</guid> <title>How to track emergic music tracks online</title> <description><![CDATA[The new music service,wearehunted.com aggregates trends from social networks, forums, music blogs, torrents, P2P networks and Twitter and creates music charts f]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:29:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/what-are-the-qualities-of-good-social-media-consultants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/what-are-the-qualities-of-good-social-media-consultants</guid> <title>What are the qualities of good Social Media Consultants</title> <description><![CDATA[Beth Harte lists 25 qualities. My favorite:

#8 Understands that social media is an important part of the larger word of mouth marketing principles]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:26:52 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/the-largest-growing-demographic-on-facebook-is-the-55-group</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/the-largest-growing-demographic-on-facebook-is-the-55-group</guid> <title>The largest growing demographic on Facebook is the 55+ group</title> <description><![CDATA[To be more precise, the 55+ group of women is the largest growing group on Facebook.com. This demographic has seen a 550-percent jump in membership. 

Reason?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:20:40 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-succeed-with-online-writing-in-nine-and-half-months</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-succeed-with-online-writing-in-nine-and-half-months</guid> <title>How to succeed with online writing in Nine and half months</title> <description><![CDATA[Chris Guillebeau has rounded up some useful advice for online writers in form of a PDF titled '289 days for overnight success: essential reading for online writ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:09:39 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/omegle-chat-with-strangers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/omegle-chat-with-strangers</guid> <title>Omegle: Chat with strangers</title> <description><![CDATA[On Omegle.com, each time you hit the Start a chat button you get to chat with one random other person. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:05:12 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/why-no-one-is-using-your-social-application-online</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/why-no-one-is-using-your-social-application-online</guid> <title>Why no one is using your social application online</title> <description><![CDATA[This blog post gives out six reasons why your web app is not that popular. Also applies to personal success online.

Stop right now and ask yourself this ques]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:02:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-sail-through-job-interviews</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-sail-through-job-interviews</guid> <title>How to sail through job interviews</title> <description><![CDATA[Some interesting and useful list of advice here: 

tip no.#7. Bring a notepad

tip no.#19. Have accomplishments
Be prepared to talk about something that yo]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:00:01 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/a-survey-of-free-business-models-online</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/a-survey-of-free-business-models-online</guid> <title>A survey of free business models online</title> <description><![CDATA[Who knew there can so many types of free? Box UK have done a survey of business models used by top web applications. According to the survey, the largest  is ad]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:09:01 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/how-to-colonize-a-nation-in-the-21st-century</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/how-to-colonize-a-nation-in-the-21st-century</guid> <title>How To Colonize a Nation in the 21st Century</title> <description><![CDATA[The days of 'Rule Brittania' and 'Cool America' may be long gone but people still try to grab hold of small nations such as Toga by way of forceful colonization]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:01:48 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/famous-people-accused-of-murder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/famous-people-accused-of-murder</guid> <title>Famous people accused of murder</title> <description><![CDATA[In view of Phil Specter's murder trial, Slate lists out other famous people accused of murder. The list includes these people:
Rae Carruth, Football player
Sp]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:57:25 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/yet-another-blog-post-questioning-college-education</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/yet-another-blog-post-questioning-college-education</guid> <title>Yet another blog post questioning college education</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;I did not know this: The National Adult Literacy Survey in the United States says that &lt;a href=&quot;http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/&quot;&gt;71% of American college graduates a]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:50:40 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/michael-osinski-the-guy-behind-the-sub-prime-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/michael-osinski-the-guy-behind-the-sub-prime-crisis</guid> <title>Michael Osinski: The Guy behind the Sub prime crisis?</title> <description><![CDATA[Michael Osinski wrote the software that turned mortgages into bonds.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:43:14 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/why-voice-acting-sucks-in-video-games</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/why-voice-acting-sucks-in-video-games</guid> <title>Why Voice acting sucks in Video Games</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Michael Abbott gives a wide range of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2009/04/voice-for-change.html&quot;&gt;reasons&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;em&gt;derivative stories]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:40:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/news/how-a-y-combinator-startup-interview-feels-like</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/news/how-a-y-combinator-startup-interview-feels-like</guid> <title>How a Y Combinator startup interview feels like</title> <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;An entrepreneur writes about his &lt;a href=&quot;http://tomaitch.com/2009/04/16/tales-from-the-trenches-our-y-combinator-interview-experience.html&quot;&gt;YCombinator 2009]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:34:36 -0500</pubDate></item><item><link>http://bighow.com/links/child-rearing-bilingual-babies-are-good-decisionmakers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://bighow.com/links/child-rearing-bilingual-babies-are-good-decisionmakers</guid> <title>Child rearing: Bilingual babies are good decision-makers</title> <description><![CDATA[The Economist writes about a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which studies what is going on in a bilingual childs brain, ho]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:22:08 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>