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The Lean Startup – What it is, How it was Born
One of our most popular posts to date has been a preview of Eric Ries’ new book, The Lean Startup. Our previous article (before the book was released) compared past product developing life cycles to Ries’ “approach to creating continuous … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Technovation
Tagged agile development, Agile Method, Continuous Innovation, development process, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Eric Ries, Information Technology, IT, lean development, NE Computer Solutions, Product Development, R & D, Research and Development, Ries, software development, Startup, Startup method, Successful Business, successful entrepreneur, The Lean Startup, Why Startups Fail
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Google+ has an Identity Crisis
Our last blog entry, “Anonymity, Accountability and Free Speech” discussed the chasm that has developed in the social networking world between those who encourage the enforcement of ‘real-name’ policies, and those who believe that the abolition of anonymity is irresponsible … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged Anonymity, anonymous, early adopters, Facebook, Google, googleplus, Horowitz, Information Technology, NE Computer Solutions, Nymwars, pseudonym, pseudonymity, pseudonyms, real name policy, Real names, real names policy, social media, social network, social networking, Social Networking War, Technews, Technology News, technovation, transparency
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Anonymity, Accountability and Free Speech
Since the debut of Google+ there has been a storm of controversy surrounding the new social network’s real name policy. The attempt to enforce what Google believes to be a form of legitimacy on their users has been met with … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged 4chan, Accountability, Anonymity, anonymous, Bloomfield, computer, computer problems, cutting edge, cyber bully, cyber bullying, Facebook, First Ammendment, free expression, Free Speech, gamification of social media, Google, Google v. Facebook, Google+ Drawbacks, Google+ policy, Google+ Problems, googleplus, Googleplus policy, Hartford, Information Technology, IT, NE Computer Solutions, NECS, online accountability, online community, pseudonym, psyeudonymity, Real names, real names policy, Reddit, reddit karma, repair, small business, social media, social network, Technology, Technology News
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A Roadmap to Social Media: 13 Platforms You Should Know
Recently, there has been a rush to get every business online to interact with consumers, and for good reason: 50% of American adults and 70% of all internet users are on social networks, and Americans spend almost a quarter of … Continue reading
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Tagged computer repair, Digg, Facebook, Foursquare, Google, googleplus, hashtags, Inbound Marketing, Information Technology, IT, IT support, LinkedIn, NE Computer Solutions, NECS, online marketing, Pinterest, Quora, Reddit, reddit Inc., small business, social marketing, social media, Social Media Demographics, Social media facts, social media marketing, Social Media popularity, Social media stats, social network, social networking, Social Networking War, Social news, social traffic, software, Software Design, Software Solutions, Stack Exchange, StumbleUpon, Tagged, techwars, Tumblr, tweet, Twitter, Yelp, Youtube
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100 Million Users and Counting: the 5 Largest Social Networks You Never Knew Existed
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn: they can all count their users in the hundreds of millions, which is why you know them. But did you know that there are other social networks that can do the same, and you’ve probably never … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomfield, Brazil, computer repair, Connecticut, Eastern social media, everyone network, Facebook, Facebook copy, Facebook copycat, Fina, foreign, Google, googleplus, Habbo, Habbohotel, Hartford, Inbound Marketing, India., Inforgraphic, IT, IT support, LinkedIn, NE Computer Solutions, NECS, Orkut, overseas, QQ, Qzone, Renren, social domination, social media, Social Media Demographics, social media marketing, Social Media popularity, social network, social networking, Social Networking War, social platforms, Tencent, Twitter, UDel, University of Deleware, userbase, VK, VKontakte, Xiaonei
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Finding Friends, Funding and a Future: Great Resources for Your Small Business
It’s always difficult to begin a new business, not only does the act require courage, it requires help, information, and resources. Finding those resources, and knowing how to use them properly is just another item on a growing to-do list. … Continue reading
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Tagged angel investor, business, business advice, Business classes, business coaching, business computer repair, business counseling, business development, business guidance, business help, Business incubation, business resources, Chamber of commerce, city chamber, coaching, computer, computer problems, Connecticut, Connecticut Business Incubator Network, counseling, CT, economic growth, economy, entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, FastTrac, Funding, growth, Hartford, Hartford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs, help, high-tech, HYPE, Incubation program, Incubator Network, incubator program, Innovation, IT, IT support, loan coaching, loan counseling, MetroHartford Alliance, NE Computer Solutions, NECS, Networking, ptich, resources, small business, small business loan, Southeaster CT, Southeastern Connecticut, tools, UHart, University of Hartford, VC, venture capitalist, workshop
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The “Lean” Mean Business Machine: How Eric Ries’ Entrepreneurial Philosophy is Making Waves
On September 13th a new book will be released; The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. It aims to change the way businesses develop their products. Eric Reis, the book’s author, has taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, Agile Method, angel investor, build, business, business growth, company growth, computer, cutting edge, data, engagement, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Eric Ries, Facebook, feedback, ideas, Information Technology, Innovation, Lean Startup, learn, measure, NE Computer Solutions, Product Development, Product Development Methodology, products, social network, software development, Successful Business, Technology, VC, venture capitalist, wasteful, Waterfall, waterfall versus agile
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5 Crucial Steps For Managing Your Business’ IT: Part II
This series focuses on how to make your company’s infrastructure more efficient, more secure, and more cost effective. In Part I we discussed why it is important to employ a hardware firewall and leave room for growth; here are steps … Continue reading
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Tagged Cost and convenience, Crucial steps, disk crash, disk recovery, free products, hardware, host machine, Information Technology, IT, Keep it Simple Stupid, KISS, managing IT, mirroring, NE Computer Solutions, NECS, physical server, point of failure, RAID, redundancy, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, remotely reboot, Server, software, striping, Virtual Machine, virtual server, Virtualization
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5 Crucial Steps For Managing Your Business’ IT: Part I
Recently we addressed simple mistakes that people commonly make with their computer; mistakes that cost little time and effort to avoid, but are a huge headache to deal with once they have been made. That post focused primarily on personal … Continue reading
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Tagged business computer repair, Capacity, common mistakes, computer problems, computer repair, Crucial steps, Demilitarized Zones, DMZ, firewall, Hackers, Hardware Firewall, headroom, increase efficiency, Information Technology, managing IT, NE Computer Solutions, NECS, Network, Room for Growth, Server, server capacity, Simple mistakes, Spyware Prevention, Suggestions, Technology, Virtual Private Network, Virus Scanning, Zywall
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Are You a Geek?
Jeff Foxworthy, of Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame, has a schtick which allows him to help his audience members determine if they might be rednecks. Here are a few informative examples: “If you refer to the 5th grade as ‘my … Continue reading