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blog.pandora.com 12y ago

Do you wake up to Pandora's music alarm clock?

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xiaoxu193.github.io 12y ago

PyTeaser - TextTeaser (summarization) for Python

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gigaom.com 12y ago

Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro

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medium.com 12y ago

Picking the right hackathon

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blog.mashape.com 13y ago

How to find app ideas for hackathons

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blog.mashape.com 13y ago

Face recognition detection APIs, libraries, and other software

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www.twilio.com 13y ago

Create a Twilio/node.js SMS translation service with local voice dictation

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blog.mashape.com 13y ago

Lemma what? A guide to Text Processing and Machine Learning API terms

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nodejitsu.com 13y ago

Nodejitsu down?

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blog.mashape.com 13y ago

How to create a Summarize API with flask + pythonanywhere

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finance.fortune.cnn.com 13y ago

Excel implicated in financial crisis due to calc mistake

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www.firepad.io 13y ago

Firepad.io - Open source collaborative text editing

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www.eurasiareview.com 13y ago

Who Rules Singapore? The Only True Mercantile State In The World

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mashape.tumblr.com 13y ago

Face Recognition using Javascript and Mashape - Mashape's Voice

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www.wired.com 13y ago

How the America Invents Act Will Change Patenting Forever

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finance.fortune.cnn.com 13y ago

ZipCar CEO resigns, hours after Avis acquisition

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www.mashape.com 13y ago

Hacker League Search API

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streamhacker.com 13y ago

Monetizing the Text-Processing API with Mashape

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blogs.wsj.com 13y ago

Saverin on the future of Facebook

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thenextweb.com 13y ago

Firefox 19 download for Windows, Mac, and Linux now available

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www.theverge.com 13y ago

Sudden death of American engineer in Singapore raises questions

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www.wired.com 13y ago

Steam-Powered RC Cars (+Hamsters)

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mashable.com 13y ago

Why So Many Russians have Dash Cams

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blog.mashape.com 13y ago

Cheesy Valentine API Story

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blog.mashape.com 13y ago

A Cheesy Valentine API Story

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mashable.com 13y ago

Surface Pro sold out because there weren't enough to begin with

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ismaelc.yoda.jit.su 13y ago

CSS-select and translate to Yoda Speak (Need feedback)

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news.ycombinator.com 13y ago

How many times have you won a hackathon? (As in top prize)

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Business travel might be an exception. Especially for companies who have to manage travel for their employees, and business travelers who want utility features that increase their productivity. Some ideas:

- Incentivize employees who share rides from/to hotel/airport traveling on same dates/destinations

- Show dates for destination that maximizes networking opportunities (in between conferences)

- Show locations with wifi in-between meetings

- Locations with ambiance ideal for business discussions

- Expense capture to identify opportunities for deals (employees love Starbucks during business trips, sign up for corporate deals)

For those solving these sorts of problems, you might wanna to check this out - https://developer.concur.com/devcon/PerfectTripFundAwards

If you have something exciting to talk about, public speaking is not such a chore (a joy in fact). The challenge is having content that's easy to make exciting.

If that's not possible for you, then try to get excited of the fact that you're out there to excite the hell out of something mundane. Surprise your audience.

Being in that state of mind alone should knock out the jitters.

One trick that helps me be productive is to expect that I won't finish an entire task in one sitting. I used to have this problem of procrastinating because I want to finish a task in one go. Now it's easier to break up work into chunks and work on them separately, knowing that eventually they'll all be finished (not working up myself too much in expecting I can finish them all).

I also found this book "Your Brain at Work" really helpful, especially in the chapter about what gets us motivated (a bit of anxiety coupled with novelty helps).