Do You Want To Trade Books?

I cleaned out an office yesterday, and discovered I had about 30 un-read books. Looks like I have enough material for about a year, not including the 10 or so un-read books on my Kindle and graphic novels.I also have a large pile of books that I've read and probably won't read again. If you are interested in any of them, can we trade for something you've read and probably won't read again. Here is my list:7th Son: DescentThe 4-Hour Work WeekThe Rise of the Creative ClassNow, Discover Your StrengthsBeyond The Call of DutyJust...

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5 Tech Stories Worth Reading

Netflix Headed For A Brick Wall?It was bound to happen, subscriber backlash over pricing, and recent news that major content providers are cutting ties with Netflix. Read more of the story here: http://thom.ws/mUNE5CIs Steve Balmer Actually Surprised At The Crappy Windows Phone 7 Sales?Steve, you have to actually build a brand, a community, and a solid app store before you can start to capture market share. Oh, and if you have to battle the retail sales folks for pushing people away from your product, you will have an...

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2011 Women Tech Award Recipients

Announcing the Women Tech Awards 2011 sponsored by the Women Tech Council. This years recipients are:Courtney Doyle, Ph. D student, Robotics, College of Engineering - Student AwardKate Maloney, CEO, CostumeCraze - Rising Star AwardSarah B. Hiza, Senior Manager, Energetic Materials & Mechanical Testing, ATK - Technology Innovator AwardJennifer Hwu, CEO, InnoSys - Technology Entrepreneur AwardPatricia Hall, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs and Co. - Technology Excellence AwardShawn Adamson, Regional Vice President, Xo Communications...

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Can We Build Something Besides Social Software?

OK, I have to ask, have we, as a technology industry, boiled ourselves down to who can develop the most unique social network software? I mean, it's about all I see in the news anymore.Even Salesforce, according to Robert Scoble, could go after a large part of the social sphere. Why would a company like Salesforce do that? Will that help me as a sales professional do a better job? As a business owner I would question that.With quick wins, and superficial products, is anyone, any company, developing technology with substance?Who's...

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New Amazon S3 Data Transfer Pricing

This is incredible. The price for transferring data into your S3 account is now FREE! Starting July 1, 2011. And now they have pricing for data storage in the Petabyte range. That just blows my mind.New inbound data transfer price for all regions (effective July 1, 2011)$0.000 - all data transfer inNew data transfer price for US-Standard, US-West and Europe regions (effective July 1, 2011)$0.000 - first 1 GB / month data transfer out$0.120 per GB - up to 10 TB / month data transfer out (10 TB total)$0.090 per GB -...

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