http://slapstart.com A place for Startups Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:07:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the most stirring things I’ve seen on the Internet in a while (besides this) was a photo-story of a young Army recruit in Colorado.  A photographer followed him from enlistment at the age of 17, to basic training, to combat in Iraq, and a tearful homecoming.  Something about ... http://slapstart.com/2010/03/youtellyou/ OK kids, so remember you met that cool Finnish guy in a VW last summer in Big Sur?  And now you're "dating" him over Skype?  In a nutshell, you're using Voice-Over IP technology - talking over the Internet.  OK, you're rolling your eyes again, which means you already know that.  ... http://slapstart.com/2010/03/anveo/ Just after graduating from high school, a few friends and I, all well versed in the ways of the internet, decided to start a business. We’d been buying knives and swords for many years through a mail-order company in the mid-west, using a made-up company name, and wanted to turn ... http://slapstart.com/2010/03/zippycart-compare-contrast-and-choose-the-right-ecommerce-solution/ There are many types of software and tools out there that measure and manage stuff.  HR, finance, accounts payable, the normal buffet of business functions, if you will.  But almost immediately after checking out Traffic Light Feedback, a light – pun severely not intended – went off in my head: ... http://slapstart.com/2010/03/tlf/ Asking your boss for time off is like going to confession.  Hear me out: your life (and/or soul) is in the hands of this one person; a person who, among other things, has suboptimal management skills.  Both give you a hard time.  Rightly or wrongly, you are wracked with guilt.  ... http://slapstart.com/2010/02/shiftplanning/ I’m not sure what it is, but a recurring theme amongst recent SlapStart reviews has been “good vibes.”  Good people doing good things in tough times.  It’s inspiring.  Perhaps we here at SlapStart are just particularly adept at tapping into society’s Zeitgeist – it wouldn’t be the first time someone ... http://slapstart.com/2010/02/donorcharge/ Loyal readers of SlapStart may know that I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to the Internet.  So many times, when the Internet flusters me or makes me cry, I tend to blame myself.  Case in point: we here at SlapStart dabble with the Google Analytics ... http://slapstart.com/2010/02/footprint-live/ It’s Friday afternoon and you’re getting back to your cube after your 4 pm Starbucks run.  Your administrative assistant  (research has shown that 8% of all SlapStart readers have administrative assistants) pops in and says, “Hey, thanks for bcc-ing me on that email on Tuesday.  Have a nice weekend!”  You ... http://slapstart.com/2010/02/bccthis/ Call me a West Coast new-ager, but man, I hate bad vibes.  Especially on the Internet.  Being on it is bad enough, but then I get my mellow harshed every time I go to a YouTube thingie or a message board.  Like, 95% of the comments are attacks.  Vicious stuff.   ... http://slapstart.com/2010/02/propadoo/ ScoopGods is a news website unlike any other, owed mostly to the fact that while none of the articles on ScoopGods are, in fact, real, all of them are really funny. The brainchild of a small team of writers with jobs in the computer industry, ScoopGods is a website filled ... http://slapstart.com/2010/02/scoopgods-exposing-existential-truths-using-humor/