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We have a plan
It is commonly agreed that writing a business plan will increase a business' chance of success. With Technodabbler celebrating almost 9 years of publications, it might be time to write out the plan.
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A Different Way to Pay
Paying for goods and services with a phone is nothing new : they enable contactless payments. However, today's phone is a much more interactive than a credit card, enabling new payment conveniences.
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Short Introduction to Cryptocurrencies
There is no denying that cryptocurrencies have gotten more popular in the last year. It could be a side effect of spending so much time home or just the stories of overnight millionaires. Regardless, anyone with any interest in the financial market can benefit from knowing a bit more about
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Amazon's Associate Program is Broken
Technodabbler, like many tech blogs, is a labor of love. Unfortunately, love does not pay hosting fees or other expenses. Ads are common for monetizing blogs, but they provide very little money unless the blogs has a large readership. They are also ugly as sin. An alternative method of financing
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Sifteo Cubes : Success or Failure
Technological innovation is often a hit or miss business. For every successful product lies hundreds of failure in its wake. The business of innovation is a gold rush and only a select few will ever find gold. One such idea is the use of technology in toys. With components like
Videogames
They’re Selling Videogames The Wrong Way …
This article is inspired from the following article [http://kotaku.com/5726933/theyre-selling-comics-on-the-ipad-the-wrong-way] on Kotaku, where the authors describes the problems of buying comics on the iPad. At the same time, Dragon Age 2 is featuring a pre-pre-ordering purchase bonus [http://kotaku.com/5727651/if-you-act-now-dragon-age-iis-exiled-prince-is-free], where you get a special
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MMOG from Old to New, and Still Addictive
Addiction: The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something. I started working on a similar post about 5 years ago, in 2006, as I started to play Guildwars. This game intrigued me, as it was a complete change for every MMOG I ever played.
Jobs
Junior Developer of Infinite Knowledge and Power
I’ve posted [https://www.technodabbler.com/absurd-job-posting/] about this before, but it always gets to me. As a grad students, I see a lot of job postings. After a while, you see a couple of these postings looking for a student with the following skillset: Requirements: * Experience developing in
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Value of points
In our consumer market right now, the trend is to reward consumers for buying. Point cards, reward programs, it amounts to the same: the more you spend, the more rewards you get. But how much reward do you get? I’m thinking of buying an Ipad and I was wondering
Videogames
Even more Good Old Games
Back in September 2008, I wrote about a new company called Good Old Games [http://www.gog.com]. They sell old games, DRM free, which is especially cool. This has become a very lucrative business. Last year, GoG started with only a few games, two of which were Freespace and
Computer
No Pressure, Just Buy!
Last week, I received a coupon from TigerDirect [http://www.tigerdirect.ca]. I could save 20$ of my next 200$ purchase. The catch, the coupon expired in less than two days. I also received a similar deal from Dell [http://www.dell.ca]. I could get great savings on computers,
Videogames
A Few Good Ways to Spend a Few Dollars
In North America, December 26th is considered Boxing Day. The day after Christmas, it features an insane amount of sales, many store clearing their Christmas stock at below cost. It’s a particularly crazy day to visit shipping mall, and the only day were you will see checkout queues online.
Jobs
Absurd Job Posting
Browsing today, I came across the following job posting. Startup looking for highly qualified students that are interested in an internship with the potential of full time hire at the end of the school year. > We are a consumer focused Internet start up looking for a PHP programmer with previous
Videogames
Good Old Games
A couple of weeks ago, I learned that I was going to be part of the Good Old Games (GOG) [http://www.gog.com] beta. Good Old Games is a company dedicated to offering classic PC games at a cheap price, DRM free. Think of it as Steam, but without
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Coin-less Casino
Lets start off this article by the disclaimer that I, in no way, support the idea of Casinos. They are designed to suck the money out of the pockets of addicted individuals with deluded dreams. That being said, they are also designed to entertain, which is why I don’t
Gadget & Toys
Markups, Increasing the Price for Collectors
As I’ve mentioned numerous times, I like to collects some Transformers. This is why I was so exited when I learned that Montreal was going to host a small toy convention [http://site.toysonfire.com/montreal_toy_con/montrealtoycon.html] this June. I decided to go. First of, the