Vincent Cassar http://vincentcassar.com Webaholic & Social Entrepreneur posterous.com Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:07:39 -0700 Amazon Kindle - FAILED ! http://vincentcassar.com/amazon-kindle-failed http://vincentcassar.com/amazon-kindle-failed
Ebook

Dear Mr Bezos, 

Please tell me why you charge close to a 100% premium on the Kindle version of a book? 

As far as I am aware, you won't have to deliver the book to me, no trees will have to be cut, no ink will be used. Your cost to replicate a digital book is close to zero, so why on hell are you charging more for the Kindle version than you are for the paper based version of the same book. 

Not cool !

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:34:00 -0700 Trust your guts http://vincentcassar.com/trust-your-guts http://vincentcassar.com/trust-your-guts

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In one study, two groups of people were asked to pick out a poster to take home. One group was asked to analyze their decision carefully, weighing the pros and cons, and the other group was told to listen to their gut. Two weeks later, the group that followed their gut was happier with their posters than the group that analyzed their decisions. Now, some of our decisions are more crucial than picking out posters, but by the time you're poring over your choice, the options you're weighing are probably very similar, and the difference will only temporarily affect your happiness. So next time you have a decision to make, and you're down to two or three options, just pick the one that feels right, and go with it. Never regret the decisions you make though. Just live by the 3 C's of life: choices chances, and changes. You need to make a choice to take a chance or your life will never change.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:02:43 -0800 Coke! The ruler of Africa http://vincentcassar.com/coke-the-ruler-of-africa http://vincentcassar.com/coke-the-ruler-of-africa
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:40:16 -0800 Coworking in Geneva http://vincentcassar.com/coworking-in-geneva http://vincentcassar.com/coworking-in-geneva

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Do you need a shared office space in Geneva, Switzerland? 

Consider ‘La Muse’. A creative space currently shared by about 20 entrepreneurs. 

It’s vibey, affordable and a great way to meet up with smart and interesting people. 

Every Monday, a BYO lunch is organized between 12:00 and 14:00. If you are interested in sharing am office in Geneva, come to this weekly event and check out the space for yourself.

More info: http://la-muse.ch/

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:04:48 -0700 Interesting marketplace matching busy volunteers with micro tasks http://vincentcassar.com/interesting-marketplace-matching-busy-volunte http://vincentcassar.com/interesting-marketplace-matching-busy-volunte
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Have five minutes a day to copy edit? Five minutes to help with a web design problem? 

Sparks matches you to a non-profit that shares your values. Visit Sparks and share your interests and talents. Want to help non-profits dedicated to civil rights and the advancement of science? No problem. Select the interests you have and then share your talents (like copy editing, web design, human resource skills, and more). Sparks will scan through its database of hundreds of volunteer opportunities and show you those which match your interests and skills. 

The tasks shared through Sparks are compartmentalized with an emphasis on speed and usually take between 5-10 minutes. 

Visit the link below to learn more about the micro-volunteering opportunities at Sparks—or, if you work with a non-profit, submit tasks for others to help with: 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:32:12 -0700 Are Prisons really that Romantic ? http://vincentcassar.com/are-prisons-really-that-romantic http://vincentcassar.com/are-prisons-really-that-romantic
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FAILED ?

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:17:12 -0700 HUAWEI E156G Drivers for 3G modem (Mac Os Snow leopard) http://vincentcassar.com/huawei-e156g-drivers-for-3g-modem-mac-os-snow http://vincentcassar.com/huawei-e156g-drivers-for-3g-modem-mac-os-snow
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Hi, 


I am posting the drivers for the HUAWEI E156G for Mac OS. It took me well over an hour to find them. The company does not seem to care about their customers and no where could the drivers be found on their website.


I hope this will help who ever stumbled upon this post.


==> DOWNLOAD: HUAWEI E156G Drivers for 3G modem (Mac Os Snow leopard)  <==


Just download and install the application and clicks connect.  The standard profile, even though is for some Italian network does work in Switzerland. I’d imagine it would work on any carrier.


You're welcome ;) 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:28:44 -0700 All the Same http://vincentcassar.com/all-the-same-10 http://vincentcassar.com/all-the-same-10
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same

There’s a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
 
And the people in the houses all went to the university
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same,

And there’s doctors and there’s lawyers, and business executives
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf course and drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school

And the children go to summer camp and then to the university
Where they are put in boxes and they come out all the same.

And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:08:36 -0800 I am going to miss Africa .... http://vincentcassar.com/i-am-going-to-miss-africa http://vincentcassar.com/i-am-going-to-miss-africa
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:21:54 -0800 Google cares about you - lol http://vincentcassar.com/google-cares-about-you-lol http://vincentcassar.com/google-cares-about-you-lol

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:14:51 -0800 Generation-Y / Discussion on SocialEdge http://vincentcassar.com/generation-y-discussion-on-socialedge http://vincentcassar.com/generation-y-discussion-on-socialedge
Hoboken-generation-y

Here's a great blog I follow which has a rather and interesting discussion on the way my generation is impacting the world.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:05:41 -0800 Golf in South Africa... http://vincentcassar.com/golf-in-south-africa http://vincentcassar.com/golf-in-south-africa
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:52:00 -0700 A Chinese conglomerate in Cape town http://vincentcassar.com/a-chinese-conglomarate-in-cape-town http://vincentcassar.com/a-chinese-conglomarate-in-cape-town

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It all started in a garage!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:08:12 -0700 Corporate America - it will make you sick! http://vincentcassar.com/corporate-america-it-will-make-you-sick http://vincentcassar.com/corporate-america-it-will-make-you-sick

It has to make you sick! 

Poor kids ....

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:37:43 -0700 Measuring Success http://vincentcassar.com/measuring-success http://vincentcassar.com/measuring-success

 To be clear about what success is must be the first step to achieving success.
So far, the best definition I have come across is: "Success is the
completion of anything intended." In other words success is finishing
what you planned to do.

 This interesting TED talk from Alain de Botton, (a Swiss writer,
television presenter and entrepreneur) might make you redefine what
your own definition is.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:37:16 -0700 Today is the day I stop using Firefox .... RIP http://vincentcassar.com/today-is-the-day-i-stop-using-firefox-rip http://vincentcassar.com/today-is-the-day-i-stop-using-firefox-rip
Firefox

After too many crashes and too many unnecessary restarst I have decided to to stop using Firefox for good. 

Sniff Sniff ... 

Google Chrome with its limitation is my new best friend. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:21:57 -0700 Vote for my friend's logo http://vincentcassar.com/vote-for-my-friends-logo http://vincentcassar.com/vote-for-my-friends-logo
Logoeyal

A friend of mind is organising a dance event in Kenya called Earthdance.
He needs to decide which logo would work best.

Have your say and please vote by clicking here

Will take less than 2 secs

Thank you :)

PS: 50% of the proceed of the dance event will be donated to non-profit organisations in Kenya.


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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:29:46 -0700 Good news: Online donations through social networking sites soar in 2009 http://vincentcassar.com/good-news-online-donations-through-social-net http://vincentcassar.com/good-news-online-donations-through-social-net http://www.philanthropyuk.org/NewsandEvents/Latestnews/Onlinedonationsthroughsocialnetworkingsitessoarin2009

P2P fundraising ... go !

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:56:55 -0700 Rwanda and technology http://vincentcassar.com/rwanda-and-technology http://vincentcassar.com/rwanda-and-technology Here's an article on how even the poorer countries in Africa are using
technology to leverage their economies

 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/24/how-to-cross-the-digital-divide-rwanda-s...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1006636/v.png http://posterous.com/users/1lWmq4NC26R Vincent Cassar vincentcassar Vincent Cassar Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:45:02 -0700 Excellent post about Kiva and the profit aspect of nonprofits http://vincentcassar.com/excellent-post-about-kiva-and-the-profit-aspe http://vincentcassar.com/excellent-post-about-kiva-and-the-profit-aspe Here's an excellent post by Bethany Coates & Garth Saloner  from the Stanford Social Innovation School of Business on the profit aspect of nonprofits and Kiva as a case study. Good read!

Kiva, the first online peer-to-peer microcredit marketplace, is one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in history. But its nonprofit status was not inevitable. Here’s why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the organization, and how being a nonprofit poses challenges.

Read more >> http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_profit_in_nonprofit/

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