Friedbeef’s Tech

Friedbeef’s Tech Gives Back

“Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can “sponsor a business” and help the world’s working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from [...]

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Reader Survey: Your Thoughts On Improving This Site Please

“I don’t know - can you help me?” Ever since I started this site, I’ve always wondered which parts of it site appealed most to you - my readers.  What I’d like to do is focus my writing on the sections which you like best to give you the best experience possible. I’ve used a whole range of stat [...]

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Malaysian Blogosphere - In Person

It’s one thing to read someone’s blog, but it’s always great to meet the people behind the writing. I managed to attend a pretty large Malaysian blog gathering last week and got to meet a whole bunch of interesting bloggers including fellow Malaysian tech bloggers, LiewCF, Zeo and HongKiat.  Thanks Wingz and co. for organizing the [...]

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Your Input Pretty Please

Dear readers, I’m embarking on a new web project and would like to get your input.  I’m looking for your suggestions on good productivity, personal finance, lifehacking or just general tips sites. 43folders.com, lifehacker.com and RealSimple.com are great examples of the types of sites I’m looking for.  Please leave a comment and tell me about [...]

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Technology Articles I’ve Recently Written

I’ve been doing some paid writing at Web 2.0 site Profy.com, as well as some guest blogging at Mapping The Web - a 9Rules blog. Check them out below for some good reads. Zephyr Turns MySpace into SpySpace Social network MySpace is developing software to keep parents informed about what their children are doing on the [...]

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