BuzzFeed, a recently launched news filter, is a simple alternative to the complex world of aggregation. Like Techmeme, BuzzFeed displays the most popular stories but for pop culture, not just tech. If you’re a news junkie and don’t have enough time to sort through all the rif-raf you’ll love BuzzFeed as much as we do.
Zecco is a free alternative to trading stocks. You don’t pay any comission for irregular trades and day traders can do up to 40 trades a month at no cost. The design of the site itself is a nice change from the traditional financial approach. If you’re already a trader or are looking to get your feet wet, you’ll love Zecco as much as we do.
An agency named teehan+lax has created a unique investment fund. They’ve purchased $49,672.90 worth of stock that they feel “have great user experiences�.
At the time of this writing the fund is worth $52,006.15; a gain of 4.7% over the past two weeks. Not only is it a remarkable gain, but in my opinion, it’s one of the safest investments available.
Their list of investments includes Apple, EA, Google, Jet Blue, Netflix, Nike, Progressive Insurance, RIM, Target, and Yahoo. All of which are some of the gutsiest companies out there.
teehan+lax’s strategy was based upon user experience, but if you want to generalize each of the companies, they’re creatively designed. If you look at each of their products, ad campaigns, packaging, and especially websites, you’ll see innovation and design far and ahead of the rest of the market.
I know a few more companies than can easily fall into this class of exceptional design, but I’d like to hear what you think. If you look around you, which companies do you think stand out creatively?
Mention as many as you see fit and we might end up with our own little YGG Creative Fund.
Some time ago I looked back at my past failures and successes, not just in business but in life overall. Standing them side by side I realized one very obvious theme: My state of physical well being seems to be directly tied to the kind of success I was having in life at the time.
i went through a rough time briefly prior to and immediately following high school where I was very unhealthy and out of shape. My diet was atrocious, I was pushing 300lbs and moved like a slug. I had the lowest self esteem imaginable and was constantly thinking about how others viewed me. It was all consuming, and I was completely unproductive.
I don’t know what happened, but one day I looked at myself in the mirror and realized the person staring back wasn’t me at all. The person inside didn’t match the shell. The shell was suffocating the real me with self conscious thoughts. It was that day that I decided to make a change.
If you’re a hands on person and like building objects of all sorts, you’ll love today’s SWL. Instructables is a community for unique do-it-yourselfers. If you want to build a chopper bicycle or a AOL cd sculptures this place was made for you. We love Instructables for putting the chic in geek.
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It’s quite surprising that its taken this long to share some love with Entrepreneur. Almost every Young Go Getter has read a copy of Entrepreneur magazine at least once and visited their site dozens, if not hundreds of times. They were the first in the entrepreneurial game and are the largest be far in subjects of entrepreneurial interest. That’s why we, and most likely you, love them.
There are many questions. But there’s only one ninja that can answer those questions. He just so happens to do so in front of a video camera for hundreds of thousands of viewers. This is a must see for anyone looking to be entertained are interested in learning the responsive nature of a ninja. You got questions. Ninja got answers. We love ninja.