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When I newly started blogging I had posted about ChangeThis.com (in early 2005). But then I had only few readers, now that I have few hundred readers. I think it’s time to re-post about this wonderful idea and website. I am sure most of you will find it very useful. ChangeThis is a website that has lots of business articles (in PDF) that are free, nicely designed and without ads.

Articles are divided into Business, Technology, Culture, Politics and Other. They are written by well known authors like Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Tom Peters, Joel Spolsky etc. Below are some sample articles that you might find useful, see archive section for all articles.

100 Ways to Help You Succeed/Make Money - by Tom Peters In this first installment, you’ll find 50 short, wonderfully sweet nuggets of advice that you will love, love, love. Download | View Online

How To Be Creative - by Hugh MacLeod MacLeod, an advertising executive and popular blogger with a flair for the creative, gives his 26 tried-and-true tips for being truly creative. Each point illustrated by a cartoon drawn by the author himself. If you’ve ever felt the draw to do something creative but just haven’t been able to pull it together, you’ll love this manifesto. Download | View Online

25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself - by Rajesh Setty According to Setty, “being part of the commodity crowd erodes your value.” You need to rise above the crowd by following Setty’s 25 ways. Download PDF | View Online

100 Ways to Kill a Concept: Why Most Ideas Get Shot Down - by Michael Iva So, you’ve got an idea. A big idea. But will your idea take flight? Not if you let your concept be killed by all the usual excuses you hear from your managers, your bosses, your spouses—excuses motivated by fear or possessiveness. In this wide-ranging manifesto, Iva offers you ways to persuade someone to embrace your idea, to not be swayed by negative responses, and to utilize your creativity. Download PDF | View Online

In FAQ section, for the question “Why are you doing this?” they have answered such:

Because we’re tired of the yelling, tired of the irrational posturing, and tired of the lies. We decided to do something about all three. Our bet is that smart people will embrace being talked to with respect and will spread the word.

We have no secret plan. No ulterior motive. We wanted to see if it would work. The fact that you’re reading this sort of implies it did, at least a little.

www.ChangeThis.com

Kontera informed me that they have a blog at blog.kontera.com and that they have added my blog in their blogroll. I am of course flattered by their gesture and would like to return a favor by posting a link back. So guys, make sure you check their blog for the latest Kontera news.

BlogCup competition update

As you know AdesBlog is in the BlogCup International Competition, in Semi-Finals. However, I should say it’s not doing too good. Currently Pointess Banter is beating AdesBlog by 179 to 48 .

Voting will be on for another two days, if only half of the readers of AdesBlog could vote, I am sure then Pointless Banter would have a tough competition. So guys, please do vote for AdesBlog! vote here (scroll to the end of the page). Thanks for your support!

P.S BlogCup should display the latest competitions at the top of the page, it would make voting a lot easier.

I am proud to present you with my brand new personal project www.UserInterfaceIcons.com (formerly introduced as AdesIcons dot com). As promised, the website is officially launched today!

There are 140 high-quality (i mean really high quality) free icons for software and web applications interface usage. However you are welcome to use them on your websites and blogs too.

So, go ahead and be one of the first to download them! Word of mouth would really help, so if you can, please mention it in your blogs. Thanks in advance. (Don’t forget to Digg, Social Bookmark it too).

www.UserInterfaceIcons.com by Ades

P.S Your feedbacks and comments are welcome. (Now, I have to go to bed… 7:31 am)

Blogging is getting more and more popular among celebrities. Now celebrities don’t have to rely on traditional media to report something about them. They can just login to their blog and publish something. And the next thing you know, it will be a buzz on the net.

It’s a great way to stay in touch with the fans too. Fans will have the opportunity look into their favorite celebrity’s simpler side. Here are some of the celebrities blogs:

Donald Trump - www.trumpuniversity.com/blog/index.cfm

Jamie Oliver - www.jamieoliver.com

John Cusack - www.huffingtonpost.com/john-cusack

David Beckham - www.davidbeckham.com/blog/

And here is a list of another 62 celebrities’ blogs.

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Lokesh has compiled this illustration based on information from Wikipedia and tidbits from other online sources. It describes types of coffees and their contents. For example Caffé Latte consists of: Espresso, Steamed Milk and Milk Foam.

If you want to print it, you can download this diagram in PDF or Adobe Illustrator format. (PDF file here and AI file here).