Almost always, to have a successful invention, you must build a business around your idea. Most inventors were not business majors in college and thus, one of the most important things that they can do is read.
I’d love to hear what books my readers think are best for inventors to [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2007
The Invent Blog Community on “Books Independent Inventors Should Read”
Google SketchUp
Did you know that Google has a 3D/2D modeling program?
You can use SketchUp to create 3D models of just about anything you can imagine. SketchUp is easy to learn and use, and is designed primarily for the conceptual phase of design.
People use SketchUp to create architectural, mechanical, landscape, and woodworking models, as well as to [...]
Links of Interest
4 Quick Tips on Raising Startup Funding Without A Plan Or A PowerPoint
TheFunded.com: The Resource for Entrepreneurs.
The Invent Blog Community on “Tips for Law Student Job Seekers”
My Firm has been doing quite a bit of interviewing recently and I thought a great topic for this blog’s community would be “Tips for Law Student Job Seekers.” I’ll open up the comments for my readers…if you have quick snippets of advice for law students looking to get hired for an IP job, [...]
Five things you didn’t know about me
Barista Stephen tagged me with “Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me,” so here you go..
1. I can clap with one hand.
2. I had fourteen fish tanks in my college bedroom when my wife met me…and she still married me. Number of fish tanks currently in the Nipper household? Zero.
3. [...]
The easy way to read law blogs…Blawg Review
If you don’t regularly check out Blawg Review, you should. What is Blawg Review? It is a traveling, weekly compilation of some of the week’s best law blog posts. An easy way to see what law bloggers and their readers thought were the best of the week.
This week’s Blawg [...]
Where do you backup your digital photos?
I use Google’s Picasa Web Albums. Now if my home computer ever croaks…I’ll always have a backup copy online. Plus my family members can browse them, I can easily upload photos to them wherever I am (I frequently steal pictures of my kids of other people’s computers when they aren’t looking), RSS feeds [...]
Listen to Internet Radio? Not for long.
I’m a big fan of Pandora. I’ve even bought a number of CDs of artists I found via Pandora (The Black Keys, Gotan Project, others). I’ve also listened to Internet radio stations via iTunes, last.fm, WinAmp and others. I love Internet Radio. I listen to it at home. I listen [...]
Don’t forget Daylight Savings Time 2007 & Your Electronic Devices
Quoting Wikipedia:
Starting with 2007, DST will be extended by about four weeks, by starting about three weeks earlier than previously, and ending about one week later than previously. Under the new system, DST starts on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007), and returns to standard time on the first Sunday in November (November [...]
The Hype Around LegalForce
Kevin O’Keefe asked me for my thoughts about LegalForce, a company with quite a bit of recent (self fed?) hype. My comment (for Kevin): “I’ve never heard of them.” I’m pretty skeptical that there is much of a market for “patent marketplaces” where people can post patents for sale. A quick [...]
