BusinessGreen is a website of news, advice, reviews and blogs to help UK companies reduce their carbon footprint. As much as this is a UK site it is still absolutely applicable to the rest of the world.

The site contains news, in-depth essays, a regularly updated blog, audio/video, a user forum and links to many useful resources.

If you have an interest for the environment which, as you can tell by this blog, I do, I recommend checking this great site out. I hope soon the forum will become more active as I’d certainly like to contribute my thoughts on all things ‘green’.

Amazon on their new Kindle:

“Three years ago, we set out to design and build an entirely new class of device—a convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers. The result is Amazon Kindle.

We designed Kindle to provide an exceptional reading experience. Thanks to electronic paper, a revolutionary new display technology, reading Kindle’s screen is as sharp and natural as reading ink on paper—and nothing like the strain and glare of a computer screen. Kindle is also easy on the fingertips. It never becomes hot and is designed for ambidextrous use so both “lefties” and “righties” can read comfortably at any angle for long periods of time.

We wanted Kindle to be completely mobile and simple to use for everyone, so we made it wireless. No PC and no syncing needed. Using the same 3G network as advanced cell phones, we deliver your content using our own wireless delivery system, Amazon Whispernet. Unlike WiFi, you’ll never need to locate a hotspot. There are no confusing service plans, yearly contracts, or monthly wireless bills—we take care of the hassles so you can just read.

With Whispernet, you can be anywhere, think of a book, and get it in one minute. Similarly, your content automatically comes to you, wherever you are. Newspaper subscriptions are delivered wirelessly each morning. Most magazines arrive before they hit newsstands. Haven’t read the book for tomorrow night’s book club? Get it in a minute. Finished your book in the airport? Download the sequel while you board the plane. Whether you’re in the mood for something serious or hilarious, lighthearted or studious, Kindle delivers your spontaneous reading choices on demand.

And because we know you can’t judge a book by its cover, Kindle lets you download and read the beginning of books for free. This way, you can try it out—if you like it, simply buy and download with 1-Click, right from your Kindle, and continue reading. Want to try a newspaper as well? All newspaper subscriptions start with a risk-free two-week trial.

Kindle’s paperback size and expandable memory let you travel light with your library. With the freedom to download what you want, when you want, we hope you’ll never again find yourself stuck without a great read.

We’re very proud to introduce Amazon Kindle and we hope you like it as much as we do”.

This is funny and so true. Found it here.

Doing a Google search on the keywords ‘business au’ results in 199,000,000 results. That’s a lot of sites to wade through when looking for something decent and useful.

I am always on the look out for useful sites but visit a select few on a regular basis. Here is one of my favourites:

CEO Online

Expert Talk

A constantly growing library of articles from CEO Online’s world-wide network of experts from Business Schools and the private sector. Browse through 17 article categories to develop new business ideas, upgrade your business and life skills and keep up-to-date with the latest issues.

Case Studies

Learn from the ideas, practices and ethos of business leaders as they candidly share their pathway to business success - or, for some, their business failure. The two or more short - but informative - key learning points listed in every case study can provide you with a powerful business checklist.

Resource Centre

In addition to articles, case studies and expert opinions published on this web site, you will have the opportunity to purchase CDs of the popular IIDM audio seminar series, and selected top-selling business books.

Those are just some of the many features.

Check it out here:

Your business resource. Worldwide. Affordable. 24/7.

Most people that know me know my views towards tax cuts. When the Government offers tax cuts I think of two things: unnecessary and inflation.

Here is an interesting view I found over at Jesaurai:

Modern governments don’t pool money for the good of all they just run the business of politics.

Imagine this:

You live in Australia, and you have $100 to spare, you say to your government; which is a democratically elected representative of you, who’s purpose is to lead, maintain and increase the communities wellbeing.

“Take my $100 dollars and pool it with other peoples money and please use it to try and fix some of the problems I and my friends, family and fellow citizens have. Here’s a list of the things that are important to me, some of them are very important as they threaten my survival, and that of my kin.

We don’t have any water, the dams are at 30%, the farmers say they can’t plant, and it never seems to rain. Can you do something?

The climates changing, not sure if this will be good or bad, but everyone that seems to know about these things says its bad and its our fault. Can you do something to slow it, or stop it?

The train to work never runs on time, and is over crowded, and often derails itself, it is a horrible experience everyday for an hour as it was, now its beyond a joke.

Our jobs keep going overseas, and I’m tired of re-training, is it possible to just get some security?

There are beggars on my street, more than ever before, can we give them homes (not just rooms) and food, and self worth.

There are loony people on he train stations, are they sick? or just on ice? I don’t know but they are scary and they threaten people. Can we help them?

I want to work less. Not more !”

The Government takes you $100 and gives $20 to a fund for universities, and other education, $30 for a fund for government employee’s superannuation, $1 for enviromental stuff.

Then the government puts out his hand and says you can have this back ($49). I don’t need this! Whoops sorry I need $15 back I need to buy us a gun, those bloody neighbours keep misbehaving. And you get $34 back… but.

This is essentially what the Australian government did tonight in its pre election budget, and no-one seems to find fault with it.

Its not about them and their budget surplus, its about us, we want them to spend the money to help us, not just give it back.

Subscript: figures are indicative only. And they are giving a subsidy for solar panel of $8000 which is really good.

Check out this cool mobile technology blog. The design is lush!

NetBusinessBlog.com (NBB) is one of my favourite internet business blogs. It’s up there with EJ and College-Startup for me. But Matt Coddington, founder of NBB and internet-marketing-supreme is selling up to concentrate on other projects.

Heres an extract of the sites sale ad on Digital Point:

“Net Business Blog is a blog dedicated to helping its readers improve their internet income through a variety of earning avenues. The blog has content on marketing, minisites, affiliate marketing, domaining, SEO, social media, blogging, current events, and a ton more.

I have worked very hard to make this a respectable blog and protect its reputation. The blog was launched on January 7th, but has already become an authority in the industry. Traffic and revenue have been consistent since the first week and are growing daily without anything spent in advertising since early Feb. ”

In that short space of time Matt has done extremely well. He’s gone from 0-15k unique visitors and a PR5 generating over 1k in revenue a month in less than six months.  Outstanding! I want to know his tricks. I think I will read all his posts from beginning to end -again.

All I can say is good luck Matt and all the best with the other projects. I hope that the new buyer treats the site with respect and passion. Also, I hope Rock Surge stays in your interests.

Pajago

I was looking up definitions of brand the other week and Google found me this website for NZ marketing firm, Yellow Pencil.

The site is pretty cool on the whole and the business seems pretty neat. What I really enjoyed is the brand glossary section. Here sits an extensive list of key brand related definitions. Very expert information and uber-easy to follow.

My favourite definition is humble, branding:

Selecting and blending tangible and intangible attributes to differentiate the product, service or corporation in an attractive, meaningful and compelling way.

Check out the site. It’s cool and you might learn a thing or two on brands.

Pajago

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Photographers are well catered for on the internet. This is especially the case when it comes to displaying ones art. Yahoo and Google both have gallery sites for the happy-snapper, right through to the professional photographer to display their works. Yahoo’s free web gallery is Flickr, a very popular site. Google’s Picasa is also popular.

Read more about free websites for the budding photographer.

Just a bit of a plug for my friends at Jumba. So far, and I’ve been with them for around 5-months, they have proven very reliable. At first, good customer service was hard to get, but after a few experiences with a chap named Shannon, my mood has changed.

Price-wise, Jumba are very economical. I am, by no means a “bargain” shopper. I much prefer quality/service over a discount, but Jumba have proven cheap yet they have plenty to back it up. Here is an example of Jumba’s prices:

Price: $7.95
Storage: 250MB
Bandwidth: 5GB

I host 3-sites on that plan through the beaut add-on domain feature.

Overall, very happy with Jumba. If you’re after the proverbial bang-for-the-buck check ‘em out.