The Daily Dinar

The June issue of Business 2.0 is going to have an interesting cover story on the phenomena known as domaining. This is, essentially, the speculative purchase of domain name with the expectation that given their scarcity they will appreciate in value and make some money in the mean time from the placement of advertising […]

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This is one of the most amazing products I’ve seen in a long time.  It’s Clicky and it’s Web Analytics 2.0 style.  Really, it’s a must-have for any webmaster or blogger who wants a more detailed and useful view of his/her users and visitors.  Check it out.  It’s impressive!

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We’ve posted previously about places online to find free books. Well, this is the Mother of All Free Book Lists.

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The Undercover Economist on the economics of ’switching’.
A scenario in which thousands - perhaps millions - of customers can successfully claim back money is unusual, the result of a regulator’s decree. But the basic situation is very common indeed. Customers have bought into a product line or ongoing service, in this case a bank account, […]

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The Simple Dollar, one of the best personal finance sites on the internet, reviews a new book by Keith Ferrazzi called Never Eat Alone.
The word networking has a very negative perception for most people; they imagine some guy shaking their hand, smiling, and marking them down in a Rolodex somewhere as merely another asset to […]

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Seeking Alpha list four places on the internet where one can find free books to read. One can add Scribd to that list too.

1) Wikisource - You must know by now we are big fans of Wikipedia, occasional controversies and factual problems notwithstanding. Wikisource is the virtual library portion of the Wiki-empire. Recent additions […]

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The Brazen Careerist has some good advice about when not to change our career:
1. You hate your boss. This is not a problem with your career. Change jobs instead of changing careers. Or, get better at managing your boss to get the treatment you want.
2. You want more prestige. Get a therapist - you’re having […]

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Paula Mooney has put together an list of bloggers and webmasters, and their estimated salaries.  It’s pretty impressive.

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According to this fascinating research from Carnegie-Mellon, there are neurophysiological differences in the way people react to spending opportunities.
Consumers often behave differently than they would ideally like to behave. We propose that an anticipatory pain of paying drives “tightwads” to spend less than they would ideally like to spend. “Spendthrifts,” by contrast, experience too little […]

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Austrolabe have published a great article about the state of Islamic finance in Australia and some of the opportunities it represents (and challenges). It’s written by Ozrisk, who is an expert on banking and finance, and is well worth a read.
In the longer term, some of the Shariah-compliant products may also appeal to non-Muslim […]

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Steve Pavlina offers 33 rules to boost your productivity. There are some great recommendations here including some of our personal favourites such as the Pareto Principle, batching, and timeboxing.

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Zenhabits has the answer:
I submit that I save at least $3,000 a year (and possibly more). How? Well, my co-workers often spend $10-15 per meal on lunch. A brown-bagged lunch costs between $1-3. If you save $11-12 every weekday, for 52 weeks of the year, you get about $3,000. Now, if you also eat out […]

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For Muslim blogs interested in moneterizing their site there are two principle hurdles to the use of contextual advertising, such as Google Adsense. The first is that the advertisters who explicitly target placement on Islamic or Muslim websites are often promoting ideas that many Muslims would find objectionable, such as advertisements for books and websites […]

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Looking for a new career? How about a new new career? CNN Money list five of the hottest new new jobs these days:

Disease Mapper;
Robot Programmer;
Information Engineer;
Radiosurgeon;
Second Life Lawyer (we’re not joking).

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