Monthly Archives: July 2008
Good experience with CPK
The other night, we ordered takeout food from California Pizza Kitchen. So I drove across town to pickup the order and back through traffic with the food. But when everything was unpacked, something was missing: the tostada toppings for my wife’s pizza. Needless to say, she was bummed. As the dutiful husband, I offered to [...]
Webinars for iPhone?
Now that the first wave of iPhone applications has basically hit, I’m anxious to see what the next wave brings. One application that I would like to see would be the ability to attend webinars from the iPhone. Someone like WebEx or Citrix (GoToWebinar) would be the natural choice to develop this. As an attendee, [...]
Quote from Norman Lear
“It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared – we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring – the more they cared, the harder they laughed.” — Norman Lear Norman Lear, TV writer/producer of “All in the Family” was born on July 27, 1922.
WordPress App for iPhone
So this post is being written from a new iPhone application now available. While it doesn’t give full administration, it does let me add new posts. It also lets me add photos to the post, in this case a screenshot from the application. Also nice is the ability to schedule posts, add tags, set categories [...]
Outlook or Gmail – Lifehacker Faceoff
One of the keys to being an email Ninja is the tools you use. For many people, the choices are Outlook or Gmail. Lifehacker brings us the following post: Outlook vs. Gmail – The Definitive Comparison They talk about everything useful, from search to folders/labels to rules/filters to contacts to spam and more. Gmail is [...]
Your Daily Google Alert
Many people in the business world perform a Google search on themselves to see if anything strange is showing up. Well, you can setup an automated search of new content on Google by creating a free Google Alert for either your name or business name. Google Alerts All you have to do is enter the [...]
Quote from Edmund Hillary
“Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.” — Edmund Hillary Edmund Hillary was born on July 20, 1919.
Favorite Application: xScope
Even though my day to day has more to do with strategizing with clients, I still love to roll up my sleeves, fire up my graphics programs and code editors, and get under the hood for some good old fashioned website development. With that in mind, one of my favorite tools is Iconfactory’s xScope. Think [...]
Quote from Patrick Stewart
“I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.” — Patrick Stewart Patrick Stewart was born on July 13, 1940.
Electing a US President in Plain English