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New From Google Maps, Explore a Place
Thursday May 8, 2008
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Now with Google maps you can explore locations around the world! View local photos and YouTube videos, discover popular searches and places of interest, and browse user-created maps or design your own!Got a great location to share?Explore it with Google Maps!!
Surfwise, The True Story of the Paskowitz Clan
Wednesday May 7, 2008
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Surfwise Sneak Preview Tonight, May 7th on HD.net, at 6 PM PT, with an encore at 9 PM PT. Surfwise follows the odyssey of 85-year-old, legendary surfer Dr. Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children – all of whom were home-schooled on the beaches of Southern California, Hawaii, Mexico and Israel; they…
Yahoo and Microsoft can’t work it out
Tuesday May 6, 2008
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Microsoft and Yahoo have yet to work out a deal for Microsoft to takeover Yahoo via a stock bid in the $30 range. We at Webconsuls are not noting this in the slight chance that you hold Yahoo stock or in my case stock options. It is significant to note the impact of re-merger of…
Blogger Now With Scheduled Future-Dated Posts
Monday May 5, 2008
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Scheduled blog post publishing, which was first talked about on Blogger in draft last month, is now live for everyone. So if you set a post’s date into the future, Blogger will wait to publish until that time comes!!! It is now a cool Sunday morning in Souther California, I have a hot cup…
How easy is it to join a social networking website?
Friday May 2, 2008
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Social Networking websites such as MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn are growing and some people still don’t know about them. It’s easy to make an account. Simply sign up and see how many of your friends are on there. Then, view their friends profiles and see how you can relate to them or find their knowledge…
Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Thursday May 1, 2008
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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal…
E-Card Inspired by Twitter and James Buck
Wednesday April 30, 2008
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There’s a new e-card you can send inspired by James Buck’s timely use of Twitter. Send it to your loved ones. Saved by Twitter April 10, James Buck was going to head back home from a three-week assignment studying the Egyptian blogosphere. “I was trying to take some photos of this small protest and…
Turn up the Signal!
Tuesday April 29, 2008
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Today across the bloggispheir everyone from Seth Godin to Nate Ritter are bemoaning the problem of the signal to noise ratio going in the wrong direction. Being that any social network is only as strong as the people who call it their own these posts got me thinking about something that has been running…
Spend Today Reading and Commenting
Monday April 28, 2008
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Chris Brogan has declared Today. Monday, April 28th “Read and Comment” day. Instead of your typical post (or as well as), get out there and comment on some blogs. Contribute to their conversations. Find some good stuff and add to it. Get out there and take part in the conversation. You will be glad…
How to keep “Bacon” from becoming “Spam”
Friday April 25, 2008
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Ok, so you have taken our advice and you have decided to dip your toes into the growing “Social Environment” on the internet. How do you keep the nudges, zombie attacks, and status updates (AKA BACON) from making your work or personal email box unmanageable? That is EASY! I sign up for all my…
How to use RSS feeds to Save Time and Keep Up.
Wednesday April 23, 2008
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One of the best ways to keep on top of any topic is to start using RSS* feeds with Google Reader,*Really Simple Syndication is a tool you can use to have information sent to you from the websites that you visit that have updated content, rather than having to go track that content down. Many…
Happy Earth Day, Be Kind To Your Mother.
Tuesday April 22, 2008
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Happy Earth Day, Wanted to share what we are driving, The Greenest Car of 2008.The Honda Civic GX. Got $5.00 gas yet? You should take a look at this car.(if you live in California or New York that is…)