Thinking outside the box!

Websites

Google Voice

I have had a Grand Central number for about 2 years but I will confess that I never did much with it. I was always too afraid that the service might fail and I would loose my number. Well, with Google taking over I figured that it was now safe. I will continue to test and mark any tips or issues that I face with the service. Read more

Tracking your packages with Web 2.0

TrackThis can send you near instant updates via Email, SMS messaging, RSS feeds, Facebook, or Twitter.

Google Map your package. BoxOh has created a package tracking tool that will map your UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL/Airborne package's progress with Google Maps.

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I See Double People - Google Contact Sync Has Issues

Nothing short of seeing Dead People brings chills like an address book full of duplicate entries. It was so exciting to see that Google had added address boook / contact list sync to their existing mobile calendar sync tool for the Blackberry. But as this title suggests, I have had some issues.

My Google to Blackberry Contact Sync Issues: Read more

GTD with Google's New Calendar

See my Productivity & GTD page for other great ideas like a free Blackberry GTD solution!

Lifehack posted a link to a list of 15 GTD applications. This motivated me to write about something that I have been putting off for a while. Read more

GTD with Google's New Calendar

See my Productivity & GTD page for other great ideas like a free Blackberry GTD solution! Read more

Time Management, GTD and Life Hacking

As a society we spend so much time and energy getting information into and from emails, notes, websites, lectures, chats, blogs and news feeds. But what is all of that worth if we forget what to do next (task management) or we can't find something we had previously found?

Content Management, Knowledge Management and Information Management are all becoming huge 'industry' buzz words but that means nothing if we fail to teach and provide solutions for the 'individual' user/employee. I went to school and received a B.S. in Management in Information Systems, but not one class discussed a micro-system for the user/student. Do any highschools, colleges or corporations seriously teach this critical problem solving issue? Read more

My Bookmarks

My Mobile Bookmarks
Rather than bore you with my day to day favorite desktop websites I thought I would list the best mobile sites that I have found. The sites below are used on my Blackberry Bold through Cingular (oops I mean the new AT&T). Read more

Virginia Proposal Seeks to Control Webusers

The Washington Post just ran an article that Virgina has a proposed law that would require sex offenders to register their email and IM screen names in an attempt to monitor and control their presence on social networking sites like MySpace.com

From the article: Read more

Google serves different SERP to different computers

I have been trying to increase the rating of my new site The World's Greatest Guy on Google's SERP. I had been #1 on Google for the first 9 months of the sites's life and then it just went away. If was a huge disappointment... Google changed its mind. Yahoo and MSN both list the site as #1 for, of course "the world's greatest guy". Read more

Silly Silly Surveys - Hilton Hotels plays 20 million questions

I recently stayed at a Hilton Hotel. The stay was very nice with no major complaints (larger selection of cable channels would be nice). Service and people were very professional. And then I get this email asking for a feedback from my experience: Read more