• Cool Tools, Software / Internet

    Posted on August 12th, 2008

    Written by Chris Sivori

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    Kindle: Let anyone safely email your Kindle

    I love my Kindle. I use it nearly every day. Even though there are many books I can’t get on it, I prefer to read this way now, so I usually just move on to something I can read on the Kindle. Take note book publishers!
    I’d like to use it more for other things, but [...]

  • Cool Tools, General

    Posted on June 18th, 2008

    Written by Chris Sivori

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    How to view full WSJ articles for free

    The Wall Street Journal is a pretty good resource for business news. I say “pretty good” because it has an annoying pay wall and it’s now owned by Rupert Murdoch, who I find tacky (Fox News, regardless of its politics, is lowest common denominator viewing). I do have to wonder about the profit margins on [...]

  • Cool Tools, General, Software / Internet

    Posted on June 14th, 2008

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    Free books for the Kindle

    A while back I broke down and bought the Amazon Kindle, which I love. I have been waiting for a perfect ebook reader since I would like to get rid of any material possessions that are not necessary. Let’s face it, books are pretty useless unless you’re actively reading them. Books are an inefficient medium [...]

  • Cool Tools, Software / Internet

    Posted on May 17th, 2008

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    No more Exchange: MilkSync for Blackberry

    A while back I ditched Microsoft Exchange to save some money, which made it more difficult to sync my PIM between my desktop and handheld. Even though I liked having everything synced through Exchange, the cost was annoying for something so simple. With basic Blackberry service you get your email quickly, so it seemed like [...]

  • Cool Tools, Software / Internet, Technology

    Posted on February 26th, 2008

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    Quick tip: Cheap unlimited cellphone plan

    I’m with T-mobile, so your mileage may vary.
    Step 1: Sign up for T-mobile’s MyFaves plan. This allows you unlimited calling to five telephone numbers. These numbers may be in-network or out-of-network. In other words, they can be any five phone numbers.
    Step 2: Sign-up for a free Google Grand Central Account and phone number. Grand [...]

  • Cool Tools, Software / Internet

    Posted on February 22nd, 2008

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    Using AdWords for Keyword Monitoring

    One thing that’s difficult in search engine marketing is finding good data on search traffic: how often a keyword phrase is searched, how one keyword phrase compares to another in total search volume, how well your competitor is doing relative to you, etc. There’s no real way to get this from the search engines in [...]

  • Cool Tools, Software / Internet

    Posted on December 28th, 2007

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    Google Calendar as memory

    I’ve been attending to my finances in my typical feast or famine fashion. I sat down and looked through my records after ignoring everything for a few weeks… checked my accounts, analyzed earning / spending and tried to see where I can cut costs. I have two checking accounts (one business and one personal), two [...]

  • Cool Tools, General, Software / Internet

    Posted on December 1st, 2007

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    You don’t need GPS

    If I made a list of all the things I wanted for Christmas, it would include two items. A new laptop and a GPS receiver. Unfortunately, the laptop is a little more necessary.
    There was some good news last week that made everything better. Google released a really cool update to Google Maps. Now that Google [...]

  • Cool Tools, General, Software / Internet, Technology

    Posted on September 15th, 2007

    Written by Chris Sivori

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    Cheap and easy way to go paperless

    I read a good entry over at Signal V. Noise about how to go paperless by using an expensive duplex scanner from Fujitsu. While I still think this is a great way to do it, and I may even buy one of those scanners, a while back I came up with an easier and far [...]

  • Cool Tools, General

    Posted on April 25th, 2007

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    Tumblelogs with tumblr

    Tumblelogs are a good way to annotate and clip items from the Internet. Now, with a service called tumblr you can make a scrapbook like blog of interesting videos, photos, quotes, and links from your journeys around the web. Tumblr automatically pulls down your del.icio.us items and posts those, too, if you’d like to keep [...]

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