Category Archives: Business

Google Wave: Replacement for Email and More

June 2, 2009 – 12:18 pm

If you missed the Google I/O conference last week, here is the video of Google’s largest announcement, Google Wave, which in short aims to replace the 40 year old email standard and become a new open standard for electronic communication and real-time collaboration. It’s a whole new way of thinking about online communication and there [...]

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Text Cloud – President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan

January 20, 2009 – 11:42 am

Moments after Barack Obama took the oath of office, a new White House website was launched where President Barack Obama has published his agenda for the new administration. In reading The President’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, I thought it would make for an interesting text cloud. The new site also includes the addition of [...]

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Howto: Setup Gmail IMAP on the iPhone

October 30, 2007 – 8:03 am

Above is a video from Google demonstrating how to setup IMAP email on the iPhone. The primary advantage of IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) over POP (Post Office Protocol) is that IMAP maintains the state of messages across email clients. For example, if you delete an email at Gmail.com, then that email is automatically deleted [...]

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Twitter – For Yourself, Business

October 18, 2007 – 6:13 pm

If you work in technology or a related field and are not Twittering, start. If you own a small business, be sure to reserve your business name on Twitter immediately; like your URL, it’s important that you claim your business name before someone else does. (Some organizations on Twitter.) Not updating your company site or [...]

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Apple.com – Steve and Al’s Personal Platform?

October 12, 2007 – 5:44 pm

At what point did Apple Computer, Inc.’s corporate website become Steve Job’s personal home page? Where exactly is Apple going with this? I can already picture the next ad. Swirly, dreamy transition to white… “Hi. I’m a Democrat.” “And I’m a Republican.” Hey, Republican. Do you want to see the Nobel Peace Prize I won [...]

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Zero Inbox. Zero Spam. Email Nirvana.

September 24, 2007 – 7:18 pm

Believe. It really does exist. For years I have lived with a flood of daily spam messages and an email inbox that scrolled for pages and pages. I absolutely dreaded opening my email application. Every time I did, there were new spam messages to delete, a new fire to put out, and a list of [...]

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