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10 Father’s Day Shopping Tips – But First, Bring your Cell Phone!

June 15, 2010

With Father’s Day right around the corner, how are you going to make your Dad (or husband) happy? For me, any type of gadget will make me grin, but that is probably not what each and every dad wants. The best bet is to develop a strategy with your siblings or kids in order to [...]

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10 Reasons Why You Need a Smartphone when you Shop

June 10, 2010

I’m not really sure how we did it in the past. Shopping without a cell phone, that is. To me, if I even leave the house for any reason and I don’t have my cell phone, if I’m 10 minutes or less away from my house, I will turn around and go back and get [...]

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Keep Track of your Kids through Social Media & a Cell Phone, But BE CAREFUL!

May 28, 2010

I have always been a big proponent against the use of Social Media by children, especially when they are in elementary school. Interacting with Social Media is not something you want your kids doing at an early age, at least not until they can really understand its implications. However, as they grow older and more [...]

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The Ripple Effect of Social Media – Get Mobile for More Waves!

May 20, 2010

We all know the well used imagery of throwing a stone into a pond and watching the ripples spread out from the center. The same imagery can be applied to social media, I believe. But there are different ways choose the rocks and throw them. Most of the time, I stand in the same place, [...]

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Social Media for the Rest of Us

May 11, 2010

I heard an interesting statistic today that the smartphone sales accounted for only about 20% of all of the cell phones sold this past quarter. I was actually a bit surprised with that number. I would have thought that the percentage would have been a lot higher. Of course, I live in a technology bubble. [...]

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“Lose The Laptop” in 140 Characters or Less!

May 6, 2010

The next AT&T Lose The Laptop Challenge is upon me and it is all about Social Media. #LoseTheLaptop [99] For my first article for the Challenge, I’m going to try something different, use only 140 or fewer characters at a time. [121] While this 140 character requirement is only for Twitter, it actually can help [...]

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That “Nagging” Voice – Getting Directions (#LoseTheLaptop)

April 15, 2010

Men refuse to ask for directions. Perhaps it is an “independence” thing or has something to do with pride. Women, on the other hand, insist on the careful organization and planning of trips, stopping and ensuring that the way is meticulously laid out. This could go as far back as the early hunter and gatherer [...]

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What Do You Take When You Travel? – #LoseTheLaptop

April 5, 2010

So you have packed your bags, they are in the cargo hold, and you are 30,000 feet over the glistening ocean, and you start thinking…did I pack the [fill in the blank]? Suddenly you get that big hole in your stomach and you know that you didn’t hit an air pocket. It’s an “oh crap” [...]

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