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Entries from April 2008

Green Is Trendy And Gaining Traction

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, business ideas, emerging markets

Being “green” isn’t what it used to be. I remember back in the day when it was only the crunchy hippies that cared enough about the environment to actually do anything about it. Then there were a few select pockets of people here and there that did their part to reduce waste and try to […]

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The Power of Building Solid Relationships

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices

The last couple weeks have been rather amazing both personally and professionally in terms of how relationships that I have built are really enriching life. I KNOW it’s an important thing and I take pride in the relationships that I’ve built but I will admit that I often forget that it’s not as commonplace as […]

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PageFlakes To Be Bought By Live Universe

April 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Mergers/Acquisitions, Technology, Websites

TechCrunch is reporting that PageFlakes, a custom homepage-building site, is being bought by Live Universe. This is exciting news for startups abound as we see a company with a good product but not loads of money succeeding in the ever busy tech world of Silicon Valley. I’ve been using PageFlakes for well over a year […]

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Apple Safari 3 Review

April 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Reviews, Software, Technology

So I tried it. I wanted to like it. I wanted soooo so badly to like it. I just couldn’t.
Apple’s Safari came up lacking big time for me on a PC (Crappy old Dell running XP). It had some of the things I require in a browser (tabbed browsing being the main one) and is […]

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Still Frustrated With Sprint

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Rant, Rant, Technology

Ok…I’m STILL frustrated with Sprint. I’ve been out of town for a bit and unfortunately haven’t been able to voice thse frustrations and give reasons why they frustrate me (while also clearing up some misconceptions and mistakes from previous posts. Can’t have the readers thinking I don’t know what I’m talking about..)
Frustration number one…the Samsung […]

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ChiaTown Is Now Mobile-Friendly

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Business

With more and more smart phones entering the general population I have decided to make ChiaTown mobile-friendly. Interested readers my now go to the site from their phones while sitting on the train to work, bored waiting for a plane at the airport, or showing friends and family a great article you just read. No […]

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Sprint May Finally Be Getting It

April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Technology

So the CTIA show is going on now and all the wireless players are out there showing their goods. Normally I don’t pay much attention to this but when I saw Sprint talking about the Samsung Instinct (touted by many as a viable iPhone competitor) I couldn’t help but get giddy. Is Sprint finally getting […]

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