Plan a trip with Google Street View

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Looking forward to seeing this in a city near me.

Free Books on Tape

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I spend an average of 3 hours in the car per day.

Like others….

• I became bored, of the fm - am stations.
• Satellite radio filled a void for a short time, but found this is just a paid version of “free” radio.
• Currently I download podcasts for the commute.
• New - Books on tape for FREE!

I have been a long time user of Audible.com, this fills my need to catch up on books. But i have found a new way to obtain audio books for free. Enter into the picture, your local library. I have found that my local library has a online collection of hundreds of audio books, and they are all free. I have taken a few items from my wish list on Audible and obtained the same titles from the library site.

I do not see myself leaving Audible.com, the site is easy to use and they do have the largest collection of books. But if you can save a few bucks here and there, why not look into it.

So take a walk down to your local library and ask the nice person behind the counter to see is they offer this service in your area. I have found this to be a great resource.

Twitter Updates for 2008-04-16

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I do not support Bebo.

Published by Frank | Filed under Web 2.0

You might have recently received an email from me with an invite to a service called Bebo.

This was sent by mistake.

During the set-up process I checked my email accounts to see who might be a member of the service. I was not aware they were going to send an email to everyone listed in my address book. Bebo sent out this email from my address and it looked like i endorse this product, i do not.

In my line of work, I strive to keep up to date on the latest services and technologies in the internet space.  As a result I sign up for services like this all the time. This is the first time, I have ever had such an embarrassing incident. As soon as I found out about the emails that had been sent, I canceled my account.

I apologize for this email and by no means do I support Bebo, owned by AOL.

Thanks,
Frank

5 Time-Management Tricks

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We are always trying to get the most out of a little. For example trying to accomplish more in the same little amount of time. Here are some great steps forward in time management. Click on the link below for the full story.

1. Tame the e-mail beast.
2. Eliminate unnecessary meetings.
3. Put up boundaries.
4. Find your rhythm and schedule around it.
5. Say no.
6. Turn off the tv! This is my addition.

In the new year…I want a new cell phone.

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In the new year, I want to look into a new cell phone.

Currently I have a Palm 700w and in my opinion, it works so-so. If the phone only had more internal memory and built in wi-fi, they would have a sure hit with me. But on the other side, the phone it very easy to use, with the qwerty keyboard it is very easy to send a quick sms or look up a contact or word document.

But I need to do more with my phone. Email is one thing that i miss with the cell phone. Having a Blackberry at my last job was very nice. I was always in close contact with anything that was happening. I know that i can read email and surf the web with the 700w but i was always having trouble with the storage on the phone. Even with the extended sd card.

Here are my list of demands in the new phone:

• Full qwerty keyboard. I do not want a screen qwerty keyboard like you see on the iphone, i want buttons!
• Built in wi-fi
• Blue tooth
• Ability to read several email accounts
• sync with outlook
• this list, i know, will grow.

I am on the fence about:

• Having the ability to write and edit office files. (more on that in another post)
• Camera phone. This is a nice feature, but for getting a quick image.

At this point the list is simple, but I want something that is productive and effective.

come back too

Published by Frank | Filed under Bookmark:Come back too, podcast

From time to time I am going to post items on my blog, both for you and also as a personal reminder for me, a bookmark to come back too.

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Twitter Updates for 2007-11-22

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Twitter Updates for 2007-11-19

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