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Entries from October 2006

the gadgeteer breakup?

October 21st, 2006 · No Comments · observation, technology

The Gadgeteer is one of the gadget review sites that I read often. They offer many no nosense review of stuff that I actually use. For years the two writers, Julie Strietelmeier and Judie Hughes seems like a great pair of blogging partners. I also find the fact that their names are similar give the [...]

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Google Map on Treo !!

October 17th, 2006 · No Comments · review, treo

Finally, we don’t have to suffer the not very useful mapquest smartphone interface. Go to Google here right on the treo to download and install the software. You can see satellite view (glad we have EVDO speed) and traffic condition. Very cool app for the Treo.

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Problem with using Descriptive names in URL

October 16th, 2006 · No Comments · humor, observation

I downloaded a piece of 21-days trail primium software from a vendor for evaluation. They offer a set of free add-ons as part of the download. Unfortunately they only let me pick one of the several free add-ons to try. The download URL is in the form of something like: company/download-location/etc/free_add_on_addon_type… So how hard is [...]

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Priority Intensity

October 15th, 2006 · No Comments · managing

From the book Organized for Success : Top Executives and CEOs Reveal the Organizing Principles That Helped Them Reach the Top:

Top Priorities — time-based must do tasks

Medium Priorities

High-payoff priorities — task’s outcome is uncertain, but if successful, can result in major gain

negative Priorities — negative consequences result if you do not finish these tasks

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