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What is Zen About Tweeting?

By admin On February 9, 2009 · 8 Comments · In Guide

The Zen of Tweeting is very simple, yet so few understand. All tweeple (people who twitter) are searching for answers or things that make them feel complete. Is it companionship, knowledge; and for what purpose, for material gain, to make ourselves more informed, happier? Do we tweet because we believe all [...]

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Zen and the Art of the Family Vacation

By admin On August 13, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Zen

I long for the month of August. For the past 18 years, we’ve been coming to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, always in August. It’s a time for us to escape the normal grind and take a different path. When we’re here on the island, we have no schedule, no [...]

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Find Amazing Work, the Secret to Happiness

On April 10, 2009 By admin

I was just let go a couple of weeks ago, what am I going to do? The economy is down, no one is answering my calls, the job boards have nothing, and the good postings have 100 or more people applying for that job. I can’t get an interview [...]

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Getting In the Zone with Dead Stroke

On March 29, 2009 By admin

How to Get Into the Zone
I have often characterized my state of mind when in dead stroke as unconscious. What I mean is that I’m of no mind, a detached state of being that has the quality of pure simplicity. No distractions are possible, because they cannot penetrate what [...]

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Morning Walks Along Warner Trail

On February 24, 2009 By admin

I take this walk just about every morning, usually with my wife Ellen. There’s nothing more Zen than enjoying the beauty of mother nature. This photo expose and geo-stamping was created using the iPhone App called Trails, see my review, and then uploaded to EveryTrail.

Warner Trail at [...]

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iPhone App Review, The B1nary Game

On February 22, 2009 By admin

The wife calls upstairs, “Ernie dinner’s ready!” I yell back, “Be right down.” Fifteen minutes go by and the wife, a little perturbed this time, calls up again, “Ernie, your dinner’s getting cold!” I mutter, “Um… Ok.” Twenty minutes later, the wife appears at my office door, “ahem!” I look up, [...]

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Twitter-Based Web Applications

On February 17, 2009 By admin

Here’s a few Twitter-based tools, which will open your eyes to the hidden value of Twitter. Sure, you can use it to network with experts, drive traffic to website(s), help others with their needs. But did you know that the people at Twitter make their application programming interface (API) available to [...]

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The Zen of Writing a Tweet

On February 11, 2009 By admin

Twitter is this collection of thought streams that flow into a gigantic river of consciousness. Tweeple submit their particular stream of tweets to the river, hoping someone will notice their piece of mind. Most tweets simply blend in with the rest, and flow into obscurity, never to be seen again. Some [...]

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Shorten Your Tweet Links

On February 9, 2009 By admin

With only 140 characters to compose your Tweet, you have to have the minimalist’s mindset. But if you need to include a URL, then you may not be able to even describe the link. So the answer is to use one of many services that will shorten your URL, like Read Full Article →

Twitter Apps on the iPhone

On February 8, 2009 By admin

In the spirit of Zen, this is a minimalist review of Twitter Apps on the iPhone. There are four Apps that I tested over the past week. I rate them on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being Outstanding.

My review was weighted most heavily on user interface, [...]

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