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Find Amazing Work, the Secret to Happiness

April 10, 2009

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 and the bills are piling up. [...]

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Twitter-Based Web Applications

February 17, 2009

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 anyone that wants to [...]

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Shorten Your Tweet Links

February 9, 2009

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 Bit.ly, Tr.im, Twurl.nl, or Tinyurl.
These [...]

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Twitter Apps on the iPhone

February 8, 2009

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, then work flow, feature set, [...]

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