SERVICE: CCBETTY use isn’t obvious to me

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

http://www.ccbetty.com/home/faq

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What is Cc:Betty?

Cc:Betty makes it easier for everyone to follow group discussions and collaborate with dates, places, pictures, videos, links and more! Cc:Betty can be used with any email service so there is no download required. To get started, just include betty@ccbetty.com on your group email and Betty will set up a shared Mailspace page to make it easier for everyone to follow the discussion.

What is a Mailspace?

Your Mailspace is the central page where your discussion will be tracked – along with all of it’s related files and assets. In your Mailspace, you’ll not only view the history of the conversation, but also any images, events, places, video, links, and more. Check out the video below to see a Mailspace in action.

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Not sure how useful this is.

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SERVICE: FACEBOOK allows custom urls; no big deal?

Saturday, June 13, 2009

http://www.facebook.com/reinkefj

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Now if I just had some friends to tell … …

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SERVICE: Microsoft’s BING does NOT do my search correctly

Monday, June 1, 2009

My “favorite” search for my fellow alumni is:

“manhattan college” -marymount -“marymount manhattan college” -“borough of manhattan college” -marymount -manhattan.edu -bmcc.cuny.edu -msmnyc.edu -mancol.edu -gojaspers.com

which Microsoft’s BING search engine translates into:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22manhattan+college%22+-marymount++-%22marymount+manhattan+college%22+-%22borough+of+manhattan+college%22+-marymount+-manhattan.edu+-bmcc.cuny.edu+-msmnyc.edu+-mancol.edu+-gojaspers.com+&go=&form=QBRE

and returns:

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http://www.gojaspers.com

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What part of “-gojasper.com” didn’t you understand?

Argh!

Who test this stuff for them?

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SERVICE: Looking for a job?

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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Job Track – A Free service from EasyWebSitesToday
Posted by: “Job Track”
Mon May 11, 2009 6:33 pm (PDT)

Are you looking for a job? Do you find yourselves applying for way more jobs than ever before? Are you finding yourselves, in a situation where they are calling you 3 months after you have applied for that dream job and you are trying hard to remember, which job is this guy talking about, what is the job description, what salary did I mention to them or that they mentioned to me and what was the resume I sent to them?

If you have answered yes to any one or more of these questions, if that is any consolation. know you are not alone,

The unemployment rate in the US is right now in double-digits and it is taking a very long time to land on a job.When the phone rings, you ask who the person on the other side is, and they start asking questions about you and the job you applied for. You don’t want to miss the call or ask her to call again later, just because you do not remember, which job this is, which resume you sent and other details. You want to be prepared, ready and be able to pull up the information exactly how they pull up your information when you call.

In short, you need to keep track of your job search, like never before and for this you need JobTrack from EasyWebSitesToday.

To help you keep track of your job search and also to be able to meet some the requirements from the Dept. of Labor, we introduce a tool called JobTrack <http://jobtrack.easywebsitestoday.com/&gt;.

This tool is meant to help you to be on top of your job search, by letting you know, “what are the top five jobs that I am pursuing”, “what does my calendar look like for this week, in terms of interviews, either phone, follow-up or face to face”. When you are on the phone with an interviewer, it critical to keep all the relevant information, all on the same page, including the Job Description, the targeted resume and cover letter, the name of the HR person or the hiring manager, the notes you had jotted down about this job and all such relevant information at your finger tips.

So go ahead and sign up for this free service JobTrack<http://jobtrack.easywebsitestoday.com/&gt;, and check it out for yourselves, today!

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I did. The sign up process isn’t friendly. So!

Not really ready for prime time, yet.

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SERVICE: domain email appears down via smtp

Friday, May 8, 2009

Need to figure out what to do when the mail client can’t seem to pull mail.

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Opened up a new email on GMail. It can’t reach imap.1and1.com or smtp.1and1.com.

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Went up on VWBBIE (Verizon Wireless Broadband)! <Why didn’t I think of that sooner?> Picked up one of the accounts but not the others. Now I’m really confused.

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ping works. everything working. confused!

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SERVICE: Generate random passwords

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html

Generate random passwords

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SERVICE: Google READER has had a subtle change

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Has reader changed with respect to the handling of previously read items?

Now I see them even though I read them before. Using the space bar, it just goes through every old post.

I’m going to have to switch back to bloglines.

This is what’s wrong with cloud computing.

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SERVICE: FACEBOOK changes suck

Saturday, May 2, 2009

FACEBOOK is a free service. As such, I give them a lot of latitude about what they choose to do.

BUT, (there is always a big butt),

The keep changing the their human interface.

Without apparent rhyme or reason. And, without consideration of their users.

I liked the old “FRIEND GROUP” page. Why not have an option to use the new or the old?

It’s a small thing but groups in the left column are displayed sort of by last use. I’m an alpha guy. You try finding a specific group in a jumble of groups.

Argh!

FACEBOOK maybe the “only game in town”, but heaven help them if they aren’t. I think they are at risk of competition.

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SERVICE: MYNAMEISE may be useful

Friday, April 17, 2009

http://www.mynameise.com/about

About us.

E is a privately funded startup based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. E started as a graduation project in January of 2006 and grew into a service to connect users and their online lifes to the real world. The letter E stands for whatever meaning the users would like it to have. E can be emotion. Evolution. Everybody. Everything.

Our team has grown from three founders to a group of lovely, and very talented individuals. Click on their photos to meet them.

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I’m a sucker for useful applications of technology.
http://www.mynameise.com/reinkefj

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SERVICE: One “cloud” service changes its TOS!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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The Gallery’s Terms of Service have changed.

Can’t see everything? Visit us here.

Add Membership@smile.kodakgallery.com to your Address Book to ensure delivery to your inbox.

Thank you for being a Gallery customer-we appreciate you choosing us for your photo management needs.

So that you are aware, we have modified our Terms of Service*: To more effectively serve our Gallery members, we have adjusted our photo-storage policy to align with storage usage.

To store photos at the Gallery, members with photo storage of 2 gigabytes (GB) or less must make annual minimum purchases totaling at least $4.99.** Failure to meet this requirement may result in your photos being deleted from the Gallery.

Your recent purchases make you compliant with the new storage policy until 12/15/2009; no action is required at this time. Click Here to see your status details.

Thanks again for choosing the Gallery. We look forward to our continued relationship with you.

The KODAK Gallery

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Here’s another problem with cloud services: They think they can change their TOS anytime they want.
They don’t realize that they are betraying the trust that people put in them and all cloud services.
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