Interesting that it would let you look up just one email address. You have to create a file that it can import and check. And, it doesn’t always do that correctly!
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TECH SERVICE: FACEBOOK has flaws
Sunday, August 26, 2007
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TECH SOFTWARE: OUTLOOK
Friday, August 24, 2007Does anyone know how to work with Look Out (aka Outlook2003sp2) rule in any other way than the cruddy microsnooze user interface?
For example, when junk gets caught by LookOut or spam gets caught by CloudMark and I say “It’s OK”, they put it back in the inbox. Well my inbox is empty by design. I have rules that sort my inbound mail extensively. For example, if it’s coming from a known address, or to certain secret addresses, or has a secret word in the subject line, it gets sorted automagically to a specific folder. It allows me to allocate my time in priority order. But, when LookOut or Cloudmark just drop in the INBOX folder, the rules never execute against it. Argh! Help?
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TECH SERVICE:COLLECTIVE GROUPSITES for your own free social network
Friday, August 24, 2007http://www.collectivex.com/intro
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What are Groupsites?
Groupsites make it easy for groups to share, communicate and network, by combining the best features of discussion forums, email lists, calendars and social networks.
Groupsites are powered by the CollectiveX platform; are FREE to set up; and can be configured to be public, semi-public, or private and secure.
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FREE social network?
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TECH SOFTWARE: Warning on Micorsoft Live Writer in blog updating
Thursday, August 23, 2007Interesting that Microsoft Live Writer, when it takes an error, may post to a different blog than you expect. Extreme care need when using it!
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TECHNOLOGY: Free education in an unlikely place
Thursday, August 23, 2007My meme for job search is like this:
** Doctrine — why are we turkeys — thinking about thinking — how do I value things — how will I measure success or failure.
** Methodology — the process of job search — what do I have to do — what should I want to do. — effectiveness & efficiency.
** Strategy — the big picture — what am I peddling? (UVE USP) what can I sell at what price? what is my roi? Where are my customers? What are my expectations?
** Tactics — machine gun mass mailing, shotgun all in a some subset, rifle shots at key targets, pistol shots up close and personal.
** Technology — internet, computers, manual methods, mail, fax, web, phones
Under “doctrine”, I see EDUCATION as so much cheaper than EXPERIENCE. So one of my values is to seek education whenever I can get it. Free education is even better. I like to say, “You don’t have to pay tuition for every lesson. You can learn from mistakes. And, you don’t even have to make every mistake yourself!”
So here is a strategy to get some free education. Join the Telegraph’s free “Business Club”. They have some videos and stuff that is educational.
http://www.telegraphbusinessclub.co.uk/default.asp?p_id=masterclass#
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Ten minutes is all it takes! Now you can learn from the experts – the easy way.
Business Club has worked with Experts Online to film interviews with business specialists talking about topics we judge to be of key importance to ambitious entrepreneurs and the top management staff of small and medium sized enterprises.
But we know you are busy running your business. So we have edited all the content to ensure that each MasterClass covers the key points you need to know – but does not last more than ten minutes.
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Ignore that it’s from the UK. (Americans are too US centric anyway.) Ignore that it’s usually by some one peddling something. BUT do distill the lesson from it.
For example, here’s one there:
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How SMEs can compete
in the technology race
Alexandra Bottomley
Head of Marketing Operations, BT
Frank Shaw
Foresight Director, Centre for Future Studies
Seventy six percent of SMEs are sleepwalking into major business problems because they fail to invest in technology, according to research by the Centre for Future Studies. This Masterclass examines the report’s contents and explores how BT can help businesses compete more effectively.
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And here’s what I took away.
* Many small players are at technology disadvantage that magnifies over time.
* People select the cheapest solution aot the best value.
* tendency to overinvest in current technology.
* Key: What do you want to achieve? How can technology help reach that goal?
* People want service and support they can trust to answer a phone call.
* “I make it my job to communicate with my Customers at least once per month”.
* The telephone is part of a technology plan.
* “A small business can use technology is incredible effective ways a relatively low cost.”
* Future-proof
* “Do you know what it is that your children will be able to do in 15 years time, that technology can’t”
* “What skills do we need to be teaching our children today to prepare for the future?”
* “What skills <that you are selling today> will be gone?
* How does one gain competitive advantage in a global world.
I think these things are great. YMMV!
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TECH SOFTWARE: Yahoo! Music Jukebox
Wednesday, August 22, 2007Can you beleive this response?
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From: Yahoo! Music Jukebox [mailto:migration-support@cc.yahoo-inc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 7:53 PM
To: Reinke’s Catch All Email
Subject: Re: Musicmatch Migration issue (KMM102549845V28118L0KM)
Hello ,
Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Music Jukebox.
To correct this issue, please uninstall then reinstall Yahoo! Music
Jukebox.
First, uninstall the Yahoo! Music Jukebox:
1. Make sure to exit the Yahoo! Music Jukebox. If you don’t, the uninstall will fail.
2. At the bottom left of your Windows screen, click the “Start” button.
3. Depending on your Windows version, select “Settings” and then ‘Control Panel’, or just look for ‘Control Panel’ in the menu shown when you click ‘Start.’
4. Open ‘Control Panel.’
5. Double-click or select “Add/Remove Programs.”
6. In the list of applications, select “Yahoo! Music Jukebox” and click the “Remove” button.
7. Click the “Next” button, then “Finished.”
If you see an error that the uninstall process failed, you will need to install the Yahoo! Music Jukebox following the instructions below and then uninstall the application by performing the above steps again.
Once the Yahoo! Music Jukebox is successfully uninstalled, you will need to reinstall. Note that uninstalling and reinstalling the Yahoo!
Music Jukebox is free, and does not affect your Yahoo! Music Unlimited account. You will simply need to sign in using your Yahoo! ID at the completion of the install process; you will be prompted to add in the music files already on your computer, and your subscription music (if any) will be automatically populated.
1. Close all running applications except for Internet Explorer.
2. Please then visit your respective URL:
U.S. Version:
http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/music/ymj/us/ymjsetup.exe
Canadian Version:
http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/music/ymj/ca/ymjsetup.exe
2. “Save” the program (please do not “Run” it) and download it to the desktop.
3. From the desktop, run the installer file that you downloaded and follow the onscreen instructions.
4. Please Note: Download time can take anywhere from 1 to 25 minutes and
18 MB of free space is required to install the Yahoo! Music Jukebox.
5. After installing, click the icon on your desktop to start the Yahoo!
Music Jukebox. Sign in using your Yahoo! ID.
For more information about troubleshooting with the Yahoo! Music Jukebox, go to:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/music/jukebox/troubleshoot/index.html
Thank you again for writing Yahoo! Music.
Regards,
Yahoo! Customer Care
57994239
New and Improved Yahoo! Mail – better than ever!
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Mail-Id: 1187621904-6907
“Name:” : reinkefj
“Yahoo! ID:” : reinkefj
“Email Address:” :
“Current Operating System:” : Windows XP “Subject:” : Musicmatch Migration issue “WMP Version:” : Not set by user “If yes, check here:” : Not set by user “Additional Information” : Don't know what WMP version, Script error; workaround doesn't work. Argh!
While Viewing: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/music/jukebox/troubleshoot/troubleshoot03.html
Form Name: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/music/general.html
Yahoo ID: reinkefj : Yahoo id from cookie “https://amt.yahoo.com/amt/dosearch?.token=5y.Tu0qEPLfejWEUKFW_NSx14saef
_rBHh3JD_Or”
Other ID:
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6)
Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6
REMOTE_ADDR: 68.87.100.77
REMOTE_HOST: 68.87.100.77
Date Originated: Monday August 20, 2007 – 07:58:24
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Yuck!
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TECH SERVICE: PLAXO30BETA sucks but is it useful?
Wednesday, August 22, 2007Plaxo is entering the social networking space. Your Plaxo Pulse Network only allows “family”, “friends”, and “business network”. How lame is that? I have many different labels that I would like to use. For example, Jaspers, MCers, Prespters, MP64ers, Linkedin-ites, EUNers, LNJ, LPU … … ad nauseum. Why restrict me to your three choices? Argh!
Jury still out but not looking good!
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TECH HARDWARE: Vista and Tripplite “perfect together”?
Tuesday, August 21, 2007http://www.tripplite.com/vista
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Any Windows Vista user connecting their computer to any of the following UPS systems MUST download this patch BEFORE they connect their Tripp Lite UPS System to the computer.
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Anyone not just slightly concerned that Vista needs special help connecting a UPS?
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TECHNOLOGY: made it into Risks
Tuesday, August 21, 2007http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24.80.html#subj14
I made it into Risks again. (Boy is PGN getting easy in his old age!)
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TECH SERVICE: GRANDCENTRAL aka GOOGLE screws its users! Hence NOT RECOMMENDED
Tuesday, August 21, 2007http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/146118898/
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Troy Schneider received such a notice, advising him that in 8 days his Grand Central number would be canceled and that he would be required to immediately start using a new number allocated to him. Judi Sohn received the same message: with no prior warning she had 8 days left on her existing phone number then it would cease to operate. Sohn was fortunate to some extent: Google has offered to pay for the reprinting of her business cards, but that would appear to be a one off, and a token gesture at that.
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Glad I only dipped my toe in that pot!
Of course, a curse upon their house and never use it.
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