The problem with Foursquare

July 4, 2010

The location check-in service Foursquare completed a $20 million round of financing last week valuing the company at $95 million. This valuation has brought up some questions: Is Foursquare really worth that much money and if so how will their investors recoup their investment in the newest darling of the social world? The largest investor, [...]

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Follow Charlotte’s City Council Members on Twitter

July 4, 2010

I must say that I am a little disappointed in the lack of participation on Twitter from our elected officials.  I realize that Twitter is not for everyone, but when you have the example of Warren Cooksey (@WCooksey) and how he utilizes Twitter to connect with Charlotteans on a personal level, it seems logical that [...]

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How to push your WordPress blog posts to Twitter and Facebook

July 1, 2010

So, you write a blog, have a Twitter account and a Facebook Profile and/or Page, all which need updating. Here is how to do them all at once using WordPress. What you need A WordPress Blog The FT FacePress II plugin By Alan Knox The Twitter Friendly Links plugin By Konstantin Kovshenin The Twitter Tools [...]

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Top 5 Android Apps for Sales Reps

June 27, 2010

Documents To Go ($14.99) Documents To Go by DataViz allows you to view and edit Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and PDF files.  It is huge for opening email attachements or making notes and it edits excel sheets with ease. It is the only paid app on this list at $14.99 and it is well worth it. [...]

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Springpad beats Evernote and why you should care.

June 21, 2010

I went on a Springpad spree today! Every day I start springpadding more and more stuff.  Springpad and Evernote are at their base note taking apps for iPhones and Android devices (like my Droid), and each also have a wep app component.  Springpad has a cleaner interface to me than does Evernote and it has [...]

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Ruby and Mac (Yeah I got one)

June 20, 2010

For all you avid readers (mom), the lack of updates on Ruby being installed on a PC is inexcusable but I have an excuse anyway.  I think Mr. Ruby never intended people with PCs to use Ruby.  And so in light of this now known fact, I have bought a Mac Mini.  My first ever [...]

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Customer Service representatives are people too.

June 18, 2010

Yesterday I had to call customer service for my Flexible Spending Account (FSA) because mine and my wife’s cards had been shut off for an unknown reason. My experience thus far with FSA has not been great, though it is much much better with a card than without one. I was already a little frustrated [...]

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Ruby on Rails on a Windows machine. Challenge accepted!

June 3, 2010

From my limited understanding, Ruby on Rails is a web application platform used to create cool web applications like Basecamp from 37Signals.  I want to create cool web applications too and have decided to chronicle my journey into this realm in the hope that my experiences, failures, and breakthroughs might help someone else. Over the [...]

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Ignite Charlotte!

May 29, 2010

Ignite is an ongoing series of speedy presentations.  They range from building multi-person pogo sticks to hacking Chocolate.  Each speaker gets only 5 minutes and 20 slides that auto advance every 15 seconds.  What would you say? Ignite is coming to Charlotte, NC on August 4th 2010! If you are interested in learning more about [...]

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More Access to the Internet?

May 29, 2010

What would it be like if school aged children had More Access to the Internet?  Would it make a difference in their lives?

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