Who’s Been Eating My Porridge?

You might recognize that quote from the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. While the bears were away, Goldilocks stopped by their cottage to check things out. (To this day, I have no idea why these bears lived in a cottage, nor why they were eating porridge. Vegan bears, maybe?) The real question here…

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Facebook Advertising: Is It Effective?

With the recent public sale of Facebook stock at record high values the media has been paying a great deal of attention to the company. Facebook executives told investors the company is worthy of the high value because of the nearly 1 billion dollars Facebook takes in each year from advertising sales, but business owners…

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Electronics Recycling in Illinois

As many of you know, on January 1st a new law went into effect in Illinois – Public Act 97-0287 – Electronic Products Recycling & Reuse Act.   My 30 second summary of the bill is that landfills are no longer allowed to take electronics, including laptops, cell phones, TVs, computers, printers, etc….

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Is it Going to Storm? The Sky is Filled with Clouds!

I started this post to talk about Microsoft’s SkyDrive service. As I was logging in, I realized I could go a lot of directions with it. I could write about how I am writing this post on my Windows Phone while sitting in my stylist’s chair getting my hair cut. I could write about LastPass,…

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App Review: Toggl

Toggl – Free. For Android, iPhone, Linux, MAC, PC Toggl is a productivity tool right in your hands. It consists of a multi-featured timer, a detailed calendar and the ability to be integrated into almost any computer system. Some users have had problems with the automatic saving feature. They also report that it is easy…

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