Category Archives: General

Giving Back

I spend a lot of time talking about social media and technology and how it benefits our lifestyle. We all benefit and do very well because of it. This leads me to an important life question – How do you give back?
You might ask what I mean by giving back? I mean how do you [...]

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This Week In Review Episode 2

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How To Follow The 2010 Vancouver Olympics

Today I thought I would write about two my my favorite topics – Technology and sports. This Friday the 2010 Olympics starts in Vancouver. I thought I would share some ways that you the interested sports fan can say in touch with the Olympics on line.
1. Vancouver 2010 Office Web Site
The official web site of [...]

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This Week In Review Episode 1

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A Review – Twitter Power – Joel Comm with Ken Burge

Last week I finished listening to a new audio book about Twitter. Twitter Power by Joel Comm with Ken Burge was a good listen. The book was well read and informative in parts. Parts of the book had something to be desired.
One of the things in the book that Joel does is tells you as [...]

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Making Choices

Today is a very good day in the Cairns household. On the first day that College acceptances could be made, my son was accepted into 2 schools of his choice. He now has a month to decide which if any of these offers he will take. I am very proud of Stephen today and could [...]

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Disclosure and Some More Plans

I thought it was necessary to add a disclosure page to my blog. I do have financial or personal interest in several companies/organizations and do feel it is necessary to disclose these to be honest and upfront with my readers. I will never put any advertising on my web site for a company/organization which I [...]

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6 People In History I Would Like To Meet And Have Dinner With

Below is a list of People in Business I Would Love To Meet:

1. Bill Gates
Bill Gates Co-Founded the most successful software company in history, Microsoft. Like him or hate he is truly a visionary in the technology business. To listen to his thoughts and ideas would truly be inspirational. He has also had started an [...]

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Magic Jack Follow-up

As many of you might or might not know I have been using the Magic Jack for my long distance service for about 6 months now. A few weeks ago I posted my Magic Jack review. At the time I did my review Canadian numbers were not available. Today the playing field has changed.
As of [...]

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The Decade In Review

On New Year’s Eve 1999 I was at work in the client services area trying to check computer systems to make sure nothing blew up and we had done all the Y2K patching that we needed to do in order for our computer systems to survive. We all know 10 years later that Y2K came [...]

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