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Finding a replacement for Tungle.me

Robert Weiner

I found this article listing possible replacements for Tungle (ScheduleOnce, TimeBridge, Meetifyr, Bookeo, Acuity Scheduling, TimeTrade, and Book’d). TimeBridge looked promising since it integrates with both Outlook and Google. Hence I've been looking for alternatives. Some of the others on the list mystified me.

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Android factory reset on a Samsung S7: The ugly, the bad, and the good

Robert Weiner

At first, I was getting occasional errors like, “Unfortunately, Google Maps has stopped working.” I tried rebooting, wiping the system cache, wiping the cache for every app, uninstalling apps, rolling back to earlier versions of apps like Google Play, and a variety of other fixes suggested by folks around the web, with no relief.

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. Perhaps|Maybe} you {could|can} write next articles referring to this article.

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More lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

At their best, these are way more entertaining than email spam -- lots of creative English, garbled syntax, and mixed metaphors ("gladsome to mature this website," "earmarks of the army has recruited on boob tube," "Lossing albatross is benificial," "your current article causes me completely happy"). Thanks For Share Robert L. Great write-up!

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Creating Strong Passwords

Robert Weiner

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. More recently, Slate.com published an article called Fix Your Terrible, Insecure Passwords in Five Minutes with general password tips and a clever algorithm for developing strong passwords. Photo: Paul Linton.

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Optimize Your Web Pages

Robert Weiner

Do you know about Google's Website Optimizer ? The Chronicle of Philanthropy published a brief article (subscription required) describing how the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program used Website Optimizer to determine which of three versions of a web page was most effective in persuading people to sign up for information.

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So You Want to Be a Consultant?

Robert Weiner

Build a presence: Public speaking, a lot of writing of books and articles, blogging, volunteering, client referral, meet fundraising consultants if you’re a product consultant and product consultants should meet fundraising consultants, LinkedIn, Google, Facebook, apply for open jobs.