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A Month with the Palm Pre

Robert Weiner

gSyncIt can get my notes into Google Docs, but those don't sync with the Pre and I don't want to have to get Internet access just to read or write a note. Also, gSyncIt also brought my Google Docs into my Outlook Notes, which wasn't good. Like other app phones, there's a growing supply of apps for the Pre, both free and paid.

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Easy Credit Card Payments for Your Nonprofit (Sharing the NTC Bookstore Experience)

NTEN

You plug a tiny reader, the approximate height and length of a donut hole and width of your finger, into the headphone jack of an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch and swipe a credit card through it. No cardholder information is stored, not even the full email or phone number. Honestly, I’m not sure how the actual mechanics work.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

4) Learn the basic business skills that are essential to success and sanity: - communication (timely, clear, complete, appropriate method: sometimes a phone call, sometimes an email, sometimes a memo, sometimes a meeting. Even a word doc you update every time you’re on site for a client is better than notes scribbled on post-its.