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Howard recently sent the following tip to me:

After days of asking and searching I was given a very slick way to transfer Calendar/Contacts. Back up Palm data somewhere safe. Uninstall Palm…

Have you ever thought of writing a book?

The idea of it certainly appeals to me. I’d love to write a science fiction novel, but I have zero story-telling abilities. Some people could tell you…

I recently posted the following on Twitter

Is your life telling the story you want to be remembered? If I watched your life, what story would I see?

As far as I know, it was only retweeted once…

For most of my adult life, I’ve been highly analytical and into self analysis. I would, reasonably often, ask myself questions such as

• What am I doing wrong?
• What should I change?
• Why…

So many of the technology blogs and news articles we read these days are devoted to personal technology. That’s reasonable, of course. After all, we’ve got to read about whether the…

This is not a political blog, but examining political events can sometimes help us learn about ourselves. And learning about ourselves and how to improve is a key part of what this blog is…

Through their work with the Department for Health and Human Services, Google has developed an aid to help you find nearby flu shot providers: the Google Flu Shot Tool.

The tool finds locations…

Maybe it’s just a matter of semantics, but I am for replacing the term life hacking with the term life editing. To me, the word “hack” sounds like a patch, like patching an operating system, or…

Most people realize that it’s hard to get ahead in life unless you are willing to occasionally get out of your comfort zone. But knowing and doing are not the same thing. Most of us like to stay in…

What do you call phones like the iPhone and the Droid, which have gone beyond what we have traditionally called smartphones?

• Steve Rubel notes on Twitter that his iPhone has become his computer:…

We all ultimately have to motivate ourselves. But, we are often helped in doing so by reading an inspiring quote or story.

So, presuming that we would all like to be more motivated, I am sharing…

Windows 7 was released yesterday, and Apple decided to release some new Mac versus Windows ads then, too.

Although I normally like the Mac vs Windows ads, yesterday they just turned me off. It…

I just finished reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion and wanted to make sure you are aware of the book’s availability.

I’m generally not a…

So very many things are happening now that are good for book lovers. For example:

• Wal-Mart and Amazon are in a price war of sorts, and that has driven prices down for some books.
• For a…

This is my 777th post, so I wanted it to be special, and I believe it is because it shares some of the life of a good man: Buster B. Jones.

While Buster will long be remembered for being one of…