Posted on October 18th, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
I recently moved into an office building and opened a training center offering technology and productivity workshops for business professionals, The Digital Breakthroughs Institute (DBI). I have two perfectly-sized training rooms and a full kitchen. The decision to make this move was made easier when I figured out how I could use virtual technologies (that [...]
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Posted on August 15th, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
I was standing in line the other day and struck up a conversation with a woman behind me. I lost interest in the conversation very quickly because she couldn’t keep her eyes off of her BlackBerry (another post for another day). I asked her which model she had and when she held it up, I [...]
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Posted on June 13th, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
If you want to tweet from your BlackBerry and you can do so without being disrespectful of the people you’re with or without becoming distracted from your family or something else more important, here’s how.
The following steps require you to download software from your BlackBerry.
Open the Browser on your BlackBerry’s homescreen.
Type the shortcut, G, for [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
President Obama had a mountain of issues to deal with in his first 100 days, and not having his BlackBerry helped him stay focused. I’m hoping that he doesn’t get sucked back in to his BlackBerry addiction.
It’s old news that President Barack Obama was addicted to his BlackBerry. Now that he’s had to live without [...]
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Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Peggy Duncan
[Post updated 12/12/2009] In an older post, “Can’t Justify an AirCard So I Use NetZero When Traveling, I discussed how I use NetZero to access the Internet when I travel within the U.S. After I thought through how I work, it didn’t make sense to spend the money for an aircard and the monthly service [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Peggy Duncan
If you’re a small business owner (or otherwise) and are trying to cut costs of doing business, let the toll-free number go. And unless you have to send a lot of faxes, get rid of the dedicated line for that too.
Incoming calls on your toll-free line or a dedicated fax line that’s not used a [...]
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