Are You Creative? Send Me Your Card!

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Seymour

I’m a sucker for business cards. Collecting them is like playing a grown-up game of swapsies. Even though we live in a digital age of networking, there’s still nothing quite like taking home a pretty little piece of card with someone’s details on it. So here’s a thing I’m going to do: If you are [...]

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Java Apps that Make my Little Nokia (almost) a Smartphone

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Seymour

I have had a Nokia 6303, described as “no-nonsense easy-to-use handset” for about 3 years now. I have looked at upgrading to a Blackberry, iPhone, or high-end HTC but I’ve never found a good enough reason to switch to something that costs three or four times as much as this reliable classic. I’m quite sure [...]

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Mingling Business and Personal Stuff in Social Media

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Seymour

The question is, “to what extent should I keep my personal and business life separate when using twitter, facebook, and other social media?“ The answer is, “It’s up to you.” There are no rules and everyone works out their personal approach to this one, which is one of the beauties of the “Wild West” that [...]

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Getting The Point Across

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Seymour

This simple device is invaluable as an aid to reading smoothly and at least deserves a name of its own. Perhaps the best name it has been given is a “reading wand” which seems appropriate because the written word is pure sorcery after all.

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I Love My AlphaSmart

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Seymour

I’m writing this on an AlphaSmart 3000. My AlphaSmart is my dreamweaver and my supertool, my textfactory and my musemeister. In fact if you asked me to choose between an AlphaSmart and an I-Pad, I’d take this baby because when it comes to generating raw text, less is more – and by that I mean [...]

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