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You know what I hate about Facebook? I hate that they can innovate seemingly endless ways to sell my information to corporations, make it difficult for me to maintain control over my privacy, and complicate the process of deleting my account, yet they can’t come up with a means for [...]
June 10th, 2010 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Saw someone Tweet out today that tabbed Internet browsers had revolutionized the way he works. That got me thinking about a few computer skills I’ve learned to get the office work done as efficiently as possible. Here are my top six tips on how to get that computer work done, [...]
June 7th, 2010 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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I’m surprised to see many organizations continuing to publish Web pages and send out e-mail messages with low-resolution images embedded in them. They look sloppy and amateurish – definitely a turn-off for me and, I’d hazard to guess, other Web savvy people.
Check out this image from Wikipedia that shows the [...]
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I’m surprised to see many organizations continuing to publish Web pages and send out e-mail messages with low-resolution images embedded in them. They look sloppy and amateurish – definitely a turn-off for me and, I’d hazard to guess, other Web savvy people.
Check out this image from Wikipedia that shows [...]
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Some folks seem to be intrigued or even enamored with the National Restaurant Association’s dancing flash mob at a recent event. Pardon me if I seem a bit skeptical, but I’m wondering:
If I were an NRA member, would this would this 21st century version of the electric slide make me [...]
June 2nd, 2010 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Forwarded to me by a member of my team, I think this has a lot of potential. Just print a membership application on the reverse, mail `em out en masse, and watch the cash just roll in.
June 1st, 2010 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Been using Google Wave in a limited way over the past few days since a friend sent me an invite. I need more friends to play with. If you’d like one of the invites, just shoot me an e-mail: b (at) BenMartinCAE dot com and I’ll hook you up (while [...]
October 23rd, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Because checking your watch during a meeting isn’t quite as rude as checking your BlackBerry, the fine folks at RIM bring you the BlackBerry InPulse Smartwatch. Now, your Pavlonian teeth-grinding response to BlackBerry buzzes can be accompanied by repeated pulls at your cuff to glance at your “watch.”
Me? I’m [...]
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October 13th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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Have you seen the VAR Infomercial, shown at VAR’s Convention & Expo 2009?
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The body charged with attracting more visitors to the midwestern state will now be known as the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin (TFW), in an attempt to put a stop to the jokes.
It seems that the federation was unaware of – or unconcerned by – the modern meaning of WTF until [...]
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Back in college I discovered this amazing acoustic guitar duo that toured regionally. My friends and I would drive all over the place following them into small music halls, bars, and college music festivals. The year before I graduated they put together a band and got even better. I followed [...]
September 28th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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From all indications, Google Wave looks to be a game-changing group collaboration technology. If you haven’t already watched the video from the Google I/O event earlier this year (caution, it’s long) you really should set aside some time to look into this, especially if your organization does a lot of [...]
July 29th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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A few people have seen some of the viral status update links I push out through Twitter and have wondered how I did it. It’s actually really simple if you know what you’re doing.
Start your link URL with http://twitter.com/?status=
Then, everything after the equal sign will be the status that appears [...]
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So I had a little fun on Zazzle tonight. I made and bought one of these. If you want one too, go ahead and buy it, and we can coordinate outfits at ASAE. It’ll be so much fun. What the heck is fogdirog, you say?
Buy this shirt.
June 16th, 2009 | Ben Martin | Comments | Continued
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