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Don’t Delay – Blog on Procrastination June 15, 2008

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Listening to NPR the other day.. I stumbled upon a discussion about procrastination and various coping mechanisms… 

Timothy A. Pychyl was part of the discussion.. I just checked out his blog and I’m impressed!
Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D.

Blog: Don’t Delay – Understanding procrastination and how to achieve our goals.

Lots of great stuff to read.. .especically if you’re interested in the cause of, or behavioral remedies for procrastination. 

Check it out!

Baby Name Trending from 1800′s to Present Day May 26, 2008

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http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager

This is cool… you can explore name trends for the past 100 years by typing the first letter of the name… OR  you can type a full name and see it’s usage for the last 100 years.

Interesting Note:  Elijah had a significant increase in the late 1990′s..  Do you think people were really that “inspired” by the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

Pangea Day was HUGE! May 10, 2008

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Pangea Day Exceeded my expectations.. If you didn’t get a chance to watch Pangea Day online, you can watch all of the films on the Pangea Day Web site

Here are some links to my favorite films

  1. Dancing Queen (Winner of Nokia Video Phone Contest)
  2. Mutual Recognition (Husband and wife share the secret to their success)
  3. Walleyball – Sport played across contries..
  4. Inja (dog) – An excellent story of a self imposed demise
  5. Sili (the slap) – Silent Film – Excellent
  6. More – Product Development
  7. Por Que Lo hago? (Why I do it) – Alzheimers

Not all videos are online but I’m sure they’ll be posted soon.

Enjoy!

Watch Pangea Day at My Place on May 10th 2008 at 11:00AM April 18, 2008

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This is really cool…  

Learn About Pangea Day and check out the Pangea Day Trailer …

It’s happening on may 10th 2008.. I’m hosting a viewing.. I expect this to be BEYOND Fascinating. 

If you want to come, please get ahold of me directly :)

New Service: MSGME.COM February 24, 2008

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I found a new service called MSGME.COM which allows people or businesses to provide dynamic content via Text Messages (SMS Messages)  

How it works: 

  1. Go to: www.msgme.com
  2. Create a free account
  3. Register up to 3 keywords
  4. choose what happens when people text those keywords
    1. Standard Reply
    2. Subscription
    3. dynamic content
    4. Polls
  5. When People Reply, you can also choose to post their replies to the community message board.. sweet!