January 2009
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Taking XMind for a Spin
I’ve been a fan of Mindjet’s Mindmanager for years. Mindmaps are a great way to lay out options, convey ideas and present information. When I was on Windows, I saw Mindjet begin down the path of increasing prices at a pace that in my mind was far more rapid than the level at which features were being added. Still, in the cost/benefit was worth it.
Once I switched to Macintosh, the...
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Keeping My Life in Sync
You all know I live on the road. I have far too many calendars in my life, and I finally decided today that I needed to get them all under control.
Work - Standard Exchange Based Calendar
Personal - Standard iCal Calendar
Travel - TripIt Calendar Feed of Trips
Events - Another iCal Calendar which has things of interest but not hard dates.
I decided that Google would be the common point for...
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Karl Marx vs. Sir Winston Churchill
The two quotes I posted are telling, and currently quite inter-related. Can you see similarities between what is happening between the Marx prediction and today’s bank crisis? I certainly can. That does not mean however that the path Marx predicts is the correct one. Rather, I tend toward Churchill’s view.
Doing so, means I hold this country accountable and to a higher standard. To...
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“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the...”
– Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965)
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“Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of...”
– Karl Marx, Capital, 1867
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New York NRF Trip
I’ve been back a week from New York and NRF, and am way behind on posting my thoughts and reviews. My appologies, but when I got home, I managed to find myself down for a week with whatever is going around. Look for some upcoming notes on:
Mesa Grill (always)
Annisa
Ben Ash Deli
Dream Hotel
Hooters of New York City
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