davidebowman

It's Friday afternoon and you are staring aimlessly out of the window praying for the weekend to come. Face it, you are not working. Want something fun to do, that will not get you in trouble by those in charge of monitoring your web traffic? (company big brother) Try 55 Ways to have fun with Google. This free e-book has a wide range of suggestions for entertaining yourself with your favorite search engine site. You …read more

I could not resist posting something about this story from USA Today.  It seems Dustin Diamond, a.k.a. Screech from the show "Saved by the Bell," is selling T-shirts to keep his home out of foreclosure.  Was this taken from a leftover script of the show?  He is trying to sell 30,000 shirts at $15.00 each to keep the man from ripping his mortgage back from him?  Are you serious?  I know this guy is a …read more

Just days ago I was telling you to check out Pandora.com, what I consider to be one of the treasures of the Internet. The amazing music site has since updated its interface, making it even more fun use. First, Pandora made it easier to give songs the thumb up or down, the feature that helps you shape your personal radio stations. Now this feature is part of the main page. They also changed the way …read more

Dear Pandora, Are you hiring?  Check out this post from the Pandora web site.   It discusses the people behind the Pandora "Music Genome Project."  The team of employees is responsible for listening to the songs that are played on Pandora and then classifying them based on their individual characteristics.  They dissect music for a living.  What a cool job!  Well, I must say that they are doing great work.  Pandora continues to be one …read more

I was watching the NBA finals last night, (no, I don't know why) when I noticed a commercial for A&W Restaurants.  The crux of the commercial was that they were the patriotic choice for fast food because they use 100% American Beef.  According to the commercial some of their competitors allegedly use Australian beef.  They mentioned Burger King as the chief perpetrator of this atrocity in the ad.  Honestly, I thought the ad was for …read more

The House of Representatives followed the lead of giant telecom providers and powerful lobbyists by passing the COPE Act. This act contained no provisions to protect "Net Neutrality," putting the Internet one step closer to being radically reshaped for the worse. An amendment proposed by MA Representative Ed Markey, which included measures focused on ensuring the future of net neutrality, was defeated 269 to 152 prior to the final vote on the issue. The issue …read more

Last summer I read the wonderful book by David Allen, Getting Things Done. The book helped to answer many of my questions regarding how to manage the growing demands of life. The downside of the book is that since completing it last summer, I have been searching for just the right tool to help me track all the things I need to accomplish. I have tried using excel, a variety of web solutions, hipster PDA's, …read more