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Timmyjohnboy.com Is Working On a Newsletter…

Hey! to all you readers out there! I wanted to give a quick shout out about a new project I am working on.  I’ve begun brainstorming some ideas for a Timmyjohnboy.com newsletter!  It’s not ready yet but it will be soon.  Here’s a few more details about what’s going on. The basic idea will contain [...]

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Answer communities that can help you with tech-related questions

I wrote an article a long time back about how I find answers to my questions on the Internet (here’s an example).  It has dawned on me that much of my search strategy has changed since then.  Today I want to discuss one major place I check for answers to my tech-related questions.  Right now [...]

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Google, What is all this Crazy Buzz About? A First Glance at Google Buzz

OK, so Google is RIGHT NOW beginning to release Google Buzz, some sort of social network-meet twitter-meet Facebook thing and it seems the Internet and Twitter is all a BUZZ about it.  I’ve nabbed A FEW links from Google Search’s live search stream just to share a bit about what people are saying RIGHT now: [...]

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A Contest to Kick Off 2010 – Win a ZAZZLE T-Shirt!

Hey, 2010 is finally upon us!  A new year coming is a great cause to celebrate!  This past year has been exciting for me and my online endeavors (in no particular order)! I began a corny little photo blog on Posterous.com, I began to write for one of my favorite tech blogs, MakeUseOf.com! I began Tweeting (finally) We [...]

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Why do I love using URL shortener Ow.Ly?

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, or if you’re a friend of mine on facebook, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve begun to share the links I share by shortening the address using something beginning with ow.ly/.  In this article I would like to share why that is. If you are asking why I would [...]

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Twitter creator Jack Dorsey seeks to make credit cards more transactionable

I ran across this interview and demonstration on TechCrunch’s Twitter stream.  MG Siegler is interviewing Jack Dorsey (who also happens to be the creator of Twitter) and the topic is his new project called “Square.”  It seems Square can turn a hand held device, like the iPhone or iPod Touch into an instand credit card [...]

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Do We Have Time For Our Voice Mail?

Image by JonJon2k8 via Flickr Quit wasting your time with voice mail! I was reading this article that was saying that fewer and fewer people have time for voice mail.  Interesting, huh?  Do you remember the days of answering machines?  Some people still have them, don’t they?  Well, with the move to cell phones, people [...]

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Mail Delivery Will Possibly Only Occur 5 Days a Week

Interesting idea, huh?  Mail has been coming 6 days a week for as long as I remember.  This proposal could change all of that.  I read about this on my local News Channel’s website, WKTV.com.  While asking around, I have heard quite a few different opinions on the subject.  For you, my readers, I have [...]

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Fast Food Investigation…

OK, the question came up once again for me today, which is faster, the fast food drive through? or going inside and ordering it to go?  You’ve seen the lines of cars during the busy times and wondered, I’m sure.  There have been times when I actually parked and went in just to see if [...]

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How To Exchange A Gift Card For One You Want

For whatever the reason, you end up with a gift card that either you cannot use or it’s from an establishment you don’t normally grace.  Maybe an out-of-town relative mistakenly got you a card for a restaurant whose closest location is two states away, or you were mistaken for someone who loves seafood, but it [...]

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