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BlueAnt V1

Many of us are familiar with the world of Bluetooth technology.  Headsets are available in just about every color and size combination imaginable.  Many of the headsets available in the U.S. are similar in feature and price range.  There are two that stand out from the pack with their own touch of uniqueness.  Aliph’s Jawbone [...]

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Thank You

When I started the free design project I never expected it would receive the level of support it has.  Within a few weeks it has been possible to go full time with design work for people and groups who need it.  I want to thank all of those who helped make this possible!  I have [...]

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Spreading The Project

Some of you have been following the progress of the free design project these past few weeks.  For those who haven’t please let me explain what it is. CoffeeDaze Design was founded as a way to provide graphic design, tech support, web integration and advertising for free to individuals, churches, schools and other organizations.  The project [...]

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TrainforHumanity.org Humanitarian Initiative

I would like to take a moment to call to the attention of my readers a very powerful and noble cause.  Train for Humanity combines fitness with social media to help empower people for social good while creating a humanitarian movement.  Please read more about them and help spread the word or get involved.   Over the [...]

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Feeding The BlackBerry

BlackBerry devices do a lot of things very well, RSS included.  There are quite a few different RSS readers available for BBs and I decided to test out a few current ones to see which was the best for me. The contenders for this matchup were Viigo (beta), NewsGator Go and FreeRange.  I didn’t include a [...]

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Brightkite, Where Are You?

I recently became aware of a service called Brightkite.  It seems to be relatively similar to Loopt but the interface and mobile options are better planned out.  The other bonus I found was that Verizon is not charging to use it, yet. For those not familiar with Brightkite (and Loopt), they provide location aware community services [...]

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BlackBerry Underground

Web based communities are a powerful force on the internet these days.  The war between Facebook and Myspace is one of users, advertising, financial backers and fanboy attitudes.  You can find web communities for just about every group imaginable.  One group that has been somewhat left behind are BlackBerry users.  For those of of us [...]

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CoffeeDaze Design Begins

Those who know me personally are aware that I ran a graphic design company for a few years called CoffeeDaze Design.  I specialized in custom graphic design, 3D modeling and presentations for individuals and small business.  When I moved out west I found the business side of things had slowed down so much I finally [...]

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Social Migration

My first experiences with the internet were in the early 90’s (Prodigy).  I spent quite a bit of time in the Web 1.0 world and developed a lot of surfing habits over time.  As Web 2.0 has taken over most sites I found myself a little confused by the mania surrounding it.  I am not [...]

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That Neighbor

Most of you are familiar with “that” neighbor.  If you have ever lived in a multi-leveled apartment you are very familiar.  It seems no matter where we move we are forever cursed to have “that” neighbor. Why is it that so many people have such a hard time with basic apartment living etiquette?  There are a [...]

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