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- Microsoft Live Mesh is ExcellentFebruary 17
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Of all the Microsoft products launched in the past decade, I think Live Mesh is the best. It is currently in Beta but seems to be working just great.
The basic concept is that you download a small Live Mesh app to each of your devices (PC's but someday other devices such as Macs and smart phones) and your files stay in sync across all of those devices. It also provides the ability to remote desktop into any of your machines. Last but not least, it includes a Live Mesh Desktop online where you can access all of your sync'd files through your browser. I highly recommend trying it out! - formspring.meFebruary 13
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at what a age were you "successful"?
"Successful" is certainly a relative term. I successfully started my first business and turned a profit at age 20. Successfully graduated from IU at 22. I was successfully married at 22. Successfully had my first child at 25 (at least my wife did but I was involved). There are a few more but these stand out in my mind as most important. I've also certainly had my share of failures which I consider ammunition that helps me to be more successful by making better decisions moving forward.
- formspring.meFebruary 13
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what is the best snowboarding mountain in the U.S.?
Good question! I'm definitely a fan of the Rockies and in recent years my best runs have been snowboarding the bowls at Aspen Highlands. I also love Beaver Creek and Vail. Come to think of it, anywhere I can find powder is my favorite at that moment!
- A Million Steps in the Right DirectionFebruary 12
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This afternoon I was thinking about all of the progress we have made at Bostech since I rejoined as CEO last July. I then quickly shifted to thinking about all of the opportunities and challenges that we face moving forward to realize our full potential. I believe the key to building high performance companies is to make progress every day - realize that it will take A MILLION STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION to achieve your goal. There is no silver bullet strategy for building a high performance business. All too often, I see entrepreneurs who are constantly leaping from one silver bullet idea to the next. I think this approach is incredibly unproductive and ultimately creates a hollow, unstable organization. It creates a culture where everyone is detached from reality and where morale bottoms out each and every time the silver bullet of that week or month fails to hit the target.
Admiral James Stockdale was the master of this approach. The strongest evidence of this can be found in the reason he provides for surviving years in isolation as a POW in Vietnam. Here is what he said:
"I never lost faith in the end of the story, I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade."[4]
When Collins asked who didn't m - Discovering Google Labs in GMailFebruary 11
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Maybe you know this already, but if you go into Settings then click on the Labs tab in GMail, you can enable loads of cool features. One that I am using right now, which requires use of the custom url feature, is posting to my blog through GMail. I might actually blog more than once a month now!
Another cool feature I enables was sending text messages through an IM-like gadget within GMail. Super cool.
