Posted on May 9, 2009 by johnkreiss
Tonight, I will be flying back to Boston from Hawaii with my wife and two daughters. Maui is a nice beach place although I prefer the Carribean where the flight isn’t so brutal.
We take off at about 4:30PM Saturday (Hawaii time), have a connecting flight in Dallas and are scheduled to arrive in Boston around 10:00AM [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2009 by johnkreiss
Recently, I had to call Amazon’s customer service department. Normally, I cringe at the thought of calling the customer service department of a large company. For me, these experiences are worse than going to the department of motor vehicles. Here’s why.
Buried Phone Numbers. It seems like everytime I have to call a large phone, credit [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2009 by johnkreiss
The attached post by author, David Meerman Scott, reports on a story worth watching. The US Federal Trade Commission is working on regulations that will cover blogs and social networking sites.
Personally, I’ve endorsed a number of products on my two blogs including a some of Scott’s work. I’ve never been paid for the endorsements on either blog [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by johnkreiss
Attached is a great article comparing the features of the Kindle 2 with the original Kindle.
Click here to read about its features.
I’m a big fan of the Kindle and I also believe that the product could lead to revolutionary changes in the newspaper, magaine, and book publishing industries because the Kindle eliminates printing and [...]
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Posted on March 3, 2009 by johnkreiss
I received my new Kindle 2 from Amazon last week and I am loving it. The tabs are smaller and easier to use than the tabs on the original Kindle. It.s also thinner and connects to the cover unlike the original.
Kindle 2 also has a feature that will read the books to you if you [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2009 by johnkreiss
Attached is an interesting interview with the owner of an Amazon Kindle. As the owner of a Kindle myself, I have something in common with this individual. Personally, I love it and already have an order in for Kindle 2. There are a number of reasons why I like it including the following:
It’s an easy to use [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2009 by johnkreiss
I just finished reading Ann Coulter’s latest book, Guilty: Liberal “Victims” and their Assault on America, and wasn’t overly impressed. There is very little new material in it, but it does have a lot of the same old crap you would expect from this auther including the following beliefs.
Liberals are evil. Some probably are, but [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2008 by johnpatrickkreiss
Attached is a link to articles written by yours truly and published by ezine articles. Feel free to share your opinions with me especially if you disagree with what I have to say. Thanks.
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Posted on November 12, 2008 by johnpatrickkreiss
Attached is an interesting article from Career Builder about the MBA. I’m betting that enrollments will begin increasing if the economy continues to slump. As a person who has an MBA, here are my thoughts on the issue:
Is it helpful? Personally, I’m glad I got it. I felt that I learned a lot about business [...]
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Posted on November 10, 2008 by johnpatrickkreiss
The attached post is from Tim Ferris when he was putting in his four hours of work. Author of the best selling book, The 4- Hour Work Week, Ferriss’s latest post describes a case where an attorney gives up the law to go surfing.
I’ve read Ferriss’s book and I think it’s a great book for people [...]
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