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Stephanie Cockerl

Why are the words “Subscribe” and Facebook in the same sentence?

September 21, 2011

On September 15th, Facebook released the “Subscribe” button. This way, one does not have to become a friend in order to keep up with your public updates. If you don’t know about the public updates, click on the link to learn more. Whenever someone posts something using the “Public” status, their subscribers will be able [...]

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I’m steamed and this kettle is about to blow!

September 12, 2011

It’s not often that I pull the angry auntie, or tia, card (depends how you are talking to.) This all started a long time ago, when women weren’t allowed to do certain things. Fast forward to today. At the recent #140edu conference in New York City, Lynn Langit (@llangit) – co-founder of Teaching Kids Programming [...]

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Backup your Computer – Backup Awareness Day

February 24, 2011

What would you do if you suddenly lost access to your computer files? Well, that’s what happened to me. I called my computer manufacturers support line. After many attempts to get me online for an online meeting, the only choice was to clean everything off the computer through a factory restore. For a second, I [...]

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What would you do with an extra day?

February 19, 2011

I was reading my feeds, something I need to do much more often, but that’s besides the point. One post that struck me was a blog post  from Chris Brogan in the form of a question. “What would you do if you had an extra 30 minutes?“ Well, I just found out I had an [...]

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Give your Business the Love it Deserves on Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2011

MyCorporation is letting folks register their businesses as an LLC or a Corp for  free today, February 14th. As we all know, its important to protect your assets from that of the business. What better way to say “I love you” to yourself and your business by incorporating or forming an LLC? The offer expires [...]

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One Year Later, How did I do?

January 2, 2011

Happy New Year Folks. If you recall from last year, to the day, I declared my 10 of 2010  list.  So how did I do? Stay healthy or else the rest of this list won’t matter. Bad allergic reaction at a party. Long story. Health is always a work in progress. Either upgrade or buy [...]

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Why I “heart” Evernote.

December 7, 2010

Since the Thanksgiving weekend was a long one, I had an extra day to tackle my storage unit. The list of the items I brought with me to the unit were markers, tape, a pen, a notepad and scissors.  Little did I know, it would be my cellphone that would become the MVP (most valuable [...]

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Leave the cell phone out of reach when networking

October 27, 2010

I recently attended a networking event. I realized that I forgot my cell phone in my jacket pocket. I realized that was the best mistake I could of made. I was able to interact more with folks and get a few leads. I also realized how most people were using their devices as a safety [...]

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Google Priority Inbox

October 26, 2010

No sooner after I wrote this post, Google released Priority Inbox.  It sorts out email based on the importance. It learns what you read what you don’t and sorts it out from there. I now star items with much more care than I did before Priority Inbox. Has Google Priority Inbox changed the way you [...]

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Using Gmail to Accomplish your Goals

August 16, 2010

I read and listened to Colleen’s a.k.a The Communicatrix’s post about seeing your goals daily. I came away inspired, but I didn’t have the time to do what she suggested. I admit that I am sometimes lazy, but I would still like to be reminded of my goals daily. The first thing to have a [...]

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