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Re: How to Live Stream a Meeting

Arusso — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:58:41 -0000

The success of sites such as Ustream are in the accessibility. Anyone can view a Ustream with just about no setup on their computer whatsoever. This is what works today. People don't want to jump through hoops to hear your message, they just want it instantly when they want it. The same goes true with WebConferencing and VideoConferencing.

My company's service at Great America Networks Conferencing in these areas is successful because there is no pre-configuration for anyone to join your meeting. Send them the link, and they click and join no matter what kind of computer they are on or connection. This has allowed my company's QuickVisuals service to become adopted by more and more company's that just want to get here message out there to work.

Anthony Russo
Conferencing Consultant
Great America Networks Conferencing
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Re: The Scariest Part of Halloween: The Grown-Ups!

Arusso — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:59:00 -0000

I agree that is a valid concern at least. A bit of planning by the staff can provide a way around such an issue though. My wife used to do Home Daycare and "dress-up" was a favorite game of the kids. She would be able to find tons of stuff ("funny" hats, coats, "princess" dresses and such) at garage sales and the like to make sure there was planty to go around. A good washing first was all that was needed.

Depending on the size of the school, it would allow for some fun for all with the ones that don't have their own costumes 'borrowing' from the schools supply.

Anthony

Re: The Scariest Part of Halloween: The Grown-Ups!

Arusso — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:45:21 -0000

I decorate my house and give out the sweets every year to the parade of superheroes, fantasy characters, and ghouls and goblins that come to my door. Some years me and my wife will even dress up creepy with makeup and a costume to add to the effect.

Halloween is honestly a holiday that is more for kids than most any other. There is nobody teaching you lessons about things that happened hundred or thousands of years ago (ThanksGiving, Christmas, Easter, etc.). There is no pushing of 9 different holidays for every faith falling at the same time so you have to watch out for which one you say Happy Whatever to. There is no stress about gifts and whether you will or wont get something you want. It's just about fun.

Anthony Russo
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Re: Turn Your Cell Phone Into a Tool of Awesome

Arusso — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:59:10 -0000

You would probably greatly enjoy 40Tech in addition to this blog. http://www.40tech.com/ I highly recommend it as am closing in on that stage of life rather quickly.

Anthony

Re: Turn Your Cell Phone Into a Tool of Awesome

Arusso — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:24:30 -0000

As I mentioned before on here, I love Dial2Do and use it often with a slew of other services.

Another thing people should be aware about from Google is GOOG-411. If you call 411 on your cell phone you most likely will get charged over $1.00+ for the call. If you call 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411)it will be Free and great voice interface. Connects you for free and just overall rocks.

Also I tend to use Mosio http://ask.mosio.com/questionarium.php over ChaCha.

Great Post

Anthony Russo
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Re: National GrandParents Day!

Arusso — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:59:51 -0000

I remember when this came out and I was a young boy. My grandfather told me at the time this was a 'Hallmark' holiday. A holiday created just to sell more greeting cards. From that day on I made cards for him for this day instead.

I miss him greatly. Happy belated Grandparents day Grandpa and Grandma! (Don't worry Grandpa, this didn't cost me anything.)

Anthony Russo
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Re: Redux: An Awesome Way to Waste Time

Arusso — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:40:20 -0000

Been in communication with Andy over this in email back and forth a few times. Great support over there at Redux for sure. I'm sure we will get to the bottom of it soon. We will kill this problem blocking my enjoyment of Redux...and that leads to another Arnold line:

"Have you ever killed anyone?"
"Yeah, but they were all bad." –in "True Lies"

Anthony

Re: Redux: An Awesome Way to Waste Time

Arusso — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:29:35 -0000

I hope so. Email sent to Andy. It sounds like a great service.

Thanks for the invite.

Anybody got some milk for my yummy cookie? :)

Anthony

Re: Redux: An Awesome Way to Waste Time

Arusso — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:10:02 -0000

I don't know what is up with Redux for me but I cant get it to load. I tried with the invite and typing www.reduc.com into the browser and from Google search result. All wont load. Also tried Firefox and IE8.

Re: Redux: An Awesome Way to Waste Time

Arusso — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:05:29 -0000

- What did you do with Sully?
- I let him go.

Thanks.

Re: Redux: An Awesome Way to Waste Time

Arusso — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:24:56 -0000

I can't get the site at www.redux.com to load though?

Re: Redux: An Awesome Way to Waste Time

Arusso — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:23:33 -0000

Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?
That's right Matrix, you did!
I lied.

Anthony Russo
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http://www.anthonyrussoblog.com/Anthony
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Re: Follow Tons of People on Twitter – and Pull It Off

Arusso — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:46:30 -0000

I only use TweetDeck actually. I had to disable the FaceBook integration though as it kept popping up asking me to sign in all the time. I just use it for Twitter actually.

Re: Follow Tons of People on Twitter – and Pull It Off

Arusso — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:26:22 -0000

Pulling it off is the big point here. As my following grew I realized I wasn't communicating with a lot of the people I wanted to. Implementing TweedDeck with some wise search terms keeps things under control. I like the 2 group concepts and will add them in as well.

Re: How To Help the Tooth Fairy & Other Magic

Arusso — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:50:21 -0000

Great story and idea for handling the missing tooth. Recently went through it with my 5-year old granddaughter who experienced losing teeth the hard way. Fell on a slide and knocked out her tooth. Blood, scream, cries and a hospital trip all about a month n the past now, she is doing fine, as are her parents.

A very fun experience was explaining the tooth fairy process to her and magic that she possessed. You can truly feel the magic in the eyes of your child hearing it for the first time, and the next morning when she runs to you excited with the dollar she finds under her pillow.

Anthony Russo
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Twitter: @AnthonyRusso

Re: First Day of Kindergarten. Hard on Dad & Mom Too

Arusso — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:50:19 -0000

Today my granddaughter brought home a handprint she made at school on her first day of kindergarten, which was yesterday. It had a cute poem on the bottom that my wife attempted to read, and got only halfway through, tearing up. She handed it to me.

Like I was going to hold up any better.

My daughter, (the girls mother) actually had to read the whole thing for us.

Anthony

Anthony Russo
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Twitter: @AnthonyRusso

Re: Good Girl Shaka

Arusso — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:40:31 -0000

I unfortunately did a similar post recently on my blog for the passing of my beloved friend after 14 years. We had to put him down due to a failing liver. There truly are times that we will never forget. It is unfortunate that some of those times are not happy ones.

As long as you have the good memories, it makes these more bearable. I'm sure Shaka is running and playing now with my Nugget.

Hang in there Steve.

http://www.anthonyrussoblog.com/Anthony/2009/05...

Anthony

Anthony Russo
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Twitter: @AnthonyRusso

Re: Up Close & Personal

Arusso — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:07:12 -0000

Glad to share it. Enjoy every moment.

Anthony

Re: Welcome to Holland!

Arusso — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:06:30 -0000

I enjoy every lesson I get to teach my children. There are no greater joys than when they learn something new, and getting to be a part of that. You are enjoying it as every father is, just on her own personal level. With what you have been through in her life those 2 times, it is a blessing that you have her there to enjoy.

Anthony

Re: Up Close & Personal

Arusso — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:09:23 -0000

An excellent post. I was going to comment with an amazing poem written years ago by Emily Perl Kingsley entitled "Welcome to Holland!" It is a great outlook that if you haven't read I hope you do.

I thought about it and have a family member in the situation that would benefit from reading it so I made a blog post on my blog inspired by yours. I hope you enjoy it here: http://www.anthonyrussoblog.com/Anthony/2009/08...

Have a great day.

Anthony Russo
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http://www.anthonyrussoblog.com/Anthony
Skype: anth.russo
Twitter: @AnthonyRusso

Re: 5 Tips On Fatherhood Your Dad Never Told You

Arusso — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:02:33 -0000

Excellent points every one of them Don't forget these work great with Grandkids as well.

Anthony Russo
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Re: My System is Broken. Help!

Arusso — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:44:05 -0000

About tasks that have been missed, it really hasnt been a problem for me. I am at my computer daily so I always check my calendar nightly to know what is coming up the next day. If I see a Task I missed, I'll just move it ahead. Been working for me but I can see how that can be cumbersome, but to me easier than using another tool.

Agree about Dial2Do - Also switched to them once Jott lost it's "free-dom"

Download a different browser to your phone if you can. Opera is good, as is Skyfire, which even supports flash mildly. Firefox is also coming out with a Mobile browser too.

I love my Touch Pro. My wife hates it because I'm always messing with it and she is tired of it, but it really does everything. Very glad I have had it the last 4 months.

Good luck

Anthony

Re: My System is Broken. Help!

Arusso — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:18:29 -0000

I have 2 points that might help. I have been a RTM user along with GCal user for a while, but notice that RTM seems redundant as of late and have dropped it from my routine. I just put things into GCal which is as accessible as RTM in my opinion and does all the same features, unless I'm missing something?

On another note, I highly recommend Dial2Do at www.dialtodo.com as it makes the effort of inputting things so simple. Quick phone call and it updates whatever service I need, whether it is RTM, Gcal, Twitter, Evernote or even to read things back to me, (though I rarely do that). I think it might help if you don't use it, or Jott yet.

One more thing. Does your wireless provider have an unlimited Data plan? I never really find myself being "disconnected" as long as I have my HTC Touch Pro. I can browse any site and with the Google tools, plus Evernote, am always connected. What situation leaves you unconnected where your phone isn't enough?

Anthony

Anthony Russo
Conferencing Consultant
Great America Networks Conferencing
arusso@ganconference.com
www.ganconference.com
http://blog.ganconference.com/
Skype: anth.russo
Twitter: @AnthonyRusso

Re: The importance of securing a Facebook Username

Arusso — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:02:09 -0000

Good point. She was already included on Mashable here: http://mashable.com/2009/06/13/silliest-faceboo... in the list of 15 silliest Facebook Vanity URLs.

I am more worried about seriousness for myself and family. I do believe Facebook will remain an asset for years to come, and having the right representation of yourself on the platform is important.

Thanks for commenting.

Anthony

Re: 13 Apps Actually Worth Downloading

Arusso — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:12:52 -0000

Good list.

A few I agree with are as important to my PC as electricity: Evernote, Texter, VLC. TweetDeck, DropBox.

Going to check out xplorer2 as it looks useful.

A few not for me:

iTunes - no iPod here. My HTC Touch Pro is my MP3 player, and usually I just use Pandora.com anyway and now investigating GrooveShark from your other post.

WLW - Wordpress web based window works fine for me so far, but heard good things on WLW.

ThunderBird - my work uses Outlook and have to have everything in the same format for work email. My Gmail works just fine in the tab I keep open in FireFox all day.

Spybot - I have eset.com and trust it entirely

TimesReader - I like having Google Reader available anywhere for me so don't want a desktop reader.

Anthony