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Seattle in the summer is like being on vacation for 2 months. It’s a great place to live and work.

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I eagerly sought out out this book when it was published, just like many other patrons at my local library. If they are like me, they are as fascinated by the power and the pitfalls of electronic mail. Who wouldn’t want to read about something that has become such a part of our lives? And honestly, when has anyone ever sat down with you and said, “Okay, here is how you can use e-mail well?” I have learned everything I know from experience, and tips along the way. In each case, it’s been so interesting to realize that every tip I have received I have incorporated in one form or another, I think because I was hungry for the guidance.

On to the book. I think if I were to rename it, I would call it “(don’t) SEND.” It does a very nice job of letting the reader know all of the pitfalls of e-mail. I’d probably own many of them in my past, or should I say I’ve learned about each best practice over time. I liked the part where it discussed the main types of e-mail that make people get up from their desk, and not in a happy way. There are a few tips, like, use contractions, don’t be so formal, and maybe some guidance on when being overly formal is not a good thing. There are a few good stories about “the e-mail that was forwarded around the world.”

Overall, the advice steers toward good common sense and courtesy, and I would probably recommend this book for someone who was starting out in the business world. I also wouldn’t be opposed to a pamphlet form being used in new employee orientations (and I’m serious about that - everyone should have a measure of good e-mail hygeine). I think, though, that this book is meant more to be checked out from the library rather than being purchased - it’s a smaller volume that can be read pretty quickly.

One thing that’s interesting for me is the fact that I was drawn to the book because of my curiosity around business communication, and the book tends to focus on business communication. What does that say about our overall orientation to the business world compared to our orientation to the interpersonal world? I think everyone should get a course in both.

This image, taken on a sunny day, highlights the need for some adjustability of the iphone camera.

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The iPhone has definitely been successful in causing me to take another look at a few iApps I haven’t really used very much, namely iCal. iCal is pretty good, but I don’t like that it sends invites from only one account (I know you can hack this, but still…), and of course the issue that iCal doesn’t connect to Microsoft Exchange natively (and there’s a way to do this too, using Snerdware’s Groupcal). These are all fixable, however, Entourage does this out of the box, so path of least resistance. Entourage, though is Rosetta-ware, until the new version of Office comes out and it’s a little bloaty, but it does work well.

Enter iPhone - it’s set up to sync with iCal, and it says in the documentation, Entourage, and lo and behold, it works. People have been asking about it, so I’m posting my experience here.

Here’s a gallery of relevant screen shots, click to view:

Here’s what I did:

1. In Entourage, Go to Preferences, Sync Services, and check the box for the calendar you want to sync to (I’m choosing to not bring Exchange into this right now)
2. In iCal, create a Calendar named “Entourage”. I think if you don’t create this, it will be created for you anyway.

Voila. Entourage and iCal are talking. And they like each other too.

3. In iTunes, with your iPhone connected to your Mac, click on the Info Tab, and scroll down to Calendars
4. Note the setup here is a little goofy. Click on “Sync Selected” Calendars, and both Entourage and Personal
5. Change the “New events” setting to Entourage

4 and 5 I figured out because when I only had an “Entourage” calendar and added a new even from iPhone, it created a “Personal” calendar, which did not sync back to Entourage. When I clicked on “Sync Selected,” it allowed me to change the “new items” setting to Entourage

So…it works now. iPhone talks to iCal which talks to Entourage.

As I said in #1, I’m not interested in syncing all the way back to Exchange right now, but this should get anyone started on that path.

And the iPhone is an incredible device. It will be that much more incredible when it can do MMS. Thank you, Apple, Inc!

What’s happening with Phoenix. Is the dream dying?

Phoenix | Into the ashes | Economist.com

New lululemon store coming to town. Except isn’t yogawear passe?

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Pravda studios, Seattle

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Courtesy of macintosh. The way it should be.

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He’s setup crew for a dinner event tonight.

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It’s rastastic, raslicious. RSS was tailor made for iPhone. Now we have it and the Internet is easy to use. Hooray.

A few points for Newsgator, however, Google reader has a bit of an edge because it will pull in the original text of a blog/web site without making you go visit it if you ask for more.

NewsGator announces mobile RSS reader for iPhone

Hotel Max. Downtown Seattle.

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