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Coda™ is brilliant!

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Have you ever watched ABC TV’s ‘Extreme Home Makeover?’ If so, were you struck by how many times the family members said, “Oh, my God!” when they viewed their new home for the first time?

A company called Panic presented me with a new home, of sorts, yesterday. My home is a new Mac OS X program they’ve named Coda™. When my new home was revealed, I found myself saying things like “Wow,” “Neat,” “What Fun” and I’ll bet I even said, “Oh, my God!”

Panic describes Coda as ‘one-window web development.’ Coda helps me organize, visualize and conceptualize my web sites. I can edit, upload and download. Coda even teaches me about HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript. Coda does all sorts of impressive things, but I’ve discovered that the very best thing Coda does for me is that it facilitates my productivity.

The good folks at Panic clearly had a web site coding epiphany; one of those ‘Duh’ moments. Perhaps that’s why they called their new baby ‘Code Duh.’ Coda is brilliant! Click here to check out Coda for yourself.

Written by DrFrank

April 24th, 2007 at 8:50 am

Posted in Mac OS X

Buffett Endorses Network Marketing

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Warren Edward Buffett was ranked as the third-richest person in the world (Forbes magazine 200704). His current net worth is estimated to be approximately $52,000,000,000 US.

Are you aware that Mr. Buffett apparently characterized his purchase of a network marketing company as,

“The best investment I ever made.”

If you’re a network marketer, is Mr. Buffett’s characterization something to get excited about?

A network marketing cynic would almost certainly say something like, “Mr. Buffett’s statement does nothing more than affirm that it can be very profitable to own a network marketing company.” Is the cynic correct? Superficially, yes - of course, the critic is right, but there may well be more to the story.

Mr. Buffett is well-known for his frugal lifestyle. He takes an annual salary of about $100,000; tiny in comparison to senior executives at most American corporations. Mr. Buffett lives in the Nebraska home he purchased in the late 1950s for a little over $30,000. Very significantly, in the Summer of 2006, Mr. Buffett made a commitment to give most of his fortune to charity.

My conclusion is that network marketing benefits from the endorsement of a gentleman who appears to posses character, integrity and credibility.

Written by DrFrank

April 23rd, 2007 at 10:36 am

Organize Your PDFs

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Have you ever asked yourself, “How can I organize all my PDFs?”

Consider using Yep.

On first launch, Yep locates all the PDFs on your Mac, and shows them to you in a simple iPhoto-like interface. Yep then displays your PDF documents in one place. It’s a simple, intuitive, but amazingly powerful, PDF management system. Yep is actually easier to use than it is to describe.

I downloaded a trial version and purchased it a few minutes later.

Written by DrFrank

April 18th, 2007 at 8:20 am

Posted in Business, Mac OS X

Vemma Set to Launch in Mexico

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The Vemma Nutrition Company expects to open for business in Mexico (United Mexican States) in the near future. I’m looking for a bilingual Spanish/English Mexican partner. Click here to contact me.

Written by DrFrank

April 17th, 2007 at 10:27 am