I am a Google Apps evangelist. I use their services for both sides of our business and I also have a personal account. Now, with the addition of new features, they have become very close to providing a total platform for an agile business. With all of that goodness, there are four main features that are missing. Here is my plea to Google.
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I have been recently inspired to eat real food by Devlyn Steele and Michael Pollan. As I began to look out into the great wilderness (supermarket chains), I found it hard to find a great selection of real food. Here are some resources to help make it easy for you to find real food grown locally.
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Lucky Gmail users have been able to use these features for some time now, while us Google Apps users have been quietly waiting. Personally, I’m glad Google took the time to get the features working flawlessly before deploying for business use. After spending some time understanding the new features, I have found some great new productivity enhancements to share.
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I am a fan of using Gmail for all of my email needs, in particular, the Google Apps version. However, there is one thing that Gmail is missing that I find essential for increasing email productivity. How do you send an email at a specific time in the future? This blog post will show you how to do that using free tools. Enjoy!
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I have had the great luxury of spending some quality personal time with Devlyn Steele of ToolsToLife.com, which has been of tremendous benefit to myself and my companies. I am eager to share these tools that Develyn has given me so that you can improve both your personal and business life, since my life goal is to create the greatest positive change for the most people over the longest period of time.

Before I go into the tools themselves, I would like to take a moment to invite you to join Devlyn’s free online 90 day program ToolsToLife.com, which would cost you upwards of $300 an hour to obtain in person. It truly is one the best values I have found online. I am personally on day number 15 and loving every day of it.
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If you want to supercharge your in person networking skills, then these twelve questions are the foundational keys and the tools you will need to expand your network rapidly. These pearls of wisdom were taught to me by Larry “The Connector” Benet. Larry teaches people how to turn contacts into relationships. Enjoy, and may your network flourish.

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During this Valentines Day, I urge you to consider love at a global level. Devlyn Steele, founder of ToolsToLife.com, introduced me to seven amazing websites that have a primary goal to change the world through networks of people with big hearts. Enjoy.

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Richard St. John gave an excellent presentation at TED about success. In the spirit of Napoleon Hill, he interviewed more than 500 successful people to come to his conclusions, and he presents it all in 3 minutes. Following a written summary of the talk.

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Unfortunately, most websites are still not usable with Pocket IE. Either its an issue with Javascript, which hurts the functionality, or the formatting makes its painful to view. In particular, I am talking about the Windows Mobile 5 version of Pocket IE. Following is a roundup of the best usable websites I use regularly on Pocket IE.

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As we turn towards web based tools to run our digital lives, I find it important to utilize a set of criteria. Using these seven criterion, you can reduce the chance of turning your digital life into a digital nightmare.

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