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November 24th, 2006

Blackberry Alternative?

I sometimes find myself envious of those Blackberry users out there that have access to their email with them all the time. Not so envious that I plan on going out and purchasing a Blackberry… at least not this year! But rather wishing that I could send and receive emails, especially when traveling or out of the office.

It seems as though a solution may be on the way, however, from a company called Berggi. They have developed a way for cell phone users to send and receive emails through the phone that they probably already have. According to the Berggi site, the service will work with inexpensive phones, even those you might get free with your plan. The service will not, however, work with a Blackberry, Treo of computer style phone.

There are plans for email and/or instant messaging and all plans seem to include free text messaging to other Berggi user. Service plans start at $9.99 a month after a 3-month trial period.

So, if you are looking for an email option for your current cell phone, surf over to Berggi and see what you think.

November 24th, 2006

Keeping Notes On Your Journey

Back in July, I wrote about a neat little web app, Joe’s Goals, that helps you track your progress towards developing new habits or changing old ones.  You can read that post here.

Now Ian, aka ‘Joe’, has done it again.  He has created Joe’s Logbook, which allows you to add notes to any of the daily activities that you choose to track.  You can include details about your successes or setbacks, record your experiences or journal about your day.

Some suggested examples include:

  • Dream Journal
  • Spending Log
  • Food Diary
  • Writing Journal
  • Travel Journal
  • Physical Training Log

You can create as many logbooks as you wish.  And yes, they work seemlessly with Joe’s Goals!

Surf on over to Joe’s Logbook, give it a whirl and let us know here what you think.

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