Believe in Hope, a poem by Tommy Fishback

Believe in Hope, a poem by Tommy Fishback

When the morning sun peaks through
We see that we are the lucky few
To live the day bright awake
Live it well, give and take

The mellow shines above the moon
The day is coming, but not too soon
The hallow heart, it’s half full
Soft like a pillow, gentle like wool

Pull on life, pull on others
Love your neighbor, like a brother
When to try to believe,
We must not let the patience leave

The twilight hour has begun,
We have not lost, but have we won?
We try to love and set free,
But first we must count to three

The dusk darkens above them all
Not to big, but not too small
We wash our soul and mind with soap,
And now we can begin to believe in hope

Features the iSlate should have

With news surfacing every day about the new Apple table also know as the “iSlate”, and with Apple having booked a media event on Jan 26. We can directly see that the tablet is eminent and I have went a ahead a threw in a few things that the iSlate should have from both the software & hardware aspect.
  • Slightly curved design, from an ergonomic standpoint, and for typing.
  • GPS.
  • The App store.
  • eBook & Magazine reader.
  • New touch gestures.
  • Optional built in 3G aircard (probably powered by At&t).
  • A unique onscreen keyboard to adapt to the design of the device.
  • The device will run a hybrid of OSX desktop & iphone OSX

Tweeting from Terminal

Now if you know me (and you probably do) you know that I love the Twitter service and I am an avid Tweeter. After stumbling upon a blog post online I found how to use the terminal utility within Mac OS X to send out tweets to Twitter. Here’s how to use this fun magic trick.

In Terminal type the following replacing the specific data as you need.

curl -u username:password -d status="message" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml

Enhance your business with Twitter

In the year 2009 Twitter rapidly gained the global hegemony of the top social networks. From political figures, movie stars, and even huge government agencies using the power of Twitter to reach out to other people. Now with Twitter rapidly connecting people with their favorite individuals, agencies, and even brands. More and more people on Twitter are following the brands the know to come and love, and beyond that fact they are connecting with their favorite brands, organizations, products, and companies. So with more and more business looking towards the power of Twitter to bring the future of their business to the table, you (and your business) must also adapt to this trend that is hitting the mainstream market. Here are a few tips, tricks, & guidelines to follow when starting a Twitter page for your business, brand, etc.

  1. Don’t Auto-Tweet - Now when it comes down to the core reason of using Twitter (sending short-messages) you must not use a client (program) that Auto-tweets messages. The core message behind Twitter is interaction, and when it comes down to your brand, you must interact with your followers. So set someone aside to tweet out the companies thoughts and ideas for the future, and to respond and thank others for re-tweets and @replies. Now with Twitter you don’t need to allocate thousands of dollars to research on your marketing group, all you need to do is having your brand become more social.
  2. Keep your Twitter page simplistic – After having proper etiquette when sending out tweets we have to get down the the appearance and basic looks of your Twitter page. Having your Twitter page in perfect style is imperative. Be sure to have “all” (all means all) of the bio, location, web address information filled out on your Twitter page, because they want to know a little bit more about your brand and where it’s operating at. Also be sure to have nice background and elegant profile picture; now don’t be cheap and just go with the free Twitter background (unless of course you have to). Just whip up a nice background in Photoshop or pull one offline.
  3. Pick a Twitter client that’s right for your company - Now down to the last tip on todays topic. It’s choosing the right Twitter client for your business. One thing to keep in mind is to rarely ever use the web client provided on the Twitter site (this is all depending on the size of your business and it’s perspective on neighboring companies. One client I love using for business purposes is Cotweet, it allows tons of great, unique features, that will keep your businesses Twitter on the right track to success.

So here are 3 tips that will get you and your business on the right track when using Twitter.

New Years resolutions

  1. Build a social network
  2. Redesign my blog
  3. Use more web services (web apps)
  4. Use 1-hour of my time to study, or practice 1 subject from school
  5. Have a few Meetups with social media friends from twitter
  6. Be a speaker at a few technology events
  7. Build an iPhone App
  8. Start a tech-related podcast
  9. Build a better community around ‘Tommy Fishback’
  10. Invest in domain purchases
  11. Write a book

What is Apple’s next step with Lala?

With Apple’s recent aqusition of the music streaming service “Lala”, we wonder and ponder what will Apple’s next step with the service or will the shut it down and leave it in the dark?

Digital Greetings & Happy Thanksgiving

“Be thankful for what you are, but be hopeful for what you may become.” – Tommy Fishback

Goals

This is my temporary list of goals that I would like to achieve, they all have the same focus “the internet”. So I am taking steps to accomplish the following goals; and I am currently organizing my ideas and thoughts about the individual projects.

  • Launch a nonprofit organization
  • Create an iPhone app
  • Build a location-based social network
  • Start a tech-related podcast

iPhone features that are missing, that need to be there


The list

  1. Ability to search recent calls by city ( ex search miami, and pull up all the recent calls involving a miami area code)
  2. Quick respond – ability to respond to text messages by a push notification pop up window
  3. Universal search – ability to use the search box on the home screen to search google, and the web
  4. Ability to save email attachments
  5. Notifications bar
  6. Use voice search to search the web
  7. Ability to sync with your mac (wirelessly) via bluetooth

Essential Mac apps

I have compiled a list of a few essential mac apps that I use on a daily basis.

  • Hulu Desktop – With the Hulu desktop, it transforms your mac intro the essential set top box. It’s powered by the wide variety of diverse content on Hulu, and brings it to your mac desktop. Use your Apple remote to navigate the menus and watch your favorite movies and tv shows with ease and simplicity.

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