By Stephanie Cockerl on March 12, 2010
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John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing wrote a post about Make a Referral Week, which happens to be this week. In the spirit of things, I’m going to recommend Google Voice.
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By Stephanie Cockerl on March 9, 2010
I am a 37signals affiliate.
Being that this is Make a Referral Week, I thought I would make some attempt to recommend a product that I use and I like. Thanks to John Jantsch and Colleen Wainwright for the motivation.

For the past couple of years or so, I have been using Ta-Da List, until the list grew, and grew and grew!
I didn’t want to put my personal projects into my Basecamp account, nor did I want to put my to do items in my Highrise account, so what’s a person to do.
Until last week, I forgot that I had a Backpack account. So I finally caved and got the solo account.
It allows you to create different pages. For instance, I have a page for my summer trips and a couple of events I’m planning that are not business related. I can share these pages with my family and friends so that everyone is on the same page regarding events and celebrations.
Oops! Did I almost give something away.
Quickly changing the subject, I also like both the reminders feature that go to an email and the calendar which you can also sync with your organizer of choice. (Outlook, iPhone/iPod, etc.)
So now my personal life is almost as organized as my professional life.
Looking for more referrals? Look at my special offers section for referrals and discounts.
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By Stephanie Cockerl on February 25, 2010
I am an Amazon and Mozy affiliate.


A week ago, I went to the Apple store. I was able to recover my music from the incident, thanks to Mozy Unlimited Backup. I was able to download my free applications, but not my paid ones.
The person at the Genius Bar told me that I should of been able to re-download my paid apps free of charge.
Unfortunately, I searched for an paid app that I previously had, but the app had an upgraded version, which meant no free download. So $2.99 later, I l learned the hard way that it was “not” an application I had before.
So if misfortune befalls your iPhone or iPod Touch and you need to reinstall everything, please take heed of my tale.
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By Stephanie Cockerl on February 22, 2010

Here it is, another weekend. For the past several weekends, I have been making room for a new arrival.
Just like that story on The Secret,
where the woman started packing her things because she wanted to move. So I began to digitally pack my things in anticipation of a new computer. I don’t know which platform yet, but that’s for another post.
It all started with my laptop scare and this post from Web Worker Daily brought the point home. It is time to clean up the computers.
On the desktop PC, I went to the Control Panel and clicked on “Programs and Features” on Vista or “Add or Remove Programs” on XP. You can go through the programs based on how often you use them, when was the last time you used a particular program. In my case it doesn’t matter since “I’m moving”.
However, I think it a good practice to at least review your applications quarterly to find out what programs are essential versus the ones who are taking up valuable space on your computer.
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