Hello world!

I have not written anything for a while. I am going to try to get back into it. The problem is that my health is still pretty bad. We will see.

MOBILE WIFI

I have another new technology—Mobile Wifi. I got it as an alternative to buying a new cellphone. I first bought a Nokia Internet Tablet on Ebay. I got it for about half price—and it turned out to be in excellent condition. I got  a little mifi hotspot for one cent and a 40 dollar per month data plan.

I can make calls on it using Skype. Since my business number is a Skype call-in, that means, essentially, that my mobile number is the same as my business number. I can also do email and unlimited free texting using Google Voice. I can also browse the web and use email. In short, I can do all the fancy stuff without paying a big price. Since I do not use a cell all that often, the limited plan will do fine. I also get free wifi at all Verizon hotspots—mostly hotels and Starbucks. It is generally pretty easy to find a Starbucks in NJ. I tested it at the local Starbucks and it works great.

Talking about YouTube – Psalms

 

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YouTube – Psalms
 

New Features

I just happened to notice that you can embed videos in blogs with Windows Live Writer, the blogging software I use. I am going to use this blog post to test this feature. I looked and it obviously does not work on my website, though it does appear if you go directly to the blog.

I can post a video outside the area where the blog is embedded, at the bottom of the page. Take a look.

All Work and No Play

It happened to me again. I started playing with Youtube about 4 hours ago. I did not plan any of this–  http://www.youtube.com/user/bookmarc1947.  It just happened. I started performing and posting poetry and writing a profile and so on.

I am going to try to see if I can embed one of the poems I posted directly in the blog. If you cannot see anything, it obviously did not work.

Hootsuite

I am really enjoying this application. It can be had at the Hootsuite site. It is basically a social media dashboard. I have mine set up so that I can post to my Facebook account, my fan page, my twitter account, a fan page for a client, a client’s twitter account, several other pages I administer and my Linkedin account, all in one place. I can post the same thing on multiple locations. And I can set up posts to be delivered later in the day.  It saves me a lot of time logging off and logging on multiple accounts. I really endorse this.

If you work with social media, this is good stuff.

Business

Business is not so good—and it does not help that I am not either. I have been under the weather for several months. I have been concentrating on doing the writing I get paid for and letting everything else go. Oddly enough, I think that was not a good idea. It has in fact only made things worse.

Writing focuses me. It is something I do well and it makes me feel better about myself—and how you feel about yourself is an issue when you have an age-related mood disorder. I am going to update all my personal blogs and pages and try to keep them updated. I might even write some more poetry—like this:

Psalms 5

Somewhere, just before the end,
before spinning randomly myself in the wind
I will wear my earthly colors then,
shades more subtle than green
before spinning I descend
softly back to earth,
slowly in the wind.
I trust to rise again. I trust to rise again. I trust to rise again.