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4 Ways iBooks is One of iPad’s Best Apps

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For those of you having followed me a while, you know I do a fair number of book reviews. In the interest of continual self-improvement I am constantly reading new books. Shortly after I finish each (business) book I generally post a review.

My favorite tool streamlining the process is iPad’s reader application. Elegantly implemented, simple to use, iBooks is more than ‘just a reader’ application. It is also a tool you can leverage to really make life easier.

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The Making of Squishy History

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Squishy history is what you get when you add 3 parts text, with one part digitization. As more of the text we read becomes digital, the temptation to fiddle, tweak, and change becomes irresistible.

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Happy New Year!

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I’m tickled to have all of you with me as we venture into this new year. Thank you, to each of you, my readers and subscribers, for having been with me in 2011. You have probably already noticed, JTPEDERSEN.NET’s seen significant change over the past week or so.  It was time.  Nearly 3 years since [...]

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Social Media & Product Management (Pt. 4)

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Part (4) of a series on Social Media & Product Management. Not just for Advertising, tools like AdWords can be creatively used for more than lead generation.

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Social Media & Product Management (Pt. 3)

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Part (3) of a series on Social Media & Product Management.
Looking more closely at the Media bucket: networking, aggregators, and outposts.

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5 Basics Business Hotels Still Need to Master

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5 Basics contemporary business hotels still struggle with. Business travel has been around in its current form for decades…so why?

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Why So Negative? Can’t You Be Positive?

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A product or service exists to solve a problem. That’s a negative. Can you still sell a product if there’s no problem to solve?

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Surprised? Charging Stations Outpace Their Cars

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That charging stations outpace PEV demand is no surprise. Few are likely aware of just how broad the range of government subsidized green energy solutions is.

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T. Boone Pickens at the DEC

A brief overview of T. Boone Pickens’ discussion, Oct. 13, 2011, at the Detroit Economic Club.

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The Problem With the Truth

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Truth is a perception. It’s based on what we know at a point in time. Accept that new ideas, new realities, may make it necessary to change how you perceive a given truth.