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My GPS location published on this blog

This is a really cool application which updates my location based on signals from my Tmobile android "google phone." See setup instructions here: http://www.google.com/latitude/apps/badge 

I took it one step further and created a http://tinyurl.com/nathanchitty url which give a full page view in an internet browser. When the gps function is turned off, the last location broadcast is shown and the elasped time from when the signal was last broadcast.

In addition, I set up some "draft" emails in my cell phone with the tinyurl which can sent real time if I am traveling to meet someone. It was helpful the other day as I was driving a few hours  for a business meeting.

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60 Most Wanted Photoshop Tutorials & Resources

Photoshop is a great program but is so complex. I use Adobe Photo Elements which is a kind of Photoshop lite. However, for some folks, they need the full Monty. This is a good resource for Photoshop, the full version.

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Picture sent to Typepad with email

This is the last picture of our family together in our home in Sewanee.

Typepad is now accepting photos and postings from email directly to your weblog. Pretty amazing.

donorschoose.org is a great web site.

http://www.donorschoose.org

This is a site where teachers use a web site to say what they need to help students.

In my years of working with non profits, when a donor is making a specific pledge, they are more inclined to give and more generous.

Wayback Machine Web Page

I was reading "How" this morning for the 2nd time. This is an interesting book. I got all the way thru it and it was not until the last chapter that it really got my interest with the discussion of Leadership.

Anyway, as I read it again I noted a web site Wayback Machine and did a google search on the term.

The actual web site is http://www.archive.org/index.php . I did a search on some old web sites I had created in the past:

http://www.nathanchitty.com http://www.psoraya.com and http://www.sunbeltma.com and found versions over 8 years old.

Mind Mapping Software

In reading HOW TO THINK LIKE LEONARDO da VINCI the author recommended using some Mind Maps for the exercises. My friend, Greorge Myers uses Mindjet which he likes a lot.

I did some searching and found some interesting mind mapping software that is reasonably priced from Inspiration software. I downloaded and installed the trial version of Inspiration version 8 and did the tutorial. It is really good. If you have not done Mind Mapping before, it is  worth the time to download the trial and go thru the tutorial.

There are many choices of Mind Mapping software from the Google page.

Michio Kaku gives a great explanation of the end of Moores Law and ..

Michio Kaku is a Japanese American theoretical physicist, tenured professor, and co-founder of string field theory, a branch of superstring theory.

In the first video Dr. Kaku gives a great explanation of the end of Moores Law and in the second video he explains the transition of the planet earth to a global society which derives power from the sun. This concept is discussed in detail in his book Parallel Worlds. Here is a review of the book describing the transition of Planet Earth to a new order. "PARALLEL WORLDS really gets interesting when Kaku discusses Nikolai Kardashev's classification of civilizations according to energy output. Type I would have harnessed planetary forms of energy. Type II would be able to consume the energy output of its star and might even be able to ignite neutron stars. Type III has colonized large portions of its home galaxy and is able to use the energy from ten billion stars. Earth is a rather primitive civilization in contrast. Kaku states that if we reach Type I civilization it may launch a time of "unparalleled peace and prosperity." But that's a big if, considering the greenhouse effect, pollutin, nuclear war, fundamentalism and disease. "

His personal web site is http://www.mkaku.org/

Top of the Google Search Page for Nathan Chitty Blog

I was just wondering how my name and blog appeared in a Google search of Nathan Chitty Blog.

Did they even have it in there?

I was happy to see that they did have the blog and that it hit the top of the list with my entry on:Nathan Chitty Blog: How I use Typepad to create a Weblog! I had done a screenshot video and posted it to http://youtube.com so that may have helped get it to the top of the list. I don't know.

 

How I use Typepad to create a Weblog

I was speaking with my sister Em this morning and encouraging her to start her own blog. Em is an expert editor and also has some strong opinions about various topics.

Here is a screenshot video explaining how I use Typepad to create my weblog.

Garmin GPS

While in Chicago I rented a car from Alamo (a great experience, you get to pick your car from a selection of the car types while on the lot, a great idea).

As an option, you could rent a GPS, I got a Garmin 340, what a fantasic experience. It was so easy to use and it got me to my destinations in Chicago without any problem. I am good with maps but I know it would have been hard without it.