So my wife, in her infinite wisdom, got me an Amazon gift card for Father’s day. Apparently I’m hard to shop for. :{

I don’t think I’m hard to shop for. Go figure.

Anyway, there were so many cool gadgets. Bigger memory cards for my phone; a stylus for touch screens; a cloth that keeps the notebook screen clean when it closes. This list could go on and on.

Finally, I settled for a good bluetooth headset. I lose or break them more than I care to admit.

I found one with a low profile and noise canceling features called the Jawbone PRIME JBT01 Bluetooth Headset. Looking around on Amazon I found it listed for as much as $100. Ouch.

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Now I don’t usually give up that easily on Amazon. And I had a virtual gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket. So I looked a little harder and found this:

Jawbone PRIME JBT01 Bluetooth Headset – Retail Packaging – Silver for $21!

Try that at Costco

To the right is a pic of what came in the mail 2 days later. So far it is the clearest sound I’ve ever had on a bluetooth headset. (I’ve used 4 others). It comes with a wealth of parts to adjust perfectly to your ear and a charging cable that can plug into your computer’s USB port or an A/C adapter.

Let me add that the charging cable has a nice magnetic connector like some of those new notebooks. So you don’t feel like you are putting extra wear on the headset when you attach it to the charging cable.

So far, I really like it

If you only back up to a hard drive, it WILL fail. One day when you really don’t have time to deal with it. If you aren’t already working with my friend Alex Liebeskind, you should look into this.

It’s especially nice if you use multiple computers, and ANY kind of smartphone. The Basic package is free.
I backup 30 GB constantly and they are synced between two computers as well. I pay $4.99 a month for peace of mind.

Best of all you can give someone a URL to a big file which they can download.
It’s good stuff.

Check it out now…

I built this for a presentation last week, but I’ve had lots of requests to see it again. This is a demonstration of how a web site is built using WordPress.

http://m.zdnet.com/blog/apple/apple-looks-at-magnetic-induction-to-power-mobile-devices/9760?alertspromo=&tag=nl.rSINGLE

Sometimes you can’t be there to explain something in person. Sometimes it’s just plain easier to show people then to tell people. Sometimes you need to show something to many people, but they can’t all be there at once.

A great solution is a screen cast. That’s where you record a session on your computer and then share it on your website for others to see. You can share a PowerPoint presentation or even steps to setup email. Higher end solutions let you add custom artwork, audio and your branding.

Contact Nohl at Focus Web Works to learn how you can do this too. The software is free. We like Jing

Here’s an example (Just click on it to play):