Since we switched to Google Apps for business functions like email and calendar scheduling, I’ve spent more time than ever with Google on my computer screen.
Need I mention how often I also rely on Google offline?
Google 411 is Google’s (free) answer to finding whitepages information on the go. Sure calling is a cool option, but my favorite feature is the texting (surprise). Type in the name of the business and zip code (in my experience it only has to be a close-ish zip code) or city and text it to GOOGLE (466453). Within seconds, Google texts you right back with all the information you need. Did I mention the service is free (plus whatever you pay your cell phone provider for text messages)?
I’m obsessed.
So it’s been a really busy couple of weeks here in the West End, but that hasn’t dampened our enthusiasm for blogging. And we couldn’t be happier that one of our favorite clients still LUVs to blog.
Here’s wishing you more candy than you should be allowed to eat at once for Valentine’s Day.
Lynsey (the newest edition to our FEC team- don’t worry, her bio will be up in the community section soon) brought us some King Cake today for Fat Tuesday.
For those of you unfamiliar with the tradition, a King cake is named as such after the Three Wise Men who brought gifts to Jesus - Fat Tuesday is the last day of the season of Epiphany (the season commemorating the Wise Men’s journey) on the church calendar.
The cake is iced in Mardi Gras colors with a little plastic baby (representing Jesus) baked into it. The tradition goes that whoever’s piece has the baby in it will have good luck for the rest of the year (and has to bring the King cake to the party next year).
No sign of the baby yet.
Shortly after the holidays we walked in to the RD2 offices and saw that Santa Ronan had brought us a shiny new 42″ flat-panel HDTV. It’s got a gorgeous picture and has come in very handy for presentations in the office. As long as there’s a nice new TV there, what office couldn’t use a sweet gaming console to go along with it? Oh, right…
But wait! Thanks to a Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. candidate and his innovative solution to create a low-cost interactive whiteboard, there is now a business case for outfitting your office with a Nintendo Wii system. All you need is a “Wiimote”, an infrared LED light-pen (see the video on how to make one yourself) a Bluetooth connection and his software. And if you’re going to have a Wiimote or two laying around the office, you might as well go the full nine, right?
