At 45, I am a bit old to start text messaging…but it does come in handy sometimes. I really like the abbreviations that come in handy:

IMTNG= I am in a meeting

WIIFM= What is in it for me?

SLAP= Sounds like a plan

I have never heard of tagging. But I learned now tagging is assigning your own keywords to things online like photos or blog entries so you can categorize them and locate them easily in the future.

For example, del.icio.us –

"…is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add web pages you like to […]

AOL just released a survey about American’s email habits:

41% check their email first thing in the morning.

40% have checked it in the middle of the night.

61% check their personal email at work…three times a day.

With so much interest in email, are you missing out on targeting your customers with snappy emails? 

One of the most creative entrepreneurs I have ever worked with is Scott Jordan, Founder and CEO of Scottevest. Four years back, Scott created Technology Enabled Clothing to hold all the gadgets we use all the time. He has a most ingenious ad on his web site that leverages the iPod craze. Watch it!

Mary Schmich wrote this article yesterday in the Chicago Tribune.

She writes:

"Have you ever gazed into hell? I did right then. Let me tell you what it looks like.

"Hell is a place crowded with people thumbing their BlackBerries, chattering on their cell phones, shaking their earphones to […]

I have had to get use to living with Spam. Yahoo does a pretty good job of filtering it out. It is even a bit funny to see what the spammers are selling, what the phishers are trying to get me to bite on, the hackers are trying to do to destroy my computer.