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		<title>Life Long Learning&#8211;Preparing for the Knowledge Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mickley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are not familiar with the term &#8216;knowledge economy&#8217;, please become so. We are not suffering from Obama or Bush economic policies, but from shifting economic eras. It is convenient and tempting &#8211; but WRONG &#8211; to attribute current economic woes to one political party or another, to outsourcing or to off-shoring.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/life-long-learningpreparing-for-the-knowledge-economy" title="Life Long Learning&#8211;Preparing for the Knowledge Economy">Continue Reading--9 words</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Sync bookmarks on ALL of your computers automatically</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mickley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most office workers nowadays use more than one computer which generates all-too-common problems&#8211;not the least of which is the problem of remembering the links to all of the critical web sites you need to visit on a regular basis. This solution is so simple and the benefit is so great I can&#8217;t believe everyone isn&#8217;t already using one service or another.&#160; My solution is Foxmarks, but there are numerous others. <br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/sync-bookmarks-on-all-of-your-computers-automatically" title="Sync bookmarks on ALL of your computers automatically">Continue Reading--5 words</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>LastPass Password Manager :: Add-ons for Firefox</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mickley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LastPass is a free online password manager and Form Filler that makes  your web browsing easier and more secure.   LastPass supports IE and  Firefox as Plugins (Opera, Safari, Chrome, iPhone, Opera Mini via  Bookmarklets), allows you to import from every major password storage  vendor and export too, captures passwords that other managers won&#8217;t  including many AJAX forms, and allows you to make strong passwords  easily.  Your sensitive data is encrypted _locally_ before upload so  even LastPass cannot get access to it.  One Time Passwords &#38; Screen  Keyboard help protect your master password.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/lastpass-password-manager-add-ons-for-firefox" title="LastPass Password Manager :: Add-ons for Firefox">Continue Reading--3 words</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>VBA code to fix phone numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mickley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you have exported phone numbers from Outlook or other sources, some are not formatted as you need them to be (in order for VoiP programs to recognize them).

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The text below converts a number rendered as 3304561212 into (330) 456-1212.&#160; Paste the code into MS Word VBA module (Alt-F11) and assign it to a key command or macro button.&#160; Then, with the cursor in front of the bad phone number, activate the macro.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/vba-code-to-fix-phone-numbers" title="VBA code to fix phone numbers">Continue Reading--29 words</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaim your desk &#8211; mount the monitor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mickley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you really want to maximize efficiency, there are a few no-brainers.&#160; Besides cordless keyboard and mouse, and double-monitors (the obvious choice being flat-screen monitors), the next improvement is to mount your monitors above the desk surface.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/reclaim-your-desk-mount-the-monitor" title="Reclaim your desk &#8211; mount the monitor">Continue Reading--21 words</a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>eBay scans RedLaser barcode scanning app for iPhone and makes it free</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mickley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joel Evans &#124; June 25, 2010, 3:34am PDT

One of my favorite and most used apps for iPhone is RedLaser. The main reason is that it has saved me a ton of money since I first downloaded it for 99 cents. 

If you’re not familiar with RedLaser, you simply launch the app and then hold your iPhone so that the bar code of the item you want to scan is in view of the iPhone’s camera. Seconds later it does a lookup to the internet and shows you the prices that the item is selling for at various stores and internet sites. My favorite moment was when I used it to scan a cordless phone package at Best Buy only to find that same cordless phone on sale on BestBuy.com. Moments later I showed the scan to the cashier and she price matched.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://mickley.net/worksmart/ebay-scans-redlaser-barcode-scanning-app-for-iphone-and-makes-it-free" title="eBay scans RedLaser barcode scanning app for iPhone and makes it free">Continue Reading--22 words</a></span>]]></description>
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