This summer I have been working on a new project with Joe Klein and Bill Fortune called New Media Creative. They are talking about the voice aspect of the business on LA New Media Ustream TV show.
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I keep losing track of the Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Preferred Technical Specifications so I am publishing them here for my own records.
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So there that is, now I need to get to the store and buy some disposable diapers for my youngest. 
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Here’s a quick little tip for working with Dragon Naturally Speaking and Mobile Recording Devices such as the Sony IC Recorder line of Pocket USB recorders.
Before you run Dragon Naturally Speaking 10’s ‘Transcribe’ function on a file stored on your device, simply copy the file over to your computers hard drive.
Then you can run the transcription!
There you have it, another day another tip, with a service that can save you tons of time, energy and money which you can use to pay bills, save for retirement, upgrade your air conditioner for coming global warming events (focus on the ac compressor) or whatever you need.
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For the last couple of weeks, I have been traveling the country from coast to coast. I started my recent journey by heading to Los Angeles. From there, I then traveled to Laughlin Nevada followed by Las Vegas Nevada. And then back home to Belmont North Carolina. This week I’ve been took another trip to Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
Through all this traveling, I’ve learned something about myself. I’ve learned something that’s changed about myself. I have learned how to traveling get work done.
In past years, whenever I would travel almost anywhere, I would have difficulty sleeping in hotels and it would be much less productive while I was on the road. These days, I have found a way to relax more and sleep better in hotels, and after much effort I’ve put together a set of tools that help me to be productive in a matter where it is that I might be working.
These tools include the following items:
These are the tools that have made it possible for me to be much more effective when traveling on the road. There’s one item on here that is probably a notable exception, and that any mention of a cell phone.
A cell phone is definitely essential, but I’m currently in between cell phones. I’m not one of those crazy people that doesn’t have a cell phone. I’m one of those people that had to give up their smart phone or a small little Nokia while I look for a replacement smart phone.
I used to be hooked on my Treo, but Verizon Wireless’s extremely poor service and even worse execution of configuring the Treo 700 P. to work on the Verizon wireless network as we me off the use of my smart phone of choice. Verizon wireless loaded down the trail was so much garbage software that the device barely took a phone call or record a voicemail let alone send or receive e-mail successfully or any of the other things the smartphone should be able to do.
So these days, I’m shopping around for new smart phone. I refuse to do business with AT&T so iPhone is out of the question. AT&T stole thousand dollars from a few years back and it just won’t do business with them ever again. Right now I have a cell plan through T-Mobile, which has been an excellent service provider for me over the years even though their network is now not as fast as some of their competitors. They are reliable and in my experience they have been very honest. These days I’ll choose honesty and reliability over speed, corruption, and terrible service.
So I’m looking for a good smartphone that will work on T-Mobile’s network. I think I might try the Nokia N95. I’ve been very impressed by the capabilities of this particular phone. It’s a little pricey, but if I can use it on the T-Mobile network it might just be the next tool to be added to my list above.
Now, all I need to do is find a way to beat my diet coke habit and learn how to exercise on a regular basis while I’m traveling. If I could achieve those goals, I’d be very happy with my ability to travel well. I don’t like packing extra exercise clothes and shoes, but it is a necessary evil. I haven’t found a good way to get off Diet Coke either, even though I’ve tried about everything from green tea to bottled water. I’ve even considered but not tried supplement drinks like Orovo and various vitamin and energy drinks, but they just seem like I’d be swapping the devil I know for the one I do not.
Regardless, I am happy that I have gotten better at getting things done on the road, and will start finding a way to get better in these new areas going forward.
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This summer I have become a major fan of those great little portable hard drives from Western Digital that plug in to your computer or laptop via USB. I have one for music, and another for videos, and yet another for important documents, bills, files, etc.
I’m addicted. There’s something fantastic about being able to visually organize your hard drives and benefit from the inexpensive and fast little hard drive that takes up no space hardly in your back pack or desk.
That said, it can be a major mistake to reboot or start up your pc computer or laptop with one of those great little drives attached. This can be a sure fire way of passing on a virus to your machine or cranking up a nice little systems error as your machine gets confused by the hard drives listed in its BIOS.
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