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Good Article — “The Case for Generosity” — from Anya Kamenetz of Fastcompany.com (via Technology for Good)

Beautiful example of giving and how easily you can benefit others with a little work.

Good Article -- "The Case for Generosity" --  from Anya Kamenetz of Fastcompany.com In the March issue of Fast Company Anya Kamenetz Staff Writer and Editor of “Life in Beta” wrote a good article titled “The Case for Generosity” about — how the internet could further help “unlock our natural impulse to share goals–and a global economy build on the kindness of strangers.” — the full article is below and worth the read. Please share your comments on the piece below as well — I’d welcome the chance to hear your thinking on the … Read More

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It’s Coming: The 5 ATM Fee – Deal Journal – WSJ

Chase ATM out of service - card reader flashin...
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It’s Coming: The 5 ATM Fee – Deal Journal – WSJ. Interesting strategy by banks. They are training us not to use them. The more you limit the reason a customer would use you, the more likely we are to just hold onto our money. Chase is testing a $5 fee in my state of IL. I wonder how that will go over?

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How to create a smart group for contacts that have iPhone.

Apple – Support – Discussions – address book smart groups ….  Joaisey has a nice Applescript that does this.  Great work!  This is a huge help for anyone who has Facetime.

– Add iPhone Tag –
– John Maisey – www.nhoj.co.uk – 7 Dec 2010 – v1
tell application “Address Book
set myPeople to people whose label of phones contains “iPhone”
repeat with thisPerson in myPeople
set myNote to note of thisPerson
if myNote is equal to missing value then
set myNote to “has_iphone”
else if myNote does not contain “has_iphone” then
set note of thisPerson to note of thisPerson & return & “has_iphone”
end if
end repeat
save
end tell

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