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Clearing Up the Confusion E-Zine Vol 02 Issue 13
------- Clearing Up the Confusion E-Zine -------
Vol 2, Issue 13
Well, I'm back from my trip. I had a great time and got a lot of
ideas for running my business. One thing that didn't go so well
was the whole watching video on my computer plan. While it works
great on my computer at home, the network in a large hotel is
just too unreliable for the video playback to settle into
anything like watch-ability. Oh, well, good thing I packed a
couple of DVDs into my luggage.
One thing that did work well for me was a nifty service called
Tripit. What a great way to keep track of my travel
information. More in the article below.
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In This Issue...
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1. Article: TripIt, TripIt Good
2. Blog Posts
3. Shameless Self-Promotion
4. The Fine Print
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1. Article: TripIt, TripIt Good
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Travel can be a lot of fun. Exciting activities, interesting
people, exotic locations are what bring us to step through our
doors with suitcases in hand. A little less fun is the piles of
information you need to track and organize in order know where
you are going next. Ordinarily, my wife prepares a folder of
that information whenever we are heading off on an adventure.
Heaven help us if we ever misplace it. Now there's a more
efficient way of doing things. It's called TripIt
(http://tripit.com/).
TripIt plays upon a fairly simple concept: The confirmation
emails we receive for airline reservations, train travel, car
reservations, and hotel stays have a nice predictable format.
They've used this feature to build a system which can take those
confirmation letters and centralize the information for you.
I used TripIt for my recent journey down to Orlando. Now, I
didn't make use of every aspect of the service, but what I did
use was as easy as forwarding an email to a friend. As with most
of these systems, I first had to set up an account -- a pretty
straight-forward process -- after that, though, I just forwarded
my verification/confirmation emails to the TripIt service. The
next time I went to the TripIt site, I could see all of my travel
information for my business trip. TripIt had even gone so far as
to include a weather forecast for the days I would be in Orlando.
With the travel plan in place, I was able to get the itinerary
fed into my Google Calendar. I could also share that information
feed so my wife, Lisa, knew my schedule, too.
Speaking of sharing, TripIt also has the ability to have
"friends" with whom you can share your travel information. The
reasoning behind it is that (especially for frequent business
travelers), you might discover that you and a friend are both
traveling to the same city. Nothing like finding a friendly face
in an unfamiliar location.
TripIt isn't perfect. My hotel confirmation came as an email
message with a PDF file attached to it. TripIt couldn't process
it. In general, though, it does pretty well with the major
chains and travel services. So, if you are an Expedia or
Travelocity user, for example, you should be OK.
If you are a frequent business traveler, or know someone who is,
it might behoove you to take a look at this free service. If you
decide to give it a try or have already been using it, please
drop me a line at gpeters@cyberdatasolutionsllc.com and let me
know how it is working for you.
Copyright 2008, Greg Peters
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2. Blog Posts
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Links to posts on the "Clearing Up the Confusion" Blog from the
last year:
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 -- First Class
http://clearing-confusion.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-class.html
"I just got back from a trip down to Orlando, Florida for the
Extreme Business Makeover 2008 conference. I'll talk more about
that later, but for now I want to focus on something else..."
Sunday, December 23, 2007 -- Best Laid Assumptions
http://clearing-confusion.blogspot.com/2007/12/best-laid-assumptions.html
"...Of course, the lack of a White Christmas probably won't kill
me or even inconvenience me much for that matter, but it does put
me in mind of more serious examples of counting on things staying
the same..."
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3. Shameless Self-Promotion
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The "Clearing Up the Confusion" E-Zine is a production of Greg
Peters, owner, chief cook, and bottlewasher of Cyber Data
Solutions. CDS has been helping website designers develop better
web presence for their clients for more than a decade. Visit us
on the Web at www.cyberdatasolns.com to see how we can help your
webmaster.
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4. The Fine Print
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