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Check it out right now and whatever you do tell all your friends too! They'll be thanking you for connecting them with real business makers that are not pitching their wares from the stage, but rather sitting down and masterminding with you in a completely unheard of event format. You have to be there to experience this. So...what are you waiting around here for? Click the link above and get moving!

You'll be thanking me next Monday, if not sooner.

Mike

EcoStylus from Shapedad

So I was tweeting one day asking Wacom to send me a Bamboo review unit when I received a tweet from someone who said basically try out my stylus that I am selling, it's made out of Bamboo, REAL BAMBOO! Here's the guy below.

So we exchanged tweets and then emails and I said send me one and let's see if we can put the stamp of approval on it. I read about it on http://www.etsy.com/shop/shapedad and saw some things about it on the web. Here's a guy who figured out how to make a capacitive stylus for the ipad and iphone which is made out of real bamboo, copper and nylon. It's not large, it's not cumbersome, it's not unwieldily, it's thin, light, easy to use, and fun to work with. It makes using the iPad fun and more accurate than using your fingertips in some cases. This I like.

So in order to find all these things out, I had to receive one. It came in a nice bubble wrapped envelope which when opened yielded the following:

Nice packaging, easily recycled, and oh look it's actually BAMBOO!!

So amidst all that was happening I decided to get to work with this stylus. Just to give you an idea of the length of it, I laid it out on the ipad screen. There you can get an idea of how long this is. Which is great because some of these things are just too short and trying to write on the iPad screen with something that is short would just not work well.

So I launched facebook as the app and decided to just see how it would be to tap out a message with this thing. How would it feel different than simply tapping with my finger. Now granted I can type quickly, even on the smaller keyboard which the ipad facebook app uses (because facebook is too lazy to create an actual ipad app due to Zuckerberg thinking that the ipad is not really portable???), but I thought it would be fun to tap out a message just for grins:

So I tapped that out and eventually shared it with the rest of the world. Tapping can be fun just to see how your coordination works. This is something that will become apparent as you go forward in life, so this skill is one that the eco-stylus can help you with and does it very well. Here's my share of the message with the world:

After that message was done, I decided to put this through its paces and see if I could draw with it, and write with it. Now I am not the best artist in the world, and the first to admit this, so in the hands of a really talented person, this would do well. With me...it's just fun to share what I can do sometimes.

Now I know the name of the Stylus is not Bamboo, but since it's made of Bamboo, the name used in the video fits, and since Wacom was too high up on its horse to send one our way to look at this Eco Stylus gets the review, not the fancy one from Wacom which is as far from Bamboo as bamboo can be! See we're about truth in advertising. If you're naming it bamboo, it better be made out of wood! Wacom's is NOT. This one is. POINT to ECO STYLUS!!

Okay, so I guess you're waiting to see what we think of it, and whether or not it's going to get a stamp of approval or not. I'll just say you'll have to watch the video to see!!!

What I can tell you is that innovation is something we're always looking out for. We always want to see people take an idea, run with it, get support, and build something with it. Whether it's a product or a service, it's important to bring something to the party. Help advance Human-Kind in some way. It's why we're all here.

Ivo Beckers has done that. He's shown that with a little ingenuity, and some easily obtained materials he can create a product which helps those using tablets with capacitive surfaces an easy way to do more than drag your fingers across the glass. He's made it light, fun, and eco-friendly.

This last video will give you what you came here to see:

Thanks for taking time to watch, to read, and most of all to go buy at least one of these for use with your iPad, iPad2, iPhone or other device.

Michael

iSpeak...Italian

So this story is a bit of a heart grabber, but it's also a compliment to an app development company and a call to investors to reach out and corner these people and invest in them. In fact, it's a call out to Apple to invest in them to help them achieve some amazing things. I know there are some at Apple who read my postings, may this be one of them. These guys are doing some amazing stuff.

And now a little soul bearing. My mother has dementia. She's 100% Italian. She's reverted back to speaking her native language after over 50 years of English and Italian. Recently my father was hospitalized and I went to spend some time with my Mother to watch over her. I don't speak Italian so this is an interesting story. I was talking to her in English and wondering how I would explain to her that Dad was in the hospital.

I tried using Google's Translate program which is great, but it does not have a voice attached to it. I can type 110 wpm on the keyboard, but after reading my typing for a few minutes she got bored. Plus when driving you can't type so it's self-defeating. No thanks.

As we were walking a thought came up me of "I wonder if anyone has a translation app that can go from English to Italian?" It turns out there are a couple out there. Now I needed more than text to text, I needed the integration of a voice to allow it to connect with Mom since she's not much into reading.

And then I found it. FutureApps iSpeak Italian. Not only does it translate from English To Italian, it does the Reverse, AND it SPEAKS IT TOO!! So I could say something to my Mother in English and when she did not respond, I could type it in English, press a button to translate it to Italian, and then let the app SPEAK to her and she would GET what I was trying to tell her.

icon for the app

Literally every 5-10 minutes she would say to me "Where's Papa?" (in Italian). I would type to her "He's in the hospital" in English and click the translate button "lui é in ospedale" it would come up on the screen and then I'd click the SPEAK IT! Button and the voice of an italian sounding woman would come from the iPhone 4 and my Mom's face would light up.

I was also showing her a picture of my father laying in the bed injured in the hospital. Visual clues and vocal clues it turns out are helpful to people suffering from dementia. "We must go to him" she would say. We'd jump in the car and drive literally 5 minutes to the local hospital.

By the time we'd arrived at the hospital she'd ask "Why are we here? Where's Papa?". Because iSpeak Italian offers the ability to save what you've typed in, I could recall a statement and it would speak to her. She'd nod in understanding and we'd make our way to my Dad's room in the hospital where Mom could be with him. For 5 days we did this.

I was able to update her on his condition, let her know when we had to leave, and go eat, drink water, do other things that had to be done, all in her native language. Like walking around with a human translator in my back pocket! The cost? $1.99

Now, if you ask me what this was worth to me in this experience? PRICELESS. Life Saving. Stress Relieving.

Here's what the voice sounds like: (borrowed from FutureApps website)

So, here's where the call to investors and Apple comes in, and I know these guys have to be working on this.

This app will take text and turn it into translated text. It will take the translated text and speak it. What it will NOT do yet is to take the incoming responses from the person you are providing the translated text to, and intake that, translate it from Italian into English and speak it to you.

I really want that to happen. It may not happen in the time that my Mother remains on this Earth, but if there's something I could wish for, this would be it. I miss hearing her speaking English, and I was a damned fool to never learn to speak more than a few choice words in Italian. It now pains me to not be able to speak with my Mother. The compute power in the iPhone 4 and forthcoming products from Apple can accomplish this kind of speech synthesis. There just needs to be some funds I am sure to help in the development of that. That's what I would encourage investors looking for something viable to invest in...take a peek at the developers of these speech apps. They're working on tools that help mend boundaries instilled on us by life. It's a BIG deal.

This app is DocMurdock APPROVED & RECOMMENDED & Available on the AppStore. Search for iSpeak Italian
The app is made by: http://www.future-apps.net

Thanks for taking time to read.

Michael Murdock, CEO

Is Warcraft Conquest for Real?

There's yet one more World of Warcraft guide on the market this week. The guide, called Warcraft Conquest, supposedly goes way beyond the normal boundaries of a World of Warcraft leveling or gold guide. But what does that mean? Do we need another World of Warcraft leveling or gold guide? There are thousands of World of Warcraft guides on the Internet and none of them really cover everything in depth. There are some very good leveling guides and some fantastic gold guides, but no true “mastery” guides for the stuff that really helps players stand out in a game like this. 

That's where Warcraft Conquest is supposed to come in. From the guru who developed Warcraft Formula, Warcraft Conquest is designed to cover all the important things that a high-level player in World of Warcraft wants to excel at. The guide’s author, Max Lee, has supposedly been playing this game since the early betas. 

That means he’s been able to acquire hundreds of thousands of gold, master multiple classes in both factions, and dominate dozens of instances from the most basic early level instances in vanilla WoW up to the most complicated instances in Cataclysm. The guide itself is made up of dozens of videos, including everything from videos of Blackwing Descent, advanced PVP videos of arenas, battlegrounds like Alterac Valley and Twin Peaks, and world PVP zones like Wintergrasp.

So, the question is do you need another World of Warcraft guide? The answer to that depends largely on what you’re working towards in the game. If you're still trying to level up and reach level 85 for the first time or if your only goal is farming for gold you may want to look for another guide. Warcraft Conquest is much more than those other guides can offer. This guide was developed to help players at level 85 be the best they can be in PVP, raiding, gold making, and everything in between. There aren’t many other guides that can say that.

Good luck in the GAME. Perhaps I'll see you there :)

Click here to get purchase >> WARCRAFT CONQUEST

Full Disclosure: I am an affiliate for this product and receive a commission for sales made. 

Dan Brock's Latest...

Looks pretty cool!

If you haven't heard of Dan Brock's latest money making software, listen careful right now. Dan's well known for completely overdelivering in his products, and his new automated "Deadbeat Millionaire" software is no exception.

Back in November 2010, Dan's Deadbeat Super Affiliate training changed the affiliate marketing industry for good, and now he's decided to take it to the next level. His Deadbeat Millionaire software is a completely done-for-you automation software not only automates the process of setting up the same kind of high converting websites that make him over $25,556/m, it also helps automatically drive buying traffic straight to your affiliate websites.

One aspect of it that I really like is not only automates the process, but that he even gives you his own personal websites that earn money for him on a daily basis. You can use them for yourself to make money, and you can also learn a lot about creating successful affiliate sites by dissecting what he did to create them.

Here's where it gets really cool:

He picks specific niches and shows you exactly how he'd go about promoting them. He even provides you with indepth affiliate intellegence about each niche so you know exactly how to promote it - Not only which keywords to go after, but where to get multiple sources of traffic, where to find back links, and pre-written articles based around the niche so all the work is done for you.

But it doesn't stop there...

For free, every single month, he continues to provide you with more niche training and done for you websites as he discovers new niches to make money in. This is such a great feature because it makes it easy for you to stay on the pulse of the industry.

You can check out Dan Brock's Deadbeat Millionaire software >> HERE

Watch the video, listen in and if this clicks, then go for it. This is one of those things that when I see it and the message rings true, am not one to hold back on sharing it.

Thanks for taking time to read.

Mike

There are days...

There are days we all remember. August 22nd, 1978 was one of them for me. Not only was Dad sporting some pretty wild sideburns, but he had gotten dressed in his dress uniform to swear me in at my enlistment ceremony for joining the US NAVY.

The picture though is a tribute to my Mom. At the time and as you can see by the look on her face, Mom was proud. She was totally aware of everything that was happening in my life and what I was going to become when I took that oath. It was a great time for our family.

We'd been around the globe and back. We lived in Oregon. Dad had survived a heart attack, purchased and had a home built, and life was pretty good. The next year 52 Americans would be taken hostage, I would go overseas to the Persian Gulf with many others and life on the planet would change forever. That was the beginning of interesting times. But Mom and Dad...they'd continue on.

A few weeks ago I saw my Mother. She's 81 this year, has dementia and barely knows who I am. My Dad has gotten up there too and we're looking to help him as he experiences a new side of life as well.

As tomorrow is Mother's Day, I thought it would be good to look back and say "Thanks Mom for all the wonderful things you did and gave me in my life. Thank you for being a guiding light to show me to the rest of the world and thank you for being the one who was always there when I needed someone to listen. I love you with all my heart. Bless you this day and all those you choose to remain here for. When your time has come, I will bless you and wish you well on your journey. You deserve a rest after all that you've done in this lifetime. Happy Mothers Day."

With all my heart, your son.

Michael

Mail Designer from Equinux...

(Full disclosure, Equinux has provided me a demo copy of the software to use for my review. I have not been paid any compensation for anything that I have written below and all opinions are my own).

Now, on to the review...

Mail Designer for the Mac. Want great looking stationery for your email? Look no further. Not only do you get great looking templates that can be modified, but you can also easily create your own using guides which make it truly easy for you to achieve great results in a short amount of time.

The 28 page PDF manual that comes with the program includes links to videos which will show you step by step how to do things in the program.
If you're a Mac user who's been around the platform for a while, you'll be impressed with the level of intuitiveness in the application. You can truly "create the emails you've always wanted" with this app.

At the start you're presented with this screen where you can actually see the app in action to see how easy it is to use and to get you confident right away that you'll achieve some great results.

Once you're past this screen you're presented with the Design Ideas window. Here you can select some of the pre-designed templates to work from including a blank one which you can use as a basis of creating your own stationery. When you find one you like, click the button in the right corner that says "Edit a Copy", or simply double-click on the template to open a copy on your screen.

in this case I am picking one called "Sports" as you'll see below. It opens into an Untitled window and allows me to edit various areas of the page as you would in a high-end Page Layout program like Indesign or PageMaker for those of us from the "Old School".

Once the template is open, I can change things like color, text, pictures. As you can see below, I took the perfectly good layout and created my own custom version of this. I can then save it and simply add it to my email program, and have this go out to my list easily.

After I have finished customizing things, I simply save the stationery into the Design Chooser area, and then right click it to install it into Apple Mail. To install it, I simply select New Email from the menu as below...

I am then presented with this dialog box which I would select "Install" if I wanted to do that. In this case I did and you can see from the image I am including after this one that the stationery shows up in a Custom area.

and when I then select that Custom Stationery to be used in a new email, the window looks like this:

And the best part of this is, that if I want to change something in here now, I can still edit some things. As you'll see below I swapped a couple of pictures and some text:

Once all of your changes are made, simply click send to send the email off. What's fun is when it arrives, the resulting email looks AMAZING!!! AND, on a PC when it comes in, it does not show up with a bunch of attachments. It shows up as just the email message like you see below:

This is important as a lot of people don't like extra attachments in their emails and when they see a message show up with a bunch of them, they might be less likely to open the message. This way the message comes through clear and precise. Nice job Equinux!

The example I used above was in the case of sending off a newsletter or quick announcement to someone or a group of people in your contact list. You can also use the basic template and create your very own personalized stationery from scratch easily.

There are other stationery solutions on the market. Some depend on other servers to pass images out, others will use a plugin that may or may not work, and still others include all sorts of attachments that other email readers never seem to assemble correctly. This app appears to do everything in the right order to produce amazing results. I can't say enough good things about it in the short time we have here, so I'll leave it to you to form your own opinion. Those who know me will say "If he doesn't like something, he'll tell you. If he does like it, he'll tell the world!". It's time to tell the world I LIKE THIS PRODUCT!

My suggestion right now is stop reading and simply go to the website and purchase this product!!
http://www.equinux.com is the site and the product is priced quite fairly at $69.95. You can license it for 1 or more Macs, and there are also additional Stationery packs available.

Once you do, they'll get you the software, the great pdf manual (28 pages worth) and you'll be off and creating your first stationery in minutes.

I'd like to throw out a big DOCMURDOCK APPROVED stamp for this product as it's really quite fun to use, intuitive, and produces great results. Impressive to say the least, amazing is more like it.

Have fun!

Michael Murdock, CEO
DocMurdock.com

CoPilot Live® debuts on the Amazon Appstore at #1!

CoPilot Live® debuts on the Amazon Appstore as the #1 Paid Navigation App 

Best-selling offline GPS navigation app for Android smartphones and tablets is now available
to purchase from the Amazon Appstore for Android

Princeton, NJ – April 14, 2011 – ALK Technologies today announced their CoPilot Live voice-guided, GPS navigation app for Android-powered smartphones and tablets has launched on the Amazon Android Appstore, debuting at #1 in the paid navigation category.

"The launch of CoPilot Live on the Amazon Appstore is great news for consumers," said Michael Kornhauser, Managing Director, CoPilot Solutions, ALK Technologies. "Amazon.com is the largest online retailer in the United States and the preferred channel to purchase and research computer software and electronics for many consumers. We're thrilled with the interest they've taken in the Android app marketplace and seeing CoPilot Live debut at #1 further demonstrates the appetite for on-board navigation among smartphone and tablet users."

Already a popular choice on Google's Android Market, CoPilot Live North America provides easy to follow, turn-by-turn navigation with clear 3D guidance views and voice directions throughout the U.S and Canada. Detailed street-level maps are stored directly on the Android device, not downloaded each trip, so drivers don't need to rely on a mobile internet connection for navigation.

In addition to door-to-door navigation, CoPilot Live North America uses a phone's mobile internet connection to provide access to useful real-time information including Local Internet Search and location-specific weather forecasts. A real-time traffic service, ActiveTraffic™, calculates routes and ETAs based on current traffic conditions and is available to purchase as a premium feature.

CoPilot Live North America is immediately available to purchase from the Appstore for Android for a one-time fee of $19.99 for unlimited use. Twelve months use of the ActiveTraffic real-time traffic service is available as an option for $9.99. Learn more at www.copilotlive.com or view the feature video.

About ALK Technologies 
ALK Technologies has been developing innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions since 1979. For more information on ALK Technologies, visit: www.alk.com orwww.alk.eu.com.

You can also follow CoPilot Live online: Twitter, CoPilot Live Blog, Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr.

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Something really original...

So the call went out,

"When was the last time you wrote something truly original on your blog?"

How about now?

Something really original...what could that be... E=Mc2...nope that's not original and with all the down talk on Nuclear now, who knows what might happen to my blog. It might actually get famous. Never can tell.

I suppose I could just dash out a few simple thoughts before bedtime...is that original enough? Depends on what the thoughts or musings entail.

I could pitch some products here like www.businesscreditspot.com or www.socialtimesaver.com or tell people to go to:

www.docmurdock.com/time.htm and sign in to learn how to create time from thin air, but those would not be original. Been there done that.

I could ask if anyone went out and got me the Blu-ray Combo Pack with Digital copy of TRON LEGACY, but that might be considered self-serving in some way.

I could share that I got a really good deal at Starbucks today on a 1lb bag of coffee and a nice looking logo'd container to store it in. I suppose I could brag on that, and that the Starbucks that I purchased it from on Beach Blvd & Garfield Ave in Huntington Beach has much better service and customer interactions than the store over on Golden West & Yorktown in Huntington Beach.

and of course I could brag that today while others were toiling at a desk that we went to the beach for a walk with the dog, talked about business, and actually made money while that was going on as that's what folks who are in internet marketing do.

Or I could simply say words which come to me through that group known as The Many who simply say:

"Thanks for taking the time from your moment to read this and appreciate the depth at which it seeks to connect with you. The depth of your heart which is in turn connected to the next heart and so on as we all beat in this life as one musical note. We're here to serve the greater good, to teach many, to connect with same and to allow all to achieve all the desire to achieve in this lifetime so long as they choose to do so. Life is truly meant to be fun and when it ceases to be so, it becomes that thing called work that so many fear and that's not why we're here in these human shells. We're here to have universal fun, promote universal truth, love, and the exploration of all we desire to explore from this place known as Earth. But we get to choose this as the one who is called God deemed it to be so.

And so it is.

Much love to all.

Michael & The Many