the Hook Show podcast with Digital Dan: November 2007

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Pregnancy Update

Topic 1: Saving money
Inspired by Ascii Atom's post about saving money

Alot of these sites claim the same savings, do your own comparisons to get the best bang for your buck and minimized stress this holiday season.

Topic 2: Giving Back
Inspired by Jumping monkeys podcast "Spend, Save, Give"

OLPC on wikipedia
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Podcast Donation

DIGITAL DAN
HOOKSHOW+DAN@GMAIL.COM

The music featured in this podcast:
Intro Buddha Chill by Joe DJ- trancentral,
A podcast Christmas theme by Tom Shad, A Pirate Christmas by Tom Smith

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Topic 1: SMS and the web

SMS on wikipedia

Google Search: TXT 466453 (GOOGLE)
Commands examples:

General information 'help'
Local: 'blockbuster sf'
Weather: 'w nyc'
Movies: 'm 94114'
Flights: 'ua 14'
Sports: 'ny jets'
Stocks: 'goog'
Define: 'd clew'
Froogle: 'f ipod'
Calculator: '127*56'
Personalized SMS queries: 'set location'+city & state,or zip

Google Calendar: TXT 48368 (GVENT)
(need to link with your profile)
Commands examples:

Next event: 'next'
Today's events: 'day'
Tomorrow's events: 'nday'
or text a new event to add it via quick add.
To Cancel: 'stop'

Goog411 with maps

4info: TXT 44636 (4INFO)
Commands examples:

General information: 'help'
SPORTS: 'cubs' 'mlb' PLAYER STATS 'lebron james' 'partiots qb'
WEATHER: w+ zip,city,area code, airpot code 'w 33124''w boston''w 651''w sfo' BY DAY 'w'+ day(tomorrow,friday) +zip,city,areacode,airport 'w tomorrow 651'
411: 'pizza 10016' 'best buy miami fl'
STOCKS: 'ibm' FUND 'qqqq' INDEX 'dji'
YELLOW PAGES and Driving directions: business type +zip,city 'pizza 94110' business name+city,zip,area code,airport code 'locksmith 651'
All search categories:'MENU'
Other search categories:
flight status,movies,wifi hotspots,news,horoscopes,drinks,jokes,pickup lines,price compare, package tracking,tv guide, hotel reservations, city search, celebrity gossip
To get detailed help, text HELP and category: 'HELP SPORTS'
To Cancel: 'stop'

Facebook:TXT 32665 (FBOOK)
(need to link with your profile)
Commands examples:

Update status:'@ out at john's party'
Get profile info:'john smith'
Get cell:'cell john smith'
Message:'msg john smith whats up?'
Poke:'poke john smith'
Fire:'fire john smith'
Wall post:'wall john smith happy bday'
Add a friend:'add john smith'
Write a note:'note this is a mobile note'

Twitter: TXT 40404
(need to link with your profile)
Commands examples:

To your stream: type your message
Track a subject: 'track'+ subject
Turns off tracking for that subject: 'untrack'+ subject
Shows all of you current tracks: 'stats' or 'track' alone
Turns off all tracking: 'track off'
User information: 'whois username'

Jaiku: TXT ?
(need to link with your profile)
Command examples:

General information: 'help'
To your stream: type your message
To a channel: #channel then your message '#jaikufans Hello everyone'
Activates updates: 'start'
Stops updates:' stop'

Paypal: TXT 729725 (PAYPAL)
(need to link with your profile)
Command examples:

General information: 'help'
Send money: 'send'
Request money: 'request'
Buy things: 'buy'
Donate: 'give'
Cancel transaction: 'stop'

More txting services:

Txting widgets for websites

FACEBOOK QUESTION
What alternative uses for SMS do you use on your phone? (ie. Google, Paypal, Twitter)
With responses from: Jason McLaughlin, AJ J, Dean Jensen, Joel Peter Anderson, Ascii Adam

DIGITAL DAN
HOOKSHOW+DAN@GMAIL.COM

The music featured in this podcast: Intro Buddha Chill by Joe DJ- trancentral

the Hook Show podcast with Digital Dan

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