Google Gmail adds a task list…finally!

I came across this post this morning and remembered you asking me if Google Calendar had a task list.  Apparently Google has integrated the task list into Gmail and it is easily accessible via the iPhone.  The article below explains how to enable it in gMail and how to access it via an iPhone/iPod Touch.

Google’s Gmail is one of the company’s most popular services, and the service has been enhanced with an add-on feature, a Task list, which is now ready and waiting for iPhone users.

However, to use this new feature you must first log into Gmail and enable Tasks. Once you log into your Gmail account, locate Settings, and then go to the Labs tab and enable Tasks. That’s it and you’re ready to use this feature on your iPhone. Gaining access to the task list is easy: just launch Safari, surf to http://www.gmail.com/tasks, and you will see the new iPhone compatible mobile web interface for tasks in Gmail.

Just like any other task manager, you can add new tasks, check off your completed tasks and delete tasks. You can also add notes to any task. You can also manage multiple tasks lists, and separate tasks onto one list for work tasks and one list for personal tasks. Task lists are immediately synced with the Tasks list in Gmail whenever you make changes.

Unfortunately, there is currently no offline access to Task list(s), so you must have an active cellular data or Wi-Fi connection to use Tasks. Tasks also does not allow you to prioritize your tasks as this can only be done in the desktop computer version of Gmail’s website.

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Sources:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10155864-233.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=iPhoneAtlas

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Goals for this Week's Meetings

It is now go time.  It is time to make things happen in 2009, and it starts right now.  This week we are going to strive to achieve the following goals:

1. Narrow down our existing ideas to the best 3, and brainstorm another 1 or 2 new ideas
2. Run these ideas by Mike, getting some input and feedback on feasibility as well as any ideas he may have for a muse
3. Investigate product creation feasibility as well as market viability for the ideas we have narrowed down
4. Scour the net for similar products and list an eBay auction
5. Begin creation of a sales page, order page, and back order page
6. Open an Adwords account and begin creation of a campaign

This should be a good start.  Remember the first time through will be the hardest, so let’s get it under our belt.  By hardest, I mean it will require the most resources (time, research, money, effort, etc) to complete successfully.

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Happy Holidays!

Just wanted to take a minute to wish all of our faithful and dedicated readers and contributors at ideaFLiTE a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2009 is going to be the year of Lifestyle Design, so get ready!

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Sex chip being developed by scientists

Ha! I found a product we can license and sell…the sex chip!

The chip works by sending tiny shocks from implanted electrodes in the brain.

The technology has been used in the United States to treat Parkinson’s disease.

But in recent months scientists have been focusing on the area of the brain just behind the eyes known as the orbitofrontal cortex – this is associated with feelings of pleasure derived from eating and sex.

…”When the technology is improved, we can use deep brain stimulation in many new areas. It will be more subtle, with more control over the power so you may be able to turn the chip on and off when needed…”

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Sources:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3886862/Sex-chip-being-developed-by-scientists.html

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replace "count" with a beep= instant hilarity

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The Art of Elimination…

This is Tim Ferriss’s automated email response.  I am excited to build a business utilizing these principles.  It’s going to require a fair amount of work to get everything set up as he is outlining throughout the book, but if done properly, will save boatloads of time in the long-run.

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Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 2:12 PM
To: Michael Newton
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Amazing example of outsourcing

I started looking into outsourcing and what people could actually outsource.  I am amazed at some of the examples of how to do it, I had never thought of a lot of these ideas.  Check out the vid:

Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas

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What an inspiration

Incredible.  I still can’t get over this guy Scott Banister.  He is only about 6-7 years older than us and has accomplished so much!  

Following taken from wikipedia:

Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired by Microsoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemailservice, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million. ^[1] [2][3]

Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Zivity, a social networking site co-founded with his wife, Cyan Banister, and Jeffrey Wescott.^[4] [5] He was an early investor in Powerset, a startup building a natural language search engine, and sits on the company’s Board of Directors. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Slide, a start-up founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin. Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.

Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan.

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iPhone 2.2 Update

Interestingly, Apple is taking a step towards simplifying podcasting on the iPhone.  With the newest update that was released yesterday (they generally release once ever couple months) they have included functionality to update podcasts directly from the iTunes App on the iPhone itself without having to sync it to your computer’s iTunes .  This is a step in the right direction for podcasting functionality on the iPhone.  The only thing better would be an app that allows for real time streaming of Podcasts (with or without iTunes integreation)…  Project Podcast-on-Demand becomes  a little more viable…

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2. Among the listed improvements:

Enhancements to Maps:

• Google Street View
• public transit and walking directions
• display address of dropped pins
• share location via email

Enhancements to Mail

• resolve isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
• improved formatting of wide HTML email

Other Enhancements

• Improved stability and performance of Safari
• Podcasts are now available for download in the iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular networks)
• Decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
• Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages
• Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you the first Home screen
• Preference to turn on/off keyboard auto-correction

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Sources:
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/11/20/iphone-os-22-released-google-street-view-safari-more-stable-podcast-downloads-more/

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Holographic User Interface

What an amazing concept for a user interface.  This is essentially a portable holographic interface that is portable with the user.  it allows an interactive experience through hand motion and gestures.  It combines the capabilities of internet, GPS, mobile device applications, etc into an easy to use 3d environment.  Of course, this is merely a concept, but very cool idea and great example of thinking outside of the box.

Holographic Interface – round interface – Ringo from Ivan Tihienko on Vimeo.

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Sources:
http://vimeo.com/1416530?pg=embed&sec=1416530

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