Day: 3 June 2004

CallShield Saga Is Over

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I finally got the Pro version of CallShield working on my Treo 600. Mantragroup makes this cool software call CallShield. I have mentioned it before. I can have distinctive rings on my Treo based off of groups in my address book. I can filter by number, area code, etc. I can also tell the software to go right to voice mail or hang up on someone based off of criteria like #, group, area code, etc. it is really cool.

My problem was that the lite version had a bug that would prevent me from using the distinctive ringer on my Treo 600. It kept rebooting when the ringer would go off. I went through 2 trials of their pro version of the software that worked before I was stuck. The support group was cool. they sent me a key to use the software for an extra week. Then a week goes by and the fix wasn’t in for the lite version. So I email them. Several days go by and they say, hey you have been cool send us your information and proof of purchase and we will upgrade you. I figure great, that was nice of them. I send them the information they require and another week goes by before I hear back from them. In total I bought the product on April 30, and I am finally getting it working without any demo’s today June 2. Not so good.

I do give them high marks for the software being really good. Also they didn’t give me a hard time about the upgrade. it just took a while to get responses back from them.

My bad experiences asside, Call Shield is my new killer app for the Treo 600 along side my Snappermail, & Verichat. This is why I have a smart phone.

Office 2004 For The Mac

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So my initial review of Office 2004 for the Mac is this. It is great. it is just as great as the previous version Office v.x for the Mac. That is the problem. I went out and bought this thing (and I am not regretting upgrading) and it doesn’t have that much new stuff. It is not a quantum leap of enhancements in any way. It is what everyone has been saying about Microsoft office upgrades. It is minor changes, that if you have 2 or 3 versions older product you will appreciate the upgrade. But if you are going from one realize behind to the new release you wont find much difference. That was my problem.

Entourage is nicer than it was in the previous version. Other than that, I don’t see much difference. I still like the product, but for what I do it is very similar to the older version. I will see after a few months if I change my opinion.

Friend Of A Friend

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Everyone has them. You have a friend and that friend introduces you to his or her friends. You either get along or you don’t. If you do and you hang out thats great, or not. That is how you meet people. Friends of friends are common. Some of my current friends I have were introduced to me by friends I don’t even see anymore. That is just the way it is. Other people you meet that are “friend of a friend” you only see or talk to when the initial friend is around.

That being said, a friend of a friend of mine called me last night. He never calls me. he is in the later group of only seeing him when I am with the mutual friend. I answer the phone and ask whats up. I get along with this guy so I am nice. He is looking for our mutual friend. I immediately am now pissed. You call me looking for someone else because they aren’t calling you back. How rude is that. Of course he does not even see what he did wrong, so I don’t mention it. I just file it away for future reference.

Am I wrong to think that was rude? I don’t speak to this guy very often and then he calls looking for someone else because he cannot get that person on the phone? And he wanted to talk to my other friend about some stupid thing. it wasn’t even an emergency. of course this guy thought it was an emergency, but what I am I to do? I may be over reacting. I am on cold meds this week. That may be it, yeah…