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This is my first (and for now only) entry in the Greg Recommends series. Here I will share with you products and services that I recommend. The first item is the free version of YouMail. Youmail is a voicemail service, and I use it to replace the standard Verizon service. When you sign up, it gives you instructions on how to forward your voicemail to YouMail instead of your carrier's voicemail service. Some of my favorite features are:

• E-mails a copy of the voicemail to my e-mail address (as an attachment), which I can either download or listen to online.
• Stores 5x the number of voicemail messages as my provider's basic service.
• Allows me to assign different greetings to various callers. Adam gets the Banana Phone greeting.
• Worked on my old basic cellphone. I called in to get messages, just like with my carrier's voicemail service.
• Works even better on my Android phone, with an app that plays and manages my messages.

There are lots of other features, but those are what do it for me. Aside from Android and older cellphones, YouMail also works with iPhones, BlackBerries, Palm ($3.99 for this app), mobile web, and land lines. It also offers premium paid services ($4.99-$34.99 per month), which will transcribe varying numbers and lengths of messages to text, and store more and longer messages. If you are a subscriber, you can read your messages on your phone or in your e-mail. I'm happy using the free version, but for the busy businessperson, this might be worthwhile.
You can sign up for the free or paid version of YouMail at youmail.com.

Sometimes when my thoughts include a phrase that I feel might be somewhat unique, I type it into Google to see if anyone else has posted it on the crawlable internet.1 How many companies would really prefer that applicants submit their resumes in XML rather than on paper? I searched for the phrase, "submit your resume in well-formed xml". No hits. Then, "submit your resume in xml".

1. 1. I know dictionaries say "internet" should be capitalized. I also think it looks better with a lowercase 'i'. "Internet" with a capital 'I' makes the web sound like some proprietary Corporate Network.

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"Be aware of your awareness.

Pay attention to your intention...

Build the muscle of your mind."

Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., explains that mindfulness meditation stimulates the middle prefrontal cortex, the part of the human brain responsible for a healthy mental life. Siegel lists the nine rolls of the middle prefrontal cortex:

Turn up the speakers, and enjoy!

I came up with this recipe in 2006. It's a bit rough, so make sure to taste as you go along!
 
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