Wishnick World

Wishnick World Problem

I am having a problem with my Blog. You might have noticed if you view the blog using Internet Explorer the right side of the page is completely pushed down. If you view the blog in Mozila firefox it looks fine. I assume it has something to do with me building then template in Firefox. If anyone has a suggestions please let me know. Until then I am checking the bloggers newsgroup for suggestions. Thank you for your patience.

Mike Wish

Skype - The whole world can talk for free.

Do you Skype? I am hooked on using it. The technology has improved so much that I am using it more then my local phone. The best part about is if the person I am speaking with has Skype then I can chat with them for free. I know other IM's like AIM, Yahoo, and Google Talk offer similar services, but I have found Skype to be the easiest to use. I started using Skype at work. We began a pilot program with a few of my departments working from home. The program has been successful so far. If I want to speak with a member of the London Technical Support Team I use Skype. I have a headset microphone that plugs into the jack on my laptop. Or if I look presentable that day I plug in my webcam and use SKype to do video chat. Either mode works great. What seperates Skype from the other IM's is a feature called Skype in and Skype out. In using Skype out I can call anyone in the world and it only costs 2 cents a minute. With Skype in I have a Skype phone number that anyone can call. It includes voicemail, call fowarding,and conference calls.I think eventually I will try out the new Yahoo talk as it is similar to Skype. In the mean time i am having to much fun using Skype. I encourage all of you to give it a try. It is free to use. After you install Skype do a search for Wishnick under contacts and you can adde me to your phonebook.

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Google unveils calendar service

Google released a new calendar feature recently at Google Calendar . All the top Search engines have a calendar service -- Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL and Google. What makes Google's calendar unique is you can share the calendar online with others like your family, friends, and co - workers. The Google calendar is in beta, but what really isn't these days. I expect a car manufacturer soon to release a new car and say oh by the way this is the beta version and we are giving you this early release of the car now because we like you. Can you also send all feedback about the car to this email address?I got off track. The newsgroups are saying the calendar is pretty good, however their are some bugs in importing a calendar from Outlook. I am going to test it out soon time permitting of course and if like it I will add the calendar link to the blog complete with my so busy schedule.

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My girls

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Where does the time go? Rachel turned 1 years old on March 23rd and Jessica will be 7 on April 12th. I used to think that the things that were important to me were rooting for my favorite sports teams or doing well in my many Fantasy Leagues. To tell you the truth nothing compares to being a Dad. I have given up watching many Eagles games on Sunday to spend time with Jessica at the park. Life is funny. When I got married I always thought my kids would be boys. It never dawned on me that I would have two wondeful daughters. Now that I do it is an amazing experience. Jessica and Rachel are always happy to see me. They want to spend so much time with me that Jennifer often wonders what is she doing wrong? Jessica is at the age that she likes the things I do. She listens to Johnny Cash and watched the Walk the Line Movie with me. I realize it's not age appropriate. She is really into the Eagles and knows how to do the E-A-G-L-E-S chant! Rachel and I have really bonded. I thought it would be different then with Jessica. Jess and I spent over two hours a day together in the car as she would come with me to Dow Jones Daycare. It was not to surprising that we bonded so well. As soon as I come home Rachel jumps into my arms and in most cases she will fall asleep on me. It really has been fun. I know it will eventually change, but I am sure enjoying the ride! Now that I bored you all I will end this posting with the beginning of my profile. I am truly blessed to have three wonderful girls in my life!

What is Factiva?

I have mentioned to many of you that I work for Factiva. If you would like to know a little bit more about what exactly Factiva does then click the link below. The description from Wikipedia is close to accurate. The slight difference is we no longer partner with IBM on the Web Fountain project. Also the Yahoo partnership has grown. If you are a customer of Factiva you can do a search on the Yahoo search engine and retrieve results from Yahoo and Factiva. The results you get are considered premium content. This is only the beginning as eventually we will intergrate with other partners. The key to integrating with web partners is using a technology called web services. Web services is used for applications written in various programming languages and running on various platforms to exchange data over computer networks like the Internet. Clear as mud?

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Mike at work

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This handsome devil is me. It is late in the day so I have the 5 o'clock shadow working. The dazed and confused look is from another typical day in the call center putting out the latest fire.

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[It's a crazy world. I believe it was Depeche Mode that said it best---People are people So why should it be You and I should get along so awfully]

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