David Pogue is a pretty busy guy, but you could try posting this to his message board at the NY Times (I think). Go to http://www.davidpogue.com/ for the link.
//k Kyle DeMilo __________________________ demilokyle AT sbcglobal DOT net http://macfixer.blogspot.com > From: sequoia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:25:16 -0700 > To: Entourage mac Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: An In-Depth "Entourage to Run Your Business & Life" Course > > My question about removing Mail Views, and the strong responses it got, has > made me think once again how valuable an in-depth class on �How to Use > Entourage to Run Your Business & Life� would be. > > Seriously, I would fly across the country to take a weekend workshop by > someone who has figured out a way to use Entourage as the main Control > Center of their business. Entourage is already this for my own biz and life, > and hell, I think ( I thought!) I use it well. I�m very organized, and > E'rage really helps me make a good income; yet as you saw, I don�t even use > one of its best features. And, I still haven�t quite figured out how to > integrate Projects, which in my guesstimate, would make me even more income > and even more organized. > > I used to be a complete Franklin Planner fan. Their system and planner and > workshops were, for 12 years, the �Control Center� of my business and life. > I think what has happened is that Entourage has taken a huge number of their > customers as more and more Mac users have moved to the digital version of a > daily planner. > > But Franklin taught classes. They knew that a fancy day planner by itself > wouldn�t achieve results. People had to learn how to use it. Franklin, > unfortunately, chose to leave the Macintosh folks out of the picture, so > their workshops are worthless to the millions of us who use OSX. > > I hope this plants some seed in someone�s brain out there. This How to Use > Entourage to Run Your Business and Life would sell like hot cakes. It might > even be better to sell it as a well-designed set of DVDs. That way, the > content can be much more controlled and much more organized. And, the end > user could pause at any point and switch to Entourage to try out what was > just being taught. > > I may be too dumb to figure out the Mail View option, but I actually do this > sort of thing as my business. I write how-to books and eBooks for a living, > and have for the last 12 years. I�m passionate about taking complex topics > and making the light bulb go on in people�s head. That�s why I see such a > need here for Entourage. Entourage is a better, modern version of the > Franklin Day Planner. > > I don�t know if any of the how-to Mac authors that I admire, like Deb > Shadovtz, or David Pogue, or Joe Kissell, or Tom Negrino, read this list. If > you do, whew, I think this is a gold mind. Simply create an outline of what > you already do with Entourage in your life, and record it on DVD. Walk us > entrepreneurs�and anyone who wants to organize their life�through the steps > of using Entourage as the control center for their work and life. To give > you an example: I just paid $499 for a set of DVDs that walks me through the > process of how to use GoogleAds to increase sales. I�m already seeing the > value of that money spent. > > If you make it, they will come! And I�ll help market the hell out of it. > > sequoia -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
