Power Corrupts

We absolutely must start paying attention to corruption on every level and not turn a blind eye. It looks like Mexico is almost totally paralyzed due to corruption. When you witness corruption on any level, you should check up on what agency polices that person and take the trouble to file a complaint.



American can be wonderful, but we have to start taking a more active role on every level. For a list of Agencies in Colorado where you can report corruption and ethics violations see LifeSurvival.org

Follow Up Then - Remember and Remind

I use the google calendar service and it works very well to remind me of appointments etc, but I realized after a couple of my radio shows went awry that I needed to remind my radio show guests to call in to the show on the correct day. Soon after that I discovered Follow Up Then. I love it. Here's how it works:

How to Use FollowUpThen
FollowUpThen requires no account to get started!
Just compose an email and include [schedule format]@followupthen.com in the "Cc", "Bcc" or "To" fields of your email. Each is a bit different:
BCC: You will receive a followup but we won't bug the original recipient. TO: You will get a followup after the time interval you specify. CC: If your recipient has not responded by the scheduled time, both of you receive a followup. Note: Your recipient has to “reply all” to include followupthen on their response for us to know about it. You can always cancel followups by emailing pending@followupthen.com. Supported FormatsHere are some examples of the scheduling formats you can use:
Time Interval
1minute@followupthen.com
2hours@followupthen.com
3days@followupthen.com
4weeks@followupthen.com
5months@followupthen.com
6years@followupthen.com  
Day of Week
tuesday@followupthen.com  
Common Scheduling Terms
tomorrow@followupthen.com
nextweek@followupthen.com
nextmonth@followupthen.com
Specific Date
mar30@followupthen.com
2010-05-30@followupthen.com  
Specific Time
11am@followupthen.com
1132am@followupthen.com
1500@followupthen.com  
Specific Date and Time
tomorrow9am@followupthen.com 12pmAug25@followupthen.com  
Recurring Reminders

everywed@followupthen.com
everymar30@followupthen.com

Viewing and canceling pending remindersJust email pending@followupthen.com and you’ll receive an email back with list of pending followups, along with a link to cancel any reminder.

I can even send myself emails and I'm getting better organized all the time. I'd love to hear how you get organized.