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Interview with Stacey Hanke: Electronic Communication While Driving

Man talking on cell phone in a carI recently had the opptunity to interview Stacey Hanke — a Chicago consultant and speaker who focuses on communication — about our views and advice on using electronic communication devices while driving. This is a subject that we also feel strongly about and have written about in the past. But don’t take our word for it, read on for Stacey’s answers.

KJH: Hi Stacey – thanks for taking the time to speak with me. Well let’s get right into it. So, the thing I really wanted to focus on was your list of tips and guidance when using electronic devices while driving. You know there are a lot of people who spend a lot of time on the road for commuting, or for work. Let’s say they’re traveling salesmen, that sort of thing. And they feel really compelled to use their mobile devices, so they don’t feel they’re wasting their time driving, what do you say to that or to those people?

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Should You Buy a Knock-Off Brand eReader?

Nook and KindleA reader wrote in to ask our advice on whether they should buy a lesser-known eReader from a website selling directly from China and we felt the answer was worthy of sharing with everyone (you can ignore if you already have this subject covered).

Our reader wanted to know if they should consider buying an iBex tablet from a Chinese ‘sourcing’ company called ChinaGrabber. Sourcing companies essentially sell products made in China that are typically knock-offs or variations of popular items.

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Rep Jesse Jackson Jr Says iPads Kill Jobs

If you can get past how ridiculous this sounds, you just have to laugh. Illinois representative Jesse Jackson Jr. says that the iPad is killing jobs in America. Of course, while he railed about the iPad (and I assume other devices/computing in general) destroying the traditional publishing world, he then went on to talk about how the iPad was produced in China and how it’s killing jobs locally as well.

So should we stop producing iPads in China or stop producing them period? The ball is in your court Rep. Jackson. You may notice that while he seemed incensed at this ‘great injustice’, he didn’t actually put forward any solutions. Watch the video: …

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