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The Progressive Accountant

The Progressive Accountant

I Hate to Say This, but ……

I choose to live in my home state, South Dakota. It’s a wonderful place full of smart, courteous, hard working people that produce an economy that, compared to the rest of the US, is almost recession-proof. I have no complaints about my income-tax free home state but I do wish that AT&T would hurry and add primary coverage so we could get the Apple iPhone! I’ve seen it, often --- in fact, I actually own an iTouch, the cellular-less first cousin of the iPhone. But, alas, no iPhone for us.

But, as I tweeted two weeks ago I DO have a brand-new shiny Palm Pre that I’m pretty impressed with, so far. It’s been out only 15 days and has only a paltry 30 or so applications in its store. That said it’s interesting to note that Pre owners have downloaded over 750,000 applications in those 15 days. I know I certainly did my part!

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The 29th Annual Midwest Accounting & Finance Showcase

The Illinois CPA Society will again host its premier annual event for business and financial professionals. The 29th Annual Midwest Accounting & Finance Showcase is being held on Tuesday, August 25 and Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

The Showcase seeks to provide the information and tools needed to face the challenges of today’s fast changing and unpredictable economic environment, and its keynote presentations reflect the big picture issues of the accounting profession and the current business climate. Keynote sessions include: 

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OK – I Really Want to Test the Pogoplug

This intrigues me --- a sub $100 dollar “works right out of the box” device that automagically shares a USB drive (or two, or three) securely, over the Internet. I have one on order and will report in when I get it. Until then --- here’s what I know based on the company’s website, blogs, and some reviews from usually reliable sources.

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