Today I got into a financial dispute with my hosting provider of the last 8 months, Global Internet Solutions, gisol.com. They totally misrepresented a special rebate offer, whereby I was supposed to get my hosting plan at only $3.57/month. Apparently, they've done this to countless others, as this "report-gisol.com" website I found today has documented. Warning to all CF developers, never host with this company, they are crooks!

Therefore, this blog is probably going away for the short term until I get going with another host. If/when they shut me down, you can visit my site here, setup under my Comcast ISP hosting. Hopefully I'll be back soon.

This week I began using Adobe ConnectNow. This tool is a fantastic, money-saving alternative to WebEx or GoToMeeting for desktop sharing meetings. It is a perfect FREE solution for anyone who needs to share his/her screen with only 1 or 2 other people. I often need this capability at work to help support others using a Web application, or to show my coworker halfway across the country a walkthrough of some new development in progress. The only requirement is the Flash player 9 plugin which most people have installed in their Web browser of choice.

ConnectNow features include:

• unique meeting room URL
• screen sharing
• give desktop control to another user
• webcam
• chat pod
• whiteboard

Learn more about ConnectNow at http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow

A first-time user must sign up for an Acrobat.com account.
Sign up here - https://www.acrobat.com/#/connectnow/ConnectNowBegin

After this, you can visit the same URL and sign into your meeting room to start a new meeting.

Then you simply share your personal URL with up to 2 others to join your meeting for FREE. For example, here is the format of the personal URL, which I would email to my manager, Joe Smith. Then Joe would join my meeting as a guest.
https://connectnow.acrobat.com/mynamehere

Once Joe Smith submits this form, I receive an alert popup and must click "Accept" to bring Joe into my meeting.

It's as simple as that, thanks Adobe!

PS: While you're checking this out, you should also give BuzzWord a try.

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