Affluent Magazine Hires Brian Solis to Contribute Monthly Tech Column

San Jose, Calif., August 18, 2006 – FutureWorks, Inc., an award-winning public relations agency, today announced, that agency founder, Brian Solis, will contribute a monthly column on tech, gadgets, and consumer electronics for Affluent, The Authority on LifestyleSM.

The August issue features Solis’ review of Adesso’s innovative CyberPad digital writing notepad on page 52.

The new CyberPad offers a sleek, leatherbound paper-based electronic writing tablet that combines the familiarity and comfort of a regular notepad combined with the added benefits of PC connectivity. And, since it doubles as a PC tablet, users can also naturally draw and write freehand graphics and text as comfortably as they would on real paper. The cyberpad not only stores our handwritten notes and graphics, but through special bundled handwriting recognition software, it translates it into clear, definitive notes. They are then seamlessly uploaded to any PC, making these important documents readily available (and legible) to any and all who need them.

“Solis is a tremendous addition to the Affluent team of experts,” said Madison Freeman President and Editor in Chief of Affluent. “We look forward to his insights, personality and advice on helping readers find the ‘what’s next’ that will help them in their personal and professional lives.”


Affluent is the premier lifestyle publication for South Florida & beyond, where it is read by more than 170,000 high net worth individuals and company owners each month — men and women who drive the nation's most dynamic communities — who have hundreds of millions of dollars in personal purchasing power while their companies have billions to spend. For more information on Affluent, please visit www.affluentmagazine.com.

Manufacturers of consumer electronics and innovative products interested in seeking a published review can contact Brian Solis at brian@future-works.com. Solis writes for Affluent Magazine as well as many other media outlets. For more information about Brian Solis, please visit his blog, PR2.0 at http://briansolis.blogspot.com.


About FutureWorks, Inc.
With offices in Silicon Valley and Orange County, FutureWorks partners with market leaders and emerging companies to increase their visibility and customer-pull, cultivate existing markets and create new opportunities that are necessary to expand business. The company's specialty lies in its ability to understand technology and to deliver real-world solutions to target audiences. Unlike traditional PR, FutureWorks has become an information aggregator, providing meaningful content to media, analysts and market influencers. FutureWorks can be reached at 408-428-0895 or on the Web at www.future-works.com.
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