Almost all Some meetings are a complete waste of time. You can easily identify this kind of meeting if you’re sitting in a conference room, thinking “What a waste of time!”. If this is familiar, keep in mind that you’re also wasting money. Figure out exactly how much money a meeting costs […]
I’m going to do a series of posts called “Productivity Toolkit”, where I ask professionals about which productivity tools they use. They may or may not answer me. If you want to contribute to the Productivity Toolkit, simply email me (celineroque AT b5media DOT com) your list of tools and why you use them. One […]
If you work on your computer for over 8 hours a day, please raise your hand. Well, you probably can’t because you have carpal tunnel syndrome, painful arms, eyestrain, and… well, you get the idea. If you’ve equated hard work to physical pain, you’re doing something wrong. Admit it – you need […]
I saw this a few days ago and have held off writing about this Skype for Blackberry app until I had some time to play with it:
IM+ for Skype Software by SHAPE Services is a mobile client for Skype Software. It enables voice and text communication with other Skype users as well as cost-effective calling […]
As much as IE7 has made major leaps forward over IE6, it still leaves something to be desired compared to Firefox, Opera, and Maxthon. Some folks have found IE7Pro as a suite of add-ons for IE7 to bring it close to par with the others:
Ajay has uncovered a great addon for IE7 called IE7pro that […]
I seem to be tech guy du jour lately. I’ve been working on machines left, right, centre, up and down. If it isn’t the computer from the garage it’s a friend’s. Often what I need is a rescue CD to help things along. This boot CD has a lot of power tools for the uber-geek
You […]
PYW friend Amit blogged a free tool from Microsoft that lets you quickly see what time it is in five different time zones. Since the U.S. & Canada have thrown the world a curve ball by starting daylight savings time this past Sunday, remember what time it is in the rest of the world is […]
In this day and age (man is that a tired phrase) typing is key. Remember all those people who you laughed at for taking typing in high school (now called “keyboarding”)? Who’s laughing now?
I sorta touch type. My dad taught me the “home row” and after years of practice, I’m not too bad. I certainly […]
Like Google Calendar but use Outlook to manage your day? That’s my problem too. Looks like there might a solution in gSyncit:
This Outlook plug-in supports one-way or two-way synchronization (you can go Google-to-Outlook, Outlook-to-Google or both) and works manually or automatically. After installing the program, look for a new two-button toolbar in Outlook; click the […]
It does pay to read your feeds! Today Brad has this great announcement:
Regular readers of the weblog may have noticed that posting has been light the last couple of months. Work on our v3.1 release has kept us busy. I’m pleased to finally come up for air and offer all of you early access to […]
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