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Archive for March 2007

March 30th, 2007

Doh! Two Word docs and someone didn’t track changes, what now?

You can’t tell me this hasn’t happened to you.  You’re working on a document with folks and someone forgets to turn on “Track Changes”.  Now you have two docs and don’t know what’s different.  It can get worse if you’ve got several people working on the doc.  Let’s not go there right now.
What do you […]

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March 30th, 2007

Make snoopers guess how to login on Vista

If you go to a lot of conferences you’ll notice that often people leave their machines at their seats when they go for lunch, etc.  At one conference I went to last year someone reminded us all that, even if your machine isn’t stolen, leaving it open like that might not be a good idea.
I […]

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March 28th, 2007

ClearContext updates their Vista widget and it is now a powerful GTD tool

You know I love ClearContext for Outlook.  The colour coding, the prioritization, the ability to just file messages with a click, and filing sent messages with a topic, all these things let me really manage my e-mail.  A while ago Brad told me about the Vista gadget for CC and Outlook 2007.  I’ve been trying […]

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March 28th, 2007

I peer, you peer, Wipeer-snazzy looking P2P app

Sometimes you just need a little ad-hoc network to get something done at a meeting.  Maybe you’re at a coffee shop with buds and want to push a file back and forth.  Maybe you just need to share something fast.  Vista has this capability built-in, and I got a chance to play with it a […]

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March 28th, 2007

Balloons are for parties, not an OS-How to turn them off in Vista

If you’re reading this blog you’re probably smarter than the average bear when it comes to computers.  If you’re not, then keep reading and you will be!
If you’re a pretty experienced user you don’t really need or want all the balloon tips that Vista and XP throw at you.  They are distracting and I bet […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 27th, 2007

Freeware, get your freeware here!

Okay not, here, but gHacks has a great list of tools to check out:
The following list contains the essential utilities that stick out from this list and made a impact on my daily life. Many have been discussed wide and far here on ghacks and I received some valuable information and tips from my readers […]

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March 26th, 2007

18 tips to make Google Calendar rock

I regret to say that I’m not a huge GCal user.  Maybe I should, but eh, I think I have enough going on to try to work it into my life.  Anyway, if you use GCal or are starting to, these tips from Web Worker Daily are excellent:
If you’ve been using it since it was […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 22nd, 2007

Getting back into the swing of things

Like I said on Monday, I’m lucky I work from home, because I’ve been sick all week.  Really sick.  Sicker than I’ve been in years it feels like.  Now that I’m feeling better, and can string words together in my usual semi-logical fashion, this experience makes me wonder if companies are prepared for a major […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

March 20th, 2007

Do computers really make us more productive?

This excerpt from a recent study got me thinking:
“Money spent on computing technology delivers gains in worker productivity that are three to five times those of other investments“, a couple of thoughts come to mind:

The 69 page report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation was sponsored by companies such as I.B.M., Cisco Systems and eBay, as […]

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March 19th, 2007

Lucky I work at home

Today is the b5 Biz Channel theme day.  Since it’s March, and St. Patrick’s Day was just on Saturday, the theme is luck.
I’m not really in the mood to write at the moment.  In fact, this is probably the only post I’ll write today. Why?  I have a doozy of a cold.  My children shared […]

By Tris Hussey -- 4 comments

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