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- Over my dead body
- Change, any kind of change, is usually seen as a threat by somebody. In an organizational IT context, financial system change, particularly process related change, almost always draws an "over my dead body" response from someone - and the smaller the business, the more often this signals a battle you...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Spreadsheet, Fun Thing, Business Owner, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Excel and Basic Accounting Error
- Excel and Basic Accounting ErrorWe should go back to manual ledgers...VisiCalc was created to eliminate accounting errors. Now the spreadsheet is now being blamed for accounting errors. Perhaps the real problem is GIGO. Garbage in, Garbage out.The real culprit is slick sleaze ball corporate accountants and managers that are trying...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, fun thing, Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet, big system, accounting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
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- Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal
- Opera"Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal". . . and by "browser rivals" you really mean Opera, who has been whimpering and whining the whole time. A browser that barely appears on anybody's charts, but still retains a cult following.I think Microsoft is improving with IE7...
- Tags: Web browsers, ballot screen, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, ballot screen proposal, Microsoft Corp., official complaint
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Twitter and web forgery
- Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...
- Tags: Web, Password, Twitter Inc., Robert Scoble, Security, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Best iPhone & iPod touch apps
- It's that time of the year again! It's hard to believe, but this time last year, we only had 5,000 apps to choose from in the App Store â€" this year there's more than 85,000 apps to choose from. What a difference a year makes. Whether you're looking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Twitter Inc., Video, Road Trip, Apple iPod Touch, App, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?
- Can no longer competeNintendo has dug itself in a hole this time it probably can't get out of. If they have a hardware update to improve graphics to the level of the 360 or PS3 they will not be able to compete on price which was their main selling...
- Tags: Games, Sales strategy, game, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd., sales, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Motorola DROID on Verizon: Is this the iPhone killer you're looking for?
- No it isn't.It needs two things to even dent the iPhone, much less kill it. It needs a REAL equivalent to iTunes & App store. It needs to have a crazy simple interface. I haven't seen anything which leads me to believe Droid has either of those.Well, they will not...
- Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- E-book reader news and releases round-up
- Why e-books ?Using a "normal" paperback book I have indefinite battery life and extreme portability. I have no need to carry a hundred books at one time and can take along a few books for an extended read time just about anywhere and in any travel bag. I...
- Tags: E-books, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, e-reader, Apple Inc., E-book reader new, e-book Reader, e-book
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Google, Android 2.0 sticks fork in GPS devices
- It would also be great if Android could automatically re-route you in real-time, when things like the Bay Bridge suddenly close. This means munincipalities automatically posting closures on a web site, that all providers can use in real-time. Munincipalities could also distribute traffic in real-time. Lots of possibilities to replacing...
- Tags: Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, Smart phones, GPS, Google Inc., Google Android 2.0, GPS Devices, battery, Google Android
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Any value in Google's Social Search for students?
- Value?? May be we should see history of Twitter.On Monday, Google launched Social Search. Before finding about the success of the product, analysis have started in making the product a hit or flop.If we are blaming the social search to be useless to the students, then we should not forget...
- Tags: Generation Y people, social search, Twitter Inc., Facebook, Google Inc., Generation Y, Google Social Search
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Google Voice extends voicemail features to mobile users
- You may have heard about all of the cool features that come with Google Voice, the one-number-for-life service that allows you to transfer calls to any phone. But for those who aren't willing to start over with a new phone number, Google is offering the next best thing to actual...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Voice, Transcription Service, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!
- Vista is still alive here..."Vista definitely improved"Vista-preinstalled SP1/SP2 Just Works, so I have no immediate plans to upgrade to Windows 7. Right now, I don't want to tempt fate.I don't see why people get all emo over Vista's UAC. It doesn't bother me.Yes, everyone says that Windows 7 is better...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- Psystar releases 'build your own Hackintosh' kit
- there a few brain who will throw a fit big time Will nice i really wanna see what will happen on the legal side .but its a bit too late how many people already have the appz .... Well like many people ask for so long osx...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, EULA, EFI
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces
- 3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Apple ad swings at Windows 7: 'Trust me, this time it's going to be different'
- Hilarious! Apple is getting quite bold these days, I think they smell bloodNT.Just like Snow Leopard was supposed to fix all that was wrong with LeopardBut it didn't. :(Poor Apple, that sound you hear of glass shattering is not the sound of Windows, it is the glass house in which...
- Tags: Operating systems, Investment, advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Win7, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- More Apple teardowns: Fall 2009 iMac & Magic Mouse
- You can watch BluRay movies via the Display Port IN. [nt][nt]Windows to the rescue!![i]Of course, until Apple releases software support, you?ll still have to boot into Windows to play movies.[/i]LOL, OS X sucks. :)LOLWhat's sad is that OS X is the best that Apple could steal!Is that the best you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, mouse, Apple Inc., Pagan, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Relax, kids...Windows 7 is just another OS
- finally...someone with sensefor all this noise and fireworks, finaly someone here says something reasonable7 is just another OSand yes it is.amen.give this man a raiseIt doesn't have to rock to be successfulIt merely needs to be fast, stable and secure. If that's all it does, then there's no reason to...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition
- I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...
- Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Here's why Apple is doing so well -- it's the top half, stupid
- Heh... this is going to be fun to watch...ntWhat???This sounds like a lot of BS.. Apple is overpriced and the mac lovers will pay whatever Apple charges. There is the summary of this article.There is a difference in purchasingthe best product, verses the "perceived" best product.I hear many of the...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Engineering, Blogging, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Apple introduces multitouch Magic Mouse, single or multi-button; $69
- Wow...imagine that.A mouse that can do more than single-click. What an innovation!Um...The Mighty Mouse has had 4 programmable "buttons" two are touch and not mechanical since it came out years ago. If you can't make an informed comment them...you know what to do...it involves a rolling donut.This mouse is multi-touch...do...
- Tags: Mice, Mighty Mouse, mouse, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
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