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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Weighing Affordable CRM Alternatives for Mobile

Lately, I’ve been in the “market” for an affordable CRM that I can use with my mobile phone. I find my choices to be Zoho CRM and Highrise. If you are not familiar, a Customer Relationship Manager is a software solution that lets you keep all your client information in one place so you can [...]

Jott is Out of Beta

One of my favorite web services is finally out of Beta. Jott recently announced that they will go into full gear. For some of us moochers, this is a bit of a bummer; who wouldn’t like such an awesome free service. Now, I’m going to evaluate the free version and try out the subscriptions to [...]

Thanks for the birthday wishes

I don’t know what happened this year. Typically I have about 5 people remember that it’s my birthday after it’s almost over. This year I’ve had all kinds of good wishes from friends everywhere. This includes email, twitter, facebook, and probably more places I haven’t checked. If I weren’t such a ham, I’d almost be [...]

Social Media Sites Are Separate Communities

I think that we can probably stretch ourselves too thin when it comes to an online presence. We can’t possibly be everywhere all the time. More and more, I see social media sites as real and separate communities. We have different roles in each one, but do not necessarily maintain a constant presence in them. [...]

25,000 Downloads Later on Blog Talk Radio

Overnight, I broke the 25,000 download mark on Blog Talk Radio. I see it as a bit of a milestone for me, but it is probably not a stellar achievement. I can think of a couple shows that probably get 25,000 downloads a day. Despite that, it doesn’t take away the excitement. I started using [...]

New Smartsheet BETA Improves on Something Good

Smartsheet has gone and improved on something that was already good; they have opened up a new Beta version. Though it is still in development, it promises to be better than the original. Earlier this year, I started using SmartSheet as a way to keep track of projects on which I was working. I found [...]

Microsoft OneCare Interferes With VPN

Yesterday, I was messing around trying to get my VPN connection to work going. I’ve had trouble doing it and figured maybe I had the settings wrong. It turns out that Microsoft OneCare has a built-in firewall that blocks outgoing traffic as well. I had turned off the Windows Firewall, so had no reason to [...]

Twitter on the T-Mobile Sidekick

There are any number of clients available for download that allow you to keep up with Twitter through iPhones, Windows Mobile phones, or even Blackberries. When it comes to the T-Mobile Sidekick, however, you only have the web and text message options. The web option is a bit time consuming while the phone refreshes the [...]