In my coaching practice, I am increasingly looking for ways to work with my clients on shared documents and projects online. Pretty simple right? You’d think so. I went to the first two places that I knew offered some or all of these services: Google & Microsoft. Big disappointment. Continue reading
November 12 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: collaboration, google, microsoft, online, online-app, software, virtual workspace, web-2.0 | 25 comments»
Outlook is a well-established presence on the business desktop, providing millions with their email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. It’s such an institution, in fact, that when Microsoft radically revamped the Office suite’s interface in 2007, it left Outlook largely unchanged.Although it’s big and sluggish, there’s no denying that Outlook does what it’s supposed to do. Not quickly or with style, but consistently and effectively nonetheless. The thing is, though, that… Continue reading
November 11 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: email, outlook, review, software, tool, xobni | 11 comments»
At the center of just about every personal productivity system are lists – GTD has it’s context lists, Pomodoro has it’s action inventory and daily to-do lists, todoodlist has, well, the todoodlist, and so on.But there are a lot of different kinds of lists besides your task or to-do list that can help you be more productive. Lists in general are powerful tools – open-ended, constantly growing… Continue reading
November 5 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: checklist, list, online-tool, pen-and-paper, reference, software, task list, todo | 25 comments»
With new android phones just out and even more on the way, I thought it would be a good time to release another list of neat-o Android apps. My last Android post (part 1 and part 2) focused on apps specifically for increasing your productivity; this post includes all manner of apps. Some will help you be more productive, some will just help you have more fun.(Note… Continue reading
October 16 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: android, app, google, mobility, smartphone, software | 5 comments»
In part 1 of this post, I discussed the communications offerings that Google offers and the role they might play for small- and medium-sized businesses. In this follow-up, I will cover their productivity and promotional services, ranging from the productivity suite Google Docs to the free hosted blogging service Blogger. While Google's communications tools are generally quite excellent, their productivity and promotion tools are much more a mixed bag… Continue reading
October 1 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, business-tools, google, online, software, web-2.0, web-apps | 5 comments»
As a big fan of online, Web 2.0 applications, I've long followed Google's ever-increasing stable of web-based services, from Google Docs to Google Voice to Google Reader. Their large and growing collection of online applications and services make it increasingly possible to consider running the bulk of your business using free (or low-cost) Google applications. Even big businesses have gotten in to the act, with mega-corporations like GE giving Google's… Continue reading
September 30 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, business-tools, google, online, software, web-2.0, web-apps | 7 comments»
Coaching is usually about ‘the big change’: generating significant new business strategies or leadership behaviours. But along the way there are dozens of small adjustments that make a big difference as well. Many of those are in the realm of technology.Especially when working with small businesses and lone entrepreneurs, I suggest to a variety of tools and approaches to build capacity and pull down obstacles. Here are 10 tips that… Continue reading
September 1 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, Communication, email, networking, organization, Productivity, software, time | 18 comments»
It’s about that time for me again: my desktop is a couple years part its prime and my laptop just died (no display, no hard drive activity, no wifi, and a recent history of turning off suddenly for no good reason – those are all bad signs, right?), which means the near future holds a new PC for me. Which means a blank slate on which to… Continue reading
July 29 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: applications, computer, free-software, software, windows | 131 comments»
This post continues the list I started in Part 1, adding apps for managing contacts, collaborating, and accessing computer services from your Android phone (or, in the near future, other device). As before, I’m including links to the developers’ homepage when available, but all of these apps can be downloaded from the Google Market on your Android phone. And all are free (or were when I… Continue reading
July 21 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: android, app, google, mobility, smartphone, software | 5 comments»
With a raft of new devices scheduled to join the lonely T-Mobile G1 in Google’s lineup, the Android operating system looks like it’s not only going to be around for a while but may well give its fellows smartphones from Apple, Blackberry, and Palm a run for their money. With its Linux-derived core and slick user interface, the Android system is proving to be very adaptable – it will even… Continue reading
July 20 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: android, app, google, mobility, smartphone, software | 42 comments»
Last week, I looked at the apps chosen by CNet for the productivity section of the Webware 100. There were, however, 10 other sections – 9 categories of apps voted for as top in their class and an extra categories of apps chosen by the editors at CNet. This week, I want to look at a selection of applications from the rest of the Webware 100… Continue reading
June 4 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: backup, image-editing, online, search, software, sync, twitter, web-app, webware-100 | 6 comments»
CNet’s Webware 100 singles out 100 web-based applications for excellence in 10 categories. Unlike some other awards which recognize new services, the Webware 100 are selected as “best-of-breed” from among all the applications currently available.The upshot is, there’s some pretty good apps on the list! Here, then, are my thoughts on the 10 selected in the “Productivity” category; in a future post I’ll look through some of the selections… Continue reading
May 28 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: collaboration, document, finance, online, remember-the-milk, software, task list, web-app, web2.0 | 10 comments»
I’m getting ready to embark on an 1800-mile road trip. In addition to having my car checked out, packing my bags, and picking out a selection of fine roadfoods at my local Trader Joes (ah, Sweet and Salty Trail Mix…) I’ve also been loading my blackberry up with useful software to lend a hand on the road.
While some rural areas don’t have data… Continue reading
May 20 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: cell phone, mobile-app, road-trip, smartphone, software, travel, vacation | 19 comments»
I've followed the development of Cultured Code's Things with keen interest since it was announced in its early stages. It seemed like it was going to come closer to providing a truly seamless and ubiquitous, but most importantly, smooth application for managing the things that need to get done each day.My problem with task management applications is this: they require too much conscious effort on my part. Task management… Continue reading
March 4 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: review, software, task management | 18 comments»
Chances are at least one of your New Year's resolutions had to do with money. So how are you doing on your budget?I can't count the number the times I've created budgets only to throw in the towel and decide that they just don't work. Usually my frustration is due to any of the following:
February 4 2009 | By Liora | Tagged: budget, budgeting, finance, Money, software, ynab | 2 comments»
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