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« Previous EntriesSetting up an FTP connecting using FileZilla
Thursday, March 13th, 2008FTP or File Transfer Protocol is a method for transferring files between two computers on a network. This can be between two computers on your local business network or a computer the other side of the world. Dating as far back as 1971, FTP is still widely used today from a web developer updating a […]
Getting Started with Open Source Software
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking to a number of business owners about IT services. One of our principles is to use open source software whenever possible to help lower development and licensing costs. Although, I still find that many businesses are simply not aware of the free software.
As with anything, the […]
3 Tools to help with planning of bespoke software applications
Monday, September 10th, 2007Turning your ideas and business requirements into a piece of software can be a difficult process. So how do you bridge the gap between your dream business application and the people that will make it happen, the Software Development company? I have outlined a couple of easy to use tools which could help you […]
Waiting for Microsoft, Windows Server 2008
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007Another operating system, another delay….
Microsoft has now pushed back Windows Server 2008 release to manufacturing to the first quarter. Release to manufacturing had been expected by the end of this year. The change foreshadows that the new server software will not likely be broadly available for its scheduled Feb. 27, 2008 launch.
Come on Microsoft, […]
How to make your Wiki easier to use
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Although Wiki’s can be a invaluable resource for a business, many are put off by the wiki code needed to contribute to the knowledge base system. Yeah its pretty easy to learn, but a hassle to use on daily basis. More expensive commercial products come with in built toolbars with live preview mode. But before you open your wallet why not try […]
Plan your projects using Mind Mapping software
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Last night I was speaking to one of my clients about their ideas for software system they would like developing. Although my client had done an excellent job of laying out her ideas using Excel and Word, I feel that actually with all it’s features Microsoft Office had let her down.
Yeah you can use some of […]
What is a Wiki and why are they so great?
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Finally, last week I was managed to score off ”Implement a company Wiki for internal documentation” off my to-do list! Within a day of using it, I’m now wondering why we didn’t start this business wiki last year!
Wiki Wookie
So what is a Wiki, and why are they so great? It could be a name for a character out of Star War, but […]
Sharing your Outlook contacts with co-workers
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007If your business use Outlook but doesn’t a have centralised system to share contacts with co-work, you can get around this simply by exporting the address list to an Excel compatible file. Then import the file into a co-workers Outlook.
So how do I export them?
Open Outlook and navigate to the contacts section
Click on File > Import and Export […]
What’s this weeks internet buzz? Pownce
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Over the last couple of months or so, the internet buzz could be summed up as…
I’ve touched on Twitter before and even had a play around with it. Jaiku is nice because it pulls all our various Web 2.0 feeds together and reformats them into a timeline, see the right hand side. I am currently playing around with […]
Restoring Windows XP Backups on Windows Vista
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Last week I installed a couple more Windows Vista machines after a series of catastrophic problems at one of our smaller clients. Then it came to restoring some files from the backups which where originally created using Window XP backup utility. Microsoft in their great wisdom has removed backwards compatibility with XP backups in Windows […]