One thing which really amazes me is how many people use (extremely) ‘relaxed’ language in professional communications. Be it email, memos or data entry notes, whenever you are communicating as a professional, take the time to use proper case, punctuation and spell check. It can be a really poor reflection on yourself if you do [...]
Free Windows Hosting Control Panel
August 16, 2009 by 2 Comments
If you are ever considering testing the web hosting market, unless you service a niche market, you almost have to have a ‘control panel’ available to your users. When you do your research, you will quickly see these are not cheap. If you have several customers already, this is typically not a problem, but if [...]
RadioShack Name Change. Why?
August 5, 2009 by 43 Comments
So if you haven’t heard, RadioShack will be changing its name to simply, "The Shack". This change will either increase brand awareness and breathe new life into the company, or go over like a lead zeppelin and do nothing for the company whatsoever. When a company makes the huge decision to change its name, the [...]
Renew Your Crucial Domains For The Long Term
July 18, 2009 by 1 Comment
If you own a domain name (or several) which you depend on, go ahead and lock them down for the long term by renewing your registration for several (i.e. 5 or more) years. The cost, typically, is relatively minimal and you insure your domain ownership will not lapse. If you operate a business, having your [...]
Remove Duplicate Contact Entries From Outlook
July 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
If you make use of Outlook’s contact management functionality, over time you may accumulate duplicate entries as you sync with your mobile device, contacts move companies, additional data is imported or [insert reason here]. If this is the case and you are looking for a tool to help remove the duplicates then check out Contacts [...]
Send A Fax For Free Over The Internet
July 2, 2009 by 8 Comments
Every now and then we all have the need to send a fax. Whether it is for important [fill in the blank] forms with your signature or you simply need to send a ‘paper copy’ of something instantly, fax is still a standard for transferring documents. If you don’t have a fax machine and do [...]
Job Hunting? Beware Of Phishers
June 23, 2009 by 4 Comments
In the news recently, there was mention of a City in Montana requiring not only information on your social media accounts, but your user name and passwords as well. It goes without saying, this is huge concern to applicants’ privacy. On a related note, phishers and scammers are taking advantage of job applicants as well [...]
City Of Bozeman, MT Run By Idiots?
June 19, 2009 by 3 Comments
Said honestly, when I first read this article, I thought it was a joke. I’m not kidding. I said to myself, "There is no way any organization would ask for your personal logins and passwords to the social media sites you use just to apply for a job." The article asks if the City of [...]
Your Opinion: What’s Your Brick-And-Mortar Electronics Store?
June 1, 2009 by 6 Comments
This article is not about the things we buy online but rather the traditional stores we use to buy our electronic stuff. With electronics items, you can either go to a store that’s specifically deals in electronics, an office supply store, or a department store. In the United States, these are the choices we have [...]
What’s The Easiest Paid Programmer Gig?
May 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
So you want to be a programmer. But you don’t want to spend tens of thousands of dollars in training. You want something you can learn that’s cheap, always in demand and can be learned easily. Sound like you? Then you want to be a Microsoft Access consultant. MS Access consultants are always needed for [...]
5 Tips To Decrease Junk Mail/Phone Calls
May 20, 2009 by 4 Comments
The junk I’m referring to in this article is physical junk, as in the stuff that lands in your postal mailbox and the telemarketing calls you receive. 1. Make your phone number unlisted. Easy solution but certainly not instant gratification. It may take as long as a year before the calls slow down. Telemarketing companies [...]
5 Ways To Deal Electronics Store Retail
May 11, 2009 by 2 Comments
It’s most likely true you study the electronics products you intend to purchase before you buy them. You read web site reviews, watch a demonstration video of it if available, and maybe even print out a sheet with some notes before heading to the store. You expect, as you should, the employee you encounter who [...]
Has The PC Market Hit Its Saturation Point?
April 24, 2009 by 5 Comments
I personally base whether the PC market is saturated or not by asking a very simple question: Is the computer as common in the average home as a television set? That’s a tough one to answer. More on that later. Saturation point in reference to PC sales is the instance where PC manufacturers cannot sell [...]
Outsource Scanning And Organizing Receipts
April 23, 2009 by 4 Comments
If you need (or like) to keep your receipts for either tax or reimbursement purposes, you have to be organized. For obvious reasons, having them available digitally is probably easiest since they don’t consume (physical) storage space and are readily available. Of course, scanning these in can be quite a task… or you can just [...]
Going To Sell Computers? Consider Going Vintage Niche
April 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Going "niche" market means to be specialized to one particular product. And if the product you sell has enough of a following, it sells itself just by brand alone. Selling a new PC is tough because you simply cannot compete with Dell. They will always be able to sell for less than you can. And [...]
