Category: Software

  • The hell of email

    Sometimes, being an advocate of the “if it ain’t broke, break it” school of thought – the title of one of my long-time favourite business books which I bought when it was first published in the early 90s – can…

  • Jumping a Gmail search hurdle

    While I’ve been in email limbo for much of this month, I’m getting closer to finding a way to manage email effectively that I hope I’ll be happy with. On the road to that solution, I experienced one small (to…

  • How do you upgrade your WordPress?

    WordPress version 2.7.1 was released this week. If you’re running the immediate prior version 2.7, you now have a built-in option to automatically upgrade your installation with literally one click to the latest version 2.7.1. So no more manual work…

  • Easy geo-location with Google Latitude

    I’ve been taking a look at Google Latitude, a new geo-location tool that looks to be an oh-so-easy way to share your location data in real time with friends and colleagues. I installed it on my Nokia N95 8GB yesterday…

  • A grim outlook on email

    Over the weekend, I reorganized my email system. Looks like that wasn’t a good idea. At least, not the way I did it. I use Outlook 2007 to manage all my email. I bring in email from 3 different domain…