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Why Microsoft Outlook is to be Avoided for Personal Use

Editorial By Dec 10, 2009 No Comments

Recently, I’ve had to work on a number of machines that have had Outlook as their primary e-mail client for a number of years and in doing the requisite work on these systems that I’ve come to see a broad issue with locally stored e-mail and the way Outlook in particular makes it very difficult to get away from. What…

Information Management Using VUE (mindmapping software)

How-To By Dec 02, 2009 2 Comments

Some of my job functions require a large volume of record gathering for several cases simultaneously. At first, I was dealing with this task by using a Word or WordPerfect text document (“record disposition log”) with tables indicating the name of the location and what had transpired between my phone calls/faxes to them and their responses to me. Sometimes I…

SYNCING.NET Review (Outlook Sync Solution)

Editorial, Review By Nov 10, 2009 1 Comment

Well, there’s certainly quite a few Outlook sync competitors, but I chose Syncing.net due to price and the pitch. They have a nice little flash demo showing everything going perfectly. Now, Syncing.net doesn’t only sync Outlook PST’s between computers, they also have a Dropbox-like folder sharing capability which allows you to “invite” other people to your shared folder(s). I did…

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Review

Review By Oct 27, 2009 3 Comments

I’ve been running Microsoft’s free anti-virus solution for quite some time now. I’ve been a fan of Microsoft’s security attempts beginning with their buyout of Giant Anti-Spyware way back in 2004 (then imaginatively named Microsoft Anti-Spyware). Since then, service-started protection was necessary and thus Windows Defender was created to serve that purpose as well as provide the necessary x64 compatability…

Google Wave Review

Review By Oct 13, 2009 No Comments

I’ll keep this short. These past couple days I’ve been experimenting with Google Wave, Google’s solution to e-mail “chat”, the back-and-forth asymmetrical use of e-mail as a means of realtime communication and collaboration between multiple recipients. It’s a good idea, and it essentially mirrors the functionality of a forum, albeit a high tech forum with lots more capabilities. Although Google…