I wrote earlier about a grand experiment with Open Office that I’ve been trying. Today, the experiment kicked in to full gear with the arrival of our two laptops. After setting up one of them, including an install of Open Office 2.3, I only had a chance to open a couple of files and see…
I think I’ve mentioned before the reasons I’m attracted to photography, but as I’ve gotten somewhat better at it, more and more I find myself enjoying something else about it. While I’m certainly enjoying getting better at it, now I’m also really enjoying seeing other people enjoy my photos. Today that really became clear to…
I can’t take credit for this, but this afternoon I got the following email from our Helpdesk Manager: 1. Before you go to a desk, send the attached file with instructions for the user not to open it until a helpdesk technician is at their desk. 2. Go to the user’s desk, put your hands…
The latest issue of Tech Support Alert comes with some handy sites to bookmark. On one hand, they link to a couple of sites that allow you to check any downloaded files for malware using a number of anti-virus scanners at once before you run them: [1] http://virusscan.jotti.org/[2] http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html They also link to a site…
I saw a mention of this tool come across one of the Lit Support mailing lists today, and thought it sounded pretty interesting. It’s called ToDoList: ToDoList is a rare form of task management tool, one that allows you to repeatedly sub-divide your tasks into more manageable pieces whilst still presenting a clean and intuitive…
Joe Wilcox does a good job of finding the FUD in Microsoft’s 10 reasons not to use Google Apps. I’d have to agree with him that Microsoft’s reasons are pretty dumb. One thing that does jump out at me though, is number 7: Enterprise companies have to constantly think about government regulations and standards?while Google…