Monthly Archives: April 2008
Kudos to Dreamhost
I’ve been hosting my personal stuff with Dreamhost as it allows me to experiment with things on my own without needing to bother our network admin. One thing that I like about Dreamhost is they embrace the concept of radical transparency. So when there were some very serious problems with some of their equipment, they [...]
Top 10 Email Productivity Boosters
Lifehacker posts a great top 10 list for email productivity… Top 10 Email Productivity Boosters
Extra Step: Purpose
I work with lots of clients on their website strategy. All too often, they want to rush ahead to the visuals. The most crucial step before going to the design is to define the purpose for the site. The problem is that clients create a broad definition of the purpose of the website. Typical example: [...]
Twitter and the Wisdom of the Crowds
A lot of digital ink has been spilled debating the usefulness of Twitter. And what makes Twitter so interesting is that people have developed lots of interesting uses for the service. There is one particular use that some of the Internet “stars” have talked about. Asking Twitter a question. I’m a big fan of the [...]
Calculate Your Economic Stimulus Payment
On the subject of taxes, you might as well go see if you are going to get some “eco-stimulus-love” from the IRS in the next few months. So grab a copy of your 2007 return (the one that you made before sending it in, right?) and head over to the following link. IRS Economic Stimulus [...]
Common Craft video about Google Apps + Salesforce.com
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video As usual, the Common Craft show (this time for hire) comes through with a nice high level description. And, Salesforce.com has launched a new blog for this integration. And as a follow-up from today’s webcast, visit http://www.salesforce.com/googleapps/ for complete information.
Sheet Music Roller Coaster
This commercial from the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is just plain cool. My composer brain loves this more than my marketing brain!
RSS Explained
RSS = Really Simple Syndication For most people, it’s not so simple. So, let’s try to resolve this. Let’s say you are obsessed with the news, so everyday you log on to a bunch of different news sites to see what is new and interesting. If you are only following one or two sites, it [...]
Salesforce.com and Google Apps Officially Mashed-Up
If you are a Salesforce.com customer, consider yourself officially blessed with Google Apps right in your Salesforce.com world. What does this mean in simple terms? If I were in Microsoft land right now, I’d be a bit worried. Okay, really worried. Here is a video tour from Salesforce.com. Putting Google Docs into Salesforce.com means seriously [...]
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