Category: Personal Productivity

Almost four years ago to the day, I started this “Personal Productivity” category. with a post extolling Microsoft OneNote.  Four year later, I continue to depend on OneNote (now the improved 2007 version). The surprise is that more people have not heard of it, much...

I give Steve Jobs and Apple huge credit for great design and new business models. But not all is perfect in Mac land.  Ok, I admit it, I use a PC with Windows. But I do use iTunes and QuickTime. Apple, along with countless other...

Ocasionally I post about personal productivity tools. I used web-based back-up system Mozy for months and find it fantastic.  Mozy is a web-based service, accompanied by desktop software, that back-ups selected directories on your hard drive. Up to two gigabytes of storage is free; unlimited...

Six weeks ago I gushed about the personal productivity benefits of Sunrocket VOIP. This week, Sunrocket, suddenly and unexpectedly ceased operations, leaving me without a business “land line” though for now the forward to my cell phone works at least intermittently.  I called the FCC...

One of my new productivity tools for 2007 is a VOIP business phone. This post will interest readers in small offices or in their personal capacity more than those working in large organizations.  [To learn more about VOIP, click the more link below.] I recently...

I’ve recently found 3 new tools to improve my personal productivity.  Today I discuss a cell phone with high speed net access. Future posts will cover new back-up software and a VOIP phone. Large law firms have different options but some readers may find info...

PCs are great productivity tools – except when unexplained problems become time sinks, many of which in my personal experience arise from Microsoft.  After reading recently in e-week and elsewhere about security problems in Office applications, I decided it was time to update my Office...

“You can never be too rich or too thin.” Or have too much computer screen real estate.  In the office, my Vaio notebook sits in a docking station and connects to a 19″ external LCD monitor. I “virtualize” the notebook and external monitor, so that...