Random Phrase Popup in Excel
I use a pretty large Excel Workbook every day in my job. I thought it might be nice to have a “motivational” phrase show each time the workbook was opened. Something to start the day out on the right foot.
In my workbook I created a worksheet called phrases that simply consist of a motivational [...]
Email – 5 tips for stopping the insanity…
Full article can be found HERE…
Project Management 101
“Good project management is essential to staying organized. I’m not a fan of jargon and industry specific nomenclature, so here is a basic guide as to what it takes to really manage a project.” is the lead in to a great article on project management that you can find on SmartWomanGuides.com . Using a [...]
Paypal Reporting to the IRS
For those of you that receive payments via Paypal for whatever your business might be, you may be interested to know that Paypal will now be required to report payments made to you to the IRS. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act signed into law in 2008 is the culprit of the new requirement. [...]
7 Strategies to Help Manage Email Overload
Email is my nemesis. I use tools like Clear Context and Xobni to help me manage the email that I have but it still seems to be absolutely overwhelming at times. In my blog perusals today I found a great article on Dr Dewett’s Weekly Column entitled Feeling Bogged Down by Your Email. The [...]
Project Management Mistakes
Did you know that only 29% of IT projects are ever completed successfully? When I read the article The 14 Most Common Project Management Mistakes at Network World’s website I couldn’t help but identify with some of my past projects that went seriously amiss. Some of the mistakes…
IT doesn’t follow a standard, repeatable project management [...]
My First and Last WestJet Airlines Trip
International business travel is bad enough! Combine that with an airline that just doesn’t seem to care about customers and consistently applies policy inconsistently and I had a week of travel nightmares on WestJet. This Canadian airline – that models itself after Southwest Airlines, in the US has an awful lot to learn about [...]
My Sprint Mogul Phone – Review
I have moved my cell service to Sprint… there will be another review of what an absolutely AWFUL transition that was… This review will focus on my new phone – The Mogul.
This device is made by HTC and I must say that when I was with my prior cell provider I had a very [...]
Xobni – In All Fairness… an Update
It was pointed out to me by a reader via email that I haven’t really kept you all in the loop with my Xobni saga… So this brief post will hopefully get you all up to speed and give you some insight of what I am working through and still hope to get resolved.
Unfortunately, [...]
5 Quick Email Productivity Tips
You know I am always looking for productivity tips and tricks, particularly in the area of email since I am literally inundated with hundreds of them a day. In the area of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) – 43 Folders shares their 5 tips. Elegantly simple yet absolutely right on track… I can honestly [...]
