http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/604/all xx http://www.itworld.com/small-business/82173/google-apps-trump-ibm-lotus-inotes-lame-offering Did you notice Google Apps has a new competitor? Didn't think so. You'd think IBM and Lotus could come up with 1) a better product to compete on Google's turf and 2) figure out a way to make a bigger splash. All we have here are lame offerings created by idiot vice presidents and marketed by other idiot vice presidents. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/82173/google-apps-trump-ibm-lotus-inotes-lame-offering#comments Business Personal tech SaaS Small business Opinion E-mail Google Google Apps IBM Lotus iNotes Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:50:43 -0400 James Gaskin 82173 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/80252/three-ways-improve-focus-and-work-smarter They tell us to “work smarter, not harder” but working harder is, oddly, easier than working smarter. Why? Because no one gives full attention to anything anymore. My slogan is “always connected, always distracted.” http://www.itworld.com/small-business/80252/three-ways-improve-focus-and-work-smarter#comments Personal tech Small business Tech & society Opinion concentration creativity distractions E-mail focus Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:10:05 -0400 James Gaskin 80252 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/73869/5-reasons-use-sharepoint-instead-emailing-excel-files SharePoint acts as a basic replacement for shared folders on file servers. http://www.itworld.com/software/73869/5-reasons-use-sharepoint-instead-emailing-excel-files#comments Software Analysis document management E-mail Excel SharePoint Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:37:46 -0400 jbort 73869 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/71117/lisa-technophobe-loves-new-netbook When hardcore technophobes start to tell me about their new computer, I usually hear complaints. Last weekend, my friend Lisa told me she was happy with a computer for the first time in her life. Her new system? A netbook, which fulfilled her goals of portability and providing just what she needed finally made her happy about computers. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/71117/lisa-technophobe-loves-new-netbook#comments Hardware Personal tech Small business Tech & society LAN Languages and standards Opinion Asus E-mail netbook Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:09:21 -0400 James Gaskin 71117 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/68861/link-quickbooks-contacts-verticalresponse-e-mail-marketing One of the chores people hate most when using computers? Reentering information from one system into another system. After all, you're typing on the same computer, right? And data should be shared right? So why have to virtually schlep things like contact information from one system to another to another to another to get your work done? This week, at least two companies upgraded virtual schlepping to automated contact sharing. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/68861/link-quickbooks-contacts-verticalresponse-e-mail-marketing#comments Internet SaaS Small business Software Opinion E-mail e-mail marketing Marketing QuickBooks VerticalResponse Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:28:32 -0400 James Gaskin 68861 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/68506/what-dallas-itec-crowd-wanted-know I had a good time meeting and speaking to folks at the Dallas ITEC show yesterday. I mentioned I was going to give the audience at my keynote address a chance to vote on which topics were of highest importance for them. I put this list on the screen: http://www.itworld.com/small-business/68506/what-dallas-itec-crowd-wanted-know#comments Endpoint security Hardware Operating systems Personal tech SaaS Security Small business Software Tech & society Windows Opinion Data Safety Score E-mail Full disk encryption ITEC Thu, 28 May 2009 12:46:08 -0400 James Gaskin 68506 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/67072/technology-planning-small-business-growth A reply to my post from last week “Is Your Small Business Goal to Grow or Not?” asks an interesting question: if growth is the goal of a small business owner, how do you include technology planning in your development? ArcherTC reported giving little thought beyond what tools to use today. And as software and hardware keep jumping forward, including the scary thought (at least to ArcherTC) of ever-increasing cloud computing options, how does one pick the right technology to support growth? http://www.itworld.com/small-business/67072/technology-planning-small-business-growth#comments Business Internet SaaS Small business Opinion CRM E-mail Microsoft Small Business Server Saas Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:52:21 -0400 James Gaskin 67072 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/59864/short-straw-1 If you're reading this at work, it means you're a “short straw” person who picked the short straw to work during a holiday. Welcome to the club. If you're reading this at home because you're in the habit, then I'll try to entertain you a bit. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/59864/short-straw-1#comments Internet Legal Security Small business Opinion E-mail HP UAC Vista Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:14:55 -0500 James Gaskin 59864 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/58650/e-mail-archiving-stupidity I live in the Dallas area, but not in the city of Dallas. That means my children were outside the horribly mis-managed Dallas schools, but we're still under the thumbs of idiotic Dallas County officials. How idiotic? How about this recent story, “E-mail Deletion Plan Criticized,” about officials wanting to delete e-mail after 90 days. Have none of them heard of all the new regulations about e-mail archiving? http://www.itworld.com/small-business/58650/e-mail-archiving-stupidity#comments Business Government Legal Security Small business Tech & society Unified communications Opinion archive Dallas County E-mail Ron White Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:19:01 -0500 James Gaskin 58650 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/57558/white-house-goes-web If you ever doubted the power of new marketing models using the Web, e-mail, and text messages, get over that now. The Washington Post reports in their story “Under Obama, Web Would Be the Way,” how the president-elect will continue to use the huge mailing list developed during the campaign to connect directly to supporters. Previous presidents could only use expensive direct mail to speak to their supporters without going through the traditional media, but Obama plans to keep open the direct communication link that served him so well during the campaign. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/57558/white-house-goes-web#comments Business Internet Small business Opinion E-mail e-mail list obama Rush LImbaugh Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:41:24 -0500 James Gaskin 57558 at http://www.itworld.com