Archive for February, 2008

ATL’s Digital Pen and Paper Mobile Workforce Prototype

Accenture Technology Labs’ “Digital Pen and Paper Mobile Workforce Prototype” (DPPMWP) (Okay, who’s responsible for our acronyms? Anyone? Anyone?) is one of many sales force automation tools we’ve developed over the years. It uses a digital pen (for input) and a cell phone (for communication and output). It works like this:
The sales rep fills out […]


Salesforce.com: Why the model is working

Salesforce.com reported strong fiscal fourth quarter results and indicated that it is notching some wins against the large software vendors. Why are things falling in line for Salesforce.com?
First the numbers, Salesforce.com reported fourth quarter earnings of 6 cents a share on revenue of $216.9 million, up 50 percent from a year ago. For the year, […]


Apple: All signs point to a more business friendly iPhone

Apple has dropped some serious hints that its iPhone strategy will at least be tweaked–mostly in ways that will court business users.
First up, Apple has sent invitations for the launch of the iPhone SDK next week and as David Morgenstern notes the device will have “some exciting new enterprise features.” Meanwhile, Tim Cook presented at […]


Dell’s fourth quarter: Watch retail channel, enterprise and software plans

Dell reports it fiscal fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and analysts aren’t expecting too much, but there should be a few key indicators of whether the company’s new initiatives–courting enterprise buyers with a simplified IT message, using better designs and retail partnerships to win back consumers and a bevy of software investments–are taking hold.
According to […]


News to know: EC vs. Microsoft; Google Sites; Evernote’s incredible search; iPhone roadmap

Notable headlines:
Larry Dignan: EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine

Mary Jo Foley: European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?
Dennis Howlett: Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine
John Carroll: Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236

Jotspot is back (as Google Sites); It’s still a wiki
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Dennis Howlett: Google Sites - spoiled by usability issues

George Ou: Microsoft’s free […]


Grab Flickr Creative Commons Photos Without Leaving Your Blog

This is a post from SuperBloggingTips.com, a make money online blog.

photo credit: muha…
I was browsing through my RSS subcriptions when I saw this post Darren wrote featuring a fantastic Wordpress plugin that I knew I had to have.
“With the Photo Dropper plugin, you can now search millions of Flickr photos and add them to […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Grab Flickr Creative Commons Photos Without Leaving Your Blog”, url: “http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/02/grab-flickr-creative-commons-photos-without-leaving-your-blog/” });

Jotspot is back (as Google Sites); It’s still a wiki

Google acquired Jotspot in 2006 and then let it disappear. But the company didn’t totally give up on the hosted wiki application and has rebranded it Google Sites.

As Dan Farber notes, Google Sites is another cog in that Google Apps suite. Rafe Needleman finds it curious that Google Sites doesn’t mention the word wiki anywhere.
That […]


13 ways to liven up your work-at-home routine

After challenging tradition and working at home for the past 6 months, I’ve gathered a great deal of new perspectives. I’ve learned a lot about myself and what I want to do with my life. I’ve learned that being your own boss is a dream come true. I’ve also learned that there can be bitter elements to even […]

Three More Great WordPress Plug-Ins

In addition to the 10 Must-Have WordPress plug-ins I mentioned earlier, I’ve found three more to add to the list:

Advanced Permalinks: If you’ve ever tried converting from an ugly or date-based permalink structure to something more SEO-friendly like /category/postname/ permalinks, then you know the frustration of discovering that none of your old permalinks work. With […]

Back Up Your Data Painlessly

Having spent the majority of last weekend trying to reconstruct one of my sites after a data loss, I’m determined to never go through that kind of stress again. I’m now performing weekly automated backups and have tasked myself with a reminder to perform monthly manual backup, too.
If the thought performing your own backup leaves […]