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29
Sep

WebIS releases Pocket Informant for the BlackBerry

About a week ago I got the exciting news that WebIS was releasing their Pocket Informant for the BlackBerry. I have used Pocket Informant on my PocketPC before, and was impressed with the features that it had - I never used all of them!
The BlackBerry version is not as extensive as the PocketPC one (a [...]


08
Sep

Google Chrome available for download

Google has released their beta browser Chrome for Windows. It distinguishes itself from other browsers by having a very minimalistic design, and some interesting technological features:

The address bar doubles as a search box, history browser and suggestion bar.
The tabs can be dragged out of the browser to create a new window, or multiple tabs can [...]


02
Sep

Bear traps, time burglars and attention sinks

I just finished watching a recording of Merlin Mann’s presentation Bear traps, time burglars and attention sinks, or “Why does my email make me crazy?”. He discusses the problems today’s Knowledge Worker faces, and gives a couple of quick tips on how to get a handle on them.
You can watch the recording at iTunes. Also, [...]


19
Aug

Outlook attachment reminder

It has happened to everyone: you are composing this message, and say something like “as you can see in the attached Excel sheet” or talk about the cute picture you’ve attached, and then you forget to attach the file…
Have no fear, Outlook Attachment Reminder is here! A small but effective script will scan your message [...]


06
Aug

Change Microsoft Word 2007’s default file type from DOCX to DOC

The Technix Update blog has a handy little tip on how to change the default save format from the dreaded DOCX to the Word 2003 standard of DOC.
In case the blog gets swamped or the tip disappears, here are the steps in a nutshell:

Open Microsoft Word, and click the Office icon at the top left.
Click [...]

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