Published by: Jason Ciment on 11-11-2011
How many times have you missed or showed up late to a meeting, event, or conference because the seemingly simple reminder tool on your PC was obscured by other programs and windows, or failed to appear at all? While it's happened to all of us at one point or another, that doesn't mean that our clients, colleagues, or even friends and family members will always be understanding due to The Little Appointment Reminder That Couldn't. And there's no reason they should have to be since Outlook has taken a cue from its user feedback and started offering an improved (and of course, free) Reminder Alerts feature.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 11-09-2011
How do you tackle having to correct, sharpen, or otherwise edit massive numbers of images? For even the most expert Photoshop user, such a process can consume valuable time and resources. If you or your designers are spending hours making the same repetitious adjustments to hundreds of image files, this Web Design Wednesday has a helpful tip for making the process much faster and easier: automating your Photoshop actions.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 11-08-2011
Are you utilizing the latest social media tool to connect to Google and your online audience?
For a relatively new social media platform, Google Plus has expanded rapidly and gained momentum and popularity tantamount to Facebook and Twitter in just a few months. Much like these established social networking sites, Google Plus is now encouraging not only individual users but also businesses to join and create pages. Setting up a Google Plus page for your business is free, easy, and beneficial for building a community around your brand and driving traffic to your site.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 11-07-2011
How many times have you jotted down important information from a meeting only to lose track of it in the pages of an already disordered and scribble-laden legal pad? In the increasingly fast-paced Google business world, as well as in many of our kids� academic institutions, old-fashioned pen-and-paper note-taking is giving way to electronic tablet-based organization tools like the iPad, Kindle, and others. Consequently, you have your choice of note-taking apps for your reminders, ideas, and projects.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 11-04-2011
How do you go about sending large documents and files?
If you have ever been sent a sizable file that was not properly compressed, you know what an inconvenience it can be. After irritatingly lengthy download time, you also discover that an enormous amount of your hard disk space has been eaten up in order to receive and store the attachment. Chances are you were a little irked at the colleague or acquaintance who sent you that file without taking the time to adjust it with an effective archiving and compression tool like 7-Zip.
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