Category: Reviews
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Bamboo Invoice: Online invoices made awesome
I work as an independent consultant while going back to school and keeping track of my customers, time sheets, projects, hours, invoices, and rates is a daunting task. That’s why I’m so glad I found Bamboo Invoice. While evaluating various other fee-based online applications (invoiceIt, etc.) that can generate invoices, I stumbled upon the Bamboo…
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Dell PowerVault RD1000
A while back when I bought a small business server for a client and the Dell PowerVault RD1000 seemed like a relatively inexpensive backup option compatible with Backup Exec 12 so I added it to the order. After a few months of use I’m convinced that this thing is a just a glorified SATA to…
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HP printer drivers: software engineering gone wrong
I’ve worked with HP Printers throughout my entire career. Lets face it, they’re still the gold standard in business laser printing. So when the time came to refresh all HP printers at a clients headquarter site, I found that HP had made some changes to their popular 2000, 3000, and 4000 lines of business laser printers. Unfortunately…
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Archive your corporate e-mail, it’s the law
As of December 2006 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) rules have been amended to require institutions to archive their email and other electronic data so they can present present it as evidence in civil litigation. An entire industry has sprouted up to help companies comply with what is commonly termed eDiscovery law. The…
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Cisco Catalyst with StackWise not that wise
Today I attempted to add a Cisco catalyst 3750 to an existing stack of Cisco switches. A stack is a number of sequentially connected switches via the proprietary 16gbps StackWise™ cable. As the advertising story goes adding a switch to an existing stack should be as simple as connecting the switch to the stack via…
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Google Apps limits outgoing emails to 500 a day
Before I start my rant, I’d like to mention that I’m still pleased with the overall functionality of Google Apps and I’ve posted to that effect here. That said, here are a couple of things I dislike about Google Apps & Google Apps Premier. Both have impacts on small business clients of mine. First Google…
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Website stats that don’t suck
In effort to help customers place their AdWords/AdSense better, Google has released the best website statistics package ever…and yes, it’s free. Google Analytics (GA) is probably the best free alternative to those costly site statistics hosting add-on packages. It utilizes an easy to use AJAX interface with live interactive graphs and maps. Here’s how to…
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Google DOCS: Online document collaboration done right
Google Documents (or docs) formerly known as Writely.com are essentially free applications that are hosted on the Internet and work in your browser. Cloud computing is the term often used to describe these applications because they sit somewhere on the Internet and can be used from any computer with a browser. Google docs functions similarly…
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A weekend with Windows VISTA and Office 2007
I had some free time this weekend, so I decided to install latest Windows VISTA release candidate along with a trial version of . So far I’ve been relying on XP and Office 2003 because that’s what the majority of my clients use, but lots of people have been talking about upgrading so I figured…
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10 things I hate about you…Word
In this article I’ll show you how to fix the 10 things I hate most about Microsoft Word. I’ve spent hours over the years getting Word to behave, so this article serves both as a reminder to myself and a guide for you.