Here’s another move schools and 501(c)3s should make to get off Microsoft Exchange and its expensive licensing… “Google has launched a new version of Google Apps (formerly Google Apps for Your Domain), and it adds Google Docs & Spreadsheets and a pay service. There are now two editions of Goofle Apps: the free Standard Edition [...]

Calendars…
The folks at Lifehacker took a poll on the top calendaring applications. Here are the results… “Nothing’s more important to your productivity arsenal than a solid scheduling tool, and considering so much of what we do happens at the computer, a good calendar application is just the thing to bring order to your agenda. On [...]

Just got back…
via toddlohenry.com …after a lovely week of camping on the Keweenaw Peninsula. If you have a backlog of e1evation issues on your agenda, please arrange a meeting at http://tungle.me/toddlohenry… Related articles by Zemanta “Tungle Me” Is The Social Way of Asking “When Are You Free?” (networksolutions.com)
Tactic #8: Use ‘branded’ email
Image via Wikipedia I took a little time off from my ‘tactics and tools’ series — no one’s paying attention in December anyway, right? Now that everyone’s waking up from the holidays it’s time to get back on track with tactic #8 — using ‘branded’ email. ‘Branded’ email? What’s that? ‘Branded’ email is email that [...]

Making the switch from Microsoft Office to Web apps
Image via CrunchBase ‘For him who has ears to hear!’ as the Good Book says. It’s possible to have a powerful computing experience without using a single Microsoft product [or paying a single penny to Bill Gates]… “The only reason I’ve opened Microsoft Outlook or any other desktop e-mail program in the last year is [...]



