When using a offline backup system like Mozy or Carbonite, you are often given the option to choose which folder you’d like to backup. Most of the time, the folder “My Documents” is selected by default. That’s because most modern software will create a folder inside that folder and store the data there. But older [...]

A web site is no different than any computer system. It can fail. Sometimes when your web host upgrades the server, things could go wrong. At other times, relationship with your web host could turn sour for a variety of reasons. They were sold to another company or individual, or you’ve outgrown your current service. [...]

A while back, I saw a tweet someone made which says it all. She talked about how she doesn’t think twice clicking short URLs when she’s on Twitter.
There’s nothing wrong with TinyURL in fact, this is not a post bashing the service. I like it and it’s certainly very handy. I also like my new [...]

Before there was Google Voice, there was GrandCentral. The big G came around and bought it up, sat on it for a while and only a few short weeks ago, they turned it into Google Voice. I’ve been using GrandCentral for a while and I loved it. Really did. I was pretty sure I’d be [...]

Getting organized, time management, team management seem to be one of those things that are on the small businesses’ minds a lot. I know it is for me. The trouble is, I’m constantly distracted by different systems and wanting to try them all. Here are 15 I’ve found – but not necessarily tried – that [...]

I’m always fascinated with Twitter tools. Some have been just blah and some could prove to be genuinely useful. I found Twendz last week and been watching a few topics through it. It’s fast becoming one of my favorite social network conversation mining tools.
Twitter trends are nothing new. Twitter itself has introduced trending topics in [...]

If you’ve ever been on Amazon.com you may probably have recognized the numerous personalized recommendations. Amazon knows what you saved in your cart and makes recommendations based on that. It knows what you’ve purchased and viewed in the past and attempts to show you similar products. I admit, I often click on those recommendations, check [...]

I don’t know about you, but when I started working from home, I stopped using my cell phone a lot. And with Caller ID, I really didn’t even need to check voicemails because I could simply call people right back.
Then voicemails started piling up and my ‘inbox’ got full. What a pain – I didn’t [...]