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Did you know that this week is officially “Just Say No To PowerPoint” week?
I didn’t know either, but there are plenty of references to it on the internet. I couldn’t find who, exactly, is behind this movement, but I’m willing to lend my support.
I’m not sure PowerPoint is any better or worse than any other […]

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Also from WebWorkerDaily today:
If you exist in a work environment where you have to manage multiple shipments every day (if you know the FedEx and UPS AND DHL delivery guys by name) then I’ve got a website that will completely rock your world.
TrackMyShipments.com will do exactly that: track multiple shipments in real time in a […]

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Oh, I know, I know. You can set an “out of office” autoreply on your email. Everyone can do that! Sheesh.
Everyone but you, right? C’mon, it’s just you and me talking here. Every time you encounter one of those “I’m away from my office…” emails, you’re a little jealous. It’s a basic business communication skill […]

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Chalk this up as another inevitability of our age.
Ever since social networks have been around, they’ve sort of been like the music your parents wouldn’t like because the music was too loud. You could post pictures from your keg party because you knew no one of any authority or importance would know how to/be interested […]

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I’ve posted before about doing personal web stuff (read: time wasting) at work.
Here are two more excellent options. They are both web proxies, which hide your IP address while you roam the internet and help you by-pass workplace filtering systems.
If you can’t get through to your LastFM account, or Facebook account or favorite instant messaging […]

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What officially qualifies you as a “road warrior?” I travel for business about 10-15 times a year. I know that’s woefully inadequate compared to other people’s bona fides. One of these days I’ll put up a post outlining my travel tips and strategy. I’d be interested to solicit other people’s techniques.
In the meantime, I found […]

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From my personal “Why Hasn’t Anyone Thought of This Before” file, Download Squad alerts us to the existence of CuePrompter, a free, web-based teleprompter application.
It seems to me this would be hugely useful for teleconferences or any presentations or public speaking engagements you might encounter. Instead of shuffling through papers, you can set up a […]

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I’ve written before about the crop of new (very often free) alternatives to Microsoft Office. I think it’s pretty universal that we all have had it up to here with Word and especially Outlook, but what can you do? Your work servers support what they support, and if everyone else in the world uses Office, […]

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I’m definitely in a hardly working mode today. Since I’m sitting around waiting for the live broadcast from MacWorld, I’m in a time wasting/tech state of mind. (At least I don’t have to liveblog Steve-o’s address like the poor souls at Gizmodo)
I started looking for resources to help you browse at work without your boss […]

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Ever since it opened itself up to the non-collegiate world, Facebook’s growth has been exponential. Clearly trying to out-LinkedIn LinkedIn, Facebook now allows professional and even company-specific groups for networking.
But one problem has been preventing Facebook from becoming the dominant professional networking platform: a lot of companies block Facebook.
The majority of corporate firewalls are set […]

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