Business 2.0 – The Power of Blogging

The Transport Security Administration has been tanned in the media today over the actions of some screening personnel. You can read the details here.
I was impressed with the way that they handled the news of this on their blog. You can read the post here, with the announcement of policy change here.
You can tell from [...]

Business Tools – PortableApps

There are many uses for portable applications. Security, portability, and keeping all your settings in one place are all advantages of portable applications. However, using these applications can be a little difficult.
My solution for this is the PortableApps suite. You can choose the extent of the applications to install on your USB drive, including OpenOffice [...]

Business Tools – The USB Toolkit

One of the most effective tools that you can have is a USB key. Most people use these just to store files but their usefulness goes much further than that. This is the first post of a series I’m going to be doing on the specific tools you can use. To begin, you need a [...]

Frontiers of Business – Reputation Management – Custom Google Search

To continue this series on using free, web based systems to easily monitor the online business enviroment I am going to focus on creating custom Google searches to find what is being said about your company and products online.
The simplest method, of course, is to search for your products on Google’s News site. For an [...]

Saturday Fun – MediaMonkey

I have a couple of iPods  due to various friends and family members getting them new, then upgrading. I’m a fan of the design (especially the Mini) but I really don’t like iTunes. After a couple of experiences in which my entire music library was accidentally deleted, I’ve sworn eternal vengeance (just kidding) against all [...]