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How An Internet Mob Almost Bought The US Constitution
The failed attempt by an Internet mob to buy the US Constitution might be my favorite story of the year. It’s a revenge story! It’s loaded with crypto weirdness! It features thousands of people banding together for giggles! It’s got ties to conspiracy theories and...
Google+ And The Dimming Of Facebook
Google+ represents Google’s boldest step yet into the social networking space, with a direct shot across Facebook’s bow. After several failed social network projects (Buzz,...
Google News Badges And The Decline Of Western Civilization
When I opened Google News today, I was greeted by this screen, asking me to “collect private badges for [my] favorite topics”: Here’s the way it was described in the Google Blog:...
Free Music On Demand From Spotify
You can be excused if you haven’t heard of Spotify yet. For months it’s been a hot topic for music junkies who have been impatient for it to debut in the United States. People...
Saving Email In An Acrobat Portfolio
Previously: The Problem Of Saving Email Inspired by Small City Law Firm Tech Saving Email – It’s Just the Right Thing To Do (Outlook – All Versions) Simply the Best, Better than...
The Problem Of Saving Email
Inspired by Small City Law Firm Tech Saving Email – It’s Just the Right Thing To Do (Outlook – All Versions) Simply the Best, Better than All the Rest – Saving Email in an...
Office 365 Part 4 – Integrated Communications With Lync
Previously: Office 365 Part 1 – Overview Office 365 Part 2 – The Evolution Of Exchange Online Office 365 Part 3 – Collaboration With Sharepoint Online The final piece of Office...
Office 365 Part 3 – Collaboration With Sharepoint Online
Previously: Office 365 Part 1 – Overview Office 365 Part 2 - The Evolution Of Exchange Online Sharepoint Online sets up an online portal that a business can use for a number of...
Office 365 Part 2 – The Evolution Of Exchange Online
Previously: Office 365 Part 1 - Overview Exchange Online is the compelling piece of Office 365 for small businesses and law firms. Even the smallest business should be...
Office 365 Part 1 – Overview
Microsoft Office 365 is now available for small businesses. It is the most visible part of Microsoft’s efforts to migrate from shrink-wrapped software to services delivered...
Botched Updates From Microsoft And Adobe
Did your computer start last night? Mine did! Boy, was I surprised! Ha ha! No, seriously, I was surprised. And sometimes I don’t like surprises. MICROSOFT Microsoft automatically...
Microsoft Introduces Office 365
Tomorrow morning at 7am PDT, Steve Ballmer will host a webcast announcing the general availability of Office 365, Microsoft’s next generation of online services. This is a huge...
Apple iCloud And Photo Syncing
The new service announced by Apple for syncing photos among different devices is one of the most interesting parts of the iCloud package, both for what it does and for what it...
Microsoft Online Services–Again? Really?
Microsoft’s hosted Exchange mail service went down again this morning. Apparently service is now restored and most people are able to get back online, as of about 10:45am. I...
iCloud And The Competing Paths To The Future
Apple’s announcement of a collection of services sharing the name “iCloud” has generated endless articles about what it all means. I’ll talk about some of the details in the next...
Life Off The Grid
Greetings from Flat Creek Ranch, a bit of paradise at the end of a truly fearsome jeep trail, where the sun came out to celebrate our arrival and wonderful people are standing by...