Archive for February, 2009
Instant Communications – Good or Bad?
One of the biggest changes of technology over the past 25 years is now we have instant communications. 30 years ago instant communications was through the telephone. It may not have mattered where one was, a phone could easily be found. Payphones were everywhere.
If you needed to ask a question of [...]
How to Save Money on Telecomunications
After electric and fuel costs, one of the biggest cost to do business is through communications. It’s nearly impossible for a business to survive today without using telephones and a connection to the Internet. But these services aren’t cheap and it’s not hard for them to become out of control. There are [...]
Common Telephony Terms
Telecommunications is full of acronyms. If you don’t know what they mean not only will you be lost, you may end up making a decision based on a misunderstanding. Some acronyms just knowing what letters means explain the meaning others may need some additional explanation.
Here are some common ones as they relate to [...]
What the Kindle 2?
Disclaimer: This is a Commentary/Promotion and not a Review
Last year I published a post discussing the Kindle, Amazon’s reading device. They will be releasing version 2 on February 24, 2009.
This updated Kindle will have a longer battery life than the original as well as being lighter and thinner. From Amazon’s site the Kindle [...]
10 Ways to Conserve Energy
Recently I was invited to a 9th grade class to talk on ways to help the environment. I developed this 10 Ways list a few years ago giving ideas to conserve energy in the office. I handed it out to each of the students and the teacher with a plan to gloss over [...]
Acronym: SMB
SMB
For the purpose of this site SMB is a Small or Mid-sized Business. The U.S. Small Business Administration defines a small business as a business with less than 500 employees, the U.K. and the European Union under 50 employees and Australia under 20. It’s even harder to define where a business becomes a [...]
The Proper Format
Recently I was asked; “What is the correction format for the shorted term for ‘electronic mail’.
When asked I have to admit I didn’t know. I have seen it displayed as email, e-mail, E-Mail and E-mail, as well as others. Many times I myself have used eMail and at times E-mail.
I began a search [...]
A Minor Google Glitch
Just in case you have a customer contact you saying that on Sunday morning they did a search, looking for your website and as a result Google informed them that “This site may harm your computer”, let them know that your site is fine. It was Google which had a problem.
It appears that during [...]
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