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Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Are you stressed out?

Stress is physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension, or a situation, occurrence, or factor causing this. Holidays are almost upon us. Businesses are nearing end of year processes. Traveling, school vacations, winter storms, and all of the other causes of stress in our lives are fast approaching! There are several different kinds of stress; [...]

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Posted on August 21st, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Tired of pulling your Blackberry battery? Get this app!

Any Blackberry user who has had their phone for long enough knows the necessity of occasionally shutting down the device, removing the battery door, pulling the battery, and then putting it all back together again. They know how annoying it is and how impossible it is to avoid it. At least it used to be [...]

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Posted on July 20th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Customer service and tire repair

I recently had an excellent customer service experience at a local business and wondered what made it so special. I recreated the events in my mind, and reconstruction revealed some interesting things to me. After a recent road trip, I discovered a slow leak in my rear driver’s side tire. I’d put off going to [...]

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Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Blackberry: Going from a Pearl to a Storm

About a year ago I went from a traditional dumb phone, no PDA capabilities, to my very own Blackberry Pearl. I showed my new baby to my friends and coworkers. They gave the keyboard funny looks (it shares letters on each key and uses SureType technology to determine which one you actually want to use [...]

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Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Google apps + active directory = HOT

I got all hot and bothered when I read this in the Google Enterprise blog this morning… “Google Apps Directory Sync lets businesses and schools with an LDAP user directory systems like Microsoft Active Directory or Lotus Domino transition more quickly and smoothly to Google Apps. Instead of manually maintaining a separate user account directory [...]

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Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Spamming and spoofing in email

Anyone with an email address has been a victim of spam attacks. We’ve all seen the spam messages offering us deals on miracle physical enhancement drugs, Nigerian gentlemen wishing to pay us to help them move money, and weird, random text and phrases that have spawned the pop culture movement called “Spam Lit.” While occasionally [...]

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Posted on April 8th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Sharing Calendars in an Exchange-less world

While Microsoft Exchange and other similar mail systems abound in the corporate world, smaller clients must sometimes choose a more cost-appropriate solution for their organizations. However, that doesn’t mean these users must always forgo the extra bells and whistles available in more robust mail environments! A user called in to the Everon support line last [...]

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Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

When will my mobile phone make me coffee?

I subscribe to a few blogs. I like to read about new gadgets and utilities in geekdom and spread them around to my friends and coworkers. I was surprised at the number of blog posts and news articles regarding mobile phones that I read — just today! Microsoft My Phone. Google Latitude. Amazon WhisperSync. Apple [...]

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Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Choose your Outlook signature on the fly

Ever wish you could pick between several signatures when sending out emails? If you’re using Outlook 2003, you can! Here’s what you need to do in order to set up the magic: Make sure you’re using Word as your editor in Outlook. In Outlook, go to Tools > Options and select the Mail Format tab. [...]

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Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Kristin Mott  |  No Comments »

Word tip of the day – Copying text formatting

Have you ever run into this? You spent an hour formatting some text in your Word document and it looks gorgeous. It’s that fancy font you like, in your favorite color (matching your company logo, of course), and just the right size. However, you decide you want to set up another section of your document [...]

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