After moving to Google Chrome browser and Gmail for e-mail, there were a few add-on’s I found that really help me day to day. The first is WiseStamp. Gmail, by default, does not allow for html signatures, which means they are plain text, nothing fancy. WiseStamp allows you to put html based [...] Read more »
Archive for ‘Aaron Magruder’
My Journey to Gmail
TuesdayFeb 2,2010
After three years of dipping my toes in the pool, I finally jumped in both feet first. Google has been my primary tool for web site analytics, chat/instant message, blogging, rss reader, voice/voicemail, bookmark synchronizing and search alerts. But I’ve been holding onto Microsoft Outlook for dear life. It was familiar but also problematic [...] Read more »
Explore Your Options
WednesdayJan 20,2010
Recently, I have seen so many small businesses purchases the first product or service that solves their immediate problem without exploring multiple options or considering long term plans. The natural response is they don’t know the options. Know that there are always options. Ask the person trying to sell you their [...] Read more »
March Madness: The Network Killer
MondayJan 18,2010
ATTN Business Owners: Don’t make this IT’s problem.ATTN IT Departments: Business Owners will make this your problem.It never fails. Calls start flooding in about slow response times of critical applications. What just happened? Every year employees stream March Madness over the internet killing the companies internet bandwidth. The company [...] Read more »
What does Net Neutrality mean to Small Business?
MondayJan 11,2010
Have you heard of Net Neutrality yet? In short, it is the principal or idea of keeping all traffic on the internet for any person or source equal. i.e. Big business web traffic gets no more priority on the internet as your small business instant message traffic. The FCC defined net [...] Read more »
Eliminate Your Weakest Link, With Small Business Technology
ThursdayDec 31,2009
Do you remember the game show “The Weakest Link”? A group a people answered questions in turn and at the end of the round the person with the least amount of right answers (the weakest link) was eliminated. Your business is no different. It has weak links. Something or someone that is causing slowdowns, [...] Read more »
Troubleshooting Slow Home or Small Business DSL or Cable Internet Connections
WednesdayDec 30,2009
Simple steps to bypassing your home internet gateway to find out if your DSL or Cable Internet Service Provider is causing your slow internet connection.
Free Web Filtering and Anti-Phishing for Home and Small Business
MondayNov 30,2009
We’ve talked about why content filtering is important to small businesses and a few solutions. Some of the highlights are reducing wasted network resources such as internet bandwidth, minimizing legal risk and increasing employee productivity. If you haven’t read our content filtering blog in a while, please check out the risk section again? [...] Read more »
Keeping Track of Schedules Driving You Mad?
TuesdayNov 24,2009
Do you find it difficult to keep track of families, business, staff or co-workers activities? What about tracking client appointments or scheduling people in the field? It is frustrating to add the same event to multiple calendars and phones. Small Businesses may not have the funds available to purchase Microsoft Outlook or Exchange E-mail [...] Read more »
Common Security Tips to Keep You Safe on the World Wide Web
SundayNov 22,2009
Here are a few common security tips that will help you avoid the majority of problems related to accessing the internet.1. Use a good antivirus program, schedule automatic virus definition downloads and daily scheduled scans early in the morning. Create a task on your calendar to check the status of the definition downloads and [...] Read more »
