This article continues our series exploring Windows 8 and SkyDrive. Read the previous articles here. SkyDrive is the Microsoft equivalent of iCloud or Google; Outlook.com is the revamped version of Hotmail: it is the online version of Outlook on your desktop comprising Mail, Contacts (People) and Calendars. SkyDrive, including Outlook.com, is an integral part of Windows 8 -- you … Continue reading SkyDrive & Outlook.com: an overview
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This article is a slight detour on our exploration of Windows 8 and SkyDrive. Read more here. Traditionally, data synchronisation took place on a closed network, where the master database would live on your laptop (music/calendar/contacts) or on a server (business databases), the clients would communicate with the master and the magic IT fairy dust … Continue reading Synchronisation: the benefits
This article is the second in our series exploring Windows 8 and SkyDrive, read the first article here. Windows 8 and Office 2013 are very much geared up to online data storage: you will need a Microsoft account (Hotmail or Outlook.com) to register your copy of Windows 8. With this account you get your own … Continue reading Get the best out of Windows 8
Whilst setting up a new laptop recently we were fortunate enough to play with Windows 8 and Office 2013, and an interesting game it was... In creating an operating system that caters for both tablets and laptops, Microsoft might be accused of creating a multi-layered platform with a bit of this & a bit of … Continue reading Windows 8: any good?
Well, it might seem to be cost effective, but before you commit to outsourcing IT support for third party software to a global consultancy, you may want to consider the real costs involved. Outsourcing: The Promise of Support In addition to the core requirements, your prospective global support consultancy offers the following services or features: … Continue reading Outsourcing: the Cost-Effective Support Model?
Too much research in several fields whilst working full-pelt on unrelated projects can result in duffle bag filing in your memory You don't have a chance to write anything up or put it into practice. All the stuff you've learned, no, semi-absorbed is interesting & exciting, but you don't have time to consolidate your new knowledge … Continue reading Duffle Bag Filing
No, really, how hard can it be to update a single web page? Recently we were tasked with updating a CMS website -- this legacy site has a fairly old WYSIWIG editing front-end -- no biggie you may think. The non-techie stakeholders could not understand the hold up, and frankly there shouldn't have been any … Continue reading How hard can it be?
Paraphrasing1 Pratibha Gai, professor of electron microscopy: If you join an established field, you must be brilliant to do well. If you are a pioneer, you are by definition the leader in your field in your time. Innovate and you will shine... ---- 1. New Scientist. 30 March 2013:25.
We read this old blog by Scott Hanselman recently and it really rang true. I'm a phoney. Are you? discusses the inadequacies we all feel at work -- the suspicion that someone will finally see through us and expose us for the fraud we believe ourselves to be. This is the Imposter Syndrome: "Despite external … Continue reading I’m a phoney too…
Microsoft will no longer be supporting XP from April 2014 – it is already in 'extended life' probably due to the failure of Vista, and MS had to keep it going. This may not seem like a problem – you know how to use your laptop just fine! And in any case, if you have … Continue reading Windows XP: plan your exit strategy NOW
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