Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview: Hands-on Review
webworkerdaily.com — Recently, I got access to the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview. I spent some quality time over the past week going through the latest version of the suite and delving into all of its new features. In this post, I am going to concentrate on the productivity-boosting enhancements available in the new version. (Submitted by upick) More...
How To Track Your Daily Goals With Twitter
webworkerdaily.com — TrackDailyGoals is a site that hooks into Twitter to allow users to track their daily goals. The theory behind the service is rooted in accountability, that “publicly” committing to complete your tasks will be incentive enough to complete them in time. (Submitted by domfosnz) More...
ThinkFree’s New Netbook Suite: How to Get it Free
webworkerdaily.com — Are you using a netbook yet? If so, you may be interested in a promotion that ThinkFree is running. I’ve written about the ThinkFree Office suite of productivity applications before here. ThinkFree’s Office applications are similar to the ones offered in Microsoft Office, and can be used online or offline. (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
3 Ways to Improve del.icio.us Search
webworkerdaily.com — I know of three ways to get full-text search across your del.icio.us bookmarks. One caution: if you try testing these in quick succession, and you have lots of bookmarks, you’re likely to have your API access throttled by IP address. (Submitted by jggube) More...
You Suck! What to do When Your Work is Criticized Publicly
webworkerdaily.com — People can criticize an opinion you shared, a new WordPress template you designed, or even a simple question you asked on your blog. For those of us (most on Digg) who spend most of our working hours online, we’re especially prone to public displays of criticism, some of which are inflammatory. (Submitted by brainnovate) More...
Is Nortel’s Next-Gen Collaboration App Too Ambitious?
webworkerdaily.com — Web.alive is being built by a team within Nortel and appears to be focused on next-generation extensions of many of the collaboration tools we’re already used to in tools such as online meeting applications. While it doesn’t appear to be focused on videonconferencing, there are some signs that Nortel means to make this application good. (Submitted by inactive) More...
10 Solid Tips To Pitch and Demo Your Cool Web App
webworkerdaily.com — You’ve got a super cool Web app. You want a high profile blog to cover what you’re doing. You’ve got a PR firm scheduling back-to-back demos with tech bloggers. But when you actually connect with the blogger, is your demo and presentation doing your product justice? Or are you shooting your company in it’s proverbial foot? (Submitted by ritubpant) More...
7 Ways to Manage Your Passwords
webworkerdaily.com — "One inescapable facet of web work is the need to come up with, and remember, usernames and passwords. The days when you could get away with picking a single combination and using them everywhere are pretty much gone..." (Submitted by Felix118) More...
The Perils of Our Digital Communications
webworkerdaily.com — I know that there is no way to totally avoid mishaps in our digital communications just like we can’t always avoid them by phone or face-to-face. But because our work involves a constant flow of email and online publishing, I’ve put together a few ideas for how we can all minimize misunderstandings or at least diffuse the fallout. (Submitted by jggube) More...
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