Technology, Productivity and Automating Everything…
I’ve had two problems recently and I was looking to buy (hopefully) one piece of software to solve them both… Problem 1 : The mp4 files output by my Sanyo HD camcorder have the video and audio out of sync with one another when I play them in WMP (which…
Programmatically sending an SMS message from your Windows Mobile is fairly simple these days. You’ll need the WM6 SDK. Start a new Visual Studio ‘Smart Device Project’, add a reference to Microsoft.Windows.PocketOutlook, then use the following code… using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook; ..and.. public void Send(string to, string msg) { if ((to !=…
Recently I have wanted to be able to send SMS messages to my contacts without having to pick up my phone and mess around with the mini keyboard (I wanted to do it directly from PC, but have the message still send by the phone… There are solutions around that…
A couple of problems I’ve come across at work with implementing MSCRM. These could be bugs, or may not be, who knows (I don’t have the time for a detailed analysis…) I have a MSCRM 4.0 multi tenant implementation – I ‘disabled’ the first (and default) tenant and suddenly all…
I buy a lot of stuff from online retailers and it never fails to amaze me how bad some aspect of the experience is always poor, seldom do I get a good experience end to end (purchase to delivery). So, this is Kens 4 step plan for online retailers to…
Last week I attended the ‘Business of Software 2008’ conference in Boston, MA. I cannot rave enough about this conference – the quality of the speakers, the content, the organization – everything, was fantastic.It was organized by Neil Davidson (CEO and Founder of Red-Gate Software) and Joel Spolsky (FogCreek and…
There was a restaurant that I frequented with the family on a weekend for lunch. It is well established, having been in business, successfully for many years. We had always been fans of the place but had noticed recently that business seemed to be declining. This struck me as strange,…
I have just completed a project of migrating ACT! 6 (2000) to MSCRM 4.0 It has not been too difficult, I used the Northwoods Software ExporterPro utility to export all the ACT! 6 data to Microsoft Access, upsized this to SQL and then used a lot of SQL statements and…
I’ve just started on a renewed reading campaign. Here’s the books I just ordered : How to Talk to Anyone How to Win Friends and Influence People Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction…
This is the second in a series of tips about Workplace Productivity. If you want to get noticed, promoted, a pay rise or simple get out of the door quicker at the end of the day then these may be helpful. Understand the definition of your success. Mike is told…