Software Reference

If you are thinking of starting a small business, do you really need any software of your own or could you "outsource everything"? There are online service providers for managing most of the processes in business...

http://www.soltys.ca/coredump/coredump.html I have to admit that my first reaction when I saw Microsoft Office Word 2007: Essential Reference for Power Users was "Wow, who needs this?" Then I started looking at what was in the book, and I quickly changed my mind. read more

Facebook does have a limited number of RSS feeds. My new mobile phone allows me to subscribe to up to two web feeds for each of my contacts. Here are the steps I had to go through to get an RSS feed for one friend's status update. (Genuine first-hand research/trial and error.) read more

I've just got a new mobile phone on a cheaper tariff. I have stayed with Orange, since they were (more or less) able to match a cheaper deal I'd seen...

Some thoughts on book cover design, particularly regarding colours. read more

The title says it all, really. A list of some lesser-known keyboard shortcuts that you can use to be more productive in Windows. read more

I'm on a train. I was just letting my mind wander, when I had the thought that good technical documentation, including computer books, should have four qualities, all (*) beginning with C...

An interesting article by Raymond Chen about specialist technical authors in software development teams: "The problem with The Month Where Everyone Focuses on Improving Documentation is that most people are terrible technical...

I have recently been writing a series of articles for a website. This has involved spending hours every day typing. Read on for some useful tips if you are going to be spending a long time at the keyboard. read more

Gardeners do not grow plants, they tend gardens. They change the environment in such a way that the natural thing for the wanted plants to do is grow, but nothing the gardener does contributes directly to the physical growth of the plant. So it is with management and marketing...

We're thinking about producing a book of "IT checklists", containing best practices for common procedures in IT...