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One More Reason to Use a Mac for Your Business

by Tracey Holinka on April 14, 2010

in Business

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A few days ago I upgraded my Mac® operating system to the latest version Snow Leopard. Unlike Jo’s upgrade to Windows 7, my Mac upgrade was painless. It took under 45 minutes to install. I then restarted my machine and voila—everything worked. There was a glitch: my printer and sound settings went back to the defaults.

A minor glitch and  less than 45 minutes of lost productivity compared to Jo’s many glitches and a lost day of work for a Windows® upgrade. To be fair Jo upgraded Windows XP to Windows 7, while I only upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard—not a comparable jump. However, I been using PCs as long as I have Macs (15+ years) and I’ve never had a major problem with upgrading a Mac. I have spent countless hours hovered over my Windows PC cursing Microsoft and their upgrade process. Read the full post →

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4 Lucky Links to Spring Forward & Track Time

by Jo Golden on March 12, 2010

in Business, Professionals

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Don’t forget to spring forward this weekend! And since time is on our mind, we’ve collected some time-related links just for you.

Freelancers, consultants, creatives and others often need to track time on various projects throughout the day. Happily, there are a number of tools out there that work with your computer to give you a head start.

1. Time tracking tools roundup from Alyssa Gregory.

2. Get the scoop on more time tracking tools from Lifehacker,  including the Lifehacker reader favorite! Read the full post →

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Lucky 13 Tools for Job Seekers

September 25, 2009
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I put together these 13 lucky (cuz we did all the work) tools to aid job seekers from ones we’ve been collecting on delicious. Link Friday is a regular feature.
1. Highrise – Online service  to manage contacts for your job search. Also maintains email threads and notes on each person. Try the free version to [...]

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5 Great iPod touch/iPhone Applications to Increase Productivity

July 24, 2009
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By Claudia Rice (guest blogger)
Navigating around the available applications offered through the iTunes store can be overwhelming. There is such a wide variety of application choices to purchase and download onto the iPod touch® or iPhone®. Although I am only beginning my foray into the iPod touch application world, I stumbled upon these 5 apps [...]

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Online Meetings with GoToMeeting

April 21, 2009
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At Chaos To Clarity we conduct many internal and client meetings online. One of the benefits of holding meetings online with local clients is to avoid the horrible traffic of the D.C. Metro area. Online meetings also allow us to branch out geographically and work with clients across the country.
There are several web conferencing services, [...]

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