Technology Tips
On the 15th May, Livescribe announced the release of an updated version of Livescribe+ with much improved Evernote integration. This smarter integration makes working smarter with technology and handwritten notes even easier. Essentially, Livescribe+ now allows you to send and 'Autosend' your notes directly to your Evernote account, from where they can [...]
Good news for Skype users. Their recent update included free Group calling functionality. Whilst I do not use Skype for business, the reintroduction of this free functionality makes it easier to have group chats with friends and family. Click the link for info on how to use Skype Group Chat
Microsoft released full(er) featured native Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint Apps for the iPad (iOS7 or above) at the back end of March 2014 and the Apps have broken into the ‘Top 10’ download chart. The question is: Will they help you work smarter with your iPad? […]
Quite naturally, many of the conversations I have been engaged in since the start of the year have focused on new goals, projects and priorities for the year ahead and how best to manage them when life is already busy. My son, Mike, was speaking with me about this recently [...]
Let’s be realistic here; the vast majority of people at work use pen and paper as well as their digital tools. If you do, and you are managing vast amounts of written information which you use to manage your priorities, you might find this useful. I have been using the [...]
I am a big fan of the Livescribe digital pen, simply because it lets me combine my natural, non-intrusive, note taking with pen on paper with the productivity gains of having those notes available to me digitally on any platform. Well, Livescribe Inc. today announced the release of the Livescribe [...]
I was reading how Morgan Stanley were holding off on their decision to upgrade to BlackBerry10 on Bloomberg over the weekend, and it got me thinking. So I ran a research project here on iPhone vs BlackBerry usage by the people we support (click to tweet this) Here are the results: [...]
Back in July I wrote about the Telligent acquisition of Zimbra, the collaboration and communication software providers for the post-PC era, and how we still provide productivity training and support for our Zimbra using clients. Exciting developments are in play here which could make Zimbra more compelling… […]
Being productive and effective in meetings, especially in managing commitments from meetings, invariably means having to make notes so you can refer to them later, make decisions and take action on them. The challenge with traditional pen on paper is that you can’t synchronise your paper notes with your digital tools. So there [...]
As I reported on LinkedIn and Twitter yesterday, VMware and Telligent have announced that they have concluded a deal where Telligent is acquiring the assets of Zimbra. I believe that collaboration and communication features of Zimbra will find a great home in Telligent, who are already fully focused in the Collaboration [...]
