If you have opted for an Apple Mac over a Windows PC laptop, either as a BYOD option provided by your employer or as a personal purchase, and find that inside that slim, silver case the Mac OS imposes serious limitations in the productivity software your firm uses, fret not; [...]
Productivity software firm Xobni is in the news again, this time in the same sentence as ‘Yahoo’ and ‘Marissa Mayer’. The unofficial word is that Yahoo, who has been busy buying businesses recently, has offered to pay $30 – $40 Million for Xobni. […]
Microsoft’s recent study on the impact of Interruptions – infographic. What is your experience of interruptions at work? Do you recognise these numbers? Is your world of work easier or tougher than these averages? I’d love to know. […]
Many of you, dear readers, will know that I am a big fan of the Livescribe Echo smartpen as a productivity tool. Back in September 2011 I wrote about how it replaced my MontBlanc for business writing. In October 2012 I wrote about how their new smartpen, the Livescribe Sky, [...]
Hi, Tim Maybury here again with another Microsoft Excel tip useful for managing marketing information. I use this one in conjunction with Microsoft Outlook mail merge and my father’s Productivity Pointer emails. This time I’m going to show you how to combine data in 2 or more columns into a new column. [...]
Back in September last year I wrote about why the Echo smartpen has replaced my Mont Blanc and how it helped me improve my productivity and work smarter when integrated with my other productivity tools like Microsoft Outlook. I love the way it is not just about taking notes, it is about [...]
Technology always promises to make us more productive. So how come small business owners still feel under the cosh and are still working long hours? Like the 1950s promise of a housekeeping robot, is IT productivity all just hype? Or is it us humans who need a little upgrade? There’s [...]
I am seeing an increase in the number of questions from our client’s people who have opted to use an Apple Mac and iPhone / iPad within a Microsoft Exchange environment. They have challenges in bringing the full functionality of their firm’s systems, software and productivity tools to bear on their chosen [...]
Almost every person, and certainly every business I work with, tells me that meetings are a big productivity drain that sucks the life out of getting things done within their demanding days. There are, of course, many ‘Meetings Heroes’ within these businesses. You know – they are the people who [...]
Today a client, who I count as a professional friend and generous advocate for my work, got in touch. He works at Associate Director level in a £150Million revenue specialist consultancy. He knows a thing or two about profit delivery within a multi-disciplinary business working very closely with clients and [...]
