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Last night I went to a concert which was put on by World Vision called “Kids for Kids”.  It was held here in New Zealand at the Telstra Clear events centre in Manukau City. Hosted and lead by Suzanne Prentice, the kids sang as backing vocals in front of a packed out venue. My son was one [...]

I have just been reading with interest a report about Google making a claim that it’s online cloud based “Google Docs” is going to be a good replacement for Microsoft Office some time next year. With IBM now offering cloud based solutions such as “LotusLive”, then I wonder if they will be considering adding a web [...]

Most of us have been involved in a company which has either been brought out or has acquired another company.  One of the first things which shows how different both companies are happens to be their computer systems. Generally, they will both be running different accounting systems, different ERP, different CRM and the list goes on. [...]

Out of interest I have been having a look at some of the keyword’s which people are searching for to find my blog.  One of the most popular is the phrase “Lotus Traveler Out of Office”. I think this is kind of a strange request.  Let me make it very clear – If you are using [...]

This afternoon I meet with a few other people at a restaurant in Auckland called “Collaboration Nation 2009″.   The highlight as the keynote speaker, Dominic Thurbon, who managed to present the facts in a very entertaining way. If you are in Wellington tomorrow and you can manage to twist IBM’s arm to come to the [...]

Recently, I have been making use of a couple of features in my Louts Notes mail file called “Quick Capture” and “Quick Paste”. Quick Capture is a feature which allows me to highlight a piece of text in a document which I think I might like to use on a semi-regular basis in the future.  By [...]

My son and I were at the shops getting a few things today. Right at the door was a dog and a cat. Neither of them were going anywhere.

Most of my readers will know that I follow a methodolody called GTD (commonly known as David Allen’s getting things done). This is a methodology which works on the principle that to live stress-free one needs to empty their head of all the things that they need to get done. Thus being able [...]

A lot of businesses are often complicated by clumbsy systems which they have set up with great intentions, however, in reality, down the track it is found that these systems have limitations which can often criple a business. Companies need systems which are easy to use and will quickly give the desired information to [...]

I was in a meeting today talking about the different options around email and Lotus Domino Server upgrades. For companies with a few hundred users or more, upgrades can potentially cause a lot of disruption if they are not handled very well. Not only that, but users like to have some sort of [...]