The consensus among most lean start-ups seems to be that you should spend as little time as possible in meetings reviewing strategies and projections, and you should instead spend that time actually building your company.
For years, Microsoft Visio has been pretty much the only option if you wanted to make flow charts, org charts, or other types of structured drawings on a computer.
Google provides a number of nice online services. So many, in fact, that it's not uncommon to have multiple Google accounts for different uses. Unfortunately, switching between those accounts can be pretty annoying.
This may be obvious to some of you, but I want to talk about how you can boost your productivity by using multiple computer monitors.
I've recently been doing some poking around for statistics about customer relationships manager (CRM) software, particularly the reasons that companies give when CRM software hasn't worked for them.
You may have heard that the Los Angeles Police Department made a $7 million deal with Google to move their email from a Novell system to Google Apps.
Earlier today, I received an email from a friend of mine asking for a copy of my PhD thesis proposal to use as a guide while he writes his own.
In this post, I'm going to suggest a few things that are so easy that you won't have an excuse not to do them.
Simplicity is one of the most common themes on this blog. We like simple software, and we haven't been afraid to write about it in the past.
I've reviewed a few different blogging platforms, and I want to use this post to summarize those reviews.
Blogger is a fairly popular blogging tool. It was purchased by Google in 2003, although it doesn't look or feel anything like other Google products.
Apple's been making a lot of headlines recently over problems related to the antenna of the new iPhone 4. Perhaps bigger than the problems with the phone itself, however, has been the way they've dealt with the problems.
We've talked a lot about what you can do to improve your site's SEO, but we haven't really explained how to tell if what you're doing is working.
This week I'm writing a three-part series about how you should approach planning and strategy when starting a blog.
Earlier this week, I talked about how checking out your competition online can be a good way to get some ideas and identify opportunities for establishing your small business online.
Once you've got your content all figured out, it's time to come up with ideas to get people reading your blog.
Establishing your small business online can be a bit of a daunting task, and knowing where to start can be one of the biggest challenges.
In this first post, I'm going to discuss what you should consider when deciding what type of content you want to offer on your blog.
Unfortunately, web apps often have rather poor documentation, particularly for the more advanced functionality. Luckily, online forums and blogs often do a great job of filling in the documentation gaps.
Earlier today I was having a conversation about SEO and website optimization and I realized that there's a very important concept that we haven't really talked about yet on this blog.
One of the biggest benefits of web applications is the ease with which one can share documents for other people to collaborate on or view. Unfortunately, this same ability is the source of a number of fears about online software privacy an security.
When you run a small business, it can be easy to become insulated. You are so busy dealing with problems specific to your company that you might lose track of what's going on in the outside world.
This blog is all about helping you find the best software possible which is why we spend so much time reviewing and discussing specific products
You may have heard over the past month about Google's new search index, Caffeine. While a ton of work and updates went into Caffeine, the main thing of interest to users is that Google's search results will be more up to date.
Have you ever wondered where websites get all of those random pictures of people smiling?
Can't find what you're looking for?