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Arrow-Tip #43 Outlook vs SharePoint: Where to Put What? – Part I

As promised, I wanted to give you all an update on how things are going with our Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint implementations at Gulf Coast Welding Corp. (a company that previously did not have email – see Arrow-Tip #42 Top 5 Things We Take for Granted About Outlook).  Its taken me …


2009 Mom 2.0 Summit Link Post

There are so many great posts regarding the Mom 2.0 Summit out there that I thought it might be useful to have an index.  If you blogged about the conference and I haven’t included you here, please comment with the URL to your post and I’ll include it in the …


Houston Business Connection & Mom 2.0 Summit

 (picture from Mom 2.0 Summit taken by Giovanni Gallucci)

What a day yesterday was!  I started the morning off bright and early (7:00 AM!) by giving a short presentation on social media to a great networking group called the Houston Business Connection and then had the great privilege of attending the Mom 2.0 Summit where the …


Woo Hoo – We Have Email!

In Arrow-Tip #42 I discussed the top five things I missed the most about having Outook and Exchange while working with my newest client Gulf Coast Welding Corp.  Well, Gulf Coast Welding has Exchange now so for the next few weeks I’ll be blogging here on Arrow-Tips about our progress in …


Arrow-Tip #42 Top 5 Things We Take for Granted about Outlook

For the past few weeks I have been spending about four days a week with my newest client – my Mother. When we lost Dad last Spring, Mom became the sole owner of Gulf Coast Welding Corp. – a fabrication company that builds ASME code vessels, rolls steel plate …


Arrow-Tip #41 Outlook Plug-Ins Take Three

In Arrow-Tip #23 I talked about Outlook plug-ins that may help increase your efficiency. That post was so popular that I decided to expand on it in another post called More on Outlook plug-ins back in April of last year. Well a lot can and did happen in …


Arrow-Tip #40 Is Your Smart Phone a Leash?

While most of my clients use a Blackberry or some other form of smart phone, there are a few hold outs that express concern over their cell phone becoming a leash. These folks are worried that if they have a mobile device that receives email, their clients will expect …


Arrow-Tip #39 Its About the Clicks – the Fewer the Better!

I’m continually surprised how little things can make such a large difference. Take babies for instance – the smallest people in the house and yet the most demanding. Spending 30 minutes to clean out and reorganize a closet can provide more value than an expensive new storage cabinet. …


Calling for Beta Testers

OK, this is it! We are finally ready to start HuntressPro 4.0 2003, 2007, XP and Vista version beta testing! Now all we need are a few more beta testers. If you are interested and can spare 3 hour stretched over a one month period (1 hour initial …


Great Companies Can Overcome a Few Bad Apples

No one panic, but I spent about $5300 at the Apple store last Friday on a plethora of Apple computers and other devices. Thanks to partitioning software I will not be abandoning my beloved Microsoft Outlook so not to worry, Arrow-Tips will not be turning into an Entourage blog. …

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