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December 2003 - Posts

Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:13 AM

Circular References for the New Year

OK. Everyone has a favorite "Top n " List (where n =some arbitrary number). How about a list of lists? Check out Fimoculous.com's very thorough review of the Year in Lists. A very cool, but edgy site. Check out their " Define " link.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:33 AM

Marketing=Storytelling

I really enjoy reading Jennifer Rice's blog " What's Your Brand Mantra? ". Like a number of the bloggers I have listed on my blog roll, she gets into the real issues marketers face in today's very noisy world and addresses what companies have to do to
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:15 AM

Zimmerman on OneNote

Fred Zimmerman has written a terrific book about OneNote. On his Zimmerblog site (a member of the OfficeZealot.com community), he has a OneNote InfoCenter section and even offers a few sample chapters in PDF format to give you the flavor of his book.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:59 AM

Wired: 101 ways to save the Internet

Wired Magazine's current cover story is 101 Ways to Save the Internet . Some of the suggestions are silly but others are pretty thought provoking. The author, Paul Boutin, even includes specific to-do lists for Microsoft, Apple, Google, and you and me.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:09 AM

Need an Outlook reference?

This is the book to get if you're familiar with Outlook's basic functionality and are looking for a single reference to everything you can do with Outlook 2003. Warning: this is a big book, weighing in at over 1000 pages. It is, however, well organized
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Monday, December 29, 2003 1:12 PM

In Memoriam - Phil Goldman

Phil Goldman was a pioneer. While I never had the pleasure of making his acquaintance directly, I had plans to have him appear as a guest on my weekly radio show to talk about his latest project - the Mailblocks service - after the first of the year.
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Sunday, December 28, 2003 7:16 PM

Great discussion about Tom Peters' new book

Scoble has a great thread going discussing Tom Peters' new book Re-imagine. I've got a link in my Recommended Reading sidebar - it's one of the most amazing visual presentations I've seen carrying a lot of strong messages about the future of work we all
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Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:31 PM

Ben Schorr's OneNote FAQ

Ben Schorr is a OneNote MVP. In addition to regularly posting to the OneNote newsgroup (see previous post), he maintains a very helpful OneNote FAQ .
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Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:26 PM

Office Newsgroups - another great resource

Microsoft maintains an enormous number of newsgroups that provide a variety of interesting discussions. Two of my favorites are the OneNote and Outlook newsgroups. You'll find a number of Microsoft MVPs and other knowledgable members of the Office community
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Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:07 PM

A great news aggregator - the old-fashioned way

Check out a great news aggregator - web style: Daily Rotation has been one of my favorites for years. If you're a techie or a software maven, you can select from more than one hundred web sites and have their most current news digested on a single web
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Saturday, December 27, 2003 7:01 PM

Top 10 words of 2003

Scoble has a great find. The top 10 words of the year as reported by yourDictionary.com.
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Saturday, December 27, 2003 7:43 AM

Programs that hook into Office

Like many of you, I've used Office for years. What I've come to realize in the last two versions I've used (Office 2000 and Office 2003) is the premium I place on other applications ability to hook into Office. When I launch any of the core Office apps
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Friday, December 26, 2003 2:55 PM

Porcaro on David Allen

I really get excited when I see other bloggers pick up on David Allen's insights. John Porcaro , whose blog I follow closely (he's a storyteller at Microsoft), shares his inspiration by a recent article in DA's newsletter in this post . It's really all
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Friday, December 26, 2003 2:28 PM

Tiny URL - no more broken URLs

Don't you just hate those incredibly long web links that break into two (or more) lines in your e-mail and require serious cut-and-paste to reassemble? Have I got a cool tool for you! Check out TinyURL . Here's a brief description from their site: Are
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Friday, December 26, 2003 9:38 AM

The Google Deskbar

Google has a number of cool (and free) tools. The Google Toolbar for IE is well-known as a great way to add immediate searching and ad-blocking to the IE browser. Many people have not yet discovered Google's latest (and, IMHO coolest) tool yet - the Google
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Thursday, December 25, 2003 2:33 PM

One of my coolest tools

My Clie UX50 PDA Hi... my name is Marc and I'm a gadget freak. I admit it. I've been using Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) for years. My first was the original Newton Message Pad from Apple. Since then, I've used various units from Psion, Palm, Handspring,
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Thursday, December 25, 2003 8:56 AM

Speed Keys - Learn them and use them!

This is one of my favorite links at David Allen's web site. The amount of time you will save by learning these "universal" speed keys and keeping your hands on the keyboard can be significant. Of course, YMMV, depending on the kind of computing you do.
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Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:46 AM

Great sites about Microsoft

Robert Scoble (aka the Scobelizer), Microsoft's most prolific blogger, has a great post about a Washington Post article on the subject of companies getting it right or wrong when it comes to dealing with customers. Scoble gets it right most of the time
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Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:33 AM

SPLAT!

Do not click this link . (unless you want to have fun) Thanks to Tom Asacker for the link.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2003 5:43 PM

Coping with the "Inbox Blues"

Charles just posted a comment to my first post: "I bet productivity in Outlook would be a great help to all of us... especially if you could make the 1800+ items in my Inbox go away ;-)" Well Charles, I can't make them go away but one of the recurring
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Wednesday, December 24, 2003 2:37 PM

Who is this guy anyway?

Greetings. I thought a brief introduction might be in order as I gleefully join the OfficeZealot.com blogging group. And perhaps a confession as well. You see, I'm a productivity freak. And an inveterate software addict. I love playing with new software
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Wednesday, December 24, 2003 8:01 AM

My favorite way to read RSS

NewsGator . If you use Outlook, read blogs (and NNTP), and want to stay in one program, this is what you've been looking for. http://www.newsgator.com/ Try it free for 14 days. It uninstalls gracefully if you decide it's not right for you. I must admit
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