Archive for the Business Category

Social Media Overview

Posted on December 1, 2009 by webmaster

A very interesting presentation on the basics of social media, which contains many interesting facts, for example that social media has overtaken porn as the number one online activity – http://www.slideshare.net/ericswain/social-media-overview-for-cam-creative

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Slow Internet with Leopard

Posted on November 26, 2009 by webmaster

There is no point reinventing the wheel, so see here to fix this specific issue: http://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#direct_dns_better_dns#mce_temp_url#

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Offsite Backup – Asigra V Attix5

Posted on November 23, 2009 by webmaster

Having used both Attix 5 and Asigra to manage my offsite backup process, I thought I’d share my experiences with you. Obviously the service providers can help or hamper the process of backing up your data offsite, but I’ll leave them out at this time, and just compare the applications themselves.
First off, it’s clear that [...]

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Wireless Presenters

Posted on November 22, 2009 by webmaster

After recently organizing the Appetite for Business conference, speaking with Cambridge AV reminded me that I was in desperate need of a new wireless presentation device, the Gyration Motion RF mouse/keyboard product I’ve been using for approx. 5 years has been slowly proving to be more and more unreliable.
So, the route I decided was basically any-old Microsoft/Kensington/Dell [...]

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Google Chrome Operating System

Posted on November 20, 2009 by webmaster

The operating system market could be in for some well-overdue competition; Google are edging closer to releasing their open-source ‘Chrome OS’ operating system, that I’m sure any geek/professional/consumer will be eager to try, and to compare to their usual OS of choice – either Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OSX, or some strain if Unix/Linux.
I just [...]

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Data Protection Checklist

Posted on November 10, 2009 by webmaster

This checklist will help you comply with the Data Protection Act. Being able to answer ‘yes’ to every question does not guarantee compliance, and you may need more advice in particular areas. But it should mean you are heading in the right dircetion;
- Do I really need this information about the individual?
- Do I know [...]

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Can you recommend a monitor?

Posted on November 4, 2009 by webmaster

Yes I can.
Eizo Nanao Corporation was founded as Hakui Electric Corporation in the quiet city of Hakui, Japan 1986, and has built upon the initial success of its ColorEdge monitors, and in 2004 introduced the ColorEdge CG220, the world’s first LCD monitor capable of reproducing the Adobe RGB color space. 
Visit Eizo for more details.

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Terminal Server has Exceeded Max Number of Allowed Connections …

Posted on November 1, 2009 by webmaster

I recently learned of this great little work-around to this problem. If you cannot connect to a remote server using Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Connection-RDC), then use this process explained in more depth - http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/archive/2003/12/30/46776.aspx.
qwinsta /server:serverip (this will list all sessions)
rwinsta /server:serverip sessionid (rwinsta /server:192.168.111.250 2) This will disconnect session ID2

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Design Week

Posted on October 24, 2009 by webmaster

Don’t forget about this resource, I did until recently, and it’s proven to be an extremely useful source of valuable information – news, jobs, insight, features and much more….
http://www.designweek.co.uk/

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Cambridge Sculpture Trails

Posted on October 4, 2009 by webmaster

I found about these recently, and thought I should share it with you. A great way to keep up the interest of youngsters on a family walk around the city, much like spotting the Lions heads in and around Venice.
http://www.cambridgesculpturetrails.co.uk/ 

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