I caught up with a friend and former colleague via Facebook recently. Let’s call her JL. JL is one of those people you love to be working with. She brings out the best in people, professionally and socially. Beneath her laconic exterior lurks a cutting wit. JL was the keeper of a book in which [...]
Where do all the lost pens go?
I saw a story on Friday about how some men love their sheds. According to a survey, nearly 20 percent of shed owners are partial to “hanging out” in their shed, 36 percent have installed a stereo, while one in four have a bar fridge. I’ve never been someone who hangs around in sheds. To [...]
Life before Microsoft Office
It’s hard to believe there was once a world in which Microsoft wasn’t the dominant developer of software for word processing and spreadsheets. I actually don’t use MS Office much these days, but its presence is ubiquitous. I like Atlantis for quick documents, saved to RTF format and OpenOffice is my main choice in Linux. [...]
Microsoft Office 2007
I can’t bring myself to like Office 2007. My Vista PC came with the software last year. I tried it for a while, got rid of it and installed Office 2003. Liking to experiment, I reinstalled Office 2007 and now wish I didn’t. It’s hard to know why Microsoft changed the traditional interface that worked. [...]
Five bad email habits
Continuing from the previous post, this list is based on observations and personal experiences: Sending group emails to people who don’t really need to know; Attaching large files; Sending an email to someone in the same room about a mundane matter; Asking to be notified when the email is deleted; Phoning to see if the [...]
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