by Chris Barber | Dec 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
This was my dilemma… I wanted to use a shiny new super fast NVMe SSD on my older Intel B85 chipset based motherboard as my primary boot drive in order to boost system performance. Upgrading the motherboard, CPU and memory wasn’t going to be as cost... by Chris Barber | May 17, 2013 | Business, Employees, Productivity
As a business owner or upper manager, when was the last time worked a job that one of your employees routinely performs? If the answer is over a year ago, you may want to consider getting back in the trenches and truly learning the jobs that you’ve tasked your... by Chris Barber | May 6, 2013 | Business, Productivity, Tricks
Both Word and Excel are powerful programs for creating forms and other “reusable” documents. However, unless you take care to lock these documents down, they can easily be overwritten. Have you ever opened up an existing document on your computer, meaning to Save As a... by Chris Barber | May 3, 2013 | Business, Hardware, Productivity, Shortcuts, Tricks
Do you remember when the fax machine first made its appearance? In many ways faxing revolutionized business, allowing contracts and other documents to be quickly transmitted between companies. A similar revolution occurred when the Internet and email became an active... by Chris Barber | Apr 29, 2013 | Business, Employees, Productivity, Shortcuts, Tricks
One of the greatest things about technology is that it has enabled us to do just about everything more quickly, including conducting business. Signing contracts and other documents 20+ years ago involved mailing the items, or a trip to wherever to sign them in person,... by Chris Barber | Apr 26, 2013 | Business, Employees, Productivity, Social Media
The problem with social media is that it’s designed to trip all of our social conditioning to hook us, getting us addicted. And it’s not entirely social media’s fault – as humans we’re hardwired to be social, it’s inherent to our genetic makeup. However, now that we... by Chris Barber | Apr 22, 2013 | Business, Employees, Excel, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Services, Windows
When purchasing software, do you ever think about the end-of-life cycle for that particular program? If you’re like everyone else, you probably don’t. The thing is, all software has a cycle – a period of time when the company will support that particular version of... by Chris Barber | Apr 19, 2013 | Business, Email, Employees, Productivity, Tricks
If you’ve had your email address for any length of time, you’ve probably used it to sign up for all sorts of services – newsletters, coupons, store savings cards, and more. And while it’s helpful to receive information like this in our email, it creates its own sets... by Chris Barber | Apr 15, 2013 | Business, Employees, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Tricks
Do you make a lot of presentations in PowerPoint? Then this post is for you. Here’s a bunch of our favorite keyboard shortcuts, guaranteed to help you navigate the program more easily. * Denotes a common program command CTRL + B: Bold* CTRL +C: Copy* CTRL + I: Italic*... by Chris Barber | Apr 12, 2013 | Business, Productivity, Services, Tricks
You and your team worked hard on a project, and now you’re ready to deliver it to the client. But the deliverables include several large files that are too big to send via email. What do you do? If you are like many businesses, you’ll probably turn to a file transfer...