Category Archive: Technology

This all-encompassing category covers hardware, software and anything fun in-between

Apr 01

Synchronising Highrise, Basecamp and Google Shared Contacts–Part 1

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NOTE: You can read part 2 here or just simply get the code. I recently worked on a project where we needed to synchronise contact data between Highrise CRM (the source), Basecamp (for project management) and Google Shared Contacts (for email).  This is a common issue for small businesses – how to keep disparate systems …

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Jan 09

Fact Facts – Stats and views on the world’s largest social networking site

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As Facebook celebrates 500 million users (yes, that’s half a billion), I’ve been thinking about the impact of this 5 year old website, which is now so much more than just a website. It’s founder Mark Zuckerberg, just 26 years old (a year younger than I), has relentlessly steered his company through numerous twists and …

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Nov 15

The Future of Desktops and Web Development

For the past twenty years the IT industry has been dominated by one company, Microsoft, and for good reason. They developed awesome software which helped to bring computing to the masses, and with the birth of the internet they impressed upon us all the Microsoft way of thinking: we are the experts so we build …

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Oct 19

New House, New Baby and a Geek’s Home Office

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Three months ago we found out that we were expecting a baby; four months ago we bought our first house.  Take a peak at what we’ve been up to… The Stats In three months we: Moved house (with the help of some great friends, until mid-night!) Painted over 200sqm of walls and ceilings Fixed 15m …

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Mar 29

Moving Business Contact Manager to the network

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We’re currently experimenting with a number of different CRM systems, including Sage’s ACT!, SalesForce.com, 37 Signals’s Highrise and Microsoft Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007. After a number of weeks playing the different options, we’ve come to the conclusion that BCM for Outlook 2007 is the best solution for us.  A short review of each …

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