Yearly Archives: 2004

Beyond OneNote

By | November 24, 2011

Further to my column about OneNote, I’ve heard from one or two people suggesting somewhat similar programs. Here’s a selection: Anju Visen-Singh writes Calgary, Canada, about his company SMART Technologies Inc. Its SMART Board software drives special whiteboards that “connect to a computer and projector to display the computer image on a large touch-sensitive screen… Read More »

This week’s column – Get a Grip On Your Inbox

By | November 24, 2011

This week’s Loose Wire column looks at email and offers some tips on blowing off the cobwebs on your inbox and getting organized. GIVEN THE AMOUNT of time we spend handling our e-mail–checking it, reading it, writing it, occasionally clicking on attachments we suspect we probably shouldn’t–you’d think we would do a better job of organizing… Read More »

Hoodwinked By Another Plaxo

By | November 24, 2011

Another embarrassing morning. Last night I tried out a new contacts/social networks program called ZeroDegrees, which promises to ‘connect you with the people you really need to reach through the people you already know’ etc etc. A sort of cross between Plaxo and LinkedIn. The software installs into Outlook and one or two other email… Read More »

The New Search Wars

By | November 24, 2011

Search is getting big again. Will it work this time around? Programs that search your hard drive have been around for a while, but few of them seem to last. There was Magellan, askSam (OK, still around, sort of), Altavista’s Desktop Search, dtSearch (still going strong) and Enfish (still around, barely breathing). That was in… Read More »