Posted by Alex Bellinger on 3rd July 2007.
It’s been nearly six months since I attended the launch of Windows Vista. Back then, I came to the conclusion that for most small businesses the new Microsoft operating system would be useful, but not essential. It’s still my view that unless you have reasonably new computers, it’s not worth your business upgrading. [...]
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Posted by Alex Bellinger on 18th May 2007.
It’s very easy sometimes to forget that the vast majority of people, and quite possibly the vast majority of visitors to SmallBizPod, haven’t had the time to suss out what all this RSS and feed stuff is and why it can make their lives easier.
Using a feed reader like Google Reader can really speed up [...]
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Posted by David Tebbutt on 29th April 2007.
Last week, I spoke at a conference on the subject of ‘new technologies’. Not that I agreed with the title, mind you. It rather depends how one interprets ‘technologies’. To me, information, communication, culture and services are the important things. The technologies which support them are essential (broadband and computers) but not inherently interesting. The [...]
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Posted by Alex Bellinger on 27th April 2007.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, one of the questions I get asked most often is ‘how do I start podcasting for my business’?
Having started a business podcast back in the pre-history of podcasting (that’s March 2005, in case you were wondering ) I’ve picked up a few podcasting tips and tricks along the way.
So, I [...]
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Posted by David Tebbutt on 16th April 2007.
Long recordings, such as podcasts, videos and screencasts usually suffer one irritating flaw: you can’t get to the bits you’re interested in without downloading everything up to that point.
If you’re into this otherwise effective means of communication, a company called Veotag promises to save your viewers and listeners a headache by enabling you to mark [...]
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Posted by Alex Bellinger on 14th February 2007.
Once in a while I’m contacted by someone who’s been inspired to take up podcasting as a result of listening to SmallBizPod. I’m always very flattered and it’s always a pleasure to give their podcast a plug, particularly if they’re a small business.
I’ve mentioned Follett Motors before and Lucie there has been keeping me up [...]
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