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Which Blogging Platform Should I Use?

2012-01-24T14:37:00.000-08:00

This post from Lifehacker discusses a handful of blogging platforms detailing one view of the pros and cons of each. I'm posting this to our blog instead of simply re-tweeting/posting because I have a need to get in my 2 cents worth!

Which Blogging Platform Should I Use?

Our business blog for On-Site Technical Solutions is here on blogger.com and I have a personal blog on Posterous. We're going to be moving this business blog to Wordpress so that we can integrate it with our website, which we're also migrating to Wordpress. (Our friend and website developer Jarrett Gucci is an expert at Wordpress and has much great information on that platform.)

What the blogging platform decision boils down to can be as simple as:

If Posterous is too simple and doesn't have enough tools, use Wordpress. It's the best blogging platform available and it's easy to find or hire help to develop. My 2 cents!

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Five apps for crapware cleanup

2012-01-24T12:27:00.000-08:00

TechRepublic is geared to techies, but the post below can be used by anyone still buying Windows computers who runs into the loaded PC with, well, yes, crapware.

Five apps for crapware cleanup | TechRepublic

On-Site Technical Solutions typically removes the nonessential "stuff" from computers in our setup process for our clients. While talking to others about buying PCs, we are often asked about the best way to remove these non-essential, spammy programs and offers.

For those of you buying new Windows PCs, here are five tools for that cleanup!

PC Decrapifier

SlimComputer

WinPatrol

Revo Uninstaller

CCleaner

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5 iPad Small Business Apps

2012-01-22T12:04:00.000-08:00

Courtesy Open Forum, MSNBC and Entrepreneur Magazine.

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Is It Time to Finally Ditch Your Paper Business Cards?

2012-01-22T11:23:00.000-08:00

Here's the post from Mashable making this suggestion:

Is It Time to Finally Ditch Your Paper Business Cards?:

While we're all for moving businesses and people to the Cloud as quickly as possible, that movement is based on sound business (and personal, practical) criteria. We provide business solutions, not technology for the sake of technology. .

We live in a hybrid world - most of our clients have one foot int he Cloud and one foot in their old on-site on the ground network. While millions of people and businesses are moving ahead with smart devices and apps and into the Cloud, millions more will take years to make the transition. If your business model accounts for ignoring the later arriving millions, go for the latest and greatest in technology at the expense of those potential clients.

Our recommendation would be to keep your paper business cards unless your clients and potential clients are 100% enabled for the technology in that post. Being able to accept electronic business cards will simply make life easier on you.

As a technology company that needs to keep up with the latest as a service to our customers, we always need to ensure that we stay focused on solving business issues as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. That's not always with the latest and greatest.

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Microsoft's Windows Phone Beats iOS by 2015: Analyst - Enterprise Networking (We Still Suggest iOS & Droid)

2012-01-19T20:50:00.000-08:00

Microsoft's Windows Phone Beats iOS by 2015: Analyst - Enterprise Networking - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

The sub-heading on this post from eWeek reads:

Microsoft's Windows Phone will beat iOS in the smartphone market by 2015, coming in second to Google Android, according to a new analyst report.

Windows phones are actually very functional and easy to use and integrate into a Microsoft Windows network environment. It looks like Windows 8 is going to make Windows and the phones even better. As a business technology provider we're happy to use what works and is well-supported by vendors. Windows phones fit in those categories and we're happy to support them. The problem for Microsoft is threefold:

They're a couple of years too late and behind the curve in popularity and visibility if nothing else.
With the release of Windows Server 2008 it's a breeze to integrate Apple devices into the Windows network and Cloud Computing is making the type of network installed a moot point for more and more businesses.
Perhaps most importantly, iOS (Apple) and Droid are where the apps are.

We recommend using the same operating system on a tablet that's being used on a smartphone. That makes it easier to integrate the use of applications between the devices and to coordinate the use the of the devices. While that would also be true with Microsoft operating systems, most of us already have apps we love through our iPhone, iPad, Droid smartphone or Droid tablet. Why move to something completely different?

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