Tech Better

If you are one of those people (like I am) who likes to work from a task list, you will want to check out Google Tasks. Google Tasks is a sub-component of Gmail. It is by far the simplest task organizer I have ever used. Just start typing to add a task, press enter to add a new task and press tab to make a sub-task. Tasks can also be rearranged on the fly.

If you are looking for a simple task keeper to help you manage your day, Google Task is worth checking out. To enable Google Tasks, click Settings from your Gmail page and then click on the Labs tab. Then, enable Tasks.

Email is still the dominate medium for online communication. In 2008, there were over 210 billion emails sent EVERY day. Despite this enormous volume, email really has not changed much since its mainstream adoption in the early 1990’s. That is about to change. The next generation of “email type” communication is being developed by Google and it is named Google Wave.

The Conficker worm has been spreading since November 20, 2008. The estimated number of infected computers range from two million to the tens of millions. No one has an exact number. Many people mistakenly think that the Conficker worm was programmed to wreak havoc on the 1st of April, and since it did not, the threat is over. This is not the case. I hope to briefly clarify what is known about Conficker in this entry.

As was reported by the media, Conficker had the date April 1st programmed into it.

Seat Karma is a search engine that allows you to find people who are selling their tickets to sporting, theatrical and musical events. (StubHub is another website that offers a similar service.) One of the neat things about Seat Karma is you can virtually put yourself in the seat you want to purchase and view how the event will look from your seat’s vantage point.

Seat Karma has taken vantage point pictures from various positions around roughly 140 venues.

“The only way to coast is downhill.” Is there any area of your life or business in which you are coasting? Maybe you need to revisit those areas and reenergize them. Progress does not happen on its own. It takes effort.

Whoa! I almost started to get philosophical. That’s too “deep” for a tech blog. Alright, snap out of it Ryan. I’m not Zig Ziglar. I’m a tech guy. Back to reality. Let’s proceed…

What brought that quote to mind was the thought that many businesses are just coasting when it comes to their technology.