I’m a great believer in people writing some sort of record of their lives and I don’t just mean the rich and famous. There a far too many gravestones in the world with no story attached to them as far as I’m concerned and so getting people to jot down just some basic daily or weekly events is a start. There are wider implications of course and even though many people will consider their lives mundane and of no interest whatsoever to anyone else the generations that follow will probably see things in a different light. From a social history angle, ... Read more
Wow! If the guy’s behind this one have got their sums right there is a serious amount of cash being paid to people annually for just sitting in meetings. It wouldn’t be such a worry if a high percentage of these meetings actually achieved something but if you’re like me and have attended scores of them in your career you’ll know how unlikely that is. Read more
We all have our own little social networking networks but really we are all mostly just talking to people we know and rarely step out of our safe environment. If there's one thing that Facebook doesn't really address it's the cross-borders stuff where you can meet up and converse with people who speak other languages. If you are learning a language think how great it would be to chat with other users who speak that language. Polyspeaks is an easy to use web-based chat and social networking tool that addresses that problem. Polyspeaks is a simple web-based chat tool allowing language ... Read more
Sometimes you are too close to a problem to see a way to solve it. That's the point when you really do need your friends to act as a sounding board. You'd think they would be able to come up with an answer, wouldn't you. Well how about if you had hundreds of friends to act as that sounding board? CrowdStormer is a crowdsourcing app that pitches your question to the crowd and receive ideas and responses on how to improve, enhance or solve your problem. Read more
If you are looking for a fun chat and dating app that's different from the rest you might want to pay attention to this one. FlavorConnect is a bright and bouncy site that asks you to select your 'flavor' or the type of relationship you might fancy...and all the flavors begin with f! If you are brave you can try chatroulette and see if there's anyone in that alternative community that takes your fancy. If you are tired of poor matches on other dating sites then maybe it's time to take another tack. FlavorConnect is unlike other online dating ... Read more
If you’re anything like me then alarm bells start ringing the minute you clap your eyes on a set of terms & conditions that would put even the most boring lawyer to sleep. I read them because I’m a reviewer and to be honest it was the only way to get a handle on how this site works as the home page is lacking any explanation of the basic mechanics. Read more
There’s nothing wrong with introducing a bit of competition to the workplace and if it helps productivity as well as perhaps capturing some billable hours that might otherwise have slipped through the net all the better. Read more
I can't believe how many times I've read stories about bad billing by businesses. So many businesses have disappeared off the face of the earth because they don't seem to be able to deliver an itemized and correct bill for the services used. Then there are the seemingly dodgy practices that some law firms use where they estimate a price for a specific service like photocopying at the scandalous price of ten bucks a page and hope it gets lost in the overall invoice for 'services provided.' Someone should recommend cloc.kr to these companies right now. cloc.kr is a productivity ... Read more
If you run a business with multiple locations and have to organize the shifts of a considerable labor force then getting all of those ducks in a line is no easy task. NimbleSchedule has features to cover all of the headaches usually associated with making sure people are in the right location and that shifts are covered with contingencies in place. A task which when carried out manually can take hours of valuable management time. Read more
Erbix.com provides a suite of apps aimed at small businesses allowing them to organize all activities, collaborate on projects, produce web forms and keep on top of customer relationships. There are apparently a number of apps in the Erbix bag and the main ones are covered here. Read more