If you've ever been in a situation at work where you have been the paymaster you will know what a time consuming and thankless task it can be. Having to chase up whether Charlie worked last Friday night and figuring out if Rose really was half an hour late this morning. You never get plaudits for paying the correct amount of wages each week but you'll sure as hell hear about it if you haven't paid them enough. DeskTime is a free real-time time tracking and productivity app that will give precise and automated times on when and when not ... Read more
It’s difficult to know how to approach this one really, as an app the features look fine with clear screen pages and it’s all pretty thorough. To be honest though if I had a bunch of friends that needed this much organization just for a night out at the cinema I think I might be tempted to try and find some new ones. It’s not just for the cinema of course as you can use fasterplan to organize any type of get together with your chums. Not only can you suggest an activity but you can give them a whole host of options ... Read more
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
Business meetings can often be a complete waste of time and believe me I’ve been to enough of them to know that’s very true. In fact I’ve been to meetings that have had nothing to do with business and they can be a total waste of time too.The reason for this in most cases stems from a lack of proper preparation. This lack of preparation usually means that action points are never recorded, minutes are not circulated and any follow-up plans that were actually discussed are completely forgotten about.Agreedo can help get you get organized so that all aspects of a meeting ... Read more
Like any industry event or networking opportunity the annual conference of ˈwhatever it might beˈ needs at least some basic research before you commit to attending.You’ll be bombarded with emails from conference organizers even if you work in an industry with the most tenuous of links to the principal subject but then of course you would be.Their job is to fill the hall or conference center and justify delegate charges and trade stand fees therefore their standard marketing approach is along the lines of; "The event you simply can’t afford to miss!"Heard it all before? I bet you have, well you ... Read more
This is all a bit of fun and probably serves the same purpose as a stress ball for people who are constantly dragged into pointless meetings at work.The business world is full of people who consider spending hours talking about something is more productive than actually doing anything about it. Well this app won’t really help you convince these annoying people to stop running everything up the flag pole or asking you to think outside the box but it might help you to laugh about it afterwards with your colleagues.It’s free of course and there is no registration requirement so your submissions are anonymous (we hope!) ... Read more
Remember the days when the Dymo was the way for making name tags for your staff. Well you don't have to do that anymore. MakeBadge is a business event tool that let's you make name tags, passes, ID cards, business cards as well as badges for any occasion. MakeBadge is an easy to use free web application for making badges, name tags, staff passes, employee ID cards, and business cards on the spot and for every occasion. MakeBadge is a full-featured badge maker application with benefits. The online tool is simple and intuitive. It lets skip expensive training or ... Read more
There are heaps of virtual greetings cards sites on the Internet. If you've got a birthday or a valentine card to send it's pretty easy to google one up in a second. It's a bit impersonal though, isn't it? It would be much better if you could send a REAL card with the same simplicity. Oh Greetings Cards is a social holiday tool where, for the same price as a trip to the local store, you can send a real, personalized greetings card to anyone the world over. Ohgreetings.com allows users to send real, personalized greeting cards anywhere in ... 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