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National Geographic Channel – Back to GOOD Programming
I saw this article in the WSJ today, and I am so happy to see confirmation that National Geographic Channel is returning to educational and interesting programming rather than the terrible reality shows they have been for the past few years… There has been several programs so far, that have been great! Before the Flood …

Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Win10 / EMS Sessions
I have extracted a list of the Windows 10 / EMS and related sessions with links to the respective videos online. Once again – THANK YOU Microsoft for publishing these to the folks that could not make t it the Microsoft Ignite 2016 (Atlanta) conference. If you have one that I may have missed, please…

The Value Proposition of a Platform: Microsoft Win10/Office365/EM+S
[ Update 20161004: I encourage you to watch Brad Anderson’s keynote session at Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Simply IMPRESSIVE! ] As I have written before, technology management has made an incredible shift over the past few years (maybe the last 3-5 years). Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service are now the common conversations in most…

Launching a SaaS application….
It is interesting. Even though we have been using the app for about 12 months (and I am loving it) it has taken a lot of effort to get it to a point where we feel comfortable launching an a service for others to use. It doesn’t have to be “right”, and it will never be perfect,…

Experience is worth it!
This is not mine, but It was a good reminder that experience is worth it and to charge for the value of your services. A critical gearbox failed and no one could fix it. So they brought in a bloke with great trouble-shooting experience. He inspected the gear drive very carefully. After looking things…

How often do you get home?
It has been a tough couple of travel days, and decided that the night was better spent catch up on work. For dinner I chose to eat at the hotel restaurant, which, to be honest, I prefer to avoid, except for rare occasions. Like most of us, I usually mind my own business, and do…

Social Media Scheduling Tools Can Be Expensive
While few business owners question whether or not the convenience and additional exposure granted by social media scheduling ( See blog post: Scheduling Social Media Content is Best Practice )is worth it, the cost of many of the “big name” scheduling services (e.g. Buffer, Meetedgar, Hootsuite) is beginning to become prohibitive. While it’s still possible…

Support Forum Rules
31Posts Support Forum Rules The rules are short and simple 31Posts provides this forum space to support our user community. Only topics related to our application are allowed. Treat other members with the respect they deserve. This should go without saying, but treat others like you would like to be treated ! The…

Scheduling Social Media Content Is Best Practice
Today, having an established social media presence is no longer optional; if you want your business to survive and thrive, it’s absolutely necessary to be active on social media. Social media content must be of high quality, interesting, insightful, relevant, and above all else, updated regularly; with so many competing voices cluttering up the digital…

31Post YouTube Channel Created
Last night we created our own 31Post YouTube Channel. Not a lot of content in there yet. The first two pieces we have include: * Promo Video – https://youtu.be/8dvVU66WfFw * Added Demo Video: https://youtu.be/VBSf5zADlls We plan to posts many small how-to-videos as well as much more… Side note: With every new YouTube Channel, a Google+…

Google Is Closing Picasa – Google Photos Is Way Better
It has been with me for as long as I can remember using the Internet, but it really has been with us for only 14 years.. ( According to Wikipedia: Picasa was an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website, originally created by a company named…

Adding 31Posts Forum and Blog
Today we launched two new areas getting ready for a wider release… forum.31posts.com – a forum section to enable users post comments, ask questions and /or seek support blog.31posts – If you are reading this – you are already here! We’ve had many blog entries relating to this product over in our company’s site (enterprisal.com…

31Posts Chrome Extension
We are finally at a point where the core application is at a point where we can create a few aids for our users… In order to make it easy for you to collect data to share, we have released a Chrome Extension for 31Posts. Once installed you can quickly send the current tab data…

Getting Started with 31Posts.com
Welcome to 31Post.com and thank for your registration! You have probably seen the overview video of the system, but if not, please check it out at:“31Posts Overview Demo” — A Brief Overview of 31Posts Application We are delighted you have decided to try our system, and would like to make the on-boarding process as simple…

TimeSOW
TimeSOW is a web-based project time entry and tracking system based on timesheets designed as a flexible and scalable solution to maximize user adoption, which they adopt and use it on a daily basis.. It can track, approve, and manage team members time incurred for projects and clients you define. You can pre-assign project time…

New Application Name, Logo and Site
Based on end-user feedback, we decided to rename the application The new name is 31Posts.com which is simple to remember and has more meaning… A new site and corresponding logo has been created We are still on the closed beta trials, and we have received great feedback. Stay tune for more news.. Thank you!

Happy New Year! 2016 is here!
Every end marks a new beginning. Keep your spirits and determination unshaken, and you shall always walk the glory road. With courage, faith and great effort, you shall achieve everything you desire. Don’t forget the past, learn from it. I wish you a very Happy New Year. Published using eKalendaro

10 questions to help you evaluate your 2015
As we open the day on this last day of 2015, I came across a pretty cool article that made me think… I am just quoting the questions, but hopefully you will link to the article… When did you have fun? What good risks did you take and how were you outside of your comfort zone? …

Resetting Windows 10
Tonight, I decided to “Reset Windows 10” I have been using Windows 10 for a long time now… I am part of the Windows 10 Insiders Build, but only on my “test-everyday use” device… For my Win7 to Win10 upgrade, I had chosen to go through the”normal” update process for all of my production…

Microsoft Live Writer goes Open Source
This is really good news… Microsoft Live Writer is a tool I use daily, and for several years no one knew what the future of it was going to be.. So many of us went on to find alternatives, but nothing simple and good is available on the marketplace (remember FrontPage – Anything comparable?) It…

IT as a Business Blog
I love technology and how it helps us all. It is my work and hobby. I am an IT consultant and since I was a kid I have helped small, medium and large organizations design, develop, stand-up, use, train and project /program manage implementations and migrations to the latest technologies in order to meet…

List of Social Media Scheduling Tools
The following is a list of Social Media Scheduling Tools we have been able to catalog. If you know of one that is not on the list, please leave a comment! Last updated: 9/26/2016 Product / Service Status Type Short Description Other comments Buffer Open online Save time on social media with powerful…

Virtual Reality: Not only for gamers
I have seen many videos of virtual reality technology and sat is a couple of demos, but I must say it was early on technology (choppy at best, and generally slow) My son re-introduced me to virtual reality this weeend when he dropped by with a set of VR googles in which you put your phone…

31Posts: Twitter Channel Setup
Connect to Twitter: Twitter Channel Set-up 1. Register your site as an application on Twitter’s application registration page If you’re not currently logged in to Twitter, log-in to the account you want associated with this site Your application name cannot include the word “Twitter.” Your Application Description can be anything. The WebSite and Callback URL should be…

How to Engage Millennials
Definitely a current topic! Finally emerging from the shadows of Gen Xers, most millennials are now in the workforce. But study after study has shown that millennials are different from Gen Xers and even from Baby Boomers, the generation that raised them. ” Develop long-term niche relationships” https://www.visioncritical.com/how-engage-millennials-customer-insight-and-marketing/ 2015-09-23T00:00:16-05:00

WaaS – Workspace-As-A-Service Market
According to a report by MarketsandMarkets, the Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) market, comprised of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Applications, Desktop as a Service, Hosted Applications, is expected to grow at a a CAGR of 14.6% from $4.8 billion in 2014 to $9.4 billion in 2019. The WaaS market could potentially be an $8.2 billion market by 2018….

Windows 10 Patch Information is Back
It is good to see that after listening to the feedback coming back from their enterprise customers, Microsoft is reconsidering the publishing of what is included in each of the patches. In and early report Microsoft said that it would not provide detailed information about most Windows 10 patches. That plan did not sit well with IT managers…

Truth is a Battle of Perceptions
We’ve all been through it before. We’re in a meeting, or having a discussion with a client, when suddenly we feel like reality has been turned on its head. Our client insists that something happened, when we know it didn’t. Perhaps it has to do with who was supposed to handle a portion of a project,…