A couple of years ago, I bought a Dell server with the intent of installing Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 and running my own Exchange, SharePoint, and Internet Information Services (IIS). Although not a server or a networking expert, I was confident my geeky tendency to pick up new software technology quickly would get me to a point where I could run my small business like a big enterprise but on a limited budget. [...]

…and how OneNote could have changed Noah’s and Allie’s life… Article first published as Microsoft OneNote: A Gift for the Hopeless Romantic (Or Obsessive Organizer) on Technorati. Notebooks, netbooks, tablets—what’s on your Christmas list this year? Before you spend hundreds of dollars on any of these gadgets, you might want to consider an inexpensive (and even free!) present for the hopeless romantic or an obsessive organizer: Microsoft OneNote. This under-rated, under-used but truly useful product comes [...]

As it turns out, if you’re a developer wanting to simplify how you build web applications and are thinking of cloud-based virtual machines that can run multiple programming models, you do need to care. In Platform-as-aService (PaaS), developers are able to create new online applications in a platform provided by the PaaS provider. Windows Azure is an example of a PaaS service model where developers are provided the tools to easily build applications without the [...]

TweetReach for @reedjenn 10/31/11 Technology is limitless; changing faster than you can imagine. From Web 2.0 to HTML 5 to breakthrough social media applications, innovations are happening every minute altering the way we do business locally and globally. Reaching a large audience at essentially zero cost is now possible. Just a few minutes ago, My TweetReach stat revealed an exposure of over 256K impressions reaching over 52K people on a night when I’m not even [...]

Forget about Facebook and all the changes they just rolled out. What are you doing with Twitter? If you are a geek like the members of the Seattle Web Technology Bi-Weekly Meetup Group, don’t starting thinking just because you know the backend of web technologies you automatically are an expert in leveraging social media, especially Twitter, to have the impact you want. If you run a small business or are a one-man show, don’t waste your time researching and [...]

Juanita holding her youngest and 14th child, Jennifer. Juanita’s Story and Why I Am Involved in This Cause​ Juanita was a talented seamstress who designed and created made-to-order, exclusive, one-of-a-kind clothing for more than a dozen private clients. With her trusted Singer sewing machine, Juanita sewed each custom-fitted garment with great attention to detail using only the highest quality fabric she could afford and finishing the seams with perfectly aligned stitches by hand. Each season, [...]

We are pleased to announce Ricky Gross and Billy Munyon as the first two winners of the Office 365 for Dummies book raffle! Thank you Ricky and Billy for entering the contest. An authographed copy of the book will be mailed to you as soon as it comes out early December this year.   To all who participated in the contest, thank you! You still have a chance to win as we are giving away two [...]

If you’re an Office 365 Enterprise user, you most likely will have a My Site page in SharePoint Online. My Site is a “public page” (as in “public” within your organization) designed to let you share information about yourself with others who visit your site. The My Profile page in My Site is a great place to market your skills and expertise. It also serves as a central repository of information you can easily access anytime, anywhere. Take [...]