Over the last few months I’ve seemed to neglect some of the interesting things that Springpad could do outside of my business endeavors. Features that, while appealing, I just never really got around to using. That’s about to change — and in a big way. Read More »
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Scott Blitstein
Bio:Music Lover and Technology Go-To Guy.
Scott wears many hats within the field as IT technician, microbusiness process specialist and tech writer. Passionate about utilizing and contributing to the Internet in the course of his professional and personal life, Scott has become extremely familiar with Internet technology. In 2008 he became a contributing author for WebWorkerDaily, a web site providing information, support and perspectives to those who make their living utilizing the World Wide Web.
My Focus
Productivity, Entrepreneurship, Web Applications, Small Business Services
Recent Posts
When I last wrote about ZooLoo I mentioned how ambitious a product it was, and how that could make it overwhelming, especially for the small business audience it was trying to attract. The new release seem to have addressed a lot of my concerns. Read More »
In a recent article, I talked about how the choice to use less complex software in an attempt to reduce perceived overhead for your employees can actually introduce more real overhead. The main impetus for these thoughts was my evaluation of the Axosoft OnTime software solution. Read More »
Have you noticed that many web-based services advertise themselves with the premise of “less,” or being “simple?” They say their programs reduce the time and energy that your team exerts using unecessary and distracting features, functions and options, letting them focus instead on just doing their… Read More »
A long December and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last… “A Long December” Adam Duritz 2009 was a tremendously challenging year for me, both personally and professionally. But although it was a year of many changes, it was also one of tremendous opportunity.… Read More »
Om and the team over at GigaOM recently shared “7 Things We Hope Will Come True in 2010.” While that list of things are all well and good for our industry as a whole, I’ve identified a list of… Read More »
gwabbit is a handy application that automatically identifies and parses contact information from your emails to help ease the process of creating new entries in your contact list. I’ve written about the Outlook version… Read More »
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Applications, services, tools, plug-ins, add-ons, bookmarklets — there’s an endless list of things we look to in an effort to be more efficient. Here at WWD, we write about all of them and how they can be of benefit to us. We discuss how… Read More »
I’ve written a lot about social identity management using services like DandyID or GizaPage while Charles has tackled some other options for Read More »
It’s been an exciting and interesting year to be a web worker. We’ve come to rely more on services like Twitter, there has been huge buzz about Google Wave, and there are… Read More »
I work with a number of nonprofit organizations and associations. A common theme among them is their reliance on fundraising efforts to gather money for their projects. While some groups may use a content management platform like Wild Apricot (which includes… Read More »
I like dashboards. There is something attractive about a logical and configurable display of information, be it an overview of a project or a listing of computers, that makes me feel like I am in control of the information being presented. So I was impressed when… Read More »
Like many of us, I spend a lot of time on the web and come across a staggering number of interesting things. In Clearing The Cache, I pull out some of my favorites and share them with you here. It seems like… Read More »
I first wrote about the Springpad notebook organizer almost a year ago now and was immediately impressed by the offering. Since then, as improvements have come across my desk I’ve always… Read More »
Gist, the relationship management service that went to open beta last month, today announces the release of an iPhone application, available through the App Store, that makes getting access to your data easier while… Read More »
It’s an exciting time to be a web worker, what with all of the great browser choices we now have available to us. Firefox may be the preferred browser for many of us, but Chrome, Safari… Read More »
The tools that we use to run our businesses and organize our lives are supposed to make thing easier. We choose them because we identify a need — a pain point — and are looking for a solution. In my experiences working with small… Read More »
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