I had a friend that had a very old Toshiba laptop mode number 2400-S201. They lent the laptop to another friend for a while and when it came back it had a BIOS password on it. The friends then had a falling out over this and the “friend” refused to tell them the password. No big issue though as the laptop was not being used… until now… there was a specific … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2010
Productivity Tips for the IT Professional
In response to my post last week on Cleaning up my inbox – Part 1, I got the following email from a reader… he’s allowed me to share it but wanted to remain anonymous for obvious reasons ;-) Hey Wayne, If it helps I’ve been doing the “monthly unplug internet day” for about 2 years now. …when I do it, I just mark my OOF as “Travelling around our fair country right … [Read more...]
Virtualisation – the big bet
My weekly CRN Channelweb Blog post has gone live. This one is on the things we think will be big over the next 12 months. Check it out here. http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2010/02/09/betting-big-on-virtualization … [Read more...]
Being busy is just an excuse
Following on from a few of the productivity posts I wrote earlier this week, Robert Crane volunteered to be a guest poster for a couple more. Thanks Rob. Many of the concepts developed here come from my upcoming book on productivity - Being busy is just an excuse. If I asked you whether you have enough time your most likely answer will be no. If I then ask you … [Read more...]
Cleaning up my Inbox – Part 2
One of the things I noticed as I went over my inbox on the flight to the US, was the volume of newsletters that I get from many different sources. You know the feeling, you see something cool, sign up for the newsletter and then read a few copies, but get busy and don’t read them all. Ultimately this leads to large amounts of unread mail. You have two choices. … [Read more...]