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Software

Screenshots of Blackberry App World on Bold 9000

Here are a series of screen grabs I did for the new Blackberry App World on a Blackberry Bold 9000.

System Requirements

To ensure that your BlackBerry® smartphone will support BlackBerry App World™, it must have the following system requirements: Read more

Blackberry RIM's App World Having Bandwidth Issues or Just Blocked by Corp Filters?

I downloaded and installed the new Blackberry App World software to my Blackberry 9000 Bold late last night but it will not connect to the Blackberry servers. The message I receive is:

"BlackBerry App World is having trouble connecting to the BlackBerry App World server. Verify your network connections and try again."

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Blackberry Instant Messaging

Blackberry Instant Messaging

BlackBerry now supports the following instant messaging platforms: Read more

GTD with Google's New Calendar

See my Productivity & GTD page for other great ideas like a free Blackberry GTD solution! Read more

Time Management, GTD and Life Hacking

As a society we spend so much time and energy getting information into and from emails, notes, websites, lectures, chats, blogs and news feeds. But what is all of that worth if we forget what to do next (task management) or we can't find something we had previously found?

Content Management, Knowledge Management and Information Management are all becoming huge 'industry' buzz words but that means nothing if we fail to teach and provide solutions for the 'individual' user/employee. I went to school and received a B.S. in Management in Information Systems, but not one class discussed a micro-system for the user/student. Do any highschools, colleges or corporations seriously teach this critical problem solving issue? Read more

Stupid Luser or Bad IT?

I just read a pretty good article discussing how IT professionals tend to blame Lusers ('lousy users') rather than face up to badly written software and poor implementation. The article does a great job comparing the IT world to other businesses involved with development: Read more

University of Texas at Dallas Loses 6,000 IDs

The UT Dallas breach is not the first breach of data the University of Texas System has seen even this year. In October, the UT System appointed a chief information security officer to build and oversee a system-wide plan to protect UT's information after some recent exposures. Read more

Alternatives to Windows Explorer

Here is a great overview site of various alternativess to windows explorer. Many of them are free and the article includes screenshots for a quick review.

15 Windows Explorer alternatives compared and reviewed

Here is a chart with direct links to the site's review Read more

14 day forecasts with NASA's Ames Research Center

The Ames Research Center, at Moffat Field, has over $3.0 billion in capital equipment, 4,000 research personnel and a $775 million annual budget. Ames plays a critical role in virtually all of NASA missions in support of America's space and aeronautics programs. Its role expands beyond the realm of space and into things that impact our daily lives. Ames used synthetic brainpower to design antennas for use on three small ST5 satellites that were launched into Earth orbit in March 2006. Read more