Microsoft offers video tips on organizing with Office
Filed under: How-tos , Productivity Ah, summertime; the kids are out of school, the pace drops back from ‘overdrive’ to ‘merely hectic,’ and you finally have the opportunity to tackle the giant looming crisis that is your personal state of disorganization. Perhaps I’m projecting a little bit. Anyway, if you’re looking for a bit of guidance on how your Mac can help you get organized — and, of course, if you are a Microsoft Office 2008 owner — the Mac BU has something for you . Organization expert Peter Walsh (possessor of a charming Australian accent, and author of the slightly-less-charmingly titled Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat ) is the host of a video tips presentation over at the Mactopia site. Walsh runs through a couple of suggestions for reducing the chaos in the three key areas of Family, Finance & Health, mostly on the straightforward side (keep a family calendar in Entourage, track your website logins in a secured Excel spreadsheet)
First Look: Postman 2.0
Filed under: iPhone , First Look , App Review I hadn’t really noticed, but it turns out there are lots and lots of postcard apps in the App Store . It makes sense, the iPhone (and to an extent, the iPod touch ) is a great virtual postcard device. Snap a photo while on vacation, add a quick message and send it off via e-mail, all from within the iPhone itself. It’s actually a neat example of old and new communication methods fusing together.
