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iWork 09 gets me excited.. So what?

January 7, 2009

For me, the upgrades for iWork 09 are where the money’s at.

I love Numbers as an alternative to Excel, and I’m growing fonder and fonder of Pages. Both get updates that could prove useful.

Pages

Pages finally gets mail-merge, which is a God-send in my work. Having full-screen mode will be nice as well. And while I [...]

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Hitting the high notes of Apple’s Keynote

January 7, 2009

So some think this year’s Macworld keynote was lack-luster, that Apple disappointed with their announcements and that iWork 09 is nothing to get excited about.

Don’t count me in that group.

The releases in this keynote — save the announcement about updating the 17″ MacBook Pro — were aimed at everyday consumer users. And even power-users or [...]

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Google Apps Part 3: Making my online and offline workflows flow

August 26, 2008

Note: This is the final part of a three-part series on Google Apps, its advantages and how it fits into my workflow.

Like I said in Part 2 of this series:

Not everyone’s workflow is the same, and thus not everyone will use Google Apps the same. As I said, it has its limitations, and [...]

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Google Apps Part 2: Reasons I like and dislike Google Apps

August 26, 2008

Note: This is the second part of a three-part series on Google Apps, its advantages and how it fits into my workflow.

I discussed in this post what Google Apps includes and why I chose to use it. Google Apps provides a lot of advantages and a few disadvantages. First, let’s take a look at the [...]

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Google Apps Part 1: What is Google Apps and why I chose it

August 26, 2008

Note: This is the first of a three-part series on Google Apps, its advantages and how it fits into my workflow.

I was not an early adopter to Gmail or Google Docs. My reasons were not from fear of “big brother”, though those are valid concerns.

My reasons were much simpler:

I had an email address [...]

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