An Ex-Employee’s Thoughts on Intel

I could tell you that Intel never valued its employees and was a mediocre company at best. I could also tell you that I hated Intel so much that my last day consisted of thrashing apart a printer and extorting millions through a malicious virus. Yet the truth ...

Writing the Dreaded Business Plan

For some, the thought of writing a business plan is as pleasant as the stomach flu, yet the truth is that a business plan shares more in common with a diary and a to-do list than it does with a college term paper. So, break out that favorite pen ...

A new look for 2008! What do you think?

I'm trying to be more organized and clutter free this year, so I decided to clean up this blog with a shiny new theme. If you can't remember what the previous theme looked like, you can view it here. Without going into great detail, I eliminated all the extra sidebar ...

2008 WorkWeek Calendar

*UPDATE: The calendar has been updated for 2009 and is available for download here: 2009 Work Week Calendar. Every year, my employer provides badge-sized calendars to help countdown the days until the next holiday. Seeing how giddy my coworkers get when they receive their free calendar, I thought it might ...

You mean to tell me it’s 2008 already!?

This post is already two weeks late so lets get down to business! First of all, I just wanted to thank everyone who was kind enough to subscribe to this blog in 2007! Either 1) you hit the subscribe button by accident, 2) my incessant begging broke you ...

Sort a List by Last Name When First Name is Used

Alphabetically sorting a list of names in FirstName LastName format can be simplified by using the Text to Columns wizard in Excel. Unfortunately, you can run into issues when titles, middle names, middle initials, and name suffixes are used. Thankfully, the Team at REsolved LLC sent in this great Excel ...

How To Find All Unlabeled Email in Gmail

Your Gmail inbox is about to reach the next level of anal-retentiveness! Although Gmail doesn't have a search operator for unlabeled emails, there is a way to find all unlabeled emails in your inbox. The Good News! Gmail's advanced search operators can be used to locate all unlabeled emails by using ...

Get Camtasia Screen Recorder Free!

Looking for decent software to record that tutorial, PowerPoint presentation, training video, or random screencast on your PC? Well thanks to an ad in PC Plus Magazine (UK), anyone and everyone can get a free copy of TechSmith's Camtasia Studio 3! Simply CLICK HERE to download the install ...