I had a touch screen smart phone with great features, WiFi, bluetooth, you name it, almost an ultra mobile personal computer (UMPC) but have downgraded to an old model Blackberry. Huh? Did I just move backwards in terms of technology, or is there a counter-intuitive reason that actually makes this a practical way of moving forwards?

Part of the influence to get a Blackberry phone was due to this software product offering. It is to a to-do list what a grid is to design. Highly integrated with the Blackberry device, ToDoMatrix from REXwireless offers increased productivity from a David Allen GTD and Covey based application. It works on the premise that your input [...]

There are a dozen items of software that constitue part of the Life hack series, each having the ability to assist in making life run considerably smoother and be more productive. The first of these is MyLifeOrganized (MLO) task management software. OK great, but what does it do?

When you employ someone it is so that they may add more value to the product than you would be able to do alone. The added value should outweigh the employee’s cost to you. What if you could carry such a value adding employee in your pocket? What if they are always available to assist [...]

No the title isn’t an inebriated typo, or a forage into composition of Engrish prose. Those with communication induced sore thumbs may immediately recognise it as a reference to the Blackberry communications device from the company Research In Motion (RIM). In a long saga spanning pretty much an entire year I have finally become an [...]