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Continue reading →: Using Asana (and Trello) with Chrome and Scrum to manage life in the time of COVID-19If you are spending a lot of you day at home, then staying organized is not easy, here are some simple tips: On your Mac, turn on Announce Time. Then set it for every half an hour. That corresponds nicely to the Story Points that you use for a Scrum.…
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Continue reading →: Figuring out when your DNS changes have propagatedMany times, you want make a DNS change, they tell you it will take 24 hours for that to propagate, but how do you know when it really happens. You can run a ping from your machine, but there’s a better tool. What’s My DNS does a check of various…
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Continue reading →: Review of WordPress Themes for BusinessOK, we finished the review of some themes for a personal blog with scrolling content. That is quite different than something that is meant to be a front facing page for a small business or a new product. There are lots of themes that try to do this basic layout…
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Continue reading →: iPhone Garmin Connect Loses Sync with 520 Plus
Ok, getting the Garmin 520 Plus to work with an Iphone was a chore. But if, the iPhone deletes the Garmin Connect automatically then you lose the connection and have to start all over. I worked on this before thanks to Brad, but the procedure actually worked. To review, if…
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Continue reading →: Marketing in time of crisis
Had a great conversation with Yohai, Micah, Rebecca and Tim over a Zoom cocktail party yesterday. The conversation rolled around to how does one talk about oneself and ones company in difficult times. While it’s tempting just to stop all marketing as no one is going to buy things. And…
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Continue reading →: Gmail not activated for Gsuite because of high load
Ok file this in the department of strange things. With so many people working from home Gsuite is just jammed. In bringing up a new Gsuite account (for yet another company), I ended up in a strange loop. I would login to gmail and it would say “This account does…
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Continue reading →: Zoom Lessons No. 3: On Security and PresentingOK, listened to Erc Yuan, the CEO of Zoom do his webinar. Wow, it is always interesting to see CEOs in person. I had not realized he was part of the original WebEx team. And he is a true engineer in every sense. You can’t judge people by their cover,…
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Continue reading →: How to wish some well at Passover
Well, I learned how to say this last year, but in Hebrew its: chag Pesach kasher vesame’ach. Indianapolis Star, 7 April 2020 I’ve no idea how to actually pronounce this, but phonetically it’s “CHAG PEH-sach kah-SHER ve-sah-MAY-ach” Google Translate
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Continue reading →: What can a startup or small business do to stay alive in the Covid catastropheOk hat tip to Tom, Rick, Will and Keith for inspiring this post. But if you are a small business what can you do. FWIW I’ve never run a small business so I don’t know much about that, but I have worked with startups (and even been in one), but…
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Continue reading →: Running Secure Zoom Meetings 1, 2 and 3
Everyone is now worried about Zoom security and how to make sure that you are really running end-to-end encrypted and there is no possibility for anyone to see what you are talking about. Zoom included. First of all, Zoom is inherently secure if used well, you just make sure that…
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