Dramatically Shrink File Sizes for MS Word Manuals

If you are composing a technical document containing screenshots you will find the file size balloon very quickly. This makes it difficult to transmit via email and just wastes space on your hard drive.

There is a very simple way to compress the entire document without losing any of your details or pretty pictures, screenshots or diagrams.

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Systemized: A guide to understanding the world of ERP software

ebookI wrote this white paper (more of a guide I guess) about my perspectives on ERP software from a consultants point of view. I have been working with ERP for seven or so years now and have worked in business all my life. Technology is a powerful lever and if you want to use it effectively you need some sort of business management software.

This is where an ERP system comes in and if you have no exposure to Enterprise Resource Planning systems then you must check this white paper out!

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Advice You Didn’t Ask For: Reducing Stress

I’m reposting this as part of my Advice You Didn’t Ask For series. It helps me out a lot in my life and I think it will help you. Anything to reduce stress is a good thing.

A big item in my life is stress and how to deal with it. I have come across an interesting theory which I will now share with you.

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Advice You Didn’t Ask For: How to Set S.M.A.R.T. Goals

I have been reading a lot of self-help books lately. Actually I hate the fact they are called ‘self-help’ really… I think that if you are not helping yourself by reading books containing techniques from the most successful people then you are really on your own out there in the world with no advantages over the average person.

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Changing Menu Titles SBO

Since when can we change the menu titles in SAP Business One??  I was doing some document numbering and I found this field called “Change Menu Names” in the document numbering form.  Occasionally I had a reason to change these names and it wasn’t really possible before without B1UP or SDK.

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Mint.com: 3 Reasons to Track your Finances

When it comes to tracking your financial statements I will be honest. It’s BORING (and I love accounting, weird I know). I used to make all my payments on time, double check everything but I didn’t really take too close of a look unless something was way out of whack.

I stumbled across an app on my iPhone called Mint. I had been looking for a way to get a better handle on my expenses and I have determined that this is the service to do that.

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SAP Business One and Business Efficiency

The average progression for most businesses is as follows:

  1. Choose a product/service
  2. Sell a couple
  3. Sell a lot
  4. Build your customer base
  5. Track everything on paper
  6. Invest in an off-the-shelf accounting package (QuickBooks or Simply Accounting)
  7. Track everything else in spreadsheets

If you are persistent enough you come to a point where you can’t manage any more growth, you have no idea what one part of your business is doing and you have no real way of seeing any of your data unless someone manually compiles it into a spreadsheet for you. Your administration is increasing, you have less and less time to work and you desperately need more information to make decisions.

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Coffee Sucks

Sorry to all of you coffee/energy drink drinkers, but your favourite drink is actually a major leech of time and money.  It doesn’t provide you with any benefits and actually causes more issues than it solves. First off caffeine is a drug… just like alcohol and marijuana… caffeine is a stimulant and is listed under … Read more

TweetDeck is a social media aggregator (FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare)

Ever wanted all of your online activities in one place?  To view all at once??

Well, this quick post is to let everyone know about a cool application called TweetDeck.  www.tweetdeck.com

If you use FB, Twitter, LinkedIn and FourSquare then you need this application.  I think I would only use FB if I didn’t have this app because I loathe logging into the damned pages all the time.  With TweetDeck you can setup columns (on iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch/Mac/PC) and even post right from it…  It integrates URL shortening and picture hosting as well, so you don’t have to waste your time fiddling around with photos you want to post.

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