HP vs. Dell: Bidding War for Storage?
Mon, 30/08/10 – 8:21 | View Comments

There is currently a sort of bidding war taking place as both Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computers fight over storage services company 3PAR.  The war itself is interesting, but the reasons behind it are even more …

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AlwaysOnPC – A Virtual Computer For Your Own Use
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010 – 11:02 | View Comments
AlwaysOnPC – A Virtual Computer For Your Own Use

We all have our own desktop (or laptop) computers set up exactly how we like them.  We’ve got all the software we need and all the programs we want and use on a daily basis.
The …

Freemarket – A New Marketplace For Buying And Selling Files
Wednesday, 21 Jul, 2010 – 10:47 | View Comments
Freemarket – A New Marketplace For Buying And Selling Files

Many freelancers will be familiar with Freelancer, the website that enables you to find work in many different fields. Now the same company has released a new part of their website called Freemarket.
This takes on …

DocuSign – Digital Signatures and Doc Management, Even On Your Mobile
Monday, 12 Jul, 2010 – 7:30 | View Comments
DocuSign – Digital Signatures and Doc Management, Even On Your Mobile

Many businesses, including freelancers and small enterprises, deal with a lot of paper.  This is especially true if there are a lot of contracts and legal issues to deal with.  Shuffling all that paper around, …

Firerift – A CMS That’s Easy.. Really
Tuesday, 6 Apr, 2010 – 8:01 | View Comments
Firerift – A CMS That’s Easy.. Really

Every content management system (CMS) on the market says it’s easy to use.  That’s generally the whole point of CMS, really.  To make managing Web content easy.  Most fall into one of three categories: glorified …

Outright – Simple Online Bookkeeping for Small Biz
Friday, 2 Apr, 2010 – 8:23 | View Comments
Outright – Simple Online Bookkeeping for Small Biz

Every business needs to keep track of finances, but not every business needs $40-$4,000 software to do it.  Outright is a simple, free bookkeeping tool that operates on a Freemium model, though so far no …

Crocodoc – Sharing and Reviewing Documents Online
Thursday, 1 Apr, 2010 – 8:58 | View Comments
Crocodoc – Sharing and Reviewing Documents Online

In nearly every business, online collaboration is becoming not just the norm, but mandatory.  Shared documents, research materials, conferencing, and more are all in the mainstream and are part of the daily work life for …

InvoicesOnTheRun – Great-looking Invoices Quickly
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 8:35 | View Comments
InvoicesOnTheRun – Great-looking Invoices Quickly

Invoicing is one of those things that all freelancers and small businesses have to do to stay in business.  It’s how we get paid.  Clients demand more than just a statement saying “give me this …

Yast – Time Tracking Software for Freelancers
Monday, 9 Nov, 2009 – 5:54 | View Comments
Yast – Time Tracking Software for Freelancers

There seem to be three major avenues of Web apps for the freelancer or small business: time tracking / task management, invoicing, and collaboration tools.  It seems like every other app that we see here …

Freelance Total – Business Management for Freelancers
Thursday, 5 Nov, 2009 – 5:43 | View Comments

Anyone who freelances in design, development, site maintenance, or whatever knows that the biggest headache to their business is working the books.  Invoices, client information, handling sales, tracking jobs, and all that can really ad …

BusyBeeManager – Online Scheduling Done Easy
Thursday, 10 Sep, 2009 – 7:13 | View Comments
BusyBeeManager – Online Scheduling Done Easy

Mangers of teams, small businesses, or even just shifts can have it pretty rough when multiple employees are involved–all of whom will have multiple demands and needs. Most get by with a marker board calendar, …

Ubidesk – Online Team Collaboration
Tuesday, 8 Sep, 2009 – 8:51 | View Comments
Ubidesk – Online Team Collaboration

Team collaboration, project management, or managing far-flung team members is all the same basic task: trying to keep everyone on the same page at the same time doing the same things without needlessly repeating yourself. …

Play hard, work harder: Facebook and Vois hook up
Thursday, 9 Jul, 2009 – 8:46 | View Comments

Freelance nation piggybacks profiles with leading social networking platform
There comes a point in life when you own one too many keys, and may get mistaken for a weighed-down, off-duty custodian minus the mop. The same …