I’m testing Xobni, a tool that analyzes your mail to figure out your own personal network. It also profiles your email activity and those of your contacts. Really cool! The product is currently in beta release. Click on the logo for an invitation to the beta.
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It’s been a while since I wrote about desktop search programs.
I had been using Copernic, but stopped using it when the free version no longer applied to non-home users. (We’re a non-profit, but we are a commercial user.)
I then switched to Google desktop search (GDS), which worked very well, with one exception to be noted later, on both Windows and Linux. I’m now using Windows Desktop Search on the Windows machine. Because it’s fully integrated with Outlook 2007, it serves most of my needs.
My preference, however, is the Google search simply because I’m used to the Google syntax and logic.
GDS problems:
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It’s been a fun weekend.
I upgraded my Sony Vaio laptop to Windows Vista and my Dell home desktop to Fedora 8. Both upgrades were actually clean installs. Surprisingly (to me, at least), both went smoothly.
The key to the Vaio upgrade was reading the documentation Sony provided. They strongly recommend the “install as a new copy of Windows” option. To get all the Sony specific stuff back on the machine, I used a copy of the Sony Vista Upgrade Companion DVD. Even the internal Cingular/ATT modem is working!
Moving my Dell from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 was also fairly smooth. The install from DVD took about 45 minutes. By far the longest part was restoring 35GB of music files from the backup server. There are still a few issues. The library that reads the tags on MP3 files barfs when Amaork tries to rebuild its collection. Fortunately, a fix for this is already in the testing repository. Also, the built-in Atheros drivers (ath5k) are still beta quality. I’ve fallen back to MadWifi to get the wireless working.
Finally, on a separate 6GB partition on the Sony, I installed Fedora 8. I haven’t yet figured out the Cingular stuff, but normal computer functions work reasonably well.
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The Technology Evangelist asks “Will Google replace Microsoft Exchange?“.
He makes a good case that the newly announced IMAP support is about the 10th shoe to drop on Google’s steady march on Microsoft Office and, now, Exchange.
CCIM.NET users: Instructions are at http://www.ccim.net/outlook-imap.pdf
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If you’re put off by the high price of PhotoShop but want features, features, features, get a copy of the free Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). Version 2.4 has just been released. Some highlights from the release notes:
Download from here.
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If you, as a Designee, login to the Find A Professional search and look at your own profile in Find A Professional (’fess up — you’ve done it), you’ll now see a link on each header bar that will allow you to update that information.
Keeping your data current is important. If you move, change your phone, fax, or email, you need to get that information out to all inquiring eyes as soon as possible.
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Find A Professional now sports a “view as PDF” link. Give it a try and let us know how it works for you. We’re treating this as a beta and value any comments you might have.
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It’s been a long three months. In that time, the staff moved from the 8th floor to the 12th floor. The 8th floor was then gutted and completely rebuilt. We moved back on the 15th and, finally, things have settled down. As part of the move, we also installed a new phone system and reorganized the computer room. The last punch list items were resolved this weekend.
Now it’s time to get back to the IT agenda. We just released a new system for signing up for classes for existing students and Candidates and are about to release a Candidate signup system. Both are fully integrated with our real-time, e-commerce system. The current priority is the pilot project to add chapter dues to the annual billing.
We’re also working on generation of PDF resumes for the Designee Professional Profiles and an automated CE certificate process. We’ve started work on the design of a new Designee email system to replace the existing broadcast mailing list and are getting our ducks in a row for adding social networking features to CCIM Partners.
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Designees who login to the Find A CCIM Professional system will be able to download information about other CCIM Designees in VCard format. VCard is supported by Outlook and most email and contact management systems.
Thanks to John Cafasso, CCIM, for the suggestion.
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If you’re on the go and looking for a CCIM Designee, point your mobile browser to the CCIM mobile directory at m.ccim.com and select “Find A Professional“. This takes you to the beta version of the mobile platform for our CCIM Partners directory of CCIM Designees.
There are some differences from the “wide screen” version:
This is a beta and we’re looking for feedback on formatting and overall usefulness. The phone number link should dial your phone. The add-to-contacts link should do that, too.
If you run into problems, please email webmaster@cciminstitute.com or post a comment here. Be sure to let us know what phone you’re using.
What’s next? No, Who’s next!
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