Tech Enquirer wants to know, how do you organize your computer files? Do you have a system? Or do you just stash stuff in any corner you can find on your desktop? For me, I order most things through one major folder like ‘Business’. Inside that folder, there are a bunch of sub folders named by website. I’ve tried organizing by task example, articles, videos, reports, websites but I got too confused so this is typically what my folders will look like. I also have a master folder for Gurus. Within that, I have a sub-folder for each person I buy or download stuff from. Like this. Finally, there are my scripts and miscellaneous software programs. These all go into a master folder named Downloads. What does yours look like? You’re most welcome to post pictures. business, desktop, organization, technology

I just migrated over to a newer computer – a task which I loathe, the only thing fueling it is the anticipation of faster computing. Still, it’s now a whole lot faster, easier and better than it was before. On my PC, I make tons of changes from simple background colors and font size to editing the registry. One of the most important things to me is to move the My Documents folder. Why? Because my hard drive in several partitions and I do not like to keep data in the same partition as the operating system (C:/). This way, if the operating system becomes corrupt or I just feel like it need re-installing, I can do it quickly without copying, moving a bunch of stuff or losing data. But what if you already have files inside your My Documents folder? Super easy. Right click on My Documents and click on Properties. In the dialog box, you’ll see a target directory path. Click on Move… Select the directory of your choice and click OK. Windows will do everything for you. Be warned, this could take a long time if you have a lot of files in there. So make sure

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It’s Blog Action Day! Today, I’ll be joined by thousands of other bloggers in a cool project. We’re all blogging about one thing today – the environment. So here’s my contribution. We marketers always love win-win-win situations so that’s going to be the theme of my suggestions. How your business can be green, save you some money and do good all at the same time. First up, recycle your ink and toner cartridges. Many of us know that you can drop these cartridges off at the local office supply store. Some printer companies even make it super convenient. I have an OKI color laser printer and each cartridge I buy, there is a bag and UPS shipping label all paid for. All I do is slip the used cartridges back, slap on the label and drop it off. But let’s take this further. Be good to your community. Cash strapped schools may be involved in recycling programs. They’ll get much needed money for every cartridge they collect. So, send your ink and toner cartridges to school! If you don’t have school aged children, call the schools or go online. Plenty of places will take them if you’re willing to send

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People suffered from having to learn new tech in the old days too. The fact the video isn’t in English makes this funnier. Hilarious! Technorati Tags: fun, funny, hilarious, Tech support, wordless wednesday, YouTube

Writing for the web is challenging. When I say web, I also mean writing for email newsletters and all that stuff. I’m not a copywriter but in the course of business am forced to write a lot of things myself including this blog . My stumbling block, is not the blog but writing emails. There are ghostly whispers in my head every time I sit to write an email. How to write clearly, simply and not get caught in spam filters? I’m often looking for substitutes to words that commonly trigger these filters. Which is why Visual Thesaurus is such a heaven sent. It really helps when you can see the different relationships of each word. You can explore any branch by clicking on it and return in one click. This is one tool that is a must for my business. You should try it yourself.   Technorati Tags: business, copywriting, email

I’m probably the only geek in this world that doesn’t have the coolest, biggest, baddest cell phone. Then again, I don’t have the biggest and baddest cell phone bill either! This is what happens when you cross a geek with a scrooge. Yet, sometimes in order to get business done we have little choice. While shopping around for a new cell phone – sorry no iPhone for me. I like to tinker with my gadgets – these cell phone plans are a real sticker shock for me! Oh wow! The monthly payments are enough to buy me a nice subscription to a learning resource. This got me all curious. So I’m asking you all… How much do you pay for cell phone service every month? $0 Don’t have a cell phone$1 – $50 $50 – $100 $100 and above Technorati Tags: business, cellphone, expenses, wireless

This is so disturbing. I don’t have any concrete data to say definitely something is going on. But two reports of website hacking in less than 3 days by two different people is not a coincident. One of my clients (and friend) also reported that the hacking cost her more than inconvenience. She’s restored her site. But now, when someone clicks on her website from Google search results, they get a big, awful notice that her site contains malicious code. The other person has some weird foreign forum on her site now. I feel outraged for them. What you can and should do: Backup, backup, backup your websites. Don’t know how? Here’s a video. Don’t want to do it yourself and want to keep a copy somewhere other than your office? Outsource your backup. If you have no need for FrontPage extensions, don’t install it. Update all your scripts including blogs. Change your webhost control panel logins regularly. Use RoboForm to keep up with your logins and share them securely. If your assistants and webmasters don’t have RoboForm, buy them a copy.That’s what I did last Christmas. As a gift, I gave everyone I was working with a copy of

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