Tech analysis

I recently ran across another pack of templates from speckyboy.com, and I've got to say that some of them really expanded my expectations of what one can do with Google Docs.

inDinero is a startup company that's generating a lot of buzz for its simple approach to financial software for entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Over the past year or two, a new trend has been building online. Q&A (Question and Answer) sites have been getting a lot of hype, and they're starting to make their way into the mainstream.

While similar in many respects to Dropbox, Syncplicity offers a few differentiating factors including the ability to sync any folder on your computer, and integration with web services including Google Docs.

A while back I talked about LucidChart, a web-based tool for creating flowcharts online. Today I'm going to review another online flowchart tool called Gliffy.

Syncplicity is one of a number of file sync and backup services along the lines of Dropbox, but with a few extra features.

Last week I wrote about how Google Instant might impact the way we find information online. Now it's time to talk about how Instant might impact online marketing for small businesses.

You've probably noticed by now that Google just made a major change to their search product. Results now appear as soon as you start typing your search query and they continually update as you refine your search.

I recently started checking out an online collaborative desktop service called Kohive.

Yup, you read that right. Canonicalization. Seriously. It's a word. It refers to the art/science of making sure that search engines are associating the correct URLs with the pages on your web site.

One of the major reservations many people have about using web-based applications for business purposes is security concerns.

For reasons that aren't worth going in to, Tyler and I have recently begun the process of setting up a server through Rackspace's cloud services.

Staying organized can be a serious challenge, and the more unread emails you have piling up in your inbox, the more likely it is that something important will slip between the cracks. Google released a new feature this week to help solve this problem.

It turns out that giving an application shortcut it's own profile can be useful on it's own, and it's easy to do on any OS. Here's the why and the how.

If you own a smartphone, you generally have two different options when you want to read web content.

Shouldn't we make it as easy as possible for our customers to get ahold of us?

I recently met someone who was in charge of the SEO of a relatively large internet company. I mentioned LAS to him and spent a little time talking about the site before he basically said "SEO probably isn't worth it for you guys."

Tyler and I live on opposite coasts, so as you might imagine, we spend a fair amount of time communicating over various channels including email, IM/chat, telephone, and video chat.

If you write a blog about news and current events, there's an easy way to increase your reach on Google.

There are a bunch of different tools to help you set up a wiki, but my favorite is Google Sites. In this post, I'll go over how I set up my wikis using Google Sites.

Ok, so this title is a little inflammatory. Before getting into this, I should say that I am a huge fan of open-source software.

In the process of finishing, I've been stripped of a number of heavily subsidized student software licenses, and have been looking into replacing them with full licenses for my new job in the real world.

Amazon offers a program called Amazon Associates. It's basically a way for you to market products sold on Amazon and take a small commission on all the sales you generate.

One of the biggest challenges businesses of all sizes face is the organization and storage of information.

One of the best features of Chrome is the ability to create "application shortcuts" that let you launch web sites as stand alone applications.