As many of you know I spent two lovely weeks in Central California last May recording training videos on Outlook 2010.  I want to let you know that they are now available on the lynda.com website – and that you can watch yours truly on You Tube talking about the courses. For those of you who might not be familiar with lynda.com I’d describe it as an online software school.  You can take out a... 

I see it all the time. The typical CRM user fires up his software and is greeted by numerous alarms.  At that point he deftly hits the “Select All” and “Snooze” button.  Drip.  Drip.  I can almost hear important information dripping through the cracks of the database! Oh, alarms – how do I hate thee?  Let me count the ways.  First of all, too many of you routinely snooze your alarms. ... 

This being Easter weekend I thought I’d share a couple of my favorite ACT Easter eggs.  In case you’re not familiar with the term, a software Easter egg refers to a bit of hidden code in the software.  Although these Easter eggs are all represented by fields and aren’t necessarily hidden, they do tie into other parts of ACT which you might not be aware of. ID/Status: Although I hate the name,... 

I’ve lost ten pounds since the holidays!  Having been on the Injured Reserve list with a knee injury for over a year I packed on the extra weight.  I’ve been fortunate enough all my life not to have to deal with weight loss issues so I wasn’t sure what to do.  Quite frankly, the thought of paying hundreds of dollars for artificial meals or drinks wasn’t appealing so I tackled the problem... 

The publishing industry has gone into a free fall.  It’s almost impossible for a publisher to compete with the constant stream of new – and relatively cheap – information that we can be accessed via websites, blogs and e-books.  Small wonder that so many newspapers and magazines – and even brick and mortar bookstores – have permanently closed their doors. Perhaps the final nail... 

Many years ago my husband and I attempted to wallpaper our dining room.  Of course it didn’t help that we began work on this DIY project two weeks before Thanksgiving and were under a time crunch.  I carefully set up a table in the garage where we applied the paste and carried the soggy paper through the house and into the dining room.  Needless to say by the end of the trip the paper was in shreds. ... 

For 5 years I ran an ACT Users Group in my hometown of Boca Raton, FL. It was a fun – although time intensive – endeavor. The meetings were typically attended by 25-50 “ACT Fanatics” who welcomed the chance to learn more about ACT as they munched on cookies. As much as I enjoyed the personal interaction with ACT Users, last year I decided to move the Users Group to a Virtual... 

Being the person who literally “wrote the book on ACT” (or at least five For Dummies books on ACT) I hear from many ACT users. Although most ACT users are “ACT FanACTics” they are sometimes a bit technically challenged. Here are a few “myths” I often hear. Myth 1: ACT 2007 Performance is slow. No, ACT 2007 is actually faster than previous versions although it may...