If you're into photography, both iPhoto and the new Aperture 3 from Apple are simply beautiful products to use. Aperture 3 has been out for about 2 days as I type and there's certainly a few performance issues that Apple needs to fix and fix quickly.

Quite recently there's been more and more of a push against the usage of Adobe's Flash plugin in websites.
It's become quite an outdated technology actually. It does have bugs, despite Adobe's statements to the contrary.

Getting my various blogs rekindled, my thoughts naturally wandered into the area of being the most productive which meant both:

One of the more useful productivity hints I have for you today is a 'combo' of 2 free utilities.
Pomodoro and Isolator.

My goodness - it's been a little over 12 months since my last blog post and I guess you're wondering what's going on.

Well kinda

Version 3 of the free alternate office suite called OpenOffice has just been released.

Previously, I’ve sledged Facebook for being one of the planet’s biggest time wasters. Facebook does, however, have some redeeming features. It can be good for your business growth. In any area that has a large population of users, you’ll find ways to monetise on that traffic for business and event promotion.

Contact Groups

Now before you get into a friend adding frenzy, it’s probably a good idea to think about ‘friend organising’. Think of it this way …

Web 2.0 is really one of the most misunderstood terms floating around the Internet at the moment.

Let’s be clear here. Web 2.0 certainly is not a brand new version of the Internet. Fundementally, it’s really utilising existing technologies to benefit people. It’s a movement away from static content and towards interaction with people. Businesses simply need to embrace the ‘web’ as a platform, using it’s many strengths … build their services and apps using the Internet’s unique features as opposed to building apps and expecting the Internet to suit as the platform.
Bottom line here … Interactivity! People can upload as well as download in infinite ways.

While I’m a great advocate for time management, I still like to keep up to date with what’s happening in the areas I have greatest interest in.
I love to know about Mac Hints, Hardware, Search Engine Optimisation, Marketing, Wine, Blogging, Mac and Windows Software as well as General Life Enhancements. How do I have time to research and keep abreast of information on all those topics?

Crank Up Site Performance Using Stats

There’s a great array of web site statistical analysis tools available in many variations, options and price ranges. You can pay nothing and you can also pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for them. One of the best packages going at the moment is Google Analytics and guess what? It’s free!!