James E. Gaskin writes books (16 so far), articles, and jokes about technology and real life from his home office in the Dallas area. Gaskin has been helping small and medium sized businesses use technology intelligently since 1986. Contact him.
Small Business TechBy James E. Gaskin |
Economic stimulus for small businesses
Nov. 13, 2008
Remember back in 2005 when the government provided tax incentives for businesses, known as the "write off your SUV" act? The deal applied to the purchase of all business equipment, but the special SUV writeoffs got the ...
Storing your data in their cloud
Nov. 06, 2008
Although it may seem like your computing life is all e-mail and browsing, computer users still create files, documents, spreadsheets, boring presentations and all manner of other stored information. Which brings me to ...
How small businesses can win in the tight economy
Oct. 30, 2008
Those of you running hedge funds and getting bonus checks north of $20 million should be nervous about your jobs if you still have them. Those of us in the small business world never had the burden of huge bonuses so we ...
Get more work done with less e-mail
Oct. 23, 2008
Here's a statistical downer: there will be around 40 trillion inbox-clogging spam e-mail messages delivered this year. Experts know this because there were 30 trillion spam messages last year. With this much hay in the ...
Organized customer and employee support
Oct. 16, 2008
Computers and applications stubbornly remain hard to use. Developers, from solo code jockeys to huge corporations, promise us things will be better "real soon." But if operating systems and applications aren't easier ...
The ROI of influence
Oct. 09, 2008
How does one become a leading social media expert? "I decided to leave the real IT world to run off and join the circus," said Chris Brogan.
Word of mouth sales goes electronic
Oct. 02, 2008
Word of mouth makes the best salesperson, according to all the sales manuals. Are you ready to take advantage of electronic word of mouth? That's what I believe social media has become, at least for smart businesses. ...
Two new support options for SMBs
Sep. 25, 2008
When the IT business gets slow at huge companies, vendors "discover" the small business market. Whether that's the reason in full or part, now seems to be a golden time for small businesses that need IT support, because ...
QuickBooks Enterprise adds Web hooks
Sep. 18, 2008
Have you ever had a service or delivery person come to your home or business carrying a smart phone in place of a clipboard with pre-printed forms? You know, the ones you have to mash down hard when you write so all ...
Can your business run completely online?
Sep. 11, 2008
The world's richest and most powerful 10-year-old says it can handle far more of your technology needs than you think. Google started almost exactly 10 years ago, and it is making big noise about invigorated Apps and ...
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5 IT skills that won't boost your salary
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Women 4 times more likely than men to cough up personal info
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Japan's 10 funniest tech-related commercials [Videos]
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Throwing away a promo CD is "unauthorized distribution"?
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Adults too quick to dismiss educational video games
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Attack of the iPhone clones [Slideshow]
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10 things IT needs to know about AJAX
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This Year's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries [Slideshow]
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