by Michael Krupa on June 29, 2010
Hey! It’s that day of the week again. I’m sure you all checked your email or RSS feed this morning for your Tuesday Tech Tips, saw a big blank hole of information and wondered how you would make it through the day. Don’t worry my little pets, I am a bit distracted this week due to a training class for our new Business Intelligence tool but I did manage to find some great tips for you for the week:
Somehow I missed this one last week but my good buddy Jason had my back. Google Voice is now available for everyone. By the way, Jason has adorable greyhounds.
I’m sure all of you iPhone owners out there have upgraded to iOS4 by now but maybe you have been hankering for all the little tiny details about iOS4. TUAW has the details on the iPhone user guide for iOS4.
Are you using any of the Windows Live tools such as Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Photo Gallery or Windows Live Movie Maker? Pay attention then because Microsoft has released the Wave 4 beta (everyone do the Wave now) of Windows Live Essentials and Engadget has the details.
Let’s get back to talking about iPhones. Not everyone ordered a brand new iPhone 4 so for those of you with an iPhone 3GS that just absolutely must have new (for iPhone 4 only) iMovie, let me present: iMovie for iPhone 3GS – there’s a hack for that.
Hot, and I do mean HOT off the presses, TUAW brings us the news of Hulu Plus announced for iPhone and iPad.
See you next week.
by Michael Krupa on June 22, 2010
by Michael Krupa on June 21, 2010
Yes I know I am very late in blogging about my thoughts on HR Technology at HRevolution 2010. I have been staring at this blog post for weeks trying to figure out what to say. The problem is that I am trying to write about something that well…didn’t happen so I’m giving up and finally finishing this post.
In case you missed it, Ben Eubanks hosted the HRevolution Carnival of HR over at his fantastic upstartHR blog. Ben’s Carnival seems to be the most thorough roundup of thoughts regarding HRevolution. By my count there were 45 blog posts mentioned in this Carnival. I read every single post and guess what? If you set aside social media and mobile technology, only 2 people mentioned technology in their blog post. At the conference, Bill Kutik, Bryon Abramowitz and I were co-session leaders of the HR Technology session. We did the usual introductions, made a couple of comments about HR technology and then opened it up to the crowd of about 25 people for questions. The session mostly centered around Abra HRMS, some questions about Taleo and a request for information about recruiting technology vendors for small companies. Questions were asked and answers were given so I hopefully some people walked away with new technology information. However, I sensed that many of the session attendees did not even know where to begin to ask HR technology questions.
Let me be clear that this blog post is in no way a criticism of the HRevolution conference, the conference organizers or the conference participants. The focus of the conference was not on technology and I had a great time, learned lots and was able to connect and re-connect with wonderful people. But what my experience at the conference does tell me is that we still have a long way to go to get HR Practitioners to think about technology. Unfortunately I do not have any earth shattering ideas right now on how to approach this. I do think I will reach out to my session co-hosts Bill and Bryon to brainstorm ideas for getting more discussions going with HR Practitioners. Then I will reach out to some of the HRevolution attendees for their thoughts as well.
If you attended HRevolution, did you have the same experience as I did regarding HR Technology discussions or something different? Do you have any ideas for me on how to engage HR Practitioners in technology discussions? Come on, help a guy out here.
by Michael Krupa on June 14, 2010
While talking to a few people recently and comparing our Google Reader subscriptions and trends, I discovered that I read a lot more technology sites than the average reader of my blog. So I figured I should put all that reading time to good use and share some of my technology goodies with you all.
It’s iPhone 4 pre-order day and I am sure you all are running around the house/backyard/office/parking lot/mall like crazy person trying to figure out how best to pre-order an iPhone for your spouse/significant other/son/daughter/dog/cat. Fear not. Engadget has you covered with their post on: How to: pre-order the iPhone 4 (update: third-party retailers best avoided)
As if we didn’t have enough reasons to stop by Starbucks for our daily quad shot Latte, the Boy Genius Report says: Starbucks offering free Wi-Fi access at all U.S. locations starting July 1st
A couple of my tweeps/peeps/yahoos have been bugging me to do Skype video calling. So for all you Skype people and video bloggers pay attention as Engadget has the goods on New Logitech HD Webcams
I don’t know about you but sometime my spelling engine goes on hiatus. It can be a problem when trying to search for something on Google. Its Google to the rescue with: Spelling corrections in Google search suggest
I know many of you use Google Reader and have been saying why, why, WHY can’t I easily rename my folders. Stop your crying and read all about: Renaming folders and tags in Google Reader
Last but not least for all you hardcore Gmail, Buzz and Google Maps users (you know who you are). I give you the holy grail of Google Maps previews in Gmail and Google Buzz
Did you like these tech tips? Found them useful? Want me to continue serving up these tips on a regular schedule? Hated it and wish I would not waste precious blog space doing this? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think.
