With all the chat recently in tech circles being about the next version of Windows (aka Windows 7) this week has seen the release of the latest version of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 8 can be downloaded from Microsoft now and comes with a number of new features including: Accelerators – these were known as browser Full Article

Image by photopia / HiMY SYeD via Flickr These days there’s a flood of information available to us; so much so that it’s often difficult to keep up with it all even before you get onto the Internet! The Internet has such a wealth of data available that trying to get round all our favourite sites Full Article

Image by mmcdonnell via Flickr Listening to Alanah Hopkins read out her article at the SOHO Solo Conference reminded me of this piece I wrote for SOHO Solo, also in 2005. It’s ageing, but in many ways still relevant, so I thought it might be useful to share it with you here (CJ) It’s 8am on a Full Article

Image by pallotron via Flickr SOHO Solo West Cork’s blog awards nomination has been getting some great coverage in local and national media. It appeared in last Thursday’s Irish Examiner the most recent edition of the Cork Independent, and I think The Evening Echo — although the latter is as yet unconfirmed. Proof positive Full Article

Last week (14/01/2009) SOHO Solo West Cork held it’s first ever online meeting. We chose the free online meeting service “DimDim” as the platform, and went through a series of tasks including a short presentation, desktop sharing / screen-casting, collaborative white-boarding, all using the public and private text chat and Voice over IP Full Article

ScribeFire Blog Editor 2,680 weekly downloads 2,001,077 total down loads ScribeFire is probably my favorite blog post editor. I am not alone judging by the figures above from the Firefox download page this week. It functions as my everyday workplace, I open it up to do some note taking when I’m online. I do have a few issues. Full Article

At the SOHO Solo West Cork meeting today Jim Flynn of MTS Consulting gave a very interesting talk on Time Management for Small Business Owners. Here are the slides from Jim’s presentation: Time Management for SOHO Solos View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: soho techniques) Jim covered a fair bit of ground in his Full Article

Skype Skype is a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service that allows you to make free Skype to Skype voice and video calls over your broadband internet connection. It recently passed its 1 billionth download mark – quite a milestone in anybody’s book, and for a five year old software company it’s a staggering achievement. Skype is Full Article

Image via CrunchBase One of the best things about being a SOHO Solo member is all the great events that I get to attend throughout the year. From the monthly SOHO Solo West Cork meetings to the fortnightly Cork City meetings – all with great speakers – to discounted and/or free entry to events hosted by Full Article

Image by BigBlue via Flickr As small business owners I’m sure you’re all familiar with the pressures of trying to service your clients and keep up with the business administration as well. Keeping track of all the myriad of tasks that need to be done can be a real challenge. One of the best tools I’ve found Full Article