User error, great video from Spiceworks

Spiceworks is releasing 3.0 soon, and they’ve put out this funny video as part of a series they say “explores what the world might be like if it was ruled by IT...

Free software from Microsoft

I just found this interesting story on C|net today claiming that: After years of exploring the matter, Microsoft has finally started offering an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works in some countries. Users who run the software see a small ad as they are writing their document or editing their...

Jott and Spiceworks, a winning combination

So, I’ve used Jott for a while, and I like it. However, the little notes e-mailed to my inbox aren’t too helpful to me as my inbox gets quite full and it makes the notes easy to miss. Well, Jott got me real excited when they introduced their Jott Links. Now you can call in and Jott a Twitter...

Spiceworks releases v1.6

Spiceworks released their new version late last night. I got a personal message from my friend Jen on Saturday to let me know it was coming. Now, I call that service. I haven’t had a chance to fully experience all the new functionality, but so far I’m very impressed. I’ll give you a...

Inventory management and Help Desk in one!

I recently read David Szpunar’s post about Inventory management, and I’ve gotta tell you that his post was downright timely. I had been banging my head against a wall. How do I track all these computers? I started doing it with Excel manually, then realizing that I needed more dynamic...