Category: "Business"

Excelling With Access

January 16th, 2015
Introduction If all of your financial records are maintained in Excel spreadsheets then you may be missing out on many of the advantages of using Access databases. Microsoft Access may already be available in your version of Microsoft Office. It is a… more »

Destroying the social network

March 14th, 2014
When advisors talk about business promotion the one thing that I hear the most often is "embrace the social network" and strategically use it to make yourself known. I predict that in the not too distant future the benefits of social networking… more »

Patriot Jobs follow-up

June 20th, 2010
Since the last post on this blog, and the last post on this subject, things have changed. The UT Tyler job site, PatriotJobs now uses software by NACE, which is much less bug-ridden. Still there is less freedom in navigation, and the superfluous natio… more »

An IT Education

August 30th, 2008
Today I completed my third day at University of Texas at Tyler. I am studying Computer Information Systems and have 2 years of classes to complete the degree requirements. Many IT professionals have opinions about the direction that more »

Our365 photos

July 6th, 2008
I came across this help wanted ad in the Tyler Paper today. Our365 has an opening for a strong sales & customer service oriented person to take babies' first more »

Lowe's: Kudos or Warning?

July 6th, 2008
Do you check your register receipt? Last week I decided to use my $25 project discount card at Lowe's to get materials to install new gutters. I made my list checked it twice got the pricing directly from the more »

The Microsoft Word Spike

June 17th, 2008
One of the most frustrating things for me is to be in a meeting or activity and be inundated with stuff I've already heard before. This is particularly true when it comes to computers and on Sunday morning at church. Similarly it is quite exciting when more »