I've been using the excellent Sugar CRM for the last couple of months. The last couple of releases have included an optional (paid) plugin for Outlook. It interfaces with Sugar via soap and allows you to export contact details from emails and archive entire emails. Very very handy! The only gripe I have with it is that the GUI lacks a "close" button, but has a "cancel" one, … [Read more...] about Sugar CRM – Outlook integration
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Excel addons
I'm not much of an Excel user, so anything that makes my life easier is always welcome :mrgreen: Someone posted a link to a very handy (and free) utility on a bulletin board Looks kind of handy! … [Read more...] about Excel addons
Irish companies and web standards
Tom has written an interesting piece on Irish web development companies and web standards He mentioned our company site on the list which was nice. What he didn't mention was that a lot of companies charge a premium for developing sites that comply with web standards!! When I was looking into getting Blacknight's site redone I got about 15 quotes from 15 different companies and … [Read more...] about Irish companies and web standards
Google – adwords API
Google have released a beta API for the adwords service. The provide sample code in php, perl, .net and XML, so you can start "playing" around with it. Full documentation describing the API, its functions and more can be found here You can gain access to reports, keyword estimates and even create new content directly through the API. Imagine being able to run your adwords … [Read more...] about Google – adwords API
Installing Ubuntu on Dell latitude laptop
I've been meaning to try out Ubuntu linux for a while. Everybody seems to have got CDs, so getting my hands on the media wasn't much of a challenge. The CD pack comes with 2 CDs: - live CD - install CD As I hadn't ever tried ubuntu and my cd-rom drive has been known to be tempermental I first gave the live CD a go. It was up and running in a couple of minutes with a gnome … [Read more...] about Installing Ubuntu on Dell latitude laptop