Top 5 Workspace Tips

Jul 12, 2010 | 2 Comments

Dylan sent the following tips in after he figured out the best methods of shaping up his workspace. Use Blu-Tack – Like many computer owners, I have a laptop as my primary (only) machine, and it is stationed on a desk. I have a keyboard, mouse and printer plugged into the notebook. When I unplug [...]

LEGO Home Office

May 24, 2010 | No Comments

Adam constructed my office entirely out of LEGO bricks in his spare time. I think this is a pretty decent representation of what you’ll find inside my home office, don’t you? This is a video tour of my office that I shot about a year ago now. Take a look at the various things you [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 Comparison Screencast

Nov 9, 2009 | 8 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I recently asked all of you to submit your screencasts to me for review. The best of the best will be chosen to be featured here, in my various channels and outlets. This provides content of a different perspective for our [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 Screencast

Oct 31, 2009 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Recently I threw down the gauntlet, asking all of you to submit your best screencasts. I plan to highlight the best of the best here in my channel, and help promote yours. Jack has sent a few in to us now, [...]

What Does Your Computer Desk Look Like?

Aug 19, 2009 | 4 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Apparently, my desk makes a lot of people envious. I’m not sure why, unless you factor in all the gizmos and gadgets that I have in here. I’ve uploaded pictures of my desk before, as well as videos of my home [...]

How Do You Put Together Your Home Office?

Jul 22, 2009 | 2 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I can’t respond to every email I get, but I do try to answer what I can. A community member wrote in, asking for a tour of my office. He also is interested in buying the same desk that I have, [...]

Mac Office 2008 Alternatives

Feb 9, 2008 | 27 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Tonight’s first phone call had me bobbing my head to my ring tone. The caller says they are thinking of switching to Mac as their primary machine. They are familiar with Open Office, and have heard the Microsoft Office for the [...]

Buying a Desk

Dec 31, 2007 | 65 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I am looking into possibly buying myself a new desk soon. These tips sent in by community member Serores will definitely come in handy for me. I hope they will for you, as well. Currently, I’m using a Bush Series C [...]

My Home Office

Dec 17, 2007 | 61 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed People ask me over and over for a tour of my home office. Today, I decided to grant that request. So get comfy, and here we go! You’re all familiar with my desk, my 30″ Dell monitors, my chair and my [...]

Office Compatibility

Sep 6, 2007 | 3 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – A YouTube regular is having problems with Microsoft Office. He has a new laptop running Vista, and Office 07. Documents he saves on his home laptop will not open on his college computer, because the college runs an older version of [...]

Microsoft Office Windows Installer Problem

Aug 23, 2007 | 5 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – Poor Big John Midland. Every time he launches a Microsoft Office application the Windows Installer box comes up. Uninstalling and re-installing hasn’t helped the issue. Luckily, I have a very good idea what the problem is. Most likely, a third party [...]

More Outlook HTML Email Problems

Feb 6, 2007 | 12 Comments

Outlook is great. It’s great. So great, in fact, that someone just asked me to blog one of their greatest Outlook concerns. Not quite sure if anybody on the Outlook team gives a rip, but… here’s what Derek sent me earlier: “When I put pictures into an Outlook HTML email, they are much less quality [...]

Windows Vista and Outlook 2007 Thoughts

Jan 31, 2007 | 7 Comments

Oh, there’s more content coming down the pike – Jake’s still busy encoding interviews he did at CES a few weeks ago. Until then, I’m pushing my own personal envelope and inviting you along on a ride across town. Since I spend a fair amount of time in my own car, traveling to get a [...]

How Not to Put Together a Home Office

Jan 24, 2007 | 6 Comments

My home office is still coming together… at a snail’s pace. Peter Cirigliano’s advice could’ve come a bit sooner for me: Chris – About 8 or 9 months ago, I was looking to improve my home office. I was getting a new computer that had dual monitors and the slap-it-together-yourself hutch that I had would [...]

I’m Using Microsoft Outlook 2007

Jan 19, 2007 | 32 Comments

Stop the presses – I’ve finally moved from Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2007! Granted, I didn’t have much choice in the matter. The decision was reached after I tried using Outlook 2000 on Windows Vista – and that experience was painful, at best. Then again, my Windows Vista experience has been nothing short of “so-so” [...]