That Which Smells Like a Rose

Jul 29, 2010 | 2 Comments

Over on our questions and answers community, ageekmom asked everyone what their favorite scent or smell is. This may seem like something completely wacky for me to write about, but I cannot help but have a million things running through my head as I read the answers given thus far. I found myself agreeing with [...]

J Smiley Outlook Email: Problem and Fix!

Jun 25, 2010 | 13 Comments

What’s up with that J, yo? I’m going to assume you’re using Microsoft Outlook 2010 at this point – or you know someone who uses it. But even if you’re not in either camp, you should pay attention. The following fix applies to every single Microsoft Office program that uses its universal AutoCorrect feature. I’ve [...]

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, [...]

How to Synchronize and Coordinate Schedules

Aug 10, 2009 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed On an average morning, I wake up and check my email. Then I worry about going about the rest of my day. There are many times when I need to coordinate my schedule in order to accommodate other people and meetings. [...]

How to Set up a Phone Call Reminder for Free

Dec 19, 2008 | 4 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Instead of asking the live community to remind me to do things, I could use Outlook. But what if I’m not sitting at the desk at the time the reminder goes out? What do I do at this point, when I [...]

Reasons I Use Outlook

Dec 27, 2007 | 36 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’ve been using Microsoft Outlook for about 9 years now. It’s an excellent personal information manager… from mail, to tasks and notes, to the calendar. Here is Lisa’s list of reasons why she uses Outlook, as well. It’s much faster to [...]

Top 5 Reasons Eudora is Better than Apple Mail

Dec 5, 2007 | 42 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I personally use Microsoft Outlook 2007 in an Exchange environment for my email. I’ve used Eudora in the past, and wasn’t very happy with it. However, CalgaryGuru sent me the top 5 reasons he uses Eudora instead of the Apple Mail. [...]

Thunderbird or Outlook for Email?

Sep 27, 2007 | 20 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – I have been using Outlook since it came out in 1998. Until recently, I wouldn’t have recommended using Thunderbird, but that has changed. Both are good clients, but it depends on what exactly you’re looking for, and your preferences are. The [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

Is Microsoft’s Outlook Team on Crack?

Jan 15, 2007 | 26 Comments

I’ve been playing with Outlook 2007 for a few weeks now, trying to get over the fact that it falls short of “impressive” in nearly every way. I wasn’t sure why HTML email messages were looking as though they had fallen out of the ugly tree – until I read this Campaign Monitor post that [...]

Syncing Outlook, OS X, Google with Ease

Sep 25, 2006 | 16 Comments

Not sure how it happened, but I ran into The Holy Grail of Synchronization – how to synchronize Microsoft Outlook (multiple locations), Google Calendar, Gmail, iPod, and mobile phone with Funambol, ScheduleWorld. I took the time to dig deeper, largely because I’ve been wanting to sync Outlook with Google (and Google with iCal) for a [...]