Excellent article from Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2023/11/your-company-will-need-remote-work-as-extreme-weather-gets-worse This is worth reading, just as (if not more) relevant in Australia. My summary is below. Adapting to extreme weather and natural disasters is crucial for firms to ensure operational continuity and cost savings and to gain a competitive advantage.
Remote Work
Consulting While Living On The Road
My Landcruiser might be my office, the world is our playground. The mobility, combined with the latest technology, positions me uniquely to offer you unparalleled service, fresh perspectives, and modern solutions.
I’m more than just a consultant; I’m a partner who’s always on the move to bring you the best.
Speedify and COVID-19 Facebook Groups
How to increase your internet speed if you’ve got a slow line.
There’s a little product called Speedify which combines two internet connections and uses them both at the same time.
Coronavirus Google and Microsoft
I’m going to talk about what’s happening with the Coronavirus, one of the many things that have happened is that, for instance, the World Health Organisation has recommended that people travel less for the next few months just to try and slow down the spread of the Coronavirus. And the big companies are cancelling their physical conferences and things like that. But how it affects local businesses and councils and organisations here is that the two major companies, Google and Microsoft are offering free versions of their enterprise-level, video conferencing software, which is an amazing offer.
Spreadsheets versus Airtable
Airtable is not a spreadsheet. It’s actually more a database using spreadsheet user-interface. Spreadsheets were originally designed to do hypothetical calculations eg if I put $1,000 in the bank at 5% interest rate – what will the return be each year. Then, what if I go to a different bank and get 6% interest rate […]
Data breaches – protect your digital self
Data breaches happen eg Microsoft accidentally exposed 250 million customer support records a week or so ago, and early last year Facebook’s data breach exposed more than 540 million records Sometimes this happens because of the big companies carelessness. Other times it’s really complicated – hackers that constantly trying to find new ways to get […]
Introduction to Airtable
“Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, teams use Airtable to organize their work, their way.”
Airtable goes on to say: “Organize anything, with anyone, from anywhere.
Our native mobile and desktop apps make it easy to edit, comment, and collaborate in real-time — changes are instantly synced across everyone’s devices.”
VPN – what it is and why you should have one
I think most of us have heard of the term VPN and often we don’t really know what it is, or we’ve got a bit of a wrong idea about what it can do. What it actually stands for is, Virtual Private Network and what it does is, it encrypts your data going from your computer to a website.
Why I love Airtable
I loved Airtable from the moment I saw it. Clever software with a fantastic user interface, it is part spreadsheet, part database and all collaboration It lives in the cloud (obviously) and is a beautifully elegant piece of software. There are still bits about it that frustrate me, but usually they are on their roadmap. […]
