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Planning for next year

Debbie — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:56:49 +0000

As 2011 comes to a close, many of us have been working on our plans for next year, setting goals to achieve more success than 2011, be it professionally or personally. Some of the goals may be transferred from the old into the new year, because for some reason they were not accomplished. Life happens, …

Change is constant

Debbie — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:13:34 +0000

In my college philosophy class I learned that the only thing that is constant, is CHANGE… Well, there you have it! Another change for ADF International. I changed the look and functionality of the site to make our visitor’s browsing experience more pleasant, and hope to have achieved that objective too. Besides a whole new look, …

Two cool, small business online time tracking tools

Debbie — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:39:14 +0000

Over the years I have tried several tools to track my time when working on freelance projects. It’s by trial and error that I figured out what I really needed for my type of business. Small businesses want efficient, but economical tools and with the Internet the options are almost endless. At first MyHours.com was okay to …

Moving files from old to new laptop

Debbie — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:29:25 +0000

After all the energy involved in buying a new laptop, the next chore was waiting for me… personalizing the new computer, moving files & programs, cleaning up the old one (to be used as a back up in my husband’s office). I did some research on the Internet and found a lot of outdated tips written …

Upgrading my laptop computer

Debbie — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:56:04 +0000

A huge pain it would be, and I was not looking forward to it! My 4-year old laptop was slow as molasses and I knew I had to upgrade soon if I didn’t want to loose my sanity. That day finally came in October 2010, but after two weeks of research, looking at specs, comparing eight …