Today was the first day for the 2009 Blog Indiana conference in Indianapolis. This conference is the first conference I’ve attended since I really started jumping into Evernote and using it more and more.

Granted a note-taking application should be performing well in this type of setting. You’re taking notes at a conference with various sessions. The difference though is that there’s so many other nice touches that make it very helpful in this situation.
One of the first things I did was to import the PDF of the conference schedule and session agenda into the notebook I setup just for the …read more

b5media has officially launched their new Business Channel of blogs.
- Business & Blogging: blogs for business: how to use them effectively for results.
- Copyblogger: copywriting secrets
- Digital Money World: everything you wanted to know about e-currency and how it is transforming online commerce.
- Franchise Pick: secrets and information about franchises
- Home Biz Notes: the ins and outs of how to start and run a successful home business
- Pimp Your Work: tips, tricks and secrets on how to “pimp your work” from best utilizing technology to surviving cubicle life.
- Slacker Manager: everything from book reviews on management to talk about productivity …read more

There are some informative documents and information on the Microsoft Learning site for Office 2007. If you haven’t visited there before here’s a list of some of the items currently available.

Course 4697: Introduction to the New Microsoft Office User Interface
Course 4622: What’s New in Microsoft Office Access 2007
Course 4623: What’s New in Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Course 4624: What’s New in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Course 4625: What’s New in Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Course 4626: What’s New in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Course 4627: What’s New in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Course 4628: What’s New in Microsoft Office Word 2007
Course 4629: What’s New in …read more

I just finished taking a Microsoft survey that alerted me to a few Office resource sites that I wasn’t directly aware of prior to the survey. Also included on the list are options for Office-like applications and other business productivity applications as well.

Sun Star Office
Adobe Acrobat
IBM: Lotus SmartSuite
OfficeZealot.com
OpenOffice.org
Microsoft.com
Microsoft Office Online
Intuit Quickbase
Woody’s Office Portal

I’m currently looking through the OfficeZealot site and Woody’s Office Portal. Of course I’ll let you know if I find out anything interesting. The OfficeZealot site is the only one I really see with a section for Office 2007. They’ve got a great OPML file to grab all …read more

Not sure why I didn’t think of this before, but there’s a really helpful section on Wikipedia about Office 2007. Some great overviews, reviews, screenshots and links to other resources on there now. Be sure and check it out.