When Do You Need To Upgrade Office or Windows?

With the release of Windows 7 coming this year, you may be wondering if you need to upgrade your operating system if you use a PC – particularly if you did not upgrade to Vista and still run XP.  Naturally, there’s not a one-size-fits-all answer, but I will offer a few of the guidelines I suggest when asked this question.

Filed under: Maintaining Your Computer, Software, computer maintenance, MS Office, OS, Planning, Software

What You Need to Run Vista, Windows 7 and Office 2007 on Your Computer

Warning:  This post will contain tech speak and numbers and other “blah-blah” information.  But don’t close it. This is an important follow-up to the question of when you need to upgrade your Windows/Office software,

Filed under: Maintaining Your Computer, MS Office, OS, Planning, Software

Backups Part I – Questions to Ask

Ugh.  I know.  We all hate the topic.  We know we should do them, but we don’t want to do them and increasingly all this “basic maintenance” is requiring a frustrating amount of time.  “I thought I was here for ministry?”

Filed under: Good Information Practices, backups, information management, Planning

Don’t Worry if You’re Not All A-Twitter

There is way too much out there to keep up with it all, much less to use it all.  Ministries should not feel compelled to grab hold of every technology or communication venue that comes along.  It’s good to stay abreast but don’t panic or spend your days jumping from one thing to another and losing time.

Filed under: Don't Sweat It, My Take on the Topic, Articles, Planning, Twitter