At Freelock Computing, we've helped a few dozen companies get started with a content management system to manage their web sites. We've done a lot of work with the popular Joomla package, but have kept an eye on Drupal for customers with more sophisticated needs.
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🕑May 01, 2007 🖋John Locke
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Condemned To Google Hell
Search engines are crucial to marketing your business online, and Google is the most important of all. However, be careful what you do to try to get better search results--there's a difference between getting organic search results and trying to game the system.
🕑Apr 15, 2007 🖋John Locke
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Complete Web Marketing for $60
All businesses need a web site these days to be in business. It's more important than a yellow pages ad. But it can be much more expensive and take much more knowledge to create than a yellow pages ad.
🕑Apr 14, 2007 🖋John Locke
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When GPL software goes bad
Anyone still using SQL Ledger should be aware that new versions are no longer released under the GPL. When I wrote the book, and for several years afterward, SQL Ledger was the only game in town, and it's been the only viable open source financial web application for quite some time.
🕑Apr 03, 2007 🖋John Locke
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Truth in Numbers: the Wikipedia Story
Seen on Rocketboom: There's a new documentary film in production about Wikipedia. It's a non-profit project, and they're looking for donations.
🕑Jan 01, 2007 🖋John Locke
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Windows screwup forces Ubuntu shift
Happy New Year! Here's a quick story about why Linux is the future:
🕑Dec 28, 2006 🖋John Locke
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Create Labels with Free Software
We've needed this sort of thing for a while:
Openoffice.org Label Templates for Ooo Writer free
🕑Dec 28, 2006 🖋John Locke
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Spam, Spam, and Dspam
We were in Sheridan, Wyoming, half way across the country to Jill's grandmother's house. I logged into my email to find something I hadn't seen in a long time: more spam than real messages. There were a couple dozen spams in my Inbox, and only half a dozen real messages. What happened to my spam filter?
I originally thought it was just a new type of spam not yet recognized by the filter. But then I looked closer and realized that the little signature my spam filter adds to each message was missing-these messages had not even been checked. No wonder they were getting through in such large quantities!
It's only when the tools fail that you come to recognize how valuable they are. In the 5 hours the server spam filter was out, I received more than 50 spams, and many of my customers also noticed immediately. The cause of the outage was a power flicker in the nasty weather Seattle was getting that weekend, which made that server shut down. Fortunately, we had this contingency (and many others) covered for our vacation, and were able to get everything back up and running.
🕑Dec 08, 2006 🖋John Locke
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Spam Revisited
We've noticed a huge increase in the spam getting dropped into our spam quarantine--it's doubled in the past two months. I have clients complaining about greatly increased spam as well. It turns out we're not alone:
🕑Nov 11, 2006 🖋John Locke
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Linux.com | Using GnuCash 2.0 to balance your checkbook
There seems to be a misconception out there that business applications don't exist for Linux. Wrong. There are some excellent ones. Recently, the Linux equivalent of QuickBooks just hit version 2.0, and it has become quite easy to use.
🕑Nov 03, 2006 🖋John Locke
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John Locke to speak at local tech event
From the BNI Tech Alliance News:
The speaker at the Puget Sound Area BNITA for November is: John Locke Manager, Freelock Computing
🕑Nov 03, 2006 🖋John Locke
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Free Software of the Month: Workrave
Hi,
Lots of news this month, so we're keeping the feature short. We're starting a new feature called "Free Software of the Month." Each month, we plan to highlight a free software package. There are some amazing software titles out there that do cool things for your business, your home, and your communities. Some of these run on a server, which we can host. Others are complete operating systems or packages you can use to replace expensive commercial software packages. We're starting out with a simple one you can install no matter what type of computer you use.
Free Software of the Month: Workrave
How much time do you spend in front of a computer every day? The answer for many of us is too much. If you work in an office environment, chances are you spend many hours a day in front of a computer, and are at risk for repetitive stress injuries such as tendinitis or carpal tunnel syndrome.
While no software can reduce your workload, taking frequent breaks and doing exercises to keep your muscles loose can help prevent injury.
Enter the most annoying software in my arsenal: Workrave.