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Cross-platform Remote Desktop with TeamViewer

April 15th, 2010 Pete Wood 1 comment

image Supports Windows, Mac, Linux, and iPhone.  TeamViewer is a completely free, simple and fast solution for remote control, desktop sharing and file transfer that works behind any firewall and NAT proxy.

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Download SharePoint content with Colligo Reader

April 10th, 2010 Pete Wood 1 comment

imageColligo Reader is free software to easily download content from SharePoint sites to your laptop so you can access the content offline, rather than having to copy files one by one through a browser.  It’s completely free for non-commercial uses, and very simple to install and use. It’s ideal if much of your project work is stored in Sharepoint and you’re forever downloading one file at a time.  With Colligo you can download entire sites to you laptop for offline reading. Ideal for the mobile consultant.

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LogMeIn Express is the easiest way to share screens

February 7th, 2010 Pete Wood No comments

This has to be one of the easiest ways of sharing your screen for remote access over the Internet.  Similar products require quite sizeable installations,  or result in a very slow user experience.  All you have to do here is download a very small application on the host (the screen you want to share) which is just 900K,  and then give the session code to the person you need to share with.  All they have to do is point their browser at the same URL,  and enter the same session code without having to download anything at all. Read more…

The Best Free Online Collaboration Suite

February 6th, 2010 Pete Wood No comments

With more and more people working remotely, online collaboration is an essential tool for any self-respecting home-worker.  With a fully featured collaboration and screen sharing application (white boarding),  even the most distanced workers can be just as productive as if they were in the same room.  And as more and more work is off-shored or near-shored,  efficient collaboration can make the difference between project delivery or project doom. Read more…

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