Author Archives: Samuel Allen

Web Designer, and Open-Source consultant, Samuel is a passionate about finding solutions appropriate and affordable for small businesses and nonprofits.

He is also a musician and music producer who plays 5 instruments (guitar, bass, piano, vocals, cello) and is hoping to one day put away all this silly tech stuff and hit the road playin’ shows.

F@#%$%* Dreamweaver

I’ve been working with some very cool clients, who are doing some very impressive stuff (more on that soon, I promise). But their in-house designer has been using Dreamweaver to build a lot of their websites which I am now helping them update and maintain. I’ve tinkered with Dreamweaver, but found it easier [...]

Lotus Notes for the small business

Okay, so it’s totally way overdue, but I’ve just gotten back from Lotusphere 2009 and I’m totally pumped up about Lotus Notes.
I know, I know. You’re thinking, “Lotus Notes, didn’t they go out of business or something? I used that like 10 years ago.” While Lotus Notes was left to languish for [...]

Two great things that go great together – GTD and Lotus Notes

I know, I know. I’m a huge Lotus Notes fan. Just calm down.
I will save my reasoning for another post, but suffice it to say my interest as a small one-man shop in a Medium to Large business collaboration / development platform like Lotus Notes tends to draw a bit of head scratching. [...]

Planning for the future – Why “playing it safe” with Windows may not be safe

It should be fitting, for those who know me, that my first real post is a not-particularly favorable screed about Microsoft.
I just read a great article over at PC World by Esther Schindler of CIO.com here about the Gartner Group’s analysis of Windows Vista in the marketplace.
Much like our wildly unpopular Federal Administration, Microsoft has [...]

Back from the abyss…

Yeah. I know. What’s the big idea setting up a blog and not writing to it? Well, what can I say?
Lotusphere, taxes, the positive explosion of work to do and tech to learn. It’s been a gangbusters start to the new year. A little too gangbusters if I may say [...]

Now I’ve gone and done it….

After much hype, delays, and anticipation, the site is now live! YAY! I bid you welcome.
So what can you expect? I hope to use this space as vehicle to share my knowledge about computers and technology. As a consultant and web designer I have found that many of my clients are [...]