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Archive: 04-2012

• 10 more goofy office pranks

  Back by popular demand, Brien Posey has gathered 10 additional office pranks he remembers fondly from his long IT career.

  Posted by Brien Posey | April 26, 2012, 1:45 PM PDT

• 10 tips for using OneNote to keep your good ideas from getting away

  OneNote makes it easy to preserve, organize, and retrieve ideas and info you might otherwise forget or lost track of. These basic pointers will get you started.

  Posted by Katherine Murray | April 26, 2012, 9:28 AM PDT

• 10 features Ubuntu 12.04 will bring to the table

  The improvements just keep on coming for Ubuntu. Jack Wallen runs down some of the more notable changes.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | April 25, 2012, 9:38 AM PDT

• 10 classic mistakes that plague software development projects

  When you combine project management pitfalls with software development challenges, you have a recipe for some big (but often preventable) problems.

  Posted by Justin James | April 20, 2012, 4:01 PM PDT

• 10 things the new Microsoft Open Technologies initiative needs to do

  Can Microsoft Open Technologies forge a successful relationship with the open source community? Jack Wallen thinks so — if it takes the right steps.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | April 17, 2012, 2:01 PM PDT

• 10 tools TR members consider essential

  We recently asked the question “What’s the one tool you can’t live without?” Here’s a roundup of some of your responses — which took an interesting turn.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | April 17, 2012, 10:53 AM PDT

• 10 Google services you can live without

  As Google expands its reach, many users are looking for alternatives to its services. Can you live without Gmail? How about YouTube? Check your needs against this list.

  Posted by Justin James | April 15, 2012, 5:35 PM PDT

• 10 project management lessons from the Titanic disaster

  On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Calvin Sun considers key lessons that project managers can take away from the details surrounding the tragedy.

  Posted by Calvin Sun | April 14, 2012, 8:34 AM PDT

• 10 cool ways to use Excel's conditional formatting feature

  Excel’s conditional formatting feature can do a whole lot more than many people realize. Susan Harkins runs through 10 practical ways to put this tool to work.

  Posted by Susan Harkins | April 11, 2012, 2:06 PM PDT

• 10 must-know Apache directives and modules

  Apache can be extended in many ways. Here are a few key directives and modules that can help you tap into its flexibility and power.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | April 11, 2012, 9:58 AM PDT