Google Apps – no longer free

by Colman Carpenter | Dec 7, 2012 | Email, Google

I know…two updates in one day! Crazy!! Nothing in life is free Until today, I might have argued the toss on this statement. My favourite solutions for email, calendars and cloud storage – Google Apps – has always had a free option. Originally small...

Better Collaboration with Google

by Colman Carpenter | May 10, 2012 | Google, News

As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been raving about Google+, Google’s new social network ‘glue’ across all it’s products, for some time now. I’ve actually been a Google fan for a while – primarily because of the excellent...

Apps that really are worth paying for

by Colman Carpenter | Feb 17, 2012 | News, Open Source

First of all I must confess, I am a bit of a cheapskate. In a nice way, I think, in that I actively look to use Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) if it offers the functionality I need. Thus, I run my business on a swathe of software and cloud services that can be...

Smeeth Community Primary School

by Colman Carpenter | Nov 18, 2010 | Showcase

The Brief Smeeth Community Primary School is a village primary school in East Kent. Their existing website was created a number of years ago and caused a few problems. Firstly, it was unwieldy, with the whole website needing to be uploaded for any minor change....

Is Buzz good for business?

by Colman Carpenter | Feb 16, 2010 | News, Review, Social Software

In the week since Google Buzz started hitting people’s Google Mail accounts much has happened, and there has been a veritable avalanche of opinion. It’s all very confusing to those who aren’t that interested in the finer technical details. But if...