A while back, I blogged about switching from a desktop email client to the Web version of GMail, or in my case, Google Apps. And after trying it, I could seriously never go back to a desktop client application.
Emails are at the very root of my professional life. It needs to be “in the cloud” and accessible 24/7 from anywhere in the world.
I don’t want to download them locally, update or troubleshoot a local application, and I don’t want a large overhead. And let’s face it; none of the email clients currently on the market can even remotely compete with GMail’s outstanding features like threaded emails, filters, labels and all those cools Labs features.
Unfortunately, this has also created a serious problem.
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I Love Rewards is the leader in results-driven reward and recognition solutions. I have the privilege of working with them in a few project at INBOX and I absolutely love what they do. I was recently made aware of this video they did a few months ago. A truly inspiring video.
If you’ve been on this blog before, then you already saw a few mentions about 37signals, creator of Basecamp, Highrise and other great products. They recently launched a book: REWORK. It’is the logical sequel of their first book “Getting Real”, where they were exploring the key concepts which they have learned and used to build their products. That first book was focusing on building an application more then anything else. But many of the concepts they were applying at building a great product, they also applied at a higher level, management a successfull business. So a few years later, it was time for REWORK to go out, a summary of pretty much every interesting concept they explored in their blog “Signal vs. Noise”, in their talks, their conferences, etc…
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Well, I was waiting this for a long time! After 3 amazing days at the Confoo conference, I got home yesterday evening, tired but the head full of new ideas and techniques I’ve heard about at the conference. I stopped by to check the mailbox. There was a key in our box. This means that a package was waiting for me in the other bigger mailbox. I opened it and here it was, the long awaited book we’ve all been waiting for: REWORK!
If you are even only remotely involved in web technologies or web business, you probably already heard about this book by 37signals Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. If not, well, what are you waiting for ? Have a look here.
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Recently, I upgraded the family computer from Windows Vista to Windows 7. How I could go nearly 2 years without throwing that computer out the window is a complete mystery to me. The computer is a nice HP dual core with 2 Gb or RAM. And while Vista was on it, with no applications running, CPU usage was always at least 60% and so was the memory used. Opening any applications would take a minute or so. Really, I was that close to actually rip my arm off and beat this computer to death with it.
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Take a good look at our current site http://inboxinternational.com because very soon, you will never be able to see it again! That’s right! After months of efforts we are only a few hours away to reveal our brand new flagship web site! In french, we would say that we were suffering from the syndrome of the “coordonier mal chaussé”. A literal translation would look like “a shoemaker with very old shoes”!
Yes, I know it, our current site is old, it’s not that pretty, frankly, it’s far more Web 1.0 then 2.0 
. But you see, our problem is the love of our client. We love them so much, that they are always more important then our very own web site. And it’s normal! Without clients, you don’t need a web site, as you’ll be running out of business very soon! Read more…
During the summer 2008, I read a book that changed the way I was developing and doing business. This book was Getting Real by 37signals. It was a quick and fabulous reading going straight to the point: getting things done! Cut the bullshit, stop wasting time on things that don’t matter, start wasting valuable resources on things that may or may not happen, focus on the important things that do make a difference and get the things done!
Then, few months ago, I read that they were preparing a new book which was to be called REWORK and to be released in March 2010. Well, I did not wait long and got my pre-ordered copy right away from Amazon! And now, I can’t wait to read it! Read more…
Nearly 2 years ago already, I made one of the most important change in my work environment. I ditched Windows and went on Ubuntu. I still remember. A UPS guy knocked on my door to deliver this new Dell Precision laptop that I just bought 2 weeks prior. The first thing I did when I opened it was to insert the Ubuntu CD. I didn’t even boot once with the crappy Vista that came pre-installed with the machine. Read more…
Earlier this week, when talking to my partner Réjean, I realized that we have been in business since 2003. It’s already been 7 years that the little project I started building Web sites with XOOPS was created. First known as InBox Solutions, then, when we incorporated, as INBOX International, we are now more then 15 people from all over the world, sharing a unique passion: the Web!
Much has been accomplished since 2003! We served hundreds of customers, got involved in hundreds of projects, did a lot of errors, and a lot of great things! But I have to say that 2009 marked a very important milestone in the development of our organization. For the first time in our history, I am finally able to focus less on the production and more on business development!
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Every other week or so, when I log in to one of my 37signals’s product account, I always get some nice surprise: new features, small or not so small improvements, always nice things to kick start my day with a smile! Last week, it was the Freshbooks gang who did this, but today, it was 37signals and their Highrise CRM product. They introduced 3 very nice new features, that, yet again, will make our life easier!
First, you can now notify people on your team when you add a new note to a contact. So let’s say you talked to a prospect and, of course, you are documenting it on your Highrise account, and you want a Project Manager to be informed that the deal is soon to be closed. Simply select the name of that person in the note’s option and you’re all set !
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