ben.hamilton.id.au http://ben.hamilton.id.au what I find interesting in tech and CRM Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:36:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Getting ifttt to add to RTM http://ben.hamilton.id.au/gtd/getting-ifttt-to-add-to-rtm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-ifttt-to-add-to-rtm http://ben.hamilton.id.au/gtd/getting-ifttt-to-add-to-rtm#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:29:16 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=782 Continue reading →]]> If that headline made sense to you, then you’re in the right place :) #

ifttt recipe for adding a task to Remember The Milk

The ifttt recipe

The problem I had is that ifttt doesn’t by default integrate with RTM. # #

So I’ve come up with a way that creates a new RTM task for me whenever there is a new item in a particular RSS feed. #

We create a ifttt recipe that: #

  1. When there is a new item in the specified RSS feed.
  2. Will send me an email with a unique subject line.
  3. Our email program (GMail in my case) has a filter set to look for that unique subject line and then forward that email to our special RTM email address (see this page for help with the RTM email stuff).
I’ve used [RTMwithSOMEuniqueLETTERS] as my subject line so that nothing will accidentally happen. #

RTM (Remember The Milk) and ifttt have a bunch of features that I wish the Sage ACT! or SugarCRM task lists would emulate (or buy), it’s this sort of automation that can become very handy. #

Tweet about it!

  • Use RememberTheMilk and ifttt together #RTM #ifttt  Buffer
#]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/gtd/getting-ifttt-to-add-to-rtm/feed 0 Howto: Lock Windows Machines From Command Line http://ben.hamilton.id.au/microsoft/lock-windows-machines-from-command-line?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lock-windows-machines-from-command-line http://ben.hamilton.id.au/microsoft/lock-windows-machines-from-command-line#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:58:03 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=777 I’ve recorded a short video on how to lock windows machines from the windows command line. Let me know if you found it useful. #

#]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/microsoft/lock-windows-machines-from-command-line/feed 0 General Insights http://ben.hamilton.id.au/act/general-insights?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=general-insights http://ben.hamilton.id.au/act/general-insights#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:37:11 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=774 Continue reading →]]> I’ve got back from the the Sage Insights conference on the Sunshine Coast, Australia. There were a couple of things that I’ve found of key interest: #

  • We saw a demo of the Sage ACT! Premium for Web HTML5 interface. Really liked the look of this, quite excited about this as I’m sure a number of our clients are going to love this.
  • Got to speak with some Sage NA staff re the 2012 ‘feature that isn’t a feature’ Sage Analytics. I see this as being of benefit to a number of our clients as it allows them to quickly rearrange a view of their data to show their key metrics.
  • Hearing the continuing focus on allowing the clients to choose if they want on-premise deployment or cloud/private cloud deployments. Good to know the plan is not to force clients into a SaaS only model like Salesforce.
  • Hearing Chris Gordon at SwiftPage (providers of Sage ACT! E-Marketing) talk about what they’ve seen work for e-marketing users and give examples of those. Great info.
Of course it was great to catch up in person with those that came from the Sage USA, Sydney and Melbourne and especially the other ACC’s that attended from around Australia and New Zealand. The next 12 months promise some change. I’m looking forward to it. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/act/general-insights/feed 0 AddThis http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/addthis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=addthis http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/addthis#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:11:57 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=757 AddThis is a browser extension. It’ll allow you to easily share content on multiple networks. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/addthis/feed 0 Do This Today: 11.11.11 http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/do-this-today-11-11-11?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-this-today-11-11-11 http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/do-this-today-11-11-11#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:07:14 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=755 The 11.11.11 project asks you to take a photo of whatever you’re doing at 11 minutes past 11 on the 11th November 2011…then contribute your pic to ABC Open. #

via ABC OPEN – Posts – Set Your Alarm. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/do-this-today-11-11-11/feed 0 Video Interview : Jack Dorsey http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/twitter-and-square-guru-jack-dorsey-the-full-asiad-interview-video-kara-swisher-asiad-allthingsd?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-and-square-guru-jack-dorsey-the-full-asiad-interview-video-kara-swisher-asiad-allthingsd http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/twitter-and-square-guru-jack-dorsey-the-full-asiad-interview-video-kara-swisher-asiad-allthingsd#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:11:52 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=753 Jack Dorsey is one of the guys behind twitter and square. AsiaD have a video interview with him. In it he talks of one of his major inspirations (Steve Jobs) and the challenges Twitter faces in China. Go watch. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/twitter-and-square-guru-jack-dorsey-the-full-asiad-interview-video-kara-swisher-asiad-allthingsd/feed 0 Two Important Product Rules http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/two-important-product-rules?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-important-product-rules http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/two-important-product-rules#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:07:49 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=749 Continue reading →]]> Steven Poole has a great post up. In it he states two ‘rules’. He may not be the first to verbalise them, but he’s got a great commentary on them. Go take a read. #

For that that are still reading here and not over there, here are the two rules: #

  1. If you’re not paying for something, you’re not a customer; you’re the product being sold.
  2. If you’re not paying for something, you have no reason to expect it to be there tomorrow.
You’ll need to go here to read it – it’ll make you sit up and think about the ‘free’ services you’re using on the internet. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/two-important-product-rules/feed 0 CRM Has Bright Future http://ben.hamilton.id.au/act/crm-has-bright-future?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crm-has-bright-future http://ben.hamilton.id.au/act/crm-has-bright-future#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:11:20 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=751 …After five years of volatility, the CRM service industry is set to see a steady growth over the next few years. In 2012, CRM industry’s revenue will increase by four percent, says market research firm IBISWorld… #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/act/crm-has-bright-future/feed 0 The Perils of Updates http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/the-perils-of-updates?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-perils-of-updates http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/the-perils-of-updates#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:07:55 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=747 Continue reading →]]> …and hell broke loose. Every app on the machine, every little bit of system code wanted to update itself. Not only did it waste a ton of my time supervising all this updating, I could never be sure when it was finished. After updating a lot of stuff didn’t run anymore… #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/the-perils-of-updates/feed 0 Leadership Skill http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/leadership-skill?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leadership-skill http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/leadership-skill#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:11:40 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=668 The Must-Have Leadership Skill via Harvard Business Review. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/leadership-skill/feed 0