Sunday, April 15, 2007

Fadmin Haiku #1

Unhappy fadmin
why do you question your fate?
Find joy in service

If you've seen my other blog, you know that I have a penchant for writing bad Haiku.

LogMeIn Free to the rescue

LogMeIn is one of the coolest tools I've found for helping other people with their computer problems. Instead of trying to talk to them over the phone and guide them through 20 rounds of "okay, now click on the START button, okay now go to CONTROL PANEL" LogMeIn let's you take control of their computer remotely, using a web browser. Their website is here. This is the Al Haig option for fadmins (see the section labeled "I'm in control here" to resolve any questions you have about my obscure historical reference).

The free version of LogMeIn (called, appropriately enough, LogMeIn Free) does everything I need for my simple fadmin duties but it lacks file transfer capability. There is a pro version that adds that functionality.

There are plenty of other products like this on the market - do you have once you like to use?

A place to keep all your good ideas

I have created a new Unpsun list called "Best Family IT Tools". Have a look and feel free to add your own ideas to the list.

I have another post about why I think Unpspun is so cool on another blog here.


Calling all good ideas

I've you're a fadmin, I would like to hear from you! What works? What doesn't? What's the must-have piece of software that makes fadmin work possible? If you've got product reviews, post of link to them in your comment.