Monthly Archives: December 2009

Does that directory deserve your money? (Part 2)

By Scott Thomas | Published: December 16, 2009
Discussion and guidelines to help evaluate a bed and breakfast directory in determining whether to begin listing with them, or to continue listing with them.
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Easily convert a blog to voice (podcast) with Odiogo

By Scott Thomas | Published: December 14, 2009
Have you ever considered creating audio podcasts (voice readings of your blog) for your blog? I have, but the time it would take to record and post them kept me from preparing them myself, and I wasn’t willing to incur the cost of a commercial podcasting service. Then I saw a post by one of [...]
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A Tale of the Tape (or Disk)

By Scott Thomas | Published: December 10, 2009
I have several machines, the Windows PC runs an antivirus, and all machines automatically run backups to another PC. That turned out not to be enough!
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Ten New Directions for 2010 (in Technology for Innkeeping)

By Scott Thomas | Published: December 7, 2009
We discuss some of the changes that have been coming over the past year or so. Some are already beginning, and other can be expected to appear (or increase in importance) in the upcoming months.
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Selecting a Guest Management System

By Scott Thomas | Published: December 2, 2009
Assuming you have decided to find a new Guest Management System, let's look at the process of choosing from among the many products available. The first step may not be the expected one, but looking at it first may save headaches later.
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