How to find opportunities for your business
<strong>Are you trying to find ideas to start your business? Keep your eyes (and ears) open.</strong><br/><br/><p>It's been a while since I posted a <strong><a href="http://www.dcs-media.com/businesslessons/default.aspx">business lesson</a></strong> and over the Easter weekend, I heard a joke that relates to even the smallest entrepreneur.</p> <p> Here's the joke:</p> <p> It is pouring rain in the flood plain of the Mississippi Valley, and the rising river begins to threaten homes, including that of a local preacher.</p> <p> When water floods into the ground floor, a rowboat with police comes by, and the officer shouts, &quot;Let us evacuate you! The water level is getting dangerous.&quot;</p> <p> The preacher replies, &quot;No, thank you, I am a righteous man who trusts in the Almighty, and I am confident he will deliver me.&quot;</p> <p> Three hours go by, and the rains intensify, at which point the preacher is forced up to the second floor of his house. A second police rowboat comes by, and the officer shouts, &quot;Now let us evacuate you! The water level is getting dangerous!&quot;</p> <p> The preacher replies, &quot;No, thank you, I am a righteous man who trusts in the Almighty, and I am confident he will deliver me.&quot;</p> <p> The rain keeps coming, and the preacher is forced up onto the roof of his house. A helicopter flies over, and the officer shouts down, &quot; Please, grab the rope and we'll pull you up! You're in terrible danger!&quot;</p> <p> The preacher replies, &quot;No, thank you, I am a righteous man who trusts in the Almighty, and I am confident he will deliver me.&quot;</p> <p> The deluge continues. The preacher is swept off the roof, carried away in the current, and drowns. He goes up to heaven, and at the pearly gates he is admitted and comes before God.</p> <p> The preacher asks, &quot;Dear Lord, I don't understand. I've been righteous and observant my whole life, and I depended on you to save me in my hour of need. Where were you?&quot;</p> <p> And the Lord answers, &quot;I sent you two boats and a helicopter. What more do you want?&quot;</p> <p> What does this have to do with being an entrepreneur?</p> <p> Well, most people take things for granted or are blind to see opportunities around them. If you hear two or three people around you start a sentence with &quot;I wish there was a/an &lt;object&gt;&quot;, &quot;You know what I'd like to see?&quot;, or &quot;Do they make something like &lt;object&gt;?&quot;, you are probably in a position to take action.</p> <p> That last sentence is important. The key is to sit up, notice what people are missing, and take action. Don't let your ideas sit and ferment. Move on them!</p> <h2>Idea Generators</h2> <p> However, if you are coming up empty with ideas or opportunities, where can you find these opportunities?</p> <ol> <li><strong>Go Shopping (but keep your ears and eyes open)</strong> - Everyone is out purchasing products and this is a prime area of where to overhear someone asking where these items or products are located. If they are hard to find, they may head home and resort to the Internet for locating these type of niche products.</li> <li><strong>Social Networking Event</strong> - Gather your business cards and head out to a networking event. People love to put a face with the name and love to talk about their ideas with everyone. I had one person introduce themselves to me and I returned the introduction with what I do. They immediately said, &quot;Hey, I've been looking for someone to do this &lt;project&gt;. Could you help me out or do you know of someone who could do this?&quot; They've been a client of mine ever since.</li> <li><strong>Revisit what you've built</strong> - If you've built something for someone and there is a huge demand for this type of product or service, tweak it a little bit and reuse it. You may find out that you may be sitting on a goldmine when you release your revamped product or service.</li> <li><strong>Build a better mousetrap</strong> - If you have an idea, <strong><a href="http://www.dcs-media.com/desdev/developers/how-to-avoid-the-hey-that-was-my-idea-trap.aspx">don't get upset because someone built one already</a></strong>. Two things to think about: 1). If no one improved on the wheel, we'd all have concrete wheels instead of rubber tires; and 2). Google didn't build a new search engine, they just improved it and made it better. </li> </ol> <p> These are just a couple of ideas to generate opportunities, but there are many, many more. You just need to be aware of them.</p> <blockquote> <div> Know when an opportunity comes your way and act on it. <p id="author">Jonathan Danylko</p> </div> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Does anybody have other ideas on how to generate opportunities?</strong></p>
Free Utilities for Burners and Your Network
<strong>Tired of your Roxio burning software? Need to document your network? Check out these free utilities.</strong><br/><br/><p>Over time, if you continue to pay for burning software or hire a contractor to <a href="http://www.dcs-media.com/smallbusiness/howto/how-to-document-a-clients-network.aspx">document your network</a>, the amount of money spent can become costly.</p> <p>Fortunately, there are companies out there providing exceptional software that accomplishes both of these tasks.</p> <p>First up is the site called MakeUseOf.com where they list all of <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-free-alternatives-to-nero-cddvd-burner/">The Best, Free Alternatives to Nero CD/DVD Burner</a> software. One of the products on the list that I use the most is <a href="http://www.imgburn.com/">ImgBurn</a> and loaded that on my portable USB drive.<br /> </p> <p>The other list is comprised of network utilities thanks to PCWorld. The <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9058842">top 10 utilities for your network</a> contains quality software for little or no cost.</p> <p>I've used the Network Notepad to document some networks so I definitely recommend this utility. I'm currently testing out the rest of the utilities.</p> <p><strong>Are there any other top quality networking or burning utilities for little to no cost?</strong></p>
Why John Rambo is the Ultimate Freelancer
<strong>Here's some advice for freelancers on what to do and what not to do: John Rambo style.</strong><br/><br/><p>After watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462499/">Rambo</a> this weekend, I couldn't help but realize that John Rambo was a freelancer.</p> <p> I'm not talking about the type of freelancer that goes crazy on clients the way Rambo attacked the enemy, but the way he handled himself before all of the fighting is what I'm referring to. Check out these similarities I noticed in the movie that relates to freelancers.</p> <ol> <li><strong>When a job comes along, you don't HAVE to take it.</strong> Rambo has been through a lot in war and even the hint of gunpowder can make the man go crazy. Even though the crusade was trying to save lives and had good intentions, they didn't realize what they were getting into, but Rambo kept telling them to go home. He was going to be paid handsomely, but still declined the offer. Analyze the jobs that appear on your radar. You're a freelancer. Decide whether you want it or not. </li> <li><strong>Always keep your cool. </strong>During the entire movie, John Rambo kept his cool and knew every situation he went into. If a client get out of hand, always remember to think about a situation before you speak. Possibly even diffuse the problem before it even becomes a problem. </li> <li><strong>Don't let a loudmouth intimidate you.<br /> </strong>This continues down the path of number 2. Lewis was pretty fierce in the movie and kept egging on John Rambo. But John Rambo didn't do anything. Heck, these were the guys who were going to help him even though Lewis kept pushing him. If someone is pressuring you or forcing you to get fired up, just keep this in mind: Most leaders keep their cool in hot situations and stay level-headed to make the right decisions. Don't let someone push you into making a rash decision. You may not like the outcome. </li> <li><strong>Step up and take action! </strong>As residents of Burma were being forced to run across a water landmine-ridden field, most of the mercenaries were worried that they would be found out if they started attacking. This was the fear factor setting in. They were there to do a job and, in my eyes, they failed at that point. If you are there to do a job or have a project that you even think will start making you money, don't sit around and wish the problems away or think you can't do it. You attack and start the ball rolling (even if the loudmouth doesn't start doing anything). Remember, action speaks louder than words. </li> <li><strong>Know when to pull out the big guns.</strong> Near the end of the movie, John Rambo got out the big guns. He saved the mercenaries who were near the boat because he knew he needed help. When you are knee-deep in bad guys or projects, know when to ask for assistance instead of trying to take on everything yourself. If you need help, pull out your big guns (your contacts in your network) and see if anyone can help with your projects. </li> </ol> <p>I watched the movie last night (Sunday) and I thought it was pretty good. A LOT of killing, so make sure you don't take your 10 year old to go see the movie (which I saw a couple bring their 9-10 year old to watch it).<br /> </p>
Small Business Backup Lesson: DO IT NOW!
<strong>What disaster recovery steps did I take to make sure this disaster doesn't happen again?</strong><br/><br/><img align="left" alt="Backup image." src="http://www.dcs-media.com/images/backup.jpg" class="left" /> <p>I recently had a business client of mine call me and tell me that their hard drive on their server crashed and their business was currently losing money. Fortunately, it was just the operating system that went South, so a reinstall of Windows Small Business Server 2003 was in order.</p> <p> After recovering their OS, all of their data was retrieved and everything was back to normal. They felt relieved that their critical data was backed up, but they asked me two questions:</p> <ol> <li>What are our backup options in regards to the server and our critical data?</li> <li>How can we recover quickly from a server meltdown? </li> </ol> <p>Based on the experiences of when a company loses their data because of a faulty hard drive or server meltdown, users go into a panic mode and become reactive instead of proactive. Immediately, they start to implement disaster recovery plans, purchase the necessary hardware and software, and start to <a href="http://www.dcs-media.com/smallbusiness/howto/how-to-document-a-clients-network.aspx">document their server settings</a>.</p> <p> It's amazing that all it takes is one time to become a creature of habit. Since they didn't like their existing backup plan, they asked if I could recommend a solid alternative plan for backing up their server and critical data.</p> <p> A while ago before the hard drive crash, I recommended the setup of two physically separate drives: one being an OS drive and the other for their important data. This was definitely a smart move, because as I look back, they were properly backing up their critical data to an external drive on a daily basis, which was awesome. The operating system wasn't backed up at all. You can always reload an OS, but you can't re-key all of your data.</p> <p> With that said, an OS drive that dies off still slows down, if not completely shuts down, a business for a day or two. So where to start?</p> <h2>First, the data...</h2> <p> No one likes losing their vital data whether its home photos and videos, accounting records, or even source code (gasp!).</p> <p> My first recommendation in the backup plan was to order a USB External Enclosure and a hard drive for their critical data. The USB External Enclosures are around $20-$40 and the hard drive would be an appropriate size that would be able to hold all of their data.</p> <p> The backup software I recommended was <a href="http://www.educ.umu.se/%7Ecobian/cobianbackup.htm">Cobian Backup</a>. I've been using Cobian Backup 8 for a long time and I'm very impressed with it's reliability.</p> <p> There are five reasons I love this software:</p> <ul> <li>Cobian Backup doesn't have any malware, adware, or spyware.</li> <li>It installs itself as a windows service, so if the power goes out and your server reboots, you don't have to login to the server for the service to start the backup process.</li> <li>It allows you to set a schedule of when to backup the files (you pick the directory and files to backup). </li> <li>There is an awesome feature of downloading files from an FTP site, archive them, and then send them somewhere else, possibly offsite. </li> <li>This quality piece of software is FREE.</li> </ul> <p>After installing the software and the USB external hard drive, their data was on a backup schedule of every day for six days, create an incremental backup of their critical data.</p> <h2>...then, the OS</h2> <p> I recommended two options for the OS backup:</p> <ol> <li>With the hardware available today, you can easily create a RAID setup with an additional hard drive.</li> <li>After the server is completely finalized and running for business to start up again, create an image of that server and archive it for later.</li> </ol> <p>Instead of going with one solution, they decided to run with both. </p> <p> If you aren't familiar with RAID, a RAID system has one primary drive that holds your data and one or more hard drives are connected to a RAID controller that creates a mirror of that primary hard drive. When a primary hard drive fails, the other hard drive picks up the slack and notifies the user that a hard drive was corrupted and needs replaced. The secondary (or additional drive) continues with daily operations until the primary hard drive is replaced.</p> <p> After purchasing the hardware for the RAID system and installing the two hard drives and RAID controller, it was time to install the imaging software.</p> <p> Lifehacker <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/geek-to-live-automatically-back-up-your-hard-drive-147855.php">reported</a> on a software package called <a href="http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm">DriveImage XML</a> and I definitely recommend this software for home office/small businesses.</p> <p> This excellent imaging software accomplishes the following tasks (feature excerpt taken from their website):</p> <menu> <li><strong>Backup</strong> logical drives and partitions to image files </li> <li><strong>Browse</strong> these images, view and extract files </li> <li><strong>Restore</strong> these images to the same or a different drive </li> <li><strong>Copy</strong> directly from drive to drive </li> <li>Schedule automatic backups with your <strong>Task Scheduler</strong></li> </menu> <p>Oh, and the software is FREE as well.</p> <p> Another option which wasn't used here, but I may be using at home is <a href="http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/">CloneZilla</a>. According to the SourceForge site, </p> <p> Clonezilla, based on <a href="http://drbl.sf.net/">DRBL</a>, <a href="http://www.partimage.org/" target="_blank">Partition Image</a>, <a href="http://www.linux-ntfs.org/" target="_blank">ntfsclone</a>, and <a href="http://udpcast.linux.lu/" target="_blank">udpcast</a>, allows you can massively clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously. Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk. This increases the clone effiency. At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla was used to clone 41 computers simultaneously. It took about 50 minutes to clone a 5.6 GBytes system image to all 41 computers via unicasting and only about 10 minutes via multicasting!</p> <p> After reading this description, I will definitely be looking into this for later. Having experience with this, I feel that I have a feeling a training class or company may have a desperate need for this type of utility.</p> <h2>Conclusion</h2> <p> These methods in backing up the server and critical data may seem excessive, but determining your disaster recovery plan should be in place now when your server crashes. Be proactive, not reactive.</p> <p> It's your business and your data should be protected. Determine how to recover from a disaster so your business can continue without falter.</p> <p> <strong>Do you think this is the best plan for a home office/small business? No? Write a comment below.</strong></p>
Is Nokia becoming the next Palm?
<strong>Nokia's N-Series is fast becoming a road warrior's companion.</strong><br/><br/><img alt="Nokia N800 Image" src="http://www.dcs-media.com/images/Nokia-n800.png" class="left" /> <p>Recently, I <a href="http://www.dcs-media.com/technology/virtualoffice/new-virtual-office-device.aspx">purchased a Nokia N800</a> for my mobile needs and found that there is an entire family of mobile devices. But after playing around with my Nokia N800, I'm beginning to realize that even though the hardware is there, the software isn't.</p> <p>What I mean by the software is that it's not the operating system. It's the third-party community. There needs to be more software developed for the <a href="http://maemo.org/">Maemo</a> operating system. Heck, I'm still waiting for an MS Office package on the N800 (isn't <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice </a>available?)<br /> </p> <p>Earlier this year, I owned a Palm T3 and being a truly committed individual to Palm, I waited to see which direction Palm was taking. It seems Palm is heading towards a smartphone mentality. A smartphone just wasn't practical for my needs (I like my devices separate).</p> <p> But after six months of research and waiting, I took the plunge and purchased the Nokia N800. That opened my eyes and I started seeing other <a href="http://www.nseries.com/">Nokia devices</a> popping up that focus on mobility and functionality, such as the <a href="http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n810">Nokia N95</a> with the <a href="http://reutersmojo.com/2007/10/22/the-mobile-journalism-toolkit-contents/">Mobile Journalism Toolkit</a> (Ref: <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9802587-36.html">CNet</a> as well) or the new <a href="http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n810">Nokia N810</a> with the attached keyboard.</p> <p> In the grand scheme of things, I know Nokia is trying to compete with Apple and the iPhone/iTouch and they are doing an exceptional job with the N-Series of devices, but I also think they are focusing on someone else at this point.</p> <p>If they can take out another mobile competitor along the way, they just might do it.<br /> </p> <p>Anyone have additional thoughts on this particular direction Nokia is taking?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Even thought this is not a PDA or an iPhone copy, it is considered primarily as an portable Internet Tablet device.</p>
Great Opportunities for Startups
<strong>If there was ever a great time to start a business, now is that time with two great contests!</strong><br/><br/><p>Over the past month, I've been seeing a lot of people talking about preparing your ideas and building a business. Now, even the big names are getting in on the action.</p> <p>Sometimes reaching out and examining how startup businesses arrive at their ideas is stimulating and invigorating. There may be some ideas that spring up from the creativity pool, but there are some that spring a leak and drain the pool completely.</p> <p>Where am I going with this? It seems large companies are looking for creative ideas...and are willing to pay for them.</p> <p>Intuit recently announced the <a href="http://jumpup.intuit.com/start/">JustStart contest</a> where they are looking for the best idea for a startup and are willing to pay you close to $50,000 for your story. According to their site:</p> <blockquote> <div>The best idea could score $40K in cash and over $10K in expert resources. Plus, two first prize winners walk away with $5K. <br /> <br /> Enter the contest, it's easy. Tell us what you'll Just Start. Fact, fiction or fantasy.&nbsp; What have you always dreamed of doing? What are you resigning from and moving towards? And, how will the Just Start grant ($50k) help you strike out on your own?</div> </blockquote> <p>So if you have a fantastic idea, by all means share it with the world. Who knows, you may be $40,000 closer to your dream job.</p> <p><strong>Wait...there's more</strong></p> <p>For all of you programmers out there, there is <em>another</em> opportunity for you to make more money.</p> <p>Amazon's Web Services group are giving away $50,000 cash with another $50,000 of free web services to a lucky company or entrepreneur with a great start-up idea as well.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=377634011">Amazon Web Services Start Up Challenge</a> allows not only a programmer, but a non-programmer to come up with web site ideas. The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/html-forms-controller/AWS_Start-Up_Challenge2?">entry form</a> includes how everything would be defined in your business plan (provided you have one).</p> <p>So, if you could create your own web site that incorporates Amazon's web services and it's creative enough, why not submit to both contests. Who knows...you may win both.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE: Oct-18-2007 - </strong><a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog.html?id=185678">Entrepreneur.com</a> JUST added this little gem regarding <em>another</em> site called <a href="http://ideablob.com/">IdeaBlob</a> that is giving away $10,000 for great ideas.<br /> </p>
5 quick steps to make your business greener
<strong>Today's post is geared towards an energy-efficient Blog Action Day.</strong><br/><br/><p>It's <a href="http://blogactionday.com/">Blog Action Day</a> and the topic is about how to make the world a &quot;greener&quot; place. On this blog, it deals with making a &quot;greener&quot; difference with your business.</p> <p> A lot of large companies like <a href="http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200612/120506LEED.html">Adobe</a>, <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/feature_stories/2007/07-360_greenup.html">Hewlett-Packard</a>, <a href="http://www.palm.com/us/support/contact/environment/recycle.html">Palm</a>, and <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0703/gallery.green_giants.fortune/index.html">Honda</a> have taken the initiative to move towards a greener company. All it takes is one step to move towards a cleaner world.</p> <p> If you are a Micro-ISV/small/home business, you can definitely make a difference by showing other large companies how green you can be. Start with one action below and move on to another.</p> <p> 1. <strong>Work towards a paperless or virtual office.</strong><br /> This is probably the biggest way to make an impact in your office. If your office is service-based, the paper you accumulate could be scanned and saved in a customer folder on your PC. Just make sure you backup your data.</p> <p> 2. <strong>Recycle your aluminum cans.</strong><br /> ...or you'll have the &quot;<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=vsqjM9AEqlU">office linebacker</a>&quot; visiting your office. Also recycle glass, aluminum, and plastic.</p> <p> 3. <strong>Look for the Energy Star symbol on products.</strong><br /> Such as <a href="http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&amp;pgw_code=CO">computers</a> and <a href="http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&amp;pgw_code=LT">laptops</a> to save energy.</p> <p> 4. <strong>Save the energy by turning off the lights and your PC at night.<br /> </strong>Besides the server, I always turn off the PC's and lights at night to conserve energy.</p> <p> 5. <strong>Monitor your power consumption with Local Cooling.com.</strong><br /> This <a href="http://www.localcooling.com/">desktop application</a> <font size="2">automatically optimizes your PC's power consumption by using a more effective power save mode.</font></p> <p> These 5 steps are just the beginning. To continue your path to make you business more energy efficient, head over to the <a href="http://blogactionday.com/">Blog Action Day</a> or visit these other sites to help with saving more energy.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.seql.org/100ways.cfm">100 Ways to Save the Environment</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wethechange.com/40-ways-you-can-save-the-environment/">40 More Ways to Save the Environment</a></li> <li>National Geographic's <a href="http://www.thegreenguide.com/">The Green Guide</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.fixingtheplanet.com/">Fixing the Planet</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.danylkoconsulting.com">DCS</a> has contributed $30 for the day to the National Wildlife Federation. It may seem small, but if enough people contribute to their own <a href="http://blogactionday.com/charities">charity of choice</a>, we can make a big difference.</p>
Don't fall into these Credit Card traps!
<strong>Everyone has a credit card, but does everyone know what the creditors do behind the scenes?</strong><br/><br/><p>When you start up your small business, you look for cash in the most interesting places: banks, relatives, and maxed out credit cards.</p> <p>Whoa, Whoa, Whoa!</p> <p>NO CREDIT CARDS! I keep telling people that credit cards are evil. They definitely have their place, but be aware of how much you will inevitably be paying.<br /> </p> <p>Using a cash advance on a personal credit card is bad enough, but financing a business using credit cards? Not a smart move. I understand that small businesses take risks all of the time, but there is a fine line between risk and stupidity, which may be a reason why some small businesses never get off the ground.<br /> </p> <p>CareOne Credit discusses <a href="http://www.careonecredit.com/Knowledge/credit_card_traps.aspx">The Dirty Dozen Credit Card Traps</a> and just proves my philosophy on how credit cards take more of your hard earned money for themselves. Prepare yourself for an informative article.</p> <p>Look for other ways to make money for your small business besides charging!<br /> </p>
Does every project have to be half-fast?
<strong>Does every project have to move at the speed of thought? Only when implemented properly.</strong><br/><br/><p>When customers ask me to build a website for them, I do my homework, find out what they want, who their target audience is, and start reviewing all of the details to design a web site. After talking to the customer about everything I've documented, I mention that it will take <em>x</em> number of months to complete this project.</p> <p>At this point, I receive the &quot;Look of Disbelief.&quot;</p> <p>All designers and developers know what I'm talking about. You know, when someone looks at you as if to say, &quot;why is it going to take you <em>x</em> months to make a web site?&quot;</p> <p>Through my career of programming, I've run across individuals who've built many programs and/or web sites in no time flat. They handed the final product over to the client and the client started working with it.</p> <p>At first, the customer may be impressed with how fast a program/web site was developed, but there may be three problems that may occur:</p> <ol> <li>There is an error with the product (web or program) and it doesn't work as expected, so more down time is involved with fixing the issue (&quot;I can fix that quick&quot;)</li> <li>Something was missing from the product at launch, or</li> <li>You don't have a designer/developer (vendor) any more. They went out of business.</li> </ol> <p>I understand this is the Information Age and everyone wants it yesterday, but you can't speed through projects like you are in a programming competition.</p> <p>Maybe I'm just hyped up on caffeine and off on a rant right now, but building a web site at the speed of thought just because you want a web site quick isn't the best way to attract customers. Take your time, understand what your clients want, and you'll most definitely receive repeat business.</p> <blockquote> <div>I would rather move fully-slow on a project as opposed to doing everything half-fast! <p id="author">Jonathan Danylko</p> </div> </blockquote>
Top 10 Cell Phone-PDAs
<strong>Looking for a way to always stay connected while managing your contacts effectively?</strong><br/><br/><p>I'm skeptical when it comes to the all-in-one devices, but for those who love the dual cell phone/PDA setup (a.k.a. Smart Phones), PC World reported on the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125397/article.html">Top 10 Cell Phone/PDAs</a> in the market today.</p> <p>For now, I'm still weighing my options for a device that assists me with my <a href="http://www.dcs-media.com/technology/virtualoffice/build-your-own-virtual-office-introductionhardware.aspx">virtual office</a>.<br /> </p> <p>However, I am starting to &quot;eye up&quot; the T-Mobile Wing. :-)</p>