Merlin in Education
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 4. February 2010
To all current members (enrolled student, faculty or staff) of an academic institution we do offer an educational discount of 30 % on the list price. Therefore the educational price of Merlin is EUR 101.50 – USD 147.00 – GBP 91.00 net, i. e. plus legal VAT/ Tax which has to be added for certain countries.
The education version is a full and complete version of Merlin without any limitations in content and usability, it’s just cheaper! The Web Sharing, the iPhone Sharing, Merlin Server and all major upgrades (by a change of version) are not eligible for any discounts as they are optional complements and charged at cost price.
To qualify for the educational pricing you should be able to provide documentation, per email, that shows you belong to the academic institute. As soon as we have received appropriate documentation we will send you a link where you can order your copy of Merlin. You may directly order the licence key online, paying by credit card and in the preferred currency.
Merlin: PM Templates
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 4. February 2010
It’s so easy starting new projects in Merlin. It comes with a number of PM templates for you to use. Simply call File > New Project… and choose the appropriate one. Do you want to hire a consultant, plan product design, engineering projects, software development, etc? You are all setup with Merlin.
In Merlin’s user forum in Google and in support we find occasionally the question, where one could find more project management templates.
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Tags: Merlin, Merlin 101, Templates
Macworld PM Meetup?
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 3. February 2010
Are you a PM and you are going to the Macworld? Our friend Dave Prior mentions in his blog that he would you like to meet up with you. Just send him an email with the words ‘Macworld PM Meetup’ as a first contact.
In case you’ve missed Dave Prior’s and Bas de Baar’s last Project Potion episode here you are. Enjoy:
Disarm with charm
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 2. February 2010
In a previous blog post, we have written about communication skills and that bad communication could be a warning sign to failing projects.
So if communication is so important in project management, what would a PM provoke by walking cold into a meeting? Cold reactions, at the very least. Keith Ferrazzi, an expert in relationship development and author of the books Never Eat Alone or Who’s Got Your Back, mentions in his blog the importance of generosity and spreading goodwill to anyone that we meet as a first step towards a warm relationship.
Tags: Communication, PM
New British Pound prices starting on Feb 1st 2010
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 29. January 2010
Good news for our Merlin users in the United Kingdom!
Happily the last year’s turbulence in the exchange rate of the British Pound to Euro (our base currency) seam to have come into an end, and we can now adjust the prices in our Merlin online shop starting from the 1st of February, 2010 as follows:
- Merlin 2: £130
- Merlin 2 Upgrade £70
- Merlin 2 iPhone-Sharing £40
- Merlin 2 Web-Sharing: £85
- Education Merlin 2: £91
- Merlin Server : £715
Tags: Merlin, Merlin iPhone, Merlin Server, Merlin Web
Simply fun
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 29. January 2010
Just found at joygeekculture.com/joyoftech
She: iPhone Sweetie I have some special news…
…in about 60 days, you’ll be getting a big brother!
iPhone: …That means I’m just just going to be your phone now!
He: Did you tell him we’re getting twins?
Communication skills
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 28. January 2010
One of the warning signs for failing projects according to PM Hut or Project Potion podcast, is bad communication. Either the clients don’t communicate what they want, maybe people involved are not open to communication, or you do not describe the problems you are encountering on time.
You cannot change how your clients are but do you think your communication skills as project manager are the best possible? Yes? Oh come on. If not to me, dare to be true to yourself. Can you effort not to improve them? So I repeat the question and you can answer mentally. I cannot hear you anyway.
iPad… not a rumor anymore
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 28. January 2010
For all of you like me, who straggled to find yesterday a streaming possibility to view Apple’s Special Event, and tried to get informed through live bloggers, or twitter… today it’s all on Apple’s website.
Enjoy the Keynote of this beautiful and magical device called ‘iPad’ in various video qualities.
Tags: iPad
How similar is Merlin to…
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 27. January 2010
One of the questions we get from experienced project managers which have used MS Project on Windows and are looking now for a project management on the Mac, is the following:
How similar is Merlin to that product?
Well, Merlin and MS Project are both programs for project management but for different operating systems and with different concepts. Merlin is designed for Mac OS X only and works perfectly together with the integrated software like Address Book or iCal.
The easiest way to see the differences is to download the demo version from our website and give it a try.
If you prefer doing some reading before testing, here you are. A post of a Merlin user comparing the two software approaches: Merlin vs MS Project
Tags: Merlin, Merlin vs MS Project
Tablet on the news…
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 27. January 2010
In MacObserver.com one can read and see a post about a 3 and a half minutes interview of Tery McGraw, (Chairman, President and CEO of McGraw Hill) taken yesterday and based on their fourth quartile earnings growth.
On 2:49 the CNBC reporter asked about the Apple tablet coming out and Tery McGraw confirmed:
Yeah, it’s very exciting. They’ll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. The tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system, and so it will be transferable.
According to The Huffington Post…
The rumored Apple Tablet announcement will take place in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater. It is set to begin at 10 AM PST
This is…
08:00AM – Hawaii
10:00AM – Pacific
11:00AM – Mountain
12:00PM – Central
01:00PM – Eastern
06:00PM – London
07:00PM – Paris
09:00PM – Moscow
03:00AM – Tokyo (January 28th)
There is no point to mention, how excited we are and cannot wait to see it. Yesterday’s tomorrow is after all today meanwhile 
You can watch the full interview and video in MacObserver.com post.
And check the Macworld live coverage here of the invitation-only event in San Francisco to introducing Apple’s “latest creation.”