25 Incredibly Useful iPad Applications
Dave Prior on 19. September 2011
Check out Andrea McDougal’s blog post on 25 Incredibly Useful iPad Apps at Masters in Project Management
The site is geared towards helping people find a great graduate program for PM (cough – University of Texas at Dallas – cough), but her recent blog post on iPad apps has some great ideas in it.
(And Merlin made the top of the list) (more…)
Tags: iPad, iPad OS, iPhone, Merlin
Configuring your router for Merlin web and Merlin iPhone
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 17. June 2011
In case you need to configure your router to access over the internet by web browser or iOS devices, please check the following configuration information.
Please note:
- Web sharing and iPhone sharing are both using the same port. Per default 7080
You need to handle this port only once. - This information applies when sharing with Merlin for Mac OS X or Merlin Server.
- Merlin’s preference ‘Port forwarding‘ is called ‘Forward in router‘ on Merlin Server
Q. How to enable UPNP on my router?
A. Modern router (purchased within the last 4 years) usually support UPNP, but this service is often disabled per default. To enable it, you need to call the router settings over a web browser. You simply type its IP address and press Enter. D-Link routers have per default 192.168.0.1, Linksys 192.168.1.1, some other routers prefer 192.168.2.1.
If you are not sure about your router’s address, just call your ‘Network’ Mac OS X System Preference pane, select your connected interface, call ‘Advanced…’ and switch to the ‘TCP/IP’ tab. Your router’s IP will be displayed there.
Upon connection to your router, (more…)
Tags: Forward in Router, Merlin, Merlin iPhone, Merlin Server, Merlin Web, Port forwarding, Router, UPNP
Managing Projects on the Mac and the iPad
Dave Prior on 11. May 2011
Over the past few weeks I’ve been able to give a few presentations about doing project management on the Mac and on the iPad. I had a few requests so I thought I would post them.
The first is the presentation I gave in the Philadelphia Walnut St. Apple Store on how to manage projects using a Mac: Managing Projects on a Mac.
The second is the one I gave at the PMI Lehigh Valley Professional Development Day on how to use the iPad as a Project Management tool: The iPad and Project Management
Tags: Dave Prior, iPad OS, iPhone, Mac OS X, Merlin, Merlin iPhone, PM, Project Manager
MANAGING PROJECTS WITH THE MAC – Special Event April 6, 2011 Walnut St. Apple Store in Philadelphia
Dave Prior on 29. March 2011
(To request an invite, please email dave@projectwizards.net)
Project Manager or Mac user? For a long time you had to be one or the other, but the two are no longer mutually exclusive. Whether you want to manage your projects and day-to-day work on a Mac, an iPad or an iPhone, now there are tools available that are robust enough to allow us to work in the system in which we feel most at home, and which allow us to be the most productive.
Please join us for a very special evening at the Walnut Street Apple Store (1607 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103) on April 6 at 7:00 PM for an opportunity to network with local Mac using thought leaders in Project Management. You’ll be treated to presentation showcasing a number of Mac based tools that have all been field tested and proven to enable successful project management. Whether you’ve just picked up an iPad 2, or you’ve been using a Mac for years, you’ll pick up some great tips to raise your game as a PM and a get chance to win some great prizes. (more…)
The iPad2 and Project Management
Dave Prior on 11. March 2011
Last year when Apple unveiled the iPad, I, along with countless others were overcome with that all too familiar craving for new gear from Cupertino. Having tried and quickly abandoned several tablets running the other operating system, I was hopeful that the iPad would gain the acceptance it has rightfully earned, but as a project manager, I was mostly curious about how this new device would fit in with my job. The Windows tablets I had tried in the past always seemed to make my job harder. So, when I purchased it, I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to do it… but like I said… The craving…
Since then I’ve found a number of ways the original iPad enables me in managing projects and best of all, I’m able to use it with Merlin. And now, we have the iPad 2. (more…)
Tags: iPad, iPad OS, iPhone, Merlin, Merlin iPhone, PM, Project Manager
We have wrote in the past Using Merlin – testimonial
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 25. January 2011
MouseWorks is a small shop specializing in designing and deploying Identity And Access Management Solutions. These are often very complex and totally integrated enterprise solutions.As a hard core Project Manager, I have struggled with the industry standard of MS Project for years and found that I spent more time managing the tool and the tools to support the tool than I wanted and was always less than confident in the visibility provided by the product.
Earlier this year, I took a risk and tried Merlin on a large project. Awesome tool. The ease of use and transparency it provides into the project were a fantastic and I finally felt I had a tool to support me. I purchased the iPhone license for my iPad today and in the last couple of hours, I can already say that this is a fantastic add on. More PM’s need to move to a Mac just to use this tool.
Thanks.
by Joe Power owner and Identity Access Management Specialist at MouseWorks Inc
iPhone wakes creative instincts
Vicky Stamatopoulou on 13. January 2011
iPhone Film Festival is a very interesting website we have just found. Created and designed to give artists an avenue to show their talent and creativity, it contains currently more than 800 submissions. April 6th, 2011 is the iPhone Film Festival day. Until then everyone can submit new works. There are some rules of submission though; the entire film for example must be shot with an iPhone or iPod Touch, any software can be used for editing video and audio and external microphones, wide angle lens, lighting, or tripods are allowed.
My personal favorites so far are the ones I’ve embedded here: (more…)
Tags: Creativity, iPod touch
ProjectPotion 19 – The Year of the iPad!
Dave Prior on 23. December 2010
Bas and Dave debate whether the year of the iPad was 2010, or will be 2011… (more…)
Tags: Dave Prior, iPad, iPad OS, iPhone, Merlin, PM, Project Manager
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PMOT, AGILE Tweets
- RT @solutionsiq: #Agile Scenarios & Storyboards http://t.co/o3caFSwMC6 Great tools to describe user interaction #pmot BobMaksimchuk (Bob Maksimchuk)
- Advanced Agile Webinar – High Performing Teams via Mentoring – 2013.05.23 at 2PM EST http://t.co/aO2JuOdZEs #agile #pmot AgileCEO (Agile CEO)
- Advanced Agile Webinar – High Performing Teams via Mentoring – 2013.05.23 at 2PM EST http://t.co/ezGxagKQcV #agile #pmot agilescout (Peter Saddington)
- Advanced Agile Webinar – High Performing Teams via Mentoring – 2013.05.23 at 2PM… http://t.co/tIwWepVKZd #agile #pmot agilescout (Peter Saddington)
- Encerra nesta sexta as inscrições para o #Painel #Agile do @PMIMG http://t.co/JBxjntQa12 #PMOT #PMIBrasil #PMI #PDU #Agilidade #PMIAgile jrbolognani (José R. Bolognani)
Points to Bas
Dave Prior on 20. September 2011
Editing the new episode of Project Potion. Points to @projectshrink (Bas de Baar) for coming up with a reason to actually use Flipbook – to catch up on recent tweets into a specific hash tag.
The new episode includes a look back at how our use (as project leaders) of social media tools has evolved over the past 12-14 months. It should be up in a day or so.
Tags: Dave Prior, iPad, iPad OS