Author Archives: Ross (Admin)

Contacts – Keep In Touch or Update Details

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Ross (Admin)

One of my New Year resolutions was to keep in touch with more people. I also need to clear out my contact list as there are lots of “old” and incomplete entries in my Google contacts list. Ever the productivity … Continue reading →

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Add Reminders To Outlook Appointments

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

photo credit: Andrew Coulter Enright If like me your Outlook calendar can get a bit hectic and others can add meetings to your calendar sometimes you end up simply “reacting” to your schedule and jumping from one appointment to the … Continue reading →

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Dublin Marathon 2012

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

Well – that’s my final marathon of the year done and what a way to end it. Fantastic location, fantastic people/support, fantastic weather (cold and dry) and a personal best by over 14 minutes! You can review my marathon stats … Continue reading →

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InBox Zero And Quantified Self

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

I’m a huge fan of keeping my inbox empty, but not very good and keeping it that way. I’m becoming more interested in the “Quantified Self” concept i.e. you can only fix things that you can measure. The obvious answer … Continue reading →

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Chester Marathon – My Race

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

As you should know by know my plan for the year was to run four marathons, one in each of Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland for MND Scotland. The start of October saw the English leg with the Chester marathon.

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Stay Focussed – Stay OUT of Outlook!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

One of my main productivity “sinks” is continually monitoring Outlook to see if any mails have arrived. I have a rule set up that notifies me if an “important” email lands but for this to run, outlook needs to be … Continue reading →

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Multiple Excel Text Boxes With Common Content

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

I have just had to place a textbox object onto 17 worksheets within the same excel workbook, each text box containing the same commentary text. Type it once and then copy the text box and paste, job done. Of course … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Marathon 2012 – Did Not Finish

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

My worst race ever. Prior to the 2012 Edinburgh Marathon I have only ever not finished one race before – a Strathclyde parkrun when I pulled my hamstring. Bearing in mind I did the Great Welsh Marathon last month – … Continue reading →

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Great Welsh Marathon 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

This year my fund-raising for MND Scotland involves running four marathons in Wales (Llanelli), Scotland (Edinburgh), England (Chester) and Ireland (Dublin). Last weekend saw the first of these.

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The ‘Tache Is Dead

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Ross (Admin)

As you will have seen from my previous posts, I was growing a mustache for MND Scotland All it would have taken is £10 / day for me to keep the ‘tache.

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