A couple of weeks ago I was looking for a desktop web tracking tool and I happen to find Woopra.

Its description on Woopra web site was appealing and I decided to give it a try.
After waiting about two weeks for its makers to confirm my URL’s, I am finally able to log on into the dashboard and start tracking my web site’s visitors.

First impression about its look: too dark, too blue.

First impression about its potential: impressive.

First impression about CPU consumption: High, but  FireFox 2 is worse.

Although it doesn’t beat Nico’s Google Analytics Suite, I am still going to say that is worth downloading and using it.
The difference between these two: Woopra (beta) shows you instantly your visitor’s presence, while Google doesn’t.

Now, aside from having lots of cool analytics capabilities, Woopra also let you tag your visitors and members, and allows the webmasters to interact with the visitors through Click-to-chat feature.

If you’re using WordPress, there is also a plugin that you can use instead of a code to start tracking.

For more information, visit Woopra web site.

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Communication isn’t one of the easiest tasks but with  little bit of patience, will and practice we can all learn it.

When sending a message across, we immediately assume that the other person understands it, but assuming is generally wrong.

I wanted to make this post long, fill it in with lots of communication goodies, but then I decided to start with some very simple basics.

While looking around I found a nice little article at Paulstips.com: Seven tips for powering up your communication skills and you might want to have a read….In fact read it few times if you have to and read it loud to yourself, then remember your last time when you were frustrated because of a broken communication channel and its effect, or when you communicated something and for "some reason" people didn’t get it.

An example:

Don’t just expect others to know.
If you do expect  others to know and you care only about this much, then maybe is wise to share the blame when something fails.
When something fails, before pointing fingers and throw blame, let the other person defend and say why things went wrong.
That person’s answer might give you clues on how to handle the communication next time, because knowing the people you’re in contact with is a part of knowing how to efficiently communicate your messages.

You might want to read as well the 12 steps to smoother conversations and if you want to get deeper try the Communication Skills Manual (PDF ahead 84 pages).

Have fun reading!

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My fellow blogger Jason Drohn has put together an amazing list of online office apps that will make you drop everything else you’re using: Placeless Office .

Placeless Office contains some apps that we all know and some apps that it’s about time you discover….especially if you’re a freelancer and you don’t want to spend heavy money on apps and have your files accessible from anywhere.

Visit his blog for more info.

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So you’ve got a busy work life and no matter how you are trying to split your tasks, you never manage to finish them on time.
You’ve tried the sticky notes, the To Do lists but they just won’t help you.

Have you tried Project Office?

I have and I confess that I am very exited about it.

Is a free web-based tool, with so many features:

• create a workspace
• create projects and tasks
• create to-do lists
• track and approve working hours, time offs and expenses
• track, follow and report issues
• has a calendar
• has a wiki

If you’d like to see screenshots, please take the ProjectOffice Tour.
All in one, this tool is gold and I highly recommend it for company and private use as well.

Wish I had one just like that at my office.

Enjoy it!

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