In order to expand our model of fanatical support even further, AtHomeNet has extended our Support hours to 7:00 PM EST, Monday – Friday. With our recent increase of west coast accounts, we have made the proper staffing adjustments to accomodate our clients nationwide. We are excited about providing this opportunity to reach out to clients who are in varying time zones while also offering clients who are here on the east coast with us extended times to call or email us with questions!
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AtHomeNet Expands Support Hours!
September 10, 2009Welcome to our new Support person!
May 18, 2009
A big welcome to our brand new customer support representative, Steven.
New Graphic Artist at AtHomeNet!
May 12, 2009
AtHomeNet has truly “bloomed” after those April showers…figuratively speaking! We continue to surpass company goals and client satisfaction with the great team of Sales, Support and Web Designers. Today, I am proud to announce that we have yet another designer added to our Graphics team. We are so happy to continue to see our company thrive in these economic times. It’s been so awesome to be able to add a talented designer with fresh creativity. Good things are certainly in store for those new and existing clients who want to start the summer off with a new look!
A productivity boost for computer users
October 24, 2008
After reading articles and hearing from others about the benefits I finally broke down and upgraded to DUAL MONITORS for my main desktop computer two days ago.
I must say that even in that short amount of time I am getting a sense that this is something that really does increase my daily productivity. I had read a study by Microsoft Research that found productivity increases of between 9% and 50% had been seen doing typical daily computer tasks. I can’t put an exact number on it myself but the first big benefit I find is being able to keep two full-screen applications open at once for easy multi-tasking, such as working in OneNote or Microsoft Project for project planning while still keeping an eye on my Outlook (you have to be careful about this because checking your email can be a HUGE time sink if you are not careful – more about that in a future post). The second area this helps in is when I am programming (I definately have to shut Outlook down for that). I actually stretch my development program (Microsoft Visual Studio 2008) across both monitors and that allows me to open up all the toolbars and explorers I need to use and still easily see all the code without having to scroll back and forth. It’s great.
So, in summary, if you spend a significant portion of your day sitting in front of a computer like I do (even if it isn’t programming), I would highly recommend you invest the money (and LCD monitors are really dropping in price these days) to set yourself up with two identical monitors and set your Operating System to stretch your desktop across both of them.
If you are doing this and have any suggestions or stories about how this is helping (or not helping) you work, post them in the comments.
