As previously noted in this space, Evernote is an excellent tool for storing, searching and retrieving just about any kind of document from just about any computer. Entourage, on the other hand, isn't renowned for its user-friendly search. Put those two facts back to back like that, and you have a unique opportunity to polish your AppleScript chops and solve a problem.

What? No AppleScript chops?

No problem...Justin at Veritrope has already put together a little tool to help you out. His Entourage to Evernote AppleScript takes any selected Entourage email and turns it into one or more Evernote entries, complete with tagging and notebook assignments.

I'll walk you through the process. It's not difficult, it won't take long, and the result is worth the effort -- I use this script myself, and it's been most handy.

We invite you to drop in and talk with faculty colleagues using technology in creative and interesting new ways to enrich teaching and learning. ITS' instructional technologists will also be available to answer questions in what will be our first annual Teaching with Technology Fair. If you have considered teaching with technology and want to learn more about what works, what does not, and how you can get started with support from ITS, please drop by the 900 Room on May 12 any time between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Starting Monday, May 18, the Help Desk moves to its summer schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Help Desk closes at 10:00 AM Friday, May 22 for the All-Campus Spring Meeting and remains closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. Help Desk staff will respond to messages Tuesday, May 26.

If there is a campus emergency affecting campus servers or IT services, dial (704) 894-2900 and select option 4.

If you have a non-emergency request or problem, email the Help Desk or leave voicemail at (704) 894-2900.

Have a good holiday.

As Inside Davidson becomes the primary tool for getting information about College doings, checking the site daily will become more and more important. The simplest way to make sure you remember to peek at the page regularly is to make it your browser's home page. Depending on your browser, there are several ways to accomplish this, all of them fast and simple.

Mac users running Safari can either set their home page manually with this quick process, or they may opt to grab a copy of our Set Home Page tool, which will automatically reconfigure Safari to use Inside Davidson as its home page. Mac folks using Firefox can use this simple manual procedure.

On the Windows side, use this easy procedure for Internet Explorer, or this process for Firefox.

If you have problems accessing Inside Davidson, please don't hesitate to contact the Help Desk for assistance!

We are pleased to formally launch Inside Davidson, a new Web-based intranet system intended to be the primary information and communication tool for employees.

If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac (as all 10.5-equipped workstations on campus do), backups are pretty much automatic. That's fine, right up to the point where TM starts alerting you that your backup drive is full, and it's going to delete older backups. Under normal circumstances, this is a completely worry-free aspect of the software's behavior. It's just removing out-of-date material to make room for current data.

If your drive seems to have filled up unnaturally fast, though, it can be kind of disconcerting. Especially since Time Machine's backup file structure makes it difficult to tell exactly what's eating up all your space. This is where soma-zone's BackupLoupe comes in handy.

In order to upgrade to Ingeniux Version 6.0, webcontent\buildsite will be unavailable from 5 pm on June 1 through 7:30 am on June 3. Please close out the CMS client prior to 5 pm. Please submit any pages that need updating prior to 3pm. Any changes made after 5 pm will be lost.

Version 6.0 will use a 'universal client' that works on either the PC or Mac, but does require use with specific browsers for optimal performance.

For Mac users: Safari 3
For PC users: Internet Explorer 7

Please note: the old 5.2 client and the new 6.0 client are not compatible; therefore, the 5.2 client will have to be removed from your computer BEFORE you install the new 6.0 client. Instructions to uninstall the old client and install the new client will be provided after the upgrade.

The first time you go to webcontent\buildsite (after the upgrade and removal of 5.2 client), you will be prompted to install the new client software. You will notice the new CMS client has more of a browser look to it.

Additional Features:
• New asset management feature that allows for easier browsing, management and selection of images and documents on the server
• "Get Help" - an optional step in the workflow to request help from College Communications on all types of content without leaving the client
• New WYSIWYG Editor

After the upgrade, Info sessions will be held on Wednesday (June 3) and Thursday (June 4). Specific locations and times to be announced.

If you have any questions, please contact Paige Herman.