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| Over the last few weeks, I have spent some time on the waterfront of Boston Harbor. From the North End to South Boston and out in the harbor. There are so many beautiful photos to choose from. How things have changed. It is truly a site for sore eyes. The Boston Harbor Association and the City of Boston have done some wonderful things in the past few years since the big dig was completed. Take some time this summer and see the sites, walk the walks, share the beauty. | In This Issue |
| June 2012 | Playing with Money Boston Harborwalk Three Monitors |
Welcome to News from trif.com! First time readers, I am glad you're here! Returning readers, welcome back!  Greetings. Welcome to our Newsletter! We wanted to share the many photo's we have taken of places, people and things throughout the country and beyond. Each month, our headline photo will be something new and different. The caption will present a small explanation. We hope you enjoy. We do not want to waste your time. Articles will contain generally less than 250 words. Please have a look and give us your feedback. By all means, forward to a friend using the link at the bottom of the Newsletter. Thanks. Questions? Send me an email by clicking my Picture! | TRIF.COM Technology solutions are a part of doing business just like sales and marketing, It is an important component in servicing customers, managing costs and controlling operations. TRI has an uncanny ability to find affordable technology solutions for a wide variety of situations. Our capabilities bridge database design and development, Internet web-based programs, hosting and co-location services, network and computer sales and support, document imaging, bar code scanning, corporate communications, fax and email programs, mobile applications, cloud computing and help desk services. Interested in taking a step forward with technology? Looking to take advantage of the latest advances? Or just want to take advantage of your new computer? |
Playing with Money In transportation, there are a lot of ways you can pay drivers, direct deposit and Comcheck are frequently We handled the challenge by creating software that allowed operations managers to advance funds by electronical bank check through the Automated Clearing House network (ACH) deposited directly into the drivers personal account or by Comdata refilling a fuel card or making a Comcheck advance available. Our software can issue ACH tenders directly to the bank or read an automatic data feed from Comdata. The information flow is fast and automatic. Most important, all information feeds directly into our operation software and specifically the driver ledgers which maintain all credits and debits applying to each driver. For more information about playing with money, send an email to rmj@trif.com.
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Boston Harborwalk It has been years since I spent any time along the waterfront in South Boston especially The Harborwalk of Boston, with nearly 39 miles of public access walkways (now open) is a beautiful place to spend the sunny days of summer. Eventually, 47 miles will be open to the public from Deer Island to East Boston, around Charlestown, Downtown Boston and on to South Boston and Dorchester. Filled with parks, pavilions, boardwalks, docks, shopping, cafe's, restaurants, entertainment and a glorious view, it is a wonderful walk. Take a 45 minute harbor cruise from Long Wharf and you can be dropped off in Charlestown and walk back or catch the next boat, as you wish. Enjoy this summer! Spend some time in Boston. It is honestly one of the very best cities in America. For more information, here are a couple of links of interest for the Boston Harbor Walk and The Boston Harbor Association. Have fun! |  |
Are Three Monitors Better than One? I have been working with 3 monitors for almost a year and I can say emphatically YES!. If you do A browser window of images will seamlessly stretch across all monitors and allow you to scroll as you normally would. Windows explorer will also span monitors which is great when you are looking for that one photo you took in the summer of '93. I warn you, once you go to three monitors, using one for anything other than play becomes almost painful. If you want more information on setting up monitors side-by-side, please let us know. | If any of the information here is of interest to you, please drop us a note. If you would like to see specific information on technology issues that affect you and your business, please let us know. |
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used by service providers. In a recent application we developed, dispersing money was a key requirement. We needed our operations software to tender funds to drivers instantly. We needed to accommodate advances as well as payments and it needed to be done using the services of both Comdata (Comcheck) and our client's bank. 
around Northern Avenue. Decades ago, in a prior life, I worked on the Army Base on Summer Street and ate at Jimmy’s Harborside and Jimbo’s with some frequency. It was a run-down area with refrigerated trucks racing up and down the beat up cobblestone road. The Army Base is gone or transformed I should say (now Black Falcon Cruise Terminal and the Boston Design Center) and the whole area is now a wonderful attraction. From Fan Pier to the Boston Marine Industrial Park and on to Castle Island -- it is yet another shining star of Boston. 
any of these things, consider adding a 2nd or a 3rd monitor to your desktop: multi-task, search for pictures, use email like it was texting or need to reference multiple things at the same time. You will find you print things much less often which is a very good thing. The mouse slides smoothly from left to the right monitor as if it was a single screen. Many applications will span monitors as you can see in the picture above.
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cloud and computing anywhere we want at any time on any device. Microsoft On Line Services provides a smooth transition for existing Microsoft Office users to push many functions like email, Calendar, Notes, Task Lists, Documents and the like. The advantage is that you have the flexibility to select a hybrid of applications in the cloud and those that will stay local to a specific computer. There are also some organization-wide capabilities such as SharePoint OnLine, Dynamics CRM OnLine, Video Conferencing and Computer Management.
an experience to behold - especially close up. I shot this picture of this eagle a couple of weeks back about 70 feet up in a scrub pine in the Florida’s Gulf Coast community of Bonita Springs. It was on watch. For what, I wasn’t sure. But I have come to find out that they have binocular vision capable of spotting a rabbit a mile away or a fish in water from 1,000 feet in the air. They can successfully scan a 3 square mile area if they are perched high enough. Remarkably, they can see while blinking because the membrane that slides over the eye is translucent. Their eyes project outward and forward and their vision overlaps giving them binocular vision like humans. However, their retina is far superior to ours. Combine this sight with a head that can turn 270 degrees and you have a fierce bird of prey.
clients that have this occur many times a day. Many of them print it, scan it and attach it to a transaction in our software often throwing the print out away after scanning. Some wanted more. 
great place for our logo to fly as well. It made me think about logo's in general and what they can mean. So what does your logo say about your company? Interesting question which spurs different ideas in different people. To me, our logo symbolizes a great deal. 
chances of solving a problem. However, it is REM sleep that allows your brain to ferret out solutions. REM sleep usually kicks in about 90 minutes after you fall asleep. 
become aware until Monday morning. The entire weekend was lost because one computer in the cloud could not communicate with another computer at a client site. 
anymore. With a resolution of 2048x1536, it is far better than many computers with 21" monitors. That's better than most HDTV's! 44% better! Since there are four times more pixels in the same real estate, the picture is truly razor sharp. This isn't just Hype. This is real. It is phenomenal!
moving your personal computer experience towards your iPad experience. Could that be because the iPad is profoundly intuitive? A developer preview was introduced on February 16th and is available now. 
HDMI ports on your new computers, laptops, TV's, projectors, and with this cable, you can connect your iTouch, iPhone or iPad to your wide screen TV or projector. It transmits HD video and audio giving you perfect clarity and sound. 
design, it is limited to imagination and purpose. TRI software is no different, it can be molded into any shape, any design and it too is only limited by imagination and purpose. 
You usually place your pictures in your iTunes folders so iTunes can see them and when you sync your device, your pictures will update to your device and vice versa. Well that can often be more work than its worth. So usually, I just forget it. The problem also occurs if you have a large video you want to move to your iPad. Without iTunes, it is really difficult. Unless you download an App for $1.99 called PhotoSync. It will work on your iPhone or iPad and it has a free runtime for your PC or your MAC. 
computer and performing an iTunes sync. Just plug this little guy into your iPad and plug your SD Card into it. The iPad will recognize the SD Card immediately and display a light box of all the pictures. You can import them all or click on specific pictures to import selectively. It saves time and is perfect for reviewing your pictures on a great preview screen before you move locations.