One-man businessman looking for good online client/contact task/follow-up system. Everything I've found is geared for big business and large collaborative groups. [more inside]
posted by mojoworkin on Aug 26, 2009 - 6 answers

My client said the cheque was in the mail two weeks ago. The cheque has not yet shown up in my mailbox. Should I ask him about it? [more inside]
posted by wexford_arts on Jun 30, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I get my money from a client who is trying to dodge me? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 28, 2009 - 18 answers

Free/cheap FTP Client as Windows service? [more inside]
posted by Picklegnome on Jun 23, 2009 - 6 answers

How to politely fire a client? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 15, 2009 - 18 answers

Looking for a Twitter client with very specific certain requirements. Does it exist? [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Apr 21, 2009 - 6 answers

How can I make this client relationship work? [more inside]
posted by urbanette on Feb 12, 2009 - 11 answers

I am looking for a client management/help desk/support ticket... thing. Customers come into our stores with items to be repaired and I'd like to be able to allow stores to create ticket for each repair. I'd like for the system to retain information about the customer and the items they bring in... and be able to make notes to the account. What exactly am I looking for? [more inside]
posted by aristan on Jan 15, 2009 - 4 answers

WirelessNeworkFilter: Please help me set up my home wireless network using two routers. Despite all the particulars of my situation, there must be an easy solution. [more inside]
posted by billtron on Dec 19, 2008 - 7 answers

How are people deploying web applications with client/server interaction these days? [more inside]
posted by nikkorizz on Dec 2, 2008 - 12 answers

How do you upgrade the Oracle client in Linux RHEL 4 (64-bit) from 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.4? [more inside]
posted by idb on Nov 18, 2008 - 3 answers

VMWare Fusion as dev server: How can I set things up so I can access a web server running under the guest OS (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) from the host machine? Bonus points if it can be done without plugging into an ethernet network. [more inside]
posted by weston on Sep 26, 2008 - 3 answers

Company still hasn't paid my invoice, what recourse do I have? [more inside]
posted by zzztimbo on Jul 30, 2008 - 12 answers

Help! Why is my Gmail, accessed through my Macbook's Mail application, occasionally not sending emails, even though they're listed as "sent"? [more inside]
posted by airguitar2 on May 12, 2008 - 7 answers

I offered a client a preferred rate for a block of hours and they agreed, so I sent an invoice. Things went great and now they want more, how do I arrange this on paper? [more inside]
posted by Null Pointer and the Exceptions on May 6, 2008 - 3 answers

I am looking to replace some thin-client terminals on our W2K Small Business server running terminal services over RDP. We haven't had much luck with our existing terminal hardware (Compucon Phoenix - the power supplies burn out far too often) so I am looking for something simple, hardy and (of course) not too expensive. [more inside]
posted by Tawita on Mar 2, 2008 - 4 answers

Can I run a criminal law practice out of my apartment? [more inside]
posted by pantheON on Feb 27, 2008 - 23 answers

Need help finding a quick and easy instant messaging (IM) program. [more inside]
posted by mr. creosote on Jan 1, 2008 - 21 answers

Help me make HTML email composition in Thunderbird work for me or choose a replacement email client [more inside]
posted by southof40 on Nov 25, 2007 - 1 answer

I do freelance graphics and have one client that has been a monthly, consistent paycheck for most of the year. I've billed them for about $15,000 since March. Most of my clients will be getting a card this holiday season, but I thought it would be a good idea to do something a bit more for this particular client. Suggestions? I'd like thoughts on both price range and specific items. Also, I have two contacts at the company: The big boss (male), who I speak to only occasionally, and the associate (also male) who is my main contact. The boss can be a bit demanding and has very high standards, but is generally respectful. The associate is a very sweet guy who I like on a personal level. He has also gone to bat for me a few times when the boss was being unreasonable. So: Gifts for boss, associate, or both? Thanks!
posted by SampleSize on Nov 14, 2007 - 22 answers

Which news client should I use? Most of the ones I used are slow. Also it seems when I download mp3s, it shoves them all in the same folder- that's pretty annoying as I have to manually sort them. [more inside]
posted by PowerCat on Oct 23, 2007 - 12 answers

Should I fire my freelance client? If so, how? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 28, 2007 - 19 answers

I'm a software development consultant and am getting frustrated at the number of potential clients slipping through my fingers. I get a good number of interested leads through my website or through referrals (thanks guys) but the ratio of potential clients to paying clients is too low. What might I be doing wrong and how can I help gain these clients? [more inside]
posted by schwa on Aug 8, 2007 - 23 answers

I need a little help setting up remote admin (VNC) access for Mac OS X 10.4.10 from a Windows client at work. Firewalls on both ends, significant port restrictions at work, and [more inside]
posted by ZakDaddy on Jul 14, 2007 - 5 answers

IRC for dummies - what's the best client to reccomend for serial Internet Explorer users, that supports irc:// links? [more inside]
posted by Jimbob on May 22, 2007 - 3 answers

A MUD client (used for text-based role playing games) for Windows Mobile. Is there one? How easy would it be to make one or convert an open source version? [more inside]
posted by jruckman on May 8, 2007 - 2 answers

ClaimsCourtFilter: A web design client of ours had a verbal contract with us, approved both the design and the logo, and then reneged due to a "misunderstanding," after most of the work had been completed. [more inside]
posted by disillusioned on Jan 31, 2007 - 17 answers

I run a web design company, and want to set up a website based chat client so I can see when someone is perusing my site and pop up a chat window to help them with any questions... [more inside]
posted by wile e on Dec 3, 2006 - 12 answers

How to deal with a nightmare client? [more inside]
posted by Botunda on Nov 22, 2006 - 17 answers

What is the best enterprise quality software & hardware inventory solution? [more inside]
posted by criticman on Oct 2, 2006 - 6 answers

Software product manager: How do I handle this difficult client? [more inside]
posted by pallen123 on Sep 9, 2006 - 20 answers

How do I gracefully get rid of a client with whom I don't want to work any more? [more inside]
posted by Doofus Magoo on Aug 23, 2006 - 24 answers

What techniques do you use to gather feedback about client pitch materials before they're presented? [more inside]
posted by DCTapeworm on Aug 22, 2006 - 5 answers

Just got Verizon DSL. A simple question: Is it just me, or is their web-based mail client incredibly, weirdly pokey? It seems to take forever to open up my mostly empty in-box.
posted by desuetude on Aug 10, 2006 - 9 answers

I'm trying to recover a debt owed to me (currently $1300+) by a client for whom I worked as an independent tech contractor in 2002-03. He's very slowly paid off a lot of the original debt ($5000), but he stopped making the payments almost two months ago with no explanation, and has been completely non-responsive to all my contact attempts ever since. It's a matter of very high personal importance that I recover the full debt in this case (because this is a very slimy guy, and because his company could not have started up or earned money without my work). I also need the money, so this is not something I can walk away from in that sense either. [more inside]
posted by allterrainbrain on Jul 5, 2006 - 16 answers

I am looking for a small email client i can use in stead of my webmail. [more inside]
posted by FidelDonson on Apr 5, 2006 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a rss reader client on XP that works essentially the same as Shrook or Netnewswire on OS X. I'm willing to pay for it. I've downloaded quite a few clients but none that I've downloaded have my favorite features of Shrook... [more inside]
posted by mrkohrea on Nov 11, 2005 - 10 answers

Someone posted a link to a browser based IM client that did AIM, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ on MeFi, and I've searched but can't find. [more inside]
posted by twiggy on Oct 13, 2005 - 9 answers

Augh! What happened to Bitbeamer.com? (No link 'cuz it's gone.) Bitbeamer was the shareware successor to freeware LeechFTP. I just tried to reinstall my (paid for!) copy, and the registration routine failed when it could not connect to its home base. Google reveals nothing. Has anyone noted what happened -- did it get acquired by another company? Did the author abandon the product? Do I have any hope of using my favorite ftp client again?
posted by Tubes on Dec 22, 2004 - 9 answers

What is the absolute easiest way to get started using IRC?
posted by JoanArkham on Oct 23, 2004 - 10 answers

Reborn Firefox user looking for e-mail advice. (mi) [more inside]
posted by NekulturnY on Sep 25, 2004 - 10 answers

I've got a disused email account that I haven't used for about a year. I used to get quite a bit of spam, so I imagine it's clogged. For reasons to tedious to explain, I think an email I need to read has been mistakenly sent there. When I try to log on (via a POP3 server, which is the only option) my email program crashes. Are there any programs which do a good job of accessing clogged accounts?
posted by ascullion on Sep 18, 2004 - 12 answers

Client vs. web designer problem [need I even say it?]. [more inside]
posted by cedar on Jun 18, 2004 - 33 answers

Which WinXP Pro Email Client will play nice with close to 800 megs of emails? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by romakimmy on Apr 24, 2004 - 11 answers

I can't settle on an email client for Windows. What I really want is a program with a nice interface, that let's me compose messages in plain text by default, convert incoming mail to plain text, and check spelling. I'm open to any ideas and suggestions. [more inside]
posted by nthdegx on Jan 3, 2004 - 23 answers