Trillian Is Slow

I used to use every Instant Messenger and liked the idea of a program that put them all into one place. I have tried Trillian many times only to go back to MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, etc. While it might save time going from each one to update your online statuses, what other reason do you have for using an all-in-one program?

A lot of people use Trillian, but I don’t know why anymore. I recently tried it again to see how it performs and if it had any newer features that I might like, and it started up very slowly! I immediately uninstalled it. It had started up slower than it takes Windows to load and everything else that starts up with it. Anyone have a similar experience with Trillian?

Trillian used to be faster (on a slower computer), but I think with more features it has slowed it down some. I am looking forward to seeing what Cerulean Studios does with the new Trillian Astra.

Anyone looking for an alternative to Trillian, here are a couple:

• Miranda IM
• Pidgin

Data Protection & Synchronization

With the latest problems on my computer, I’m always thinking about making sure I have backups of all of my files, especially my pictures. I’ve mentioned other backup solutions, but this one is very new to me.

Tilana will let you synchronize files, folders and even deletions on multiple computers. All of this is done automatically! It offers continuous data protection giving you peace of mind. It even allows remote access to your files from a web browser no matter where you are.

Tilana will save all of your saves for you. For example, you just saved a file but you want the save before that latest one. Tilana will let you go back to the saved version of that file!

File synchronization is very useful if you use more than one computer in possibly more than one location and need access to frequently used data. Any changes on any computer will be saved on your Tilana Reserve account.

Check out what Tilana has to offer.

Anniversary Prize Giveaway Winners

The winners of the Anniversary Prize Giveaway have been announced today at David Airey’s blog. Congratulations to all of the winners and a happy anniversary to David Airey!

I am actually one of the winners. I’m surprised, because I have never won anything before. My prize is coming from Easton Ellsworth over at BusinessBlogWire. It’s for blog improvement or monetization advice. You know, I could probably use both. I would be very interested to hear what he has to say for my blog. I’m sure it could use a lot of improvements and I welcome suggestions and advice from anyone wanting to share.

Check out the other winners at David Airey’s blog.