Crumbs, is it really already December? Christmas always seems to creep up on me unprepared. Always so much to do and organise. Most people will be winding down and spending time with friends and family. But in our modern 24×7 culture many businesses still keep running. Web sites and servers still need monitoring, reports generating, data transferring, networks maintained, users, customers and holiday shoppers supported.
How many of us end up “on call” or remoting into the office network to check things over and ensure those pesky systems keep working and processes keep ticking over without causing us more work when we get back in the New Year?
A lot of these things can be automated. Macro Scheduler could be helping you relax this Christmas. It’s a good time to look at your processes and see what could be streamlined. What can be automated to prevent key staff having to log in from home, or made easier for skeleton staff to operate?
In the UK we have new VAT rules coming into effect on 1st January. I wonder how many people will be logging in on New Year’s Day to update their tax codes. We’ve already got a macro set up to do just that, scheduled for 1 minute past midnight.
What will you be automating this Christmas?
