Most of us have been in a situation where we needed access to our server at church, for whatever reason… to access phone numbers, pictures, or just to play a quick game of solitare…. Anyway, what it all comes down to is we need access to our information at times when we are not there. Most churches have server based software that is kept "in house", the cost of converting to web based and relearning can be difficult and somewhat cumbersome unless it is clearly defined. So what most churches do, what most ministers do, is call the secretary for what information they need. Yet most ministers carry a PDA and the availability of wireless internet is almost everywhere. So here is one solution you can use to gain access to anything on your server or computer… not just your church software.
I wrote a blog a while back about a service called logmein, you can read it here. Well this wonderful little web tool also has a PDA website. Now, if you are not familiar with logmein, it is a web based tool that will let you access any computer you have over the internet… the best part is they have a totally… no strings attached FREE version.
If you go to logmein.com on your PDA, you will go to the logmein PDA site that will allow you to access your listed computers from the palm of your hand… pretty cool. The possibilities of this service are endless, it’s not just for accessing your church software. If you forgot a file, or paper, you can log into your computer with your PDA and then email the file to yourself. I have posted some screen shots below that one of our handy dandy programmers took for me of Nspire running on a PDA.
If you have other ways you have used logmein or a similar service, feel free to post them here for everyone else to see by leaving a comment.
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