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Plug it In! No, I’m not talking about the ‘air-gap’ error that occurs when the device isn’t plugged into the power source. Today I’m talking about Plug Ins for your Internet Browser. Whether you use Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome, there are lots of ways to get additional functionality for your browsing experience. There are many categories of these add-ons, ranging from visual enhancements, such as different themes, to Security and Privacy related tools. Read More
Laptop Security I just had to put on the song 'Going Mobile' by the Who while writing this. Though I seriously doubt there was any correlation to this article at the time this song was written. But in today's world mobility is a part of lives, bot work and personal. And this means the dependance and utilization of mobile devices such as Laptops, Netbooks, and Smart Phones. But with freedom, comes responsibility. By having access to information from virtually anywhere, and the ability to carry our data with us, comes the increased risk of that informatino being compromised due to loss or theft. What are you doing to protect your laptops when out of the office? Read More
Pass the Word Okay, So I admit, that’s a little bit weak for a headline, but trust me, keep reading, this is good.
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now. Okay, so that’s a little misleading, but it sounds better than “Should I turn it off or leave it on?”. I doubt the Clash would have had a hit with the later question. Regardless (not irregardless), this is a question that still comes up a lot: Should I turn my computer off at night or just leave it on? And like with most good technology related questions, there is a simple answer to this: It depends. Read More
Gesundheit! That means “To your Health!”, though most of us probably think of sneezing when we hear this. I’ll let you draw your own line between this and today’s topic: Cleaning your laptop screen. Regardless of the source, I’m sure that all of us at one point or another, have had to clean our laptop screen. Again, because there is a chance my mother could read this, I won’t go into any details about what may need to be cleaned off, or how it got there. The key here, as with most things, there are best practices on how to do it the right way. Read More
Organize your e-mail with Rules I’ve been on a big kick about this lately, mostly because I see so many people buried in a mountain of e-mail in their inbox. I’ve spent countless hours of my own just staring at messages over and over again. While looking at ways to make my time in my e-mail limited and more efficient, I thought about how to automate some message organization. Most e-mail programs have the ability to automatically perform tasks, such as moving messages when they arrive, based on certain criteria. For example, I subscribe to some industry related newsletters. But rather than have those messages go into my inbox, I create a separate folder for them to be moved to until I can read them. Then I create a rule to move any of the newsletter messages into that folder as they are downloaded. Another benefit is that this helps me to evaluate whether or not a newsletter e-mail is beneficial or not. If the folder starts to accumulate with unread messages, perhaps it’s not of enough interest for me to continue subscribing to it. Read More
Picture This! Have you ever wanted to show someone else something that’s on your computer screen? Maybe you’ve been on the phone and have caught yourself pointing at the monitor, as if the person on the other end of the phone can see what you are pointing at? Of course you haven’t, but maybe someone you know has. Well, there are ways to take a picture of what’s on your computer screen, to share with others. And it doesn’t even involve using your camera phone. There are many different software programs and techniques for doing sophisticated video movies of your screen images, and mouse and keyboard actions, but today, I’m talking about simple screen capturing techniques built in to your operating system. Read More
The shortest line between two points? A Shortcut, of course We are all looking for ways to save time, and to be more effective, right? At least I know that I am trying to use my time wisely. Maybe it’s getting older; I prefer to think of it as getting ‘wiser’. For many of us that spend a significant amount of time at the computer, we can benefit from using shortcuts to make our time at the computer more efficient I think many of the shortcuts that I take for granted, aren’t as widely appreciated as I might think. Take for example using Ctrl + x, then Ctrl + v, to cut and paste information. It’s an easy way to move information between or within documents or applications. There is also the method of using Alt + Tab to toggle between open windows. Instead of using my mouse to click on File, then New, I can even use Ctrl + n to open a new document, or create a new e-mail. Read More
Remote Access Let's face it, our world has changed. The lines between work and personal life have blurred. Few people clock out at 5:01 and don't think about business until 8:00 am the next day. Information is exchanged around the clock. But hopefully we can make technology work for us, to be more efficient with our time. Recently, while talking with a friend about their business, he commented on how much he uses remote access tools to access his business computer while he is away from his office. I thought I would take a moment to comment about some of the tools available. Read More Multiple monitors: Not just for gamers and nerds anymore I have yet to meet someone with dual displays on their computer that is unhappy with the effect. I’ve used two 19” LCD monitors for a long time now, and I would be really hard pressed to change to a single monitor, even a gargantuan one. I could give so many examples, but really, the efficiency gains are amazing. Even the simplest process of copying data (Ctrl + C) and pasting it into another application or document (Ctrl + V) is so much faster with two monitors. How about: Being able to look up information on one screen, while typing in the other: Comparing versions of documents: Collecting data, while summarizing that data in a spreadsheet: Advancing songs on your playlist and quickly returning to your work. Read Blog
Files too big to e-mail? Drop ‘em…., er., dropbox, that is. Recently we responded to a call from a client reporting that their computer was running really slowly. Upon inspection, it turns out that Outlook was taking up an extremely large amount of processing power (on a Pentium 4 system). Someone was trying to send an 80mb file attachment to someone. This is not uncommon, most people don’t realize that e-mail has its limitations, and many e-mail hosts won’t allow messages larger than 10MB. So how can we share information in large files with people that we do business with? Read Blog
Simplify E-Mail processing and Filing. E-mail is an essential tool for business. We use it for so many purposes: Sharing information with employees, getting pricing information from a vendor, confirming appointments with customers. Not to mention distributing little league schedules, school events, and social updates. It’s easy to get overwhelmed. I constantly see inboxes overflowing with messages and often see people spending lot’s of valuable time searching for information in their e-mail. One practice that we have adopted in our business that has saved us lots of time is using the Subject line of an e-mail to provide information for the recipient. We use a capitalized 3-4 letter acronym of abbreviation at the beginning of the subject line to help the recipient process that information. Read Blog
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