Monthly Archives: May 2007

Efficiency Tip #15 – Zoom

When it comes to digital content, there are two trends: larger monitors and smaller print. The next time you are trying to read something in your browser and the print is too small, zoom in. If you have a scroll … Continue reading

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Brain Exercises

Here is the article I read last year and referred to yesterday. Simple ways to make yourself far cleverer. It’s based on research at the BBC. Here are the steps involved in training your brain to be cleverer in seven … Continue reading

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Efficiency Tip #14 – PowerPoint

Giving a bad PowerPoint presentation is one thing. There are a thousand things that can result in what has become known as death by PowerPoint. At the other end of the spectrum is what I call suicide by PowerPoint. Suicide … Continue reading

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Conversations

Today’s commencement address was delivered by Kathryn Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space. I thought her speech was interesting, informative and well received. She touched on most of the normal graduation speech topics: reflections of the past, excitement … Continue reading

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Efficiency Tip #13 – Shift-Ctrl-Esc

The next time you think your computer is running slow, check the CPU with by pressing Shift-Ctrl-Esc all at the same time. This will start the task manager. There are several tabs on the task manager that can give you … Continue reading

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