photo credit: Davide Rizzo Sometimes we overlook the simple pleasures of life and the simple features that are provided to us when we use our computers. There's nothing more gratifying than watching someone use their computer and let out a burst of joy when they find or use something that makes their computing experience easier. Take for instance the Google Toolbar for Continue Reading
Productivity
The Technology Foibles Of Our Lives
Photo by PPDIGITAL This past week I've bumped into the following issues experienced by people who use computers to get their jobs done. They are not computer experts. They are computer users, a sideline wanna-be geekette who spends too much time on technology to get things done. One computer user finds a virus on his PC and dumps the whole computer. "I'll move from Continue Reading
5 Computer Management Tasks For New Computer Users
When you provide computer support for folks in your family or friends, you gain valuable insight to some of the frustrating issues new computer users face that you might take for granted. Recently while working with a new computer user to manage their PC and help them understand what is what, I watched them work with their PC. Here are some observations: 1. How Come My Continue Reading
How Many Pixels Is That?
What in tarnation are pixels? Short for Picture Element, Pixels allow us to recognize various aspects of graphic images. For a more in depth explanation feel free to browse over to Wikipedia and read about Pixels. So for our purposes as web page designers, image editing folks and the like, when you're working with web pages, graphics, widths, heights, and everything that Continue Reading
Two Free Software Tools That Will Make You More Productive
Here are two simple software tools for Microsoft Windows to help you be more productive. The first tool is Sizer. Whether you're a web page designer or an everyday computer user, Sizer helps you resize windows to standard or custom sizes. I use Sizer to check out what web pages look like in different sizes as I design web pages. When Sizer is running, you can right-click Continue Reading