Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Archive for March, 2009
Why Tech Nerds Are Cool
Mar 26th
First, if you don’t know about TED.com, then you have check it out today. It is by far one of the BEST websites I go to for mind-stretching content. I love it and I’ll be you do too. But that’s another blog post…
This video is simply the #1 reason why NERDS RULE.
Stop Paying Your Pal Any Money
Mar 19th
PayPal was revolutionary in online micropayments. It made life on eBay so much easier – in fact, eBay ended up buying PayPal in the end.
Although it is an easy and convenient way to pay someone money or receive money electronically, you’ll end up paying for it.
Here’s an alterative way for those that don’t want to pay all those PayPal transaction fees. In fact, you can send or receive money and 100% of it gets moved, there’s no fees or charges to do it.
Gain New Super Powers With Your Voice
Mar 18th
Some people are loud mouths.
Now they officially have a reason to be proud. Their voice just gained new super powers.
Demonstrating this new cell phone trick to friends will make you the envy of all.
For example, what if you could simply speak into your cell phone phrase like, “all the things my wife said I had to by at the grocery store” and voila! you get the entire list verbatim. And I mean verbatim!
This new trick may just save your life or at least your hide some day. What is it?
It’s a neat new technology that’s being previewed by Microsoft and available as a free download for Windows Mobile phones right now. . . Read the rest of this entry »
Solving Your Multiple Personality Problem On The Web
Mar 15th
More and more of us have multiple computers we use throughout the day or week.
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A computer at work, a computer at home. Perhaps you also have a laptop. Perhaps you use your spouse’s laptop on occasion too.
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But as you surf the web on each, you undoubtedly will save a bookmark (Favorites on Internet Explorer) or two here, a bookmark there. In fact, if you are like most other people, you have all kinds of combinations of bookmark lists across the different computers you use.
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What happens when you’re on your work computer and you needed to get to that gem of a website that you are SURE you saved as a bookmark before? Are you going out of your mind?
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That PERFECT website was exactly what you needed right now at the computer you are sitting in front of, but it’s not there! Where did it go? You could swear that you just saved it to a bookmark!
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Alas, you aren’t going crazy. You DID save that now-forgotten-website-URL to your computer indeed. The only problem is that when you did, you were….on your home pc in the kitchen!? ARGH!
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Here’s a super easy solution I’ve been using for awhile now and perhaps you can benefit from it in your daily e-life. Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal seems to like it too. Best of all, it’s pretty much dummy proof and free. . . Read the rest of this entry »
I love tech, gadgets and the web. Hope you pick-up a useful tip or two here today that helps you use technology to your advantage! Better yet, why not share your own expertise in a comment on a post today to help the other readers that land here for answers!