I love learning about technical shortcuts. It almost feels magical when you learn new, simple ways to do things that previously seemed difficult or impossible. Here are five tips that I discovered recently. I hope they make your life a little easier! Reopen a closed browser tab – If you mistakenly close a browser tab,(…)
Do you use Microsoft Teams at work? It’s a site that many departments use to share files, post messages, and hold meetings. It’s a great place to store and share information, but it can also be a little frustrating. For instance, when someone makes a comment in Teams that contains important information, it can sometimes(…)
Before the COVID-19 crisis, we certainly used technology to communicate at work. We made phone calls. We sent emails and instant messages. And maybe, occasionally, we participated in an online meeting or video conference call. But today, with many of us working from home, technology has suddenly become the primary way to communicate with clients(…)
If you’re working from home right now, you’ve probably attended a few video conference calls. (I attend at least one a day.) And you may be using a software called “Zoom” to participate in those calls. Zoom allows colleagues to see each other, talk, share their screens, write on the screen, post messages, use personal(…)
A lot of us are working from home these days. And that means that we’re all attending a lot of conference calls. Recently, I was on a call and I heard some hilarious background noise coming from a coworker’s phone. She has a busy household and several dogs, and she had forgotten to mute her(…)
Will the world be overrun by machines with superhuman intelligence? With the overwhelming advance in technology and our reliance on devices, are we slowly giving away the reign of humanity? I want to view the future in a positive light, so I like new, advanced technology. Using this technology, we could create so many new(…)
Using your computer, smartphone, camera, or the web definitely can be fun, but have you ever thought to yourself, “There has to be an easier way!” Well, there probably is, and you just don’t know it yet. Tech columnist David Pogue is the personal technology columnist for the New York Times and a tech correspondent(…)
I have to admit this. Some people are good at keeping meticulous records, but I am not one of them. My colleagues laugh at me because I am always losing notes, notepads, and even the pens I use to write my notes. Knowing this, I do use technology to help me. For some bizarre reason(…)
Do you ever use the Track Changes feature in any Microsoft Office products? It’s great! I use it in Word all the time. It’s especially useful when I’m working with a client and they have revisions to make to documents. Track Changes makes it easy to locate and see exactly what changes they’ve made. Recently, we’ve had to(…)
According to Global Equities Research data, the average iPhone user takes his phone out of his pocket for a glance about 110 times a day. Teenagers check their phones about every five to seven minutes. Do you check your phone more or less than the average iPhone user? I suspect that I am average or higher.(…)