Monthly Archives: April 2007

The Big File

In 1999 I was doing a road show with about twenty laptops. I would roll into town, setup and do a workshop for tech coordinators. The topics varied widely. I carried a case of CDs with Ghost images. The morning … Continue reading

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Efficiency Tip #8 – Windows-D

This one is just for Debbie. She says she never closes her browser. That means her desktop is always covered with a browser (and email program and palm software) and when she really needs to get to something on that … Continue reading

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Mazza

The University of Findlay houses the Mazza Museum which is the first and largest museum of original picture book art. The art of picture books is normally created to be photographed for a book. Once copies of the original art … Continue reading

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Efficiency Tip #7 – Alt-F4

The next time you need to close a few applications quickly, try Alt-F4. Use your left thumb to hold down the left Alt button while your left index finger presses the F4 button. The slow ineffecient way of doing this … Continue reading

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Efficiency Tip #6 – Ctrl-Enter

I seem to remember a time when typing the main domain name would take you to the site. I could type “google” and hit enter. Magic happened and all the pieces of the URL appeared. That doesn’t seem to work … Continue reading

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