{"id":344,"date":"2007-07-31T22:08:11","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T03:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2007\/07\/31\/efficiency-tip-98-label-everything\/"},"modified":"2015-05-14T09:12:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T14:12:27","slug":"efficiency-tip-98-label-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2007\/07\/31\/efficiency-tip-98-label-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Efficiency Tip #98 – Label Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was helping someone today and we needed a file that was stored on a CD.\u00a0 The first unlabeled disk didn’t have the file.\u00a0 Neither did the second.\u00a0 Fortunately the third disk (also unlabeled) had the file.<\/p>\n

Here’s a tip.\u00a0 As soon as a disk comes out of the burner, label it.\u00a0 This may be the only time you are certain of the contents of the disk.\u00a0 Use a Sharpie.\u00a0 It won’t scratch the disk.<\/p>\n

Over the years I have collected an assortment of power adapters.\u00a0 Very few adapters are labeled with the name of the device they power.\u00a0 Unless the device is used continuously, it is only a matter of time before the adapter is separated from the electronic gadget.\u00a0 At one time I had a grocery sack full of assorted adapters with no hint to what each powered.\u00a0 Any time I needed an adapter I sifted through looking for an adapter with the right connector and voltage.<\/p>\n

Now I use a silver Sharpie (works great on black) and label all my new adapters as soon as I open my new gadget.\u00a0 In clear letters I print the name of the gadget on the adapter.\u00a0 Now I know what goes with what all the time.<\/p>\n

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I was helping someone today and we needed a file that was stored on a CD.\u00a0 The first unlabeled disk didn’t have the file.\u00a0 Neither did the second.\u00a0 Fortunately the third disk (also unlabeled) had the file. Here’s a tip.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[336,338],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edtech","category-efficiency","tag-edtech","tag-efficiency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1417,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}