A Question of Perspective

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Tech Tips

Helpful Hints: BlackBerry

January 17, 2010

Per their website, the most popular tips and tricks
Turn on the backlighting
Press Power button.
Switch to another program
Hold the Alt key and press the Escape button. Continue to hold the Alt key and select a program. Release the Alt key to switch to that program.
Exit a screen or dialog box
Press the Escape button.
Insert a period
Press the [...]

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Helpful Hints: Excel

January 2, 2010

This one drove me nuts for the longest time… to insert a line break in a cell:
Press ALT+ENTER to start a new line while you’re typing or editing data.
It’s the little things…
via You asked for it: Crabby’s top 5 Excel tips and tricks – Help and How-to – Microsoft Office Online.

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Wordpress and TypePad and Blogger, Oh My!

October 30, 2009

Because I’m the personal geek-in-residence (or via Skype, phone, email and courier pigeon) for my friends and family, I get a lot of questions:

How do I re-size a photo?
What’s a feed reader?
How do I use my webcam?
What kind of laptop should I buy?
How do I save my bookmarks?
How do I make chocolate covered strawberries?

And recently,

Which [...]

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Google’s New Opt-Out Plan

August 14, 2009

Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source.

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Stop the Presses?

August 13, 2009

The Rhode Island Foundation recently launched their 2009 Yearbook – an online annual report.
There’s arguments on both sides – from the green bunch who’d like to see an end to the paper trail, to those who just love the way it feels in their hands.
What do you think? Can this be the end of the [...]

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