Bring a charger
This may sound “too” simple; but throw a second phone charger (the normal, not car-charger kind) into your bag or car. You never know when you’re really gonna want one. I was at the hospital all day yesterday waiting for my new niece to be born… Read more
BCC Me ASAP
Do you ever get those emails from family or friends; the ones they send to you and 60 others in their address book? I’m sure you have; I get five a day. My problem is that everyone now has my address in their email system; maybe not as a… Read more
You think you have problems?
My wife Amanda was given a task: change the file names on up to 1000+ files; some she had to create names for, some she had to remove the date from the file name. It was a bit daunting. After an hour she had new names for about 100 files, but… Read more
Select All
If you want all the files in a folder – to delete, move or whatever – there’s a simple way to “Select All” Start by clicking one item in the folder that you want, then hit CTRL+A. It’s that simple. You should see all of your files highlighted…. Read more
Zip your files to pass them on
If you need to send a bunch of files – whether over email or drop.io (for big big files) – it’s easiest to archive them: put a bunch of files into one “ZIP” file. Both windows and mac can help you do this. On your PC, select all the files you… Read more
Big, big files
Sometimes I need to send a BIG file to someone – a bunch of images, a presentation, whatever. I’m talking about files that are too big for email. I could put it on a disc and mail it, but drop.io is faster. On the home screen I click to… Read more
Facebook, quickly
Tuesday is normally about a feature; something that will make your digital life simpler. Today it’s Facebook… Lite If you use Facebook but don’t want to deal with all the Mafia Wars, Quizzes, Likenesses and what-nots; try Facebook… Read more
What was the score again
Monday mornings are for getting organized and getting caught up; maybe something you saw over the weekend and thought “I should check that out…”; like the new Minnesota Gopher Stadium – I wanted to see pictures. One way to search in your web… Read more
Forgot your password
I fixed a friend’s computer the other night. It was simple work as far as computers go except for one bit: She didn’t remember her password. Fixing that is not simple. Passwords are tricky; they need to be simple enough to remember and… Read more
Monday: Simplicity
Tuesday: Press Here
Wednesday: Meltdown
Thursday: From the Hip
Friday: Casual Day