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By Sherman | Published: June 1st

Coming back from vacation means my email box will be overly full. Besides the messages I have to attend to there are a pile of daily and weekly newsletters I get. I usually just go through and delete them, but they keep coming back so I’ve decided to remove myself from the mailing lists. Any [...]

Open newer Word documents

By Sherman | Published: May 17th

I get a lot of Microsoft Word documents as email attachments. Recently I’ve started getting a lot of them as DOCX files. That’s the newest version of Microsoft Word and if you have an older version of Microsoft Office you can’t open them without help. Here’s how to solve that. You’ll need to download the [...]

Also posted in Software, Tuesday: Press Here | Tagged Microsoft Word | Leave a comment

Represent Yourself

By Sherman | Published: April 8th

Do you ever visit a website where there are comments and see that some people look like this… While other people have a picture next to their comments? That’s called a Gravatar and you can get your own by clicking here. After your gravatar is set up you’re picture will appear next to comments you [...]

Also posted in Friday: Casual Day, Web | Tagged Comments | 3 Comments

Keep It Signature Simple

By Sherman | Published: March 29th

Do you have an email signature that has your phone number, email address, website, etc? Is yours an image or text? If it’s not text you could be missing a connection. I read an email from someone the other day and I needed to call them back – I was using my phone so if [...]

Also posted in Monday: Simplicity | Tagged Email, Mobile | Leave a comment

Need help? Come prepared.

By Sherman | Published: March 3rd

When I’m helping someone solve a website issue, or they tell me somethings not working “like it should”, I spend a lot of time gathering basic information that can help me find answers. This can be time consuming for them and me. SupportDetails.com has solved that problem. Support Details gathers important information about your web [...]

Also posted in Web, Wednesday: Meltdown | Tagged Support, Utilties | Leave a comment

A Simple Genealogy Site

By Sherman | Published: February 24th

Every since I got my “sea legs” as a web developer I’ve dreamed of designing a simple but comprehensive website to help create family trees. I can stop; Geni.com does it beautifully. Whether you’re a when-you-can genealogist (like me) or a die-hard family hunter, geni.com is a simple tool worth a hard look,

Also posted in Thursday: From the Hip, Web | Tagged family, tool | Leave a comment

A really simple home page

By Sherman | Published: February 17th

I love when I see stuff on the web that does just what I want it to do. Fav4.org does. Choose the four websites you want it to display (from a list of 20 or so), set it as your internet homepage, and you have a super-simple place to start your web browsing. Beautiful!

Also posted in Thursday: From the Hip, Web | Tagged browser, homepage | Leave a comment

Distraction free weather

By Sherman | Published: February 14th

I love Weather Underground; I think they get it right a lot of the time -more than most. What I don’t like is how cluttered their site is. They remidied that recently with a weather site devoted entirely to My weather. Click here to get started. It’s a Simple way to see what’s going on.

Also posted in Monday: Simplicity, Web | Tagged Weather | Leave a comment

Olympic TV Listings

By Sherman | Published: February 12th

If you plan on watching the Olympics on TV and don’t want to miss your favorite bob-sledders you need to make a pit stop at the official Olympic TV listings page. You can customize your listings by zip code! Enjoy the Show!

Also posted in Friday: Casual Day, Web | Tagged Television | Leave a comment