Category Archives: Monday: Simplicity

Get back in the groove with simple ways to help your tech work for you.

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.
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It’s not too late

By Sherman | Published: December 20th
If you’re holiday week is filling up fast but you still need to get some shopping down, hope online… but hurry.
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Traffic Information

By Sherman | Published: December 14th
With the weather turning wintry commutes are going to be longer.  Get a little information before you head out by visiting Google Maps. They have traffic data available for most of the major cities in the US. Drive Safe!
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What time is it?

By Sherman | Published: November 2nd
I don't have any clocks that need to be "set"; my computer and phone adjust to daylight savings automatically. Here at work we have a few Old Timey timepieces that require human intervention though and I want to get the time right. When it's time to set the time use time.gov for the official U.S. time.
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I need a new…

By Sherman | Published: October 25th
t happens all the time: Someone walks up to my desk and asks me to look something up, type something, email something, when I’m right in the middle of something else. Rather than close what I’m doing I hit Command+n (+n) and get a new browser window, an empty document, a blank email. I can do the [...]
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Clean Desk

By Sherman | Published: October 12th
I use my computer desktop the way I use my desk-desktop; Holding whatever I need for my current work. Folders, images, documents, PDF files, whatever. I can get to everything I need faster It helps me remember what I’m doing. It’s a great system when it works, but I have to remember to clean my “desk” when a [...]
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Tell people you’re out sick

By Sherman | Published: October 6th
Telling people I'm out is a simple way of cutting down on the work when I return.
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BCC Me ASAP

By Sherman | Published: September 27th
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 contact but it’s still there.   Gmail, Outlook and [...]
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What was the score again

By Sherman | Published: September 14th
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 broswer is to go to the “Address Bar” – that place with the [...]
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