Chaos To Clarity: Success in a Digital World

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Digital Survival™ Fundamentals

6 Lucky Links for Free and Low Cost Mac Applications

January 22, 2010
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Use these lucky (cuz we did all the work) links from our collection on delicious to find some great low cost and free applications for your Mac®. Link Friday is a regular feature. Do you have another one to recommend? Add a comment and let us know. 1. Uninstalling applications on a Mac is easy [...]

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Out and About on the Web? You Need Digital Survival Skills!

January 20, 2010
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Digital survival includes keeping you, your data, and your computer safe on the Web. Protecting your computer with antivirus and a firewall, backing up your data, and keeping your software up-to-date are crucial parts of the plan, so if you’re not confident in your knowledge it’s time to take charge of your education. Confused by [...]

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Warning! Your Facebook Fan Page List isn’t Private (Video)

January 18, 2010
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A month ago Facebook made changes to their privacy settings. One of the changes is that everyone can see what pages your a fan of. I’ll show you how to “unfan” a page that might pose a problem for you.

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5 Lucky Links for Free and Low Cost PC Applications

January 15, 2010
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Use these lucky (cuz we did all the work) links from our collection on delicious to find some great low cost and free applications for your Windows® PC. Link Friday is a regular feature. Do you have another one to recommend? Add a comment and let us know. 1. UltraMon™ helps you manage multiple monitors. [...]

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Surviving the Digital Decades to Come

January 13, 2010
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What will it take for you to survive the next decade in our digital world? Are you comfortable learning technology (new hardware and software) when you need to? If not, it’s time to get started. Over the years I’ve taught many people how to think about educating themselves, and I’ve learned a lot about what [...]

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Facebook’s New Privacy Settings (Video)

January 11, 2010
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A month ago Facebook made changes to their privacy settings. What are your new options? What options have you lost? I’ll give you an overview of the changes.

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6 Lucky Links to Keep Up With Technology

January 8, 2010
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Keeping up with technology is a necessary part of digital survival. Use these lucky (cuz we did all the work) links to stay abreast of technology. Link Friday is a regular feature. 1. Tech Talk is a weekly program from the New York Times® that discusses gadgets, hardware, and software along with topics like security, [...]

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Digital Survival Skills

January 6, 2010
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We live in a digital world, so you need to know how to get things done with computers and the Web. But most of us learned how to use computers on the fly, and many aren’t really confident. Or we feel overwhelmed when things change and we have to re-learn what we thought we knew. [...]

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