A few days ago I upgraded my Mac® operating system to the latest version Snow Leopard. Unlike Jo’s upgrade to Windows 7, my Mac upgrade was painless. It took under 45 minutes to install. I then restarted my machine and voila—everything worked. There was a glitch: my printer and sound settings went back to the defaults. A minor glitch and [...]
In Tuesday’s blog post, I wrote that I made the switch from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome on both my Mac® & Windows® machines. Below are my must have Chrome extensions. Extensions add additional functionality and customization. They’re super easy to install and don’t require restarting your browser, unlike Firefox Add-ons. 1. AdBlock – Keep ads from annoying you with this must have extension. 2. GMail [...]
I recently made the switch from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome on both my Mac® & Windows® machines. Although I have been using Google Chrome on my Windows computer, I held out on my Mac because of the lack of Chrome extensions for the Mac. Chrome extensions are like Firefox Add-ons—they add additional functionality and customization to the browser. As more [...]
Last Saturday found us, once again, at Cleveland Park Library talking with a local group of computer users—only this time it was with a lovely group of Mac users. You can learn more about the National Capitol Mac Users Group (NCA-MUG) on their website. Attendee experience with social networking ran the gamut from “why?” to [...]
Don’t forget to spring forward this weekend! And since time is on our mind, we’ve collected some time-related links just for you. Freelancers, consultants, creatives and others often need to track time on various projects throughout the day. Happily, there are a number of tools out there that work with your computer to give you [...]
Have you heard that Twitter is great for business, but don’t have a clue why—think it all seems sort of silly. If you’re wondering what all the Twitter-related fuss is about, our information-packed 1 hour Twitter 101 workshop will clue you in with an informative slide presentation and practical demonstrations. Do you use Twitter but [...]
Today’s job searches include social networks and social media–now what? Check out these 5 lucky (cuz we did all the work) links to slide decks for job seekers and make the most of social media. Link Friday is a regular feature. Do you have another suggestion or resource? Add a comment and let us know. [...]
You’ve created a Facebook fan page for your business. It’s beautiful until you get a look at the URL at the top of your browser. It’s long and somewhat gibberish. Go on over to: www.facebook.com/username/ and give your fan page an understandable username. You need to already have 25 fans to get a vanity URL. [...]
