Earlier this month, I posted “How to: Publish your resumé using Google Docs,” I went through the exercise of posting my resume on Google Docs and then publishing it.  The link to my published resume is http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd5zbk2d_3cxzd24d8.  But Google hadn’t found it at the time of this post.  There are two ways to help Google find your published resume. The first method is to reference your published URL from another website like a Google profile.  The second method is to register your published URL with a free directory service like DMOZ. Method 1...

A while back, when applying online for a job. I had to submit digitized career documentation.  It was all online, No paper anything.  Not only did they want the documents in digital format, they wanted them in pdf format.  At the time, I didn’t know of any solutions to create the files in pdf format.  I needed something quick and easy, so I ended up purchasing a pdf printer driver called Win2PDF.  Since then, I have discovered two free options for converting your digitized documents to pdf. Scanning the documents were not a problem.  In yesterday’s...

You have paper letter of recommendation.  You or your techie friend used a scanner or one of those multi-function printer/FAX/Copier/Scanner machines to scan the dcoument to a jpeg file on your USB Flash drive.  You wanted to upload the image file to Google Docs, so you go through the steps to upload the file and press the upload button.  Google Docs churns for a little while then throws up a message that your file is too big.  What went wrong & how can you fix it? Scanner Resolution The problem is caused by the scanner resolution.  Print quality images start at 300 dpi or...

We’ve been talking about online storage as a place to store important documents.  Did you know that you can actually publish your GoogleDocs so they’ll be public.  In this post, I’m going to cover the steps to get your résumé uploaded to GoogleDocs, then publish it. Steps to Publish your résumé on GoogleDocs 1. Get a GMail account if you don’t already have one. See yesterday’s post. 2. Login to GoogleDocs account. Visit http://docs.google.com Enter your UserName & Password 3. Click on the Upload button 4. Select files to upload 5. Once, you have...

I’ve known about Fog Creek Copilot for some time now, but I never really tried it before.  I knew there was an offer to use Copilot for free on the weekends, so I decided to try out Copilot today. The method for setting up a Copilot help session is as follows: Step 1 – Helper initiates help session Visits Copilot.com Clicks on Help Someone tab Enters name Clicks Go button Enters the email of the person being helped Downloads and runs Copilot Helper program When Copilot Helper runs, it establishes a session with a remote server that will connect the two computers...

When family and friends have computer issues, who do they call?  Many times its their personal IT support person.  They call him or her up, then try to describe the issue(s) they’re having.  Depending on the circumstances, this can either be a short conversation or a long drawn out one. A picture is worth a thousand words Finally, after the attempt to describe the issue.  The IT person tries to make a best guess at what the problem is, then tries to walk the person on the other end of the phone through the steps to resolve the issue.  If only the IT person could see...