Tag: Review
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Short URL challenges
I learned something new while I was teaching my Personal Marketing Workshop yesterday. I learned that Short URLs, while being convenient, aren’t always a good thing. Problem – As part of the prerequisites for the workshop, I have the students do some job research. Many of the links I reference are very long. In fact…
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Resizing your image for social network profile
Have you ever uploaded a picture for your social network profile only to discover it was resized on you? The problem is not that it was resized, the problem is with the scale. If the scaling isn’t proportional then that great picture might not be so flattering. It will be like looking in one of…
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How to: Use Fog Creek Copilot an alternative to Remote Assistance
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…
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Mind Mapping Software, creating a ToDo list
Mind Mapping to organize your thoughts is a very useful thing. I have been using Mind Mapping for a short time and I’m already getting the hang of it. I did the process by hand a few times and now I’m considering purchasing some software that will not get in the way of my thought process. I’m considering…
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Magellan Roadmate 1412 review
A year ago, I was in the market for an affordable GPS unit. This was my first GPS purchase so I didn’t have a lot of pre-conceived notions about what features a GPS should or shouldn’t have. My decision was based on the following criteria: Price – it had to be affordable User Interface- it…