I have 13,102 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, etc files at the time I’m writing this.
Fortunately I have a system for keeping them organized.
I know people who would have them all in their My Documents folder, or worse on their Desktop. Imagine scrolling through 10,000+ files in a file open dialog!
I have been fascinated by the work Nicholas Negroponte has done using computers in education ever since I got involved with putting PC's in classrooms at our kids elementary school (to date the project we were installing 8088 based PC's running DOS). His book Being Digital is the first book I read that foretold the implications of bits versus atoms, in many ways predicting the role of the Internet in our lives.
Suffering from email overload? Join the club.
Shop ‘till you drop—the motto of most wives.
Before you buy that latest tech toy, check out some of the deal websites.
If you are going to buy right now, try these:
http://www.nextag.com (price comparison site)
http://www.pricegrabber.com (another price comparison site)
http://www.google.com/products (used to be called Froogle, it’s Google limited to products)
I have finally started to understand how Social Media can be used by non-technology manufacturers who sell business to business.
Part of that understanding is realizing that 75% of all traditional journalists get story ideas from reading blogs. And blogs are a great way to increase your exposure at the consumer level. If people are asking for your product, retailers will want to carry it.
As I mentioned, a lot of people comment about my Acer Aspire One netbook.
I thought I'd show what they are looking at relative to my "home" notebook:
About 30 days ago I got an Acer Aspire One "netbook"
Ever since I've gotten a lot of comments whenever I've used it in public.
It is one of the two more/less standard configurations--Intel Atom processor (single core), 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Windows XP with an 8.9" screen.
I've found it works really well while I'm traveling. The keyboard is fine for typing from my point of view (I do touch type). The screen at 1024 x 600 is a little "short" on the vertical size but I'm getting used to it.
Why can’t the engineers of the world figure out a standard set of power adapters and plugs? Every electronic device has its own AC adapter with a different plug and voltage. It’s stupid. There is some progress with phones, cameras, etc using the mini-USB plug for charging.
Ok your network administrator freaked and won’t let you use Aavenu.
Ask for a virtual private network (VPN) connection to your network.
A VPN connection works like a network wire using the Internet as the wire. To keep anything going through the VPN connection secure, it is encrypted on both sides before being sent through the Internet.
There’s a VPN built into Windows XP and Vista, you just have to enable it. But I figure any program like a VPN that is pre-installed on billions of computers has been hacked.
I “joke” with the TSA agents looking at the x-ray of my backpack I carry onto planes that it is a walking Radio Shack.
I have the usual electronic travel toys: notebook computer, MP3 player, noise canceling headphones, wireless mouse, cell phone, etc. I also occasionally carry a portable printer and/or a portable scanner.
