Thursday, July 31, 2008

Keyboard shortcut of the week: New, Open, and Save

Just about every Windows application works with documents, which you will create, open and save at various stages. These three functions have associated keyboard shortcuts that work with most if not all the applications that you use regularly. I use the word document here to refer to anything that can be created or edited with software, whether that is a piece of music, an image or some other project.New documentTo create a new document (or in the case of web browsers - to open a new window) hold down the Ctrl key and press N. In some programs you may be asked whether you want to save your current work, this is because they only work with one document at a time.Open documentTo toggle the 'Open File' dialogue hold down the Ctrl key and press O. As with creating a new document, you may be asked...

IQ Visual Mapping Update

The excitement continues to mount as we move towards the October 2-3,2008 IQ Visual Mapping Conference to be held in Morristown, NJ. I am very happy to share with you that Michael Scherotter who is well known to the Mindjet Community has agreed to speak. Michael was the force behind Mindjet Labs when he was working at Mindjet and was an active member of the mind mapping community. Michael is is currently an Evangelist with Microsoft Corporation. As part of Microsoft’s Communications Sector evangelism team, Michael focuses on enterprise development tools and technologies for telecommunications, web hosting, and media & entertainment companies....

How to Calculate the Matrix Determinant on the Fly in MS Excel

Calculating the Matrix Determinant on the Fly 1. Create a square matrix in Microsoft Office Excel with values.2. Type an equal sign (=) followed by MDETERM in an empty cell. While typing, you’ll notice that Excel automatically gives you a list of functions beginning with what you have already written. Many more functions are available in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.3. After the opening parenthesis, select your matrix data. You'll instantly see the determinant being calculated. Excel updates this value if you change the source d...

How to manage photo gallery in windows Vista

Photo Gallery Windows Vista makes managing your media files even easier. WindowsPhoto Gallery is an improved way of looking at images and includesbetter organizational features catered to media. You can use theproperties tools to add tags for additional references.Here’s how to open Windows Photo Gallery:1. Click Start.2. Click All Programs.3. Click Windows Photo Galle...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

[TIPS] STOP RIGHT NOW! Download this FREE audiobook

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/pennsylvania/2008/07/30/the-world-is-flat-audio-giveaway/ TEN thousand thank you's this time to.. yes, Sue Sheffer again, for sharing this one with me. She sent it to me from her Google Reader. ACT NOW! Click the link in the article above to sign up for it. It's a free audio book version of Thomas Friedman's "The World Is Flat." If you've not yet read it, here's your chance to have it read TO you. WOW!...

[TIPS] Elections - In Plain English

Again, a thousand thanks to Sue Sheffer for just now sharing this with me via email. http://commoncraft.com/election Another commoncraft winner. Elections in Plain English. Send this to every teacher you know who studies this with his/her students. ...

[TIPS] twisted proverbs

http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/jacob_wismer/leahy/2007/proverbs/proverbs.htm I just HAD to share this VERY funny list of twisted proverbs. The kids, 5th graders, had to come up with a new twist to an old proverb. Some are hysterical.  Like this one: "Children should be seen and not smelled." ROFL!! Or the wise, "A miss is as good as a Mrs." Or, "You can't teach an old dog long division." What fun he must have had reading those, don't you think? ...

[TIPS] The Connected - REALLY connected- University

MANY thanks to Ann Fife for sharing this one with me just now in email: http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/students/videos/connected.html WOW! But beyond the wow factor, think how remarkable it is to have all those devices (phone, mp3 player, photo album, internet, and more) in ONE device. Project that out another ten years. Fifteen. Twenty five years out. The wondrous things we'll be able to do. Just not in public schools. :-/...

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

[TIPS] Holy cow - you MUST see this

Another tweet (nod to Shareski) sent me to this youtube video. Forward this email RIGHT NOW to your favorite art teacher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncwN7Hdyeg Holy cow!!...

IT Jobs and How Trusted Business Advisors Can Lead You to Them

There are a lot of ways to get IT jobs, but one of the best is through trusted business advisors.Who does your business look to for advice? Basically, a trusted business advisor is someone like an accountant, attorney, banker or some other person that provides professional advice on business matters.You can really use your trusted business advisors to connect you to IT jobs and get very qualified leads and prospects out of the deal. Start with asking your trusted business advisors a basic question: “Do you need help with your technology?” If you can help this type of person, you can get a lot of credibility through a testimonial or case study if you do a great job for him/her. Even if you DON’T do work for your small business advisors, you should talk to them about their own clients and...

Using aHa!Visual Web Export

I thought it would be a good idea to share with you information about the the IQ Visual Mapping Conference by using a mind map. What better way to convey information about the speakers and their bio's, then to export it to a mind map! In the process, I had the opportunity to use aHa!Visual Web Export which is a MindManager add-in from aHa!Coaching in the Netherlands. The aHa!Visual web export allows you to publish the results of a brainstorm or strategy session in the same visual map format the participants saw on their computers without the need for any other plug-in or viewers. Using a standard browser you can view your map complete with attachments...

[TIPS] cyberbullying video

A cyberbullying video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGIwCJK7FM Here's how this came to my attention. This is a story about THAT as much as it is about this video. A tweet appeared (from twitterfox) and I happened to catch a couple words of it. It was about a video that was being recommended. I went back into the messages and started to track it backwards. The person who recommended it said that the other person should be prepared to cry - as it gets to this person every time. So, it got me curious. Maybe it was a good video to share in a workshop. I kept reading backwards until I found the original link which was a blog post. http://thismommygig.org/2008/07/29/the-sins-of-his-father/ Now, I didn't read the entire post, because there was a link in the first paragraph to this video:...

[TIPS] Call for Proposals of PETE&C 2009

Are you in the PA area? Do you have an idea for  pre-conference workshop for the 2009 PETE&C conference? (http://www.peteandc.org) Then this may be for you.Otherwise.. never mind. - - - This is a reminder that the deadline for submission of proposals for the 2009 PETE & C Pre-conference is August 15, 2008. INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE You are invited to submit a proposal to conduct a pre-conference workshop or seminar for the 2009 PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EXPOSITION & CONFERENCE (PETE & C). Individuals representing all academic disciplines and levels and all phases of technology and education are welcome to submit proposals. Pre-conference sessions can be in a seminar format or hands-on workshops and will be conducted on Sunday, February 8, 2009. Sessions can...

MediaWiki with IDS (courtesy of Jacques Roy)

This is a very quick post, just to reference a blog article by old time IDS guru Jacques Roy.Jacques Roy has years of experience with IDS, in particular in extensibility and he writes a blog.In one of his articles he tells us that he manage to run MediaWiki with IDS 11.50.This setup takes advantage of one of the new features of IDS 11.50, the Basic Text Datablade (BTS) that you get for free with it.As you probably know, MediaWiki is the best known Wiki software, and you've probably used it in WikiPedia.It's very nice to see that it's possible to use IDS with this kind of software, and if you'd like to use it, I'm sure Jacques would be glad to help you.I took the opportunity to add Jacques's blog to the list of lin...

Monday, July 28, 2008

[TIPS] check out THIS Google Earth Interface

http://www.perceptivepixel.com/ Oh my… I’m SO worried that we’re not even CLOSE to what we should be doing with technology in schools. Think about how many folks are content to assign PowerPoints as assignments or who believe that the ultimate in a technology lesson is a scavenger hunt. Watch that video and ask yourself the question, “What else can I be doing to get my students prepared for what’s coming?” No, I KNOW that we can’t prepare for the unknown. We can’t teach them the specific skills that they will need. But, we CAN help them to use tools that are personal learning tools. We CAN help them to learn to search beyond the basic level of searching. We CAN help to excite them about the tools they now have that will let them gather, organize, and process some of the exabytes (billions...

[TIPS] edublogs.tv

I don't know how long this one has been around, so it may not be a tip to many of you. But, http://edublogs.tv is a safe alternative to YouTUbe. No, it doesn't have the variety of content, yet, that youtube has. But, you CAN embed or link to videos, tag them, AND they load amazingly fast. (Unlike another alternative to youtube we've seen.) I did find a couple things of interest. First, I didn't see any rss feeds. I would think you'd want rss feeds for each category. I don't want to run back here to see if anything new has been posted. Second, there is no "Contact Us" link anywhere. I wanted to send them a note that they had a typo on a page. (The line said something like, "When someone send you a ..." - send instead of sends.) Third, this quote: "Upload your own videos or simply grab...

How to use Local Users and Groups

How to use Local Users and Groups using your computerYou might need to be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to perform some tasks. Local Users and Groups manages users and groups of users for your computer. You can create new users and groups, add users to groups, remove users from groups, disable user and group accounts, and reset passwords.To open Local Users and Groups1. Open Computer Management (Local).2. In the console tree, click Local Users and Groups.Notes1. To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-clickComputer Management.2. For information about using Local Users and Groups, in Computer Management, click Help on the Action menu....

How to Use Removable Storage

You might need to be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to perform some tasks. Removable Storage makes it easy for you to track your removable storage media (such as tapes and optical discs) and to manage the libraries that contain them (such as changers and jukeboxes). To open Removable Storage1. Open Computer Management (Local).2. In the console tree, click Removable Storage. Notes1. To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management2. For information about using Removable Storage, in Computer Management, click Help on the Action me...

How to Use System Properties

You might need to be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to perform some tasks. System Properties is a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tool that lets you view and change system properties on a remote computer or local computer. Using System Properties, you can restart a remote computer to apply settings changes or to detect new hardware, view the computer name and domain information for other computers on your network, and change the settings for the virtual memory paging file on a computer that might run programs requiring a lot of memory. To open System Properties1Open Computer Management (Local).2.In the console tree, right-click Computer Management (Local), and then click Properties. Notes1. To open Computer Management, click...

How to use Microsoft Management Console

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is a tool used to create, save, and open collections of administrative tools, called consoles. Consoles contain items such as snap-ins, extension snap-ins, monitor controls, tasks, wizards, and documentation required to manage many of the hardware, software, and networking components of your Windows system. You can add items to an existing MMC console, or you can create new consoles and configure them to administer a specific system component.Open MMCNotes1. To open MMC, click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type mmc.2. For information about using MMC, on the Action menu, click He...

How To Use Back Up

The Backup utility helps you create a copy of the information on your hard disk In the event that the original data on your hard disk is accidentally erased or overwritten, or becomes inaccessible because of a hard disk malfunction, you can use the copy to restore your lost or damaged data. Open BackupNotes1. To start Backup, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup.2. The Removable Storage service must be started for Backup to work properly. For more information, click Related Topics.3. You can also use the Automated System Recovery Wizard in the Backup utility to help you repair your system.4. For information about using Backup, click the Help menu in Back...

How to know whichPrograms included with Windows XP

Windows XP provides the tools you need to work and play in today's high-speed communications environment. Your toolbox includes system tools that help you set and adjust system resources, users and user groups, and scheduled system tasks. Accessories help you get the job done, no matter what the job is. You can create documents and images, calculate figures, schedule your time, and have online meetings with co-workers. When it's time to enjoy some music, browse the Internet, or play a few games. Your communications and entertainment tools will help you rel...

Whats new in windows XP

Windows XP brims with new features, improved programs, and tools. See what’s new; take an entertaining tour; learn about the programs Windows XP contains, including systems, accessories, and communications and entertainment programs. Read articles containing full descriptions for performing key tasks from start to finish. Look up unfamiliar terms in the glossa...

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Internet Browser

Many internet browser can we use to surfing at internet. This is some browser that we can download for free.Safari (runs on OS X, iPhone and is new to Windows)Firefox (general purpose with the most plug-ins)Opera (supports torrents, handles e-mail and runs on mobile devices)Konqueror (dual purpose file manager)Seamonkey (includes HTML editor and e-mail client)Flock (social networking)Try them and get the better browser for you...

The Seventh Carnival of Computer Help and Advice

Welcome to the seventh monthly Carnival of Computer Help and Advice. Here is another selection of some of the best blog posts offering aid with computer issues published in the last month. I would like to thank everyone who contributed. If you would like to host the next carnival leave a comment on this post or use the contact form over at our Blog Carnival page where you can also submit your blog posts for inclusion.We shall start with a couple of posts about quality free software. Mastersystem at TipForge provides us with a set of CCleaner Tips to help us remove all those temporary files that gather on our hard-drives. Speaking of hard-drives,...

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Does When u Double click on Drive... New Window opens?

Whenever ppl double-click on any folder in Computer, it opens in a new window even if selected the option “Always open folders in same window” in “Tools -> Folder Options”.For this kind of ProblemDownload following zip file, extract it and then run .REG file and confirm the action:Downl...

Updated trick for enabling Folder option

Many times Windows users face a common problem. The “Folder Options” in “Tools” menu is not visible. Even It can’t be accessed from Control Panel. Also “Registry Editor” is disabled. Follow the simple steps mentioned in this tutorial and your problem will be solved:1. If Folder Options is disabled but Registry Editor is still working in your system, then you can enable Folder Options by editing Windows Registry.Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter.it’ll open Registry Editor, now go to following keys:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\ExplorerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\ExplorerIn right-side pane, check whether a DWORD value named NoFolderOptions exists or not? If it exists, delete it.2. If you are not familiar...

Secret Codes for Nokia

Codes :1) *#06# For checking IMEI(international Mobile Equipment Identity)2) *#7780# Reset to factory settings3) *#0000# To view software version4) *#2820# Bluetooth device address5) *#746025625# Sim clock allowed status6) #pw+1234567890+1# Shows if ur sim as any restricti...

Friday, July 25, 2008

Choose Printer

Before get printer, we must know how much money we want to spend. Make the amount realistic for what you want. Then choose type of printer according your purpose, for home users who print documents occasionally and for various purposes such as school projects, a color ink printer would be sufficient. The entire family will enjoy the color output. For office users who print daily, the speed and reliability of a laser printer will be appreciated. For a well-budgeted office, it's recommended to have both types of printers to meet the requirements of different purpos...

SnagIt 9 and MindManager 7

Sometime ago, I did a screencast showing you how I use SnagIt with MindManager to add images to your mind maps. Since TechSmith recently released SnagIt 9 along with the MindManager Plug-in, I thought that it would be a good idea to show you just how you can effortlessly add images to your mind maps. In this screencast you can see just how easy it is to capture images and send them directly to MindManager 7. You can click on this link or on the image to see the screencast. En...

Sharing with Crossloop

A couple of days ago I had mentioned that I came across a screen sharing application called Crossloop and just yesterday evening, I finally got a chance to work with it with my colleague Wallace Tait. Both of us were talking over Skype and decided that we wanted to take a look at how JCVGantt worked with MindManager in preparation for the IQ Visual Mapping Conference that is planned for October 2-3, 2008. We both started up Crossloop and exchanged our access keys that we entered into the Crossloop widget. In a matter of seconds we were connected and a dialog box popped up asking for permission to share each other computer screens. Once I clicked...

[TIPS] cameroid - got a webcam?

If you've got a webcam (including a built-in one) then you may want to put your kids - and yourself - onto this fun site: http://www.cameroid.com/snap.php. It uses your camera to take FUN pictures of yourself. Mac users will recognize the first couple screens of options for your picture, but then you can even put your face into a monkey face, or on the Mona Lisa, etc. When you're done, save it to your desktop. No registration required....

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Your Own Theater

For smoker, it's hard to sit at theater to see movie without smoking. If you want smoking at theater while watch the movie you can create your own theater at home. You can buy projector to create private theater. The next question is type of projector which you should pick? What brand is best, what's the difference between resolutions?The first step to get projector is make sure you have the space and money needed! Projectors can be pretty expensive, especially if you want one of the newest models. Price can range anywhere from just under $1000 to well above $7500 or more. Check around for deals. Oftentimes it's possible to get last year's model for much cheaper than the newest one on the market....

Speak now or forever hold your peace... well until next month anyway

This is the last chance for somebody to volunteer to host this month's Carnival of Computer Help and Advice. If you would like to play host to this digest of some of the best of this month's blog posts that share their author's sagely wisdom leave a comment on this post, contact me through the carnival's web page, or use the Contactify facility in the left column on this page.There are three options for hosting: first, I can forward you details of all the submitted articles and you can select around twelve of them and write the carnival post; second, I can select the best dozen or so articles and forward you the details of those; third, I will...

Jing Turns One!

Happy Birthday to Jing Project which celebrated its first year in production. I have used Jing in my courses and continue to use it for quick video tutorials. Techsmith in honor of its first year birthday has double the amount of storage and bandwidth on Screencast. So now you automatically get 2 GB of storage space to store all of your Jing screencasts. What a great deal! It looks as if there will be some premium services built around Jing in the coming months based on the email that I received. So go enjoy your new found freedom to create more Jing projec...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

How to Start a Computer Business: Tips You Can Use

Do you know how to start a computer business? If you’re new to the idea but really interested, sometimes the most difficult part is just beyond making the leap – deciding which type of computer business you want to start in the first place. Some Tips about How to Start a Computer Business1. Decide whether you want to start an independent computer consulting business or be part of a franchise. Do you want to build a business completely by yourself or take some shortcuts? Just remember that with a franchise you’re going to have to be able to follow some rules and put in some real time and care. 2. Get ready to work! During the startup phase when you are trying to figure out how to start a computer consulting business, you’re going to have to work really hard to get it off the ground...

Turnoff Windows Sound

When you use those computers, you don't have to endure those inconvenient Windows sounds. You can switch them off during your start-up if you find them annoying. Go to the Start menu on the left-hand side of your computer screen. Click "Control Panel" in the right column. Click on "Sounds and Audio Devices" within the control panel. Note: these choices are in order. It looks like a miniature black speaker.Search click "Start Windows," and select "None" from the drop-down box. And,"Windows Logoff" and select "none".There you can change the sound with your favorite sou...

[TIPS] camtwist documentation

This is for the Mac users out there. I've used - rather, I've played around with - Camtwist for a short while. If you've seen my twitter pic you'll get an idea of the extent of my play. But today I was looking around for some documentation and found their documentation wiki. In it are two video that are PRICELESS! If you're a mac user and don't have camtwist yet - GO GET iT! Make a donation, too! This is worth a TON! Then rush to this site to see how to use it.http://allocinit.com/index.php?title=CamTwist.DocumentationOh, and don't forget the blog posts that tell us how to use Skype, Camtwist and ustream together to make one VERY COOL live broadcast.couros blogHokanson...

How to Collect Your Favorite Shapes for Easy Access in MS Office Visio

Collect Your Favorite Shapes for Easy Access Do you frequently use the same shapes from several different stencils when creating diagrams? Instead of opening several stencils each time you start a new diagram, just save your frequently used shapes to the Favorites stencil for easy access from one location. To save a shape to the Favorites stencil, right-click the shape in its existing stencil, point to Add to My Shapes, and then click Favorites.Notice that, from the Add to My Shapes options, you can also create your own custom stencils and add favorite shapes to those. (After you create a custom stencil, it will appear under the Add to My Shapes options as well.) To access the Favorites stencil or your custom stencils, on the File menu, point to Shapes,...

How to Speed Up Displaying Documents with Many Graphics in ms word

Now you can see your documents with many graphics to do this just follow the instructions 1. Click the Office button, and then click Word Options.2. Click Advanced, scroll down to the Show document content section, and select Show picture placeholders.3. Click OK. Pictures will be shown with placeholders, markers that maintain the structure of the document without showing the picture itse...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

PersonalBrain 4.5 Released

I have written a great deal during the past year about the PersonalBrain and I am glad to announce that PersonalBrain 4.5 was released today with a slew of new features. Here are are new features that you will find in the PersonalBrian 4.5: PersonalBrain 4.5 helps people mind map their Thoughts, ideas and information with new visualization, searching and editing features. New features include: • Increased Performance - PersonalBrain's dynamic user interface enables one to visually navigate related information. All operations are now faster, from loading to creating information and navigation is up to 30 times faster. This increased speed opens...

Monday, July 21, 2008

Tweak UI: free MS Power Toy for Windows XP

I should start with an apology for not having posted anything here for a while. I have been rather busy for the last few weeks, but I am back now posting more PC help and advice starting with the most powerful of Microsoft's Power Toys for XP: Tweak UI.You can download the software from here (or here if you have an Itanium™-based system).Note: this software is designed for Windows XP (and 2003 Server), some users have reported some success with it on 32-bit versions of Vista, but not on Vista64.Once downloaded and installed, Tweak UI (UI meaning 'user interface') will appear in your Control Panel. If you run it you will be presented with the...

Sunday, July 20, 2008

[TIPS] text messaging on the iphone?

http://osxdaily.com/2008/07/17/free-sms-text-messaging-on-the-iphone/ I don't have one (yet) but it's sad to think that the phone plan for the iPhone is so ... scant. No text messages in the plan? Well, check out this article about how to change that - for fr...

Get Right Notebook

Today's laptops are much more powerful than even the hottest desktop computers, they're also lighter and much more stylish. Before buy laptop, read this list to get right laptop.Choose one that feels sturdy, solid and not too heavyChoose a laptop with at least two USB 2 connections Pay attention to screen size and resolution Check to see if the laptop has built in wireless capabilities, this is important for you that need online at internet. Check to see if the laptop has a DVD Burner Get an anti theft deviceChoose laptop that have service center at your c...

Compliance: Role Separation and Audit (part II)

On the first article about auditing, I tried to show how to configure an Informix Dynamic Server instance to use role separation. The purpose was to prepare the instance for implementation of the various roles involved in the management and audit of the instance.In this article I will focus on the audit process. We will see how to setup the audit facility and how to define what and who is audited.Keep in mind the previous article main point: The administration and auditing is prepared for several roles. Whether these roles are played by absolutely different sets of people is really a matter of why are you doing auditing. If you plan to setup a proper auditing environment, and want to be prepared for internal or external auditors than this role separation is crucial. On the other hand, if you're...

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