Articles Archive for March 2005
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If you use Internet Explorer to surf the Web, I’ve got a great tip for you. The next time you have to type in a Web site address, just enter the domain name, then do a control-enter by holding down the control key and hit enter. For example, instead of typing http://www.yourcomputerminute.com, just type in “yourcomputerminute” all by itself, nothing else, then do a control enter. Internet Explorer will automagically add the http://www in the beginning and the dotcom at the end. Try it! If you …
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Do you go online at home to do office work? I’ll bet you just love that high speed access from home that lets you remotely log into your office network, dontcha? What? You mean you don’t have high speed access from home? You’re kidding me, right? You mean to tell me that you have to work from home to begin with, which isn’t exactly my idea of having fun, but you’re using slow speed dialup, which makes you work even longer hours, as well? Come on …
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Have you ever tried to get people in your company to change from doing things the “old way”? You probably found out that its difficult if not impossible do to unless you know the golden secret. And the golden secret is that people will change immediately if they believe, from their perspective, that the change will help make their life easier. If they feel, for whatever reason, that the change will make their life harder, they won’t change no matter how hard you push and who can blame them. Many …
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When you want to go out and see a movie, how do you find out when and where it’s going to play? I’ll bet you either dig around the house for the Sunday paper or you’ll make a bunch of phone calls, right? Aw man, I’m disappointed! You mean you don’t reach for your Web browser and call up the movie theaters online and find the right time and place in seconds? After all, why did you buy that cool computer and high-speed, always-on Internet access …
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If you send Microsoft Word documents via email, I’ve got an excellent tip for you: Many times, people email Word documents back and forth to get others opinion or advice. The process of drafting up a contract is a great example. The problem is: how do you easily put your comments in the document without messing it up? The answer is to use a little known but powerful feature called embedded comments. Hit F1 when you’re using Word and do a search for “insert comments”. …
