In response to Lorelle on WordPress’s weekly blogging challenge, I am considering the changes computer software has wrought in my life.
I can still recall hearing the name Microsoft sometime in the early 80’s, and wondering just what that even referred to?!
At that time, the computer I had at my disposal at work only ran off [...]

This is a Mac office and in it, I often open Word files from clients who are PC users. No problem. Between a handy little utility file called icWord and keeping a version of Microsoft Office for Mac on my secondary computer, I rarely encounter issues.
Till today.
A client sent me a zipped file with the [...]

I love Goog 411. And I’ve lately been feeling like I “get” social networking, even though I struggle to incorporate it into daily life. I mean, if it’s a time crunch requiring a choice between exercising and Twittering or LinkedIn, I have to choose exercise.
Now, just as I think I have a handle on enough [...]

Are you an experienced forum group moderator?
I would love for you to mentor me on how you approach this task!
I recently jumped into the role of moderator on two groups I belong to. Simply keeping up with all the discussion on the forums takes an amazing amount of time.
Having observed some talented moderators handle online [...]

To connect with all your clients, you need reliable phone and internet service. Yes these are called “Technology,” but they are also services you have to pay for evey month, like gas and electricity, so I have grouped discussion of them together as your “utilities.”
Let’s take phones first.
You may use a landline, your cell phone, [...]

My bags are packed, the plants are watered, cat litter box “refreshed,” and … I started wondering where to eat once I get to MacWorld.
Checking out some random posts about MW on MacRumors.com, I found this:
MacWorldEats, which you can download, install in the Notes folder on your iPod (which of course you would be [...]