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Clean your inbox

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Update:  Following on the heels of Gmail’s update, I thought I would re-share this article as well that I posted nearly 4 years ago. To this day, I still follow these recommendations and email is no longer a thorn in my digital side. Give it a try! Email truly revolutionized communication. The ability to retrieve a message from anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds is mind boggling. However, judging by the size...
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Google rolling out new Gmail look and functions &#...

UPDATE: I posted this tip in November of 2011, but many Gmail users didn’t have the new Gmail interface yet, so I’m bringing this back out of the archives since all new accounts and most exiting ones are now in the new format. Starting today, Google is rolling out the option for you to try out there new interface (look and function). You will see an option to try out the system in the lower right hand side of your...
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If you use an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, you have access to more than 600,000 apps (at the time of this writing) and growing. Great news right? Yes and no. If you don’t practice a little search narrowing , then finding a good app can be a frustrating and time consuming experience. In this tip, I give you a step-by-step outline on how to quickly and accurately separate the good apps from the mediocre or poor apps. Give...
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KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 05-09-12

KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 05-09-12

In today’s KAFM broadcast, the whole team (Adam, Matt and Rick) was present…and beside a snafu at the beginning of the show where Rick couldn’t find the volume for his headphones and Matt’s swollen gums from an earlier dental visit, the show was fun and lively. Some great calls/questions in the second half of the show. Discussion about Microsoft Windows 8, cloud computing, Abraham Lincoln trying to...
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Adding Photos to an iPad or iPhone using Picasa – Notes

Adding Photos to an iPad or iPhone using Picasa &#...

This week I worked with a gentleman ironing out how to use Picasa to add photos to his iPad. These are the notes (download PDF version here) I took for him and left with him. The only steps not shown in the notes below are how to create a folder called iPad (or iPhone) then configure that folder in iTunes to sync to your iPad or iPhone. Here’s how to do that (click the screen shot below the steps to see a larger...
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How to Scan a Picture with HP Scan and Windows 7

How to Scan a Picture with HP Scan and Windows 7

HP continues to refine and change their scanning software…mostly for the better. However, many computer users detest change. These notes are ones I created for a long time Windows XP user who just moved to Windows 7 and needed some help with scanning. I have some previous HP Scanning notes you can read here, and these notes can be downloaded in PDF format here. ...
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FBI warning of possible Internet problem in July

FBI warning of possible Internet problem in July

This weekend, my local newspaper ran a story similar to this one at PC Magazine. It outlined (in usual newspaper sensationalism fashion) that “thousands of computer users could lose Internet in July”. I call it sensational because the headline alone (which I’m suspecting is all many people read) has two words that should calm people down a little, thousands and could. Currently, there are more than 1...
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Notes from helping a cartoonist

Notes from helping a cartoonist

Today’s notes were created for a cartoonist who has a Mac and has already learned how to scan in his cartoons (via my tutelage months ago), but now he wanted to learn how to add his captions using the computer. The goal was to get it done with as few steps as possible and with his existing software. We used Apple Pages and Preview to get the job done. For your convenience, here is a PDF file of the notes...
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KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 04-18-12

Matt and I had a fun and lively show today answering questions from listeners about iPhone navigation programs, moving away from dial-up, the absurdity of the AOL browser, Windows 8, the billion dollar purchase of Instagram by Facebook, Google+ new interface, and much, much, much more! Have a listen. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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How to create a photo book using Shutterfly.com &#...

Digital photography allows us to take thousands of photos, but they don’t do much good if they stay on your computer and you never get to share or enjoy them. For sharing, nothing beats printing. And I highly suggest you do NOT print your own photos at home unless you have two things: 1) an enormous amount of time, 2) it’s your love and hobby and you have take some of that time to properly learn how to print at...
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