See January 11, February 4, March 8. What’s it gonna take???
Category: Technology
Been there, clicked that
I have learned that Outlook has a dropdown for recently-used meeting locations. Since I use the same things over and over in that field (long dialin strings, the same rooms), this is nice time-saver.
The Button is NOT Always…
on the top on the right where it’s been since the invention of cameras!
I learned that my blackberry storm has a camera button on the right side, so I don’t need to keep fumbling and scrolling through touch-screen options to take a picture!
Hey, Look What Jane Printed!
I have learned that it’s important to set your default printer. If your computer is re-imaged (because , for example, you work somewhere that had re-imaging as the solution for all problems computer) then you have to set the defaut printer AGAIN.
If you don’t do this, you may be printing who-knows-what, from your home office, on the big public printer in the office!
Trust but Verify!
From Barbara:
Never release your test environment to the users until you have checked it yourself!!!!
Flag Ahoy!
Who knew??? Kat knew, and taught me (on vacation!), that Outlook has COLORED FLAGS that can be set, and sorted on, for each message! I love this!
Now if she could only get me to clear the 5509 unread messages in my Inbox…
Still Broken in Beantown
I had to learn this AGAIN: the GPS does NOT work in cowpath-based downtown Boston! Unless you consider “working” to be a device that just chants “recalculating” as you proceed down the proscribed route!
Be Safe
I am still learning to back up essential files.
C’mon and Zoom Zoom Zoom-a Zoom
Ben and Madhuri taught me that you can use Control and + on any modern browser to proportionally zoom the screen! Who knew?
P.S. Who remember this? http://pbskids.org/zoom/
iDetour
I learned that I can move videos from my iPod back and forth as files and I don’t need to (can’t!) go through iTunes to do it.
Jane's Lessons Learned 