Thanks to PCMag.com, we have one place to check if you want to delete your accounts on some of the major services. I don’t know about you, but I have many accounts on different services — primarily to see if they fit me or if I fit them. There are many that I just leave [...]
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Swype
Posted in Accessibility, E-mail, Fun, Handhelds, Software on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve ever tried to type using a cell phone, you’ve probably encountered the T9 system. It’s the predictive typing system. So, when you type a letter, you get a list of words you’ve used before that start with that letter. The more letters you type, the more likely your word will be in the [...]
Short on time, but you’re still curious about . . . everything? I think that describes almost everyone who works in a library. ;-)
DailyLit will send you installments (about 5 minutes reading time) via either email or RSS on different topics or books. You decide how frequently you want to receive them and, if you [...]
Happy Belated Birthday to Spam
Posted in E-mail, Legal Issues, Money on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spam is 30 years old! I bet you thought it was older! ;-)
On May 3, 1978, Gary Thuerk, then a marketer at DEC, sent an email message to all 393 users of the Arpanet – the first spam message. Note that the number of email addresses didn’t fit into the To line, so most [...]
Improving Webcam Pictures
Posted in E-mail, Fun, Hardware on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Strobist, a blog about lighting with cameras, is focused on lighting for people using DLSR cameras. As an aside, the blogger gave us a gem of a post concerning 5 easy things to do to make yourself look better on camera by using lighting:
Find a light source other than your monitor
Soften the light
Adjust the [...]
Sending Large Files
Posted in E-mail on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ResourceShelf has posted a set of services which allow you to email large files. This is a common problem with email services — most have a limit for sending attachments. Tom Merritt of CNET’s Quick Tips gives us a few more you can try:
YouSendIt.com
DropLoad.com – this was down when I checked it
TransferBigFiles.com
zUpload.com
MegaUpload.com
Gmail Courtesy of Microsoft
Posted in E-mail, Fun on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who use Gmail on a regular basis, you should enjoy this article from Google Blogoscoped. The title says it all — “What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?“ Enjoy!
Getting Your Inbox to Zero
Posted in E-mail on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Merlin Mann, creator of 43 Folders, did a presentation for Google on getting your inbox to zero. It’s based on the basic process of dealing with each email as you see it:
Delete/Archive
Delegate
Respond
Defer
Do
He has some great tips on not letting email run your life. If you’re looking for a New Year’s resolution, this would [...]
Email Standards Project
Posted in E-mail, Standards on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There was a time when most of the email sent and received was in plain text. Now, however, you can change fonts and colors, add backgrounds and even graphics. This has led to email that is very much like reading web pages. The problem with this is the same problem we’ve had with web pages [...]
Writing Effective Email Messages
Posted in E-mail on November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been using email for a very long time. It seems as if we should have gotten the art of writing an email message down to a fine art. However, Wired Magazine has some good reminders for those of us that need quick responses:
Brevity — The shorter it is, the more likely it will be [...]
