This video pretty much explains all I’d like to accomplish with my blog. Big-time technology journalist David Pogue, a guy who gets all the latest toys to play with so he can REVIEW THEM BEFORE THEY’RE RELEASED (Are you listening to me, big technology companies? No, I’m not bitter.) explains 10 things that make life [...]
Check your LinkedIn profile summary
by admin on 06. May, 2013 in TechnoZen
Want to expand your network on LinkedIn more quickly? Make it easier for people to spot you as a person they may know. LinkedIn lists three “People You May Know” on the right side of your LinkedIn home page. You can quickly connect with these people once you recognize them from their photo, name, job [...]
Getting started with Microsoft Windows 8
by admin on 29. Apr, 2013 in TechnoZen
Poor old Microsoft. Ballmer and Company just can’t catch a break. People who know me as loyal to Apple (I use a MacBook Pro and iPod Touch) will be surprised to find out that what I wrote above isn’t meant as sarcasm. I’ve used Windows 8 and Windows RT. Outside of a few flaws and Microsoft’s [...]
Stay up to date using LinkedIn
by admin on 22. Apr, 2013 in TechnoZen
Your home page contains several news feeds you can use to keep up to date on people in your network, as well as what they’re discussing. Use these feeds to participate in the discussions you find interesting, to start your own discussions and to get in touch with your contacts. LinkedIn Today LinkedIn places the [...]
Web-based translation
by admin on 15. Apr, 2013 in TechnoZen
A few years ago, I wrote about how law firms translate their documents into other languages. Translation is a challenging task, so it’s no surprise that large firms hire professional translators and buy sophisticated technology to do translations quickly and well. Free services like Google Translate and Babelfish suffice for people who just want to [...]
Share news on LinkedIn
by admin on 08. Apr, 2013 in TechnoZen
While your activity within LinkedIn appears in the Updates section of your contacts’ LinkedIn home pages, you can add to current conversations, comment on their activity, and even post some topics of your own. Using these features is similar to speaking with people at a networking event. Your posts will enrich your profile and keep [...]
Using Google to create online forms
by admin on 01. Apr, 2013 in TechnoZen
Some years ago, I tried to solicit answers to questions using an online questionnaire, a Google Form. For some reason, response was lackluster. I figured people were used to scheduling an interview when providing answers to a journalist, and the online form I created could easily be put off, or at least more easily than [...]
LinkedIn Answers
by admin on 25. Mar, 2013 in TechnoZen
A huge benefit to networking is that you can ask questions of experts. Even in our Internet-enabled era, asking questions of real people reduces the time it takes to learn things. From a pure networking point of view, you can also direct questions at specific connections. And since you’ve acquired expertise that other people may [...]
Small tablets – a buyers guide
by admin on 18. Mar, 2013 in TechnoZen
Note: this piece originally intended for publication in late 2012. Two years ago, Apple said its iPad’s chances were pretty good when facing the substantially smaller BlackBerry Playbook tablet that Research in Motion sold at iPad prices. About a year later, months of disappointing Playbook sales drove RIM to drastically cut its prices. But other [...]
LinkedIn endorsements
by admin on 11. Mar, 2013 in TechnoZen
In September 2012, LinkedIn introduced Endorsements. Once you add Skills to your profile, your first-level contacts can endorse you for those skills by clicking an icon. The rough equivalent of Facebook’s “Like” and the Google + “+1” in ease of use, endorsements make it easy to “recommend” a contact. Yet if you regularly welcome people [...]
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