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
Read more →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
Read more →When I book an appointment with somebody else, I put it in my computer’s calendar and send the other person an invitation from within the appointment. But for some reason, the other person doesn’t always receive the invitation. While I do use a Mac and recently activated
Read more →When they write software manuals, technical writers commonly include precise images of the things you see on screen. They capture these images using screen capture, or screen shot, tools. You might not be a technical writer, but you might need to copy images from your computer screen
Read more →Welcome to this blog hop! For a short time investment, you’ll learn a few things about me and three other writers and authors: Tracey Allen (Sustainable/Gluten-free/Passive Solar) Heather Grace Stewart (Poet/Screenwriter), and of course, yours truly, Paul Lima (Freelance Writer, Author) I tap my enthusiasm for useful
Read more →I recently read a PDF of a book on an Asus Vivo Tab (Windows RT edition). That was the first time I ever read a book “cover to cover” using material other than paper. While I found the device itself lacking, there’s a lot to be said
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