Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

I recently gave two presentations on Google Apps as an Associate of the Professional Development Center at SUNY Fredonia.

They have now been published to iTunes U, and you can get them from the following links:

Making GMail Work For You

Beyond the Mail: Tips and Tricks for Making the Most Out of Google Apps

Ever want to see someone upgrade a system from Windows 1.0 all the way through to Windows 7?

If you use Facebook and have noticed that your news feed has only been showing updates from only a few people, there is a setting to fix that. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Edit Options”. If your setting is set to show posts from “Friends and pages you interact with most” you might want to change it to “All of your friends and pages” to see what you’ve been missing.

Replace Your Hard Drive Using Free Windows 7 Tools

Read my latest article on LabMonkeys:

Creating a Default User Template in Windows 7

Occasionally it can be very useful to create a screen capture, particularly if you are trying to demonstrate how to do something. Showing and telling can be more effective than pages of instructions. There are various pay and free ways to do this, but I recently discovered that Microsoft offers a free version of their media encoder. Check out Expression Encoder 4 Free Edition. I have tested it out and it seems to do the job well.

For desktop computing I am an advocate for having a dual-monitor setup. At work I would go nuts if I only had one monitor. Of course with laptops, phones, and other portable devices this is a completely different situation. But if you are using a desktop and use one monitor you might want to learn how to Set Up Multiple Monitors.

I recently joined the smartphone bandwagon and got a Droid X. So far I have been impressed with the functionality of the phone in general and with the Google integration of the Android in particular. Since I already use Google for my email, calendar, and tasks it was simplicity to set those on my phone.

I have to admit that while I tend to view technology as a tool, having a smartphone is also a neat gadget. I do primarily use it as a tool, but there are fun things like games and such that also make it fun. Plus, for the geek in me it is very tricorder-like.

Go read my first article on Lab Monkeys!

Features of Windows 7 unattend.xml for Lab Administrators