Spokeo is the New Creepy People Search Engine
Spokeo is the new people search engine that's freaking users out, because when you "spokeo" yourself there's a good chance you'll find your home address, phone number, interests, gender, occupation,...
View ArticleMSOCache Folder Information
You might have noticed a MSOCache folder in the root directory if you have selected the option to view hidden folders in Windows Explorer. Microsoft Office creates the folder during installation to...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to the Shell Script That Runs My Life
On May 12, 2006, I hacked together my first bash script that was more than a dozen lines and published it on Lifehacker . todo.sh manipulated a todo.txt file at the command line using grep , tail ,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office 2010 Download And Evaluation
Should you make the switch to Microsoft Office 2010? If you are not sure yet you could download the latest version of Microsoft Office Professional Plus to evaluate it for 60 days. Microsoft Office...
View ArticleOnline Privacy: Check Yourself (Before You Wreck Yourself)
Maintaining your privacy online isn't as simple as Pirillo puts it , but his tweet made me laugh, because it's such an important point. Awareness and prudence are more critical than any piece of...
View ArticleLessons from Apple on Advertising and Aesthetics
Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4 yesterday in his WWDC keynote, and it's a gorgeous device with software upgrades that include multitasking, a video chat app called FaceTime, and more. I'm still a...
View ArticleGet Windows and Office Super-Cheap
I’ve long been a subscriber to Microsoft’s Action Pack which is for small businesses. You get 10 licences for Windows and Office plus a Windows Server licence or two for £220 a year. Plus the...
View ArticleThe Software Buttons You Love Pushing
Spent several hours running around town doing tedious errands the other day in neighborhoods I don't know well, so I was thrilled to finally tap the "Navigate To-> Home" button on my GPS when I was...
View ArticleWork Smart Video: How to Take Effective Meeting Notes
The second season of my Work Smart video series at FastCompany.com premiered yesterday, with a question from Suhasini Kotcherlakota about how to take better meeting notes, and some answers from me and...
View ArticleWork Smart Video: How to Stay Productive on the Road
I've travelled to 9 different cities already this year and I've got 4 different major work projects going on, so keeping on top of everything on the go is something I've had to get good at out of...
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