Here are some simple and useful tips, tricks and resources for those new to Facebook, or not quite onboard yet: The Facebook Help Center The Facebook Security Center GCF Free Facebook 101 Tutorial Grandma Mary Teaches Facebook (includes Fan Page Tutorials) Facebook Basics (Video Tutorial) Facebook 101 Tips and Tricks from HuffPost Tech WikiHow’s Facebook [...]
OpenOffice is a amazing opensource office package that allows the user to create, edit and share documents in many formats, including MSOffice formats. It has a lot of great features that make it THE option over MSOffice, which can be quite costly. Here are some great sites that I’ve found regarding OpenOffice: The OpenOffice.org Wiki [...]
How to create a web album with Picasa – Video Tutorial Official Help from Google for Picasa Picasa Web Albums – Basic Tour
Years ago, Dreamweaver and FrontPage were THE products to use for web design. These days, most bloggers and developers like to use web-based products, with WordPress seeming to be the favorite. I’ve been using WordPress for about three years now, and I love it. I had to rely completely on tutorials and other free online [...]
Here are some tips, tricks and resources for PowerPoint: Office Online’s PowerPoint Page (2003, 2007, 2010) Brainy Betty PowerPoint Tips and Tricks Check out this great Mashable blog post if you are looking for presentation options beyond PowerPoint. Thinkfree Online is great. Don’t forget the old tried and true OpenOffice Impress – here is a wonderful tutorial [...]
If your computer is telling you that your antivirus subscription has run out, and you need to “click here to fix”, this post is for you. You MUST have a working antivirus that is constantly updating, but it doesn’t have to cost you a thin dime to get one. I highly recommend AVAST Free, although [...]
This is incredible – hat tip to my colleague Sue for sharing. Check out Momma eagle and her newborns. Dad stops by every now and again with take-out. This particular webcam is located at the Decorah, Iowa Fish Hatchery. Read about it in this article. The webcam has gone viral. If you find other cool webcams [...]
Website of the Week: GCFLearnFree.org – has a ton of free videos with simple explanations and even a quiz at the end. I’ve link to the topics page. Opening Session Keynote Dr. Thomas G. Sticht – this was an amazing keynote address. I’ll post links to Dr. Sticht’s work. He began by discussing Cora Wilson [...]
Here is a post for the true beginner – I will continue to update this page with more tutorials: Microsoft’s Demo on How to Use a Mouse Microsoft’s Demo on Using the Keyboard Windows Basics – Many topics, including the two links above and MORE How to Copy & Paste – Practice on this site [...]
