Put Some Inspirational Messages on Your Desktop with These Quotable Wallpapers. How Sony Fell Behind in the Tech Parade. Type Connection Teaches You How to Pair Fonts in Your Designs by Sending Them on Dates. Set Up an Awe-Inducing Media Center This Weekend. Transform Your Digs into a Home of the Future, DIY-Style. Set Up a Fully Automated Media Center. How to Make the Most Out of Limited Screen Space (and Even Work Better) I have to agree fully, especially for those who are scared of trying - give it a shot, it actually helps.
Actively managing your workspace as opposed to just throwing more real estate at it is a terrific way to really find good ways to get things done. Like you, Adam, I was a multi-monitor addict. In fact up until about 6 months ago I had two 24's and a 20 on my desk, but found I was easily distracted by everything. What really made it hit home for me was when I started doing more on-site side work, where I took my 14in laptop with a 1600x900 panel or my MacBook with a 1280x800 panel. I found that most of the time it was much easier to actually concentrate and get things done with a smaller screen than it was with my gigantic setup. So I switched at work to a single 24, and found my productivity jump.
Another tip I found - I do most of my email on my iPad. Great post, Adam. Learn the Basics of Photoshop: The Complete Guide. Most Popular DIY Projects of 2011. 2011 proved to be a great year for all things DIY, from repurposed and updated technology to computer building to cool things you can make for your own enjoyment.
Here's a look at our most popular do-it-yourself projects and posts this year. P Top 10 Ways to Turn Your Retired Gadgetry into the Technology of the FutureP With the rapid progression of technology each year, it's easy to accumulate a pile of obsolete gadgets that you just can't bear to get rid of. So don't! Top 10 Space-Saving Household ProjectsP Whether you live in a tiny apartment or just have too much stuff, there's likely a lot of space you aren't using, like your walls, your ceilings, or the nooks and crannies in your furniture. Most Popular Chrome Extensions and Posts of 2011. Soundproof Your Apartment With a Bit of Weatherproofing Tape. A Non-Designer's Guide to Making Attractive Presentation Slides. The key there is to make data meaningful and simplified.
Presentations are just that, presentations. If they want a report, hand out print-outs and in the presentation make notes on where to find elaborations in the print out. Furthermore, provide a link to a PDF of the report on the company network so that anyone who lost the paper handout can get back to it without bothering you. Seriously, you have to assert that Reports and Presentations serve two different functions and if they don't like it, they can do the "presentation" themselves next time. Be nice about it :-) but also be assertive >:D You're gonna be best served making a PPT template in your free time and just making reports when you are assigned them. But, if your report is just 2-5 pages, go ahead and put the data on the slides.
The key is to use visual cues instead of writing things out. Also, don't forget Title Slides, They make is very easy to see what follows and convey very clearly that the last section has ended. Busted! Two New Fed GPS Trackers Found on SUV. CRTC rejects Bell usage-based internet billing plan - Politics. Small companies selling internet services will likely be paying for download speed under a decision announced by Canada’s telecommunications regulator.
The companies, which buy their internet services from larger established providers such as Rogers and Bell, were fighting an application to the CRTC by Bell to charge more to wholesale customers. The CRTC's decision, announced Tuesday, gives established providers two options for charging independent internet service providers — a flat rate or a rate based on capacity and the number of users. Bell had asked to be able to charge based on the total volume of internet data used by its wholesale customers. The regulator rejected that model. The capacity rate model charges based on the speed of the service — meaning the small ISPs will be paying for the size of the pipe, not the amount of data that flows through the pipe.
Clement 'was right' "Our original decision was clearly not the best one. "It's not going to fix the broken telecom system.