12 Absolutely and Insanely Essential Utilities For Programmers In every era in recent times there has been one profession that for a short while you could enter without formal training. Autodidacts in the 19th century could read the law without recourse to formal education (see Abe Lincoln). In the early 20th century it was aviation. For a short while in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was computing, thanks to the release of the Apple IIe, the IBM PC and the Mac. Were it not for that Window® of opportunity, I hate to think what would have become of me. As much as I continue to love to code 30 years later, there are a few aspects I hate: Doing a mundane task more than onceNot remembering how i fixed this problem in the pastLosing work to crashed disks or stupid irreversible revisionsNot being able to find subtle text differences in files. Hence, my 12 essential utilities…. Before We Begin I assume you have (and use)… If not, stop reading this list and go get em. While I work on both Windows and the Mac, this list is entirely Windows-centric. # 1. #8 Clipx
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15 Keyboard Shortcuts To Enhance Your PC Productivity <h1 id="title">15 Keyboard Shortcuts To Enhance Your PC Productivity</h1><div id="author"><div id="name">Matt Silverman</div><div id="title">Associate Features Editor, Mashable</div><div id="bio"></div></div><div id="content"><p>If you fancy yourself a PC power user, you know how valuable it is to keep your hands on the keyboard. Constantly switching between typing and mousing can really slow you down when you're powering through that TPS report.</p><p>Lucky for you, the wizards at <a href=" built some time-saving (if little-known) keyboard shortcuts into their operating systems over the years, with some really handy ones gracing Windows 7 and most modern Web browsers.</p><p>If you're aiming to speed up your workflow and impress your colleagues at the same time, check out these little gems.</p><p><strong>1. Move the cursor one word at a time</strong></p><p>Cut through large swaths of text with this handy trick.