Tech Tips
Use TweetDeck to Manage Twitter
Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Jeremy Reis.
When you get to several hundred or several thousand Twitter followers, it can be difficult to manage the flow of information. TweetDeck is the best interface we have found to ensure communication flows with your most important followers and the ability to manage groups for multiple social media accounts.
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Calibrate Colors in Windows 7
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
If you are a photographer or artist, you are probably obsessed with having the correct colors displayed on your screen, printer, and at the press. Windows 7 provides a color correction utility in the display control panel. Open the Control Panel. Click on Appearance and Personalization. Click on Display. Click on Calibrate color.
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View Additional ‘Send To’ Options
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
When you right-click on a folder or file in Windows 7 Explorer and select Send To, there are a limited number of options available. If you hold down the Shift key, right-click, and select the Send To menu, you will see an expanded set of options.
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Open a Command Prompt in a Folder
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
In Windows XP, there was a great power toy to Open Command Window Here when you right-clicked on a folder. Windows 7 has the same functionality, but you have to know a trick to have it appear. Hold down Shift and right-click on the folder you want to open in command prompt. Select Open command [...]
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Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts – Docking
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
Windows 7 has much better window management than previous versions of Windows. This allows you to easily maximize, minimize, and dock windows. You can drag windows to the top to maximize or the right or left to dock, but these keyboard shortcuts will allow you to work even faster: Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock [...]
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Adding Useful Folders to the Dock
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
You can add folders to the right side of your Dock to save time and allow you quick access to commonly used folders and files. Instead of adding the entire Applications folder link to your Dock, you can create a new folder and place shortcuts in it to your commonly used applications. This allows you [...]
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Empty the Trash on Your Mac Permanently
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
To delete files on the Mac, you can simply drag them to the Trash icon in the Dock (or select them and press COMMAND-DELETE). The files aren’t deleted yet, you need to choose Empty Trash in the Finder menu or press COMMAND-SHIFT-DELETE. The files have not really been deleted, the space on your hard drive [...]
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Quickly Upload a File in Dreamweaver
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
If you are editing a file in Dreamweaver and want to quickly upload it, press CTRL+SHIFT+U instead of using the Files panel. You must have setup connection information for the site. This is a quick way to upload a file and test it instead of having to manually find it and upload it in the [...]
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Learn How to Use QuickBooks
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
Quickbooks is the leading accounting software package for small to medium size businesses. It is also the choice for most small business accountants. Even if you have someone else handle your account, you should learn how to use Quickbooks in your business to understand how to pull financial reports and key metrics.
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Create a Zip File on a Mac
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Jeremy Reis.
Select the files and folders you would like to add to the zip file, right click (or press CTRL+single click), then select “Archive.”