Music to my Ears
Whether it’s a fire alarm, a bomb alert or someone threatening to jump off a cliff next to the training room, over the years I’ve experienced many interruptions to my courses. But last week was something different…
Whether it’s a fire alarm, a bomb alert or someone threatening to jump off a cliff next to the training room, over the years I’ve experienced many interruptions to my courses. But last week was something different…
I woke up last Tuesday morning to find my car, my driveway and surrounding roads covered in 4 inches of snow so I made the decision to work from home.
I recently discovered a great new free, cross-platform web-based tool called screenr which allows you to create screencasts without installing any software.
When running a slide show in PowerPoint, have you ever needed to switch to another running application? I know you can use ALT+TAB, but it can be messy, especially if you have a few programs running.
A while back I wanted to automate updating my podcasts in iTunes. Up to that point, I had to remember to open iTunes and click the Refresh button. Some of my subscribed podcasts are released daily so If a few days had passed by since the last update I would find that I had missing episodes.
Now that the football season has started, why not treat yourself to iFootyPlus or iFooty for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both apps allow you to keep a track of league tables and match results and provide news and minute by minute updates of live matches (via text commentary) involving English and Scottish teams.
On a recent edition of MacBites we discussed alternatives to Finder. Elaine’s pick was Path Finder, whilst mine was Forklift. Although I still do use Finder for basic file management operations, the main reason that I use Forklift is that it provides a dual-pane view.
As a user of iCal (at home) and Outlook (at work) it would be incredibly useful to be able to display my work calendar in iCal (and via a Mobile Me sync, on the iPhone too). I don’t need the ability to sync – it is really just a case of wanting to have my work appointments (past and future) available when I’m not at work.
One of the features of Excel is the ability to hide cells. However, if you copy a range that contains hidden cells and paste the selection elsewhere, you get all the rows including the hidden ones. This short tutorial will show you how to copy just the visible cells.