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…

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Filed under: Mikes Musings | Posted on February 12th, 2010 by MikeT | 1 Comment »

The Show Must Go On

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.

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Filed under: General, Mikes Musings | Posted on January 11th, 2010 by MikeT | No Comments »

Screenr

I recently discovered a great new free, cross-platform web-based tool called screenr which allows you to create screencasts without installing any software.

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Filed under: TipsNTricks | Posted on August 28th, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

PowerPoint 2007 Shortcuts

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.

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Filed under: TipsNTricks | Posted on August 14th, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

Script Timer X

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.

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Filed under: Apple, Reviews | Posted on August 10th, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

iFootyPlus

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.

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Filed under: Reviews | Posted on August 9th, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

Forklift

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.

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Filed under: Apple, Reviews | Posted on August 9th, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

Outlook to iCal via Google and BusySync

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.

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Filed under: TipsNTricks, Tutorials | Posted on July 19th, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

Screen Captures with The Snipping Tool (Vista)

When it comes to taking screen captures, Windows users have had to rely on the PrintScreen key or purchase/download a third-party application. My favourite app for taking screen captures on Windows is Hypersnap, although there are several others – some are free and some are paid-for.

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Filed under: TipsNTricks, Tutorials | Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

Copying Non-Hidden Cells in Excel 2007

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.

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Filed under: TipsNTricks, Tutorials | Posted on June 19th, 2009 by MikeT | No Comments »

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