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Today I decided to focus on 10 Tips for the iPhone. Can’t help it! The people who do iPhone support for our company (also our MAC people) tend to feel left out with so many tips being focused on Microsoft products and BlackBerry devices.
Everyone needs to be aware of a new PowerPoint vulnerability that is actively being exploited and that does not currently have a patch available to address it. Microsoft is currently investigating the issue and may issue a patch sometime in the near future. Take caution when opening PowerPoint presentations that you are not explicitly expecting from a customer. I would also suggest staying away from any online presentations you may bump into or emails you happen to receive from a friend that include a PowerPoint attachment. Be safe ask the friend before opening the attachment.
Here’s some additional information about the vulnerability.
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I was told by a good friend one time that I looked better in a bowling shirt than I did in my rugby style polo shirt. She said that the vertically lined bowling shirt made me look like a taller and slimmer person, whereas the polo shirt made me look like a walking version of the flight of the bumble bee gone wild.
Parallel columns are usually shorter than newspaper columns, and are visually more horizontal. Parallel columns require column breaks and more section breaks than Newspaper columns. They are harder to maintain, but can be very effective in some documents. We will explain how to set them up in this tip:
Are you sending mixed signals about who you are? One of the problematic beauties of the Internet is the ability to define yourself in multiple ways. People often use multiple personas on social sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter to define themselves in multiple ways. The problem comes in because the nature of the Internet is to link things together. In some ways, it is fantastic that you can post in one place and automatically have the post repeated in others, but it can end in disaster. When convenience leads to complacency and you make a post about your exploits during a night out with friends that also posts to the very serious persona you were hoping would land you your dream job, you may discover that you have earned a merit badge in podiatric marksmanship.
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We received an email from one of our more exotic contributers this week with a great tip.
“Who was it?” you ask? Our new-found friend the Cybercouth Tiger, who is constantly on the prowl for bad netiquette.
Mr. Cybercouth writes: (more…)
The one thing I am the worst at is remembering to water my one ivy plant. It seems each time I remember to do this it loses a few leaves in the process.
I really do feel bad about forgetting (can you believe the thing is right there in front of me). I am often told by my wife that I get so caught up in my own thoughts that I miss the obvious (like that basket of clean clothes sitting right in front of the stairs for me to carry up to our room).