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Welcome back to the podcast! This week’s edition: GPS For Your CPU.
One of the more thoughtful gifts I received recently was a GPS system. I am plagued by a complete lack of direction, so before acquiring this device, I had a keen ability to take two turns while driving and promptly find myself lost and very afraid.
Eventually, I would find a road that would lead me to something familiar, but having a GPS guiding me along is like knowing secret shortcuts to every destination. What was once a three hour journey along the scenic route is now a twenty minute trip in the express lane.
I’ve always been fond of shortcuts. There are levels in Super Mario World that I can’t even describe because I always used the Warp Zones to skip them. Life is short! I’ve got places to go and naps to take once I get there! Show me the shortcut and then get out of my way!
I guess I’m just a true product of our impatient society. We like our oatmeal instant, our photos developed in under an hour, and our computer files close at hand. Just look at a typical Windows Desktop: it’s a beautiful mosaic of icons that open programs and network folders. Without them, we’d be digging around in the Start Menu to launch an application, or spelunking in the darkest depths of a network server to reach a folder that’s buried ten levels deep.
So for this week’s tips, we offer you quicker ways of getting there. The tips include:
- Man, He’s Quick – Using the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows
- Favorites Folders Faster – Creating shortcuts for the Office applications’ Open and Save dialogs
- Short and Sweet – Creating shortcuts in Windows
- Files in Files – Embedding a file as an object in a Word document
- Ready for Action – Linking to a file with Action Buttons in a PowerPoint presentation
You can find links for these tips on our blog at www.productiveUpodcast.com. If you’ve got any feedback, comments, or suggestions, let us know in an iTunes review, and write a review of our podcast while you’re there. You can also find us on Twitter @productiveUcast.
That’s all for this week’s edition. Until next time, get lost—and let modern technology swiftly guide you home.
Music courtesy of Clayton & Fulcrum
