Archive for the ‘Podcast’ Category

Finding Your Perfect Match…by Using Excel Functions (VOL034)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast! This week’s edition: “Finding Your Perfect Match…by Using Excel Functions”

Well, it happened again. I’m almost positive I put both socks into the dryer, but only one came out. Tell me: where do the lost socks of the world go when they disappear? The Island of Misfit Socks? An exclusive club for singles? Maybe they have their own dating website, and they all go online in the hopes that they’ll find their perfect match. (more…)

Inventing the Wheel was a One-Time Deal (VOL033)

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s edition: “Inventing the Wheel was a One-Time Deal”

If you hang around any business office long enough, you’re likely to hear workers uttering the same banal buzzwords or expressions (more…)

The Cybercouth Tiger Returns (VOL032)

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s edition: “The Cybercouth Tiger Returns.”

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from our friend and loyal listener, the Cybercouth Tiger. Today he joins us with more tips for how you can observe common courtesy when communicating at light speed.

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The Un-Dirty Dozen: Fighting the War on Computer Slowness (VOL031)

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s edition: “The Un-Dirty Dozen: Fighting the War on Computer Slowness!”

Atten-hut! You are hereby recruited to combat the evil forces that have infiltrated your computer, causing it to run slowly, display error messages about a lack of space, and above all, prevent you from being able to do your work efficiently! In your training, you will be armed with the proper weapons needed to effectively rid your computer of these annoyances. What is your computer’s major malfunction?

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A Sign of the Times (New Roman): Exploring the World of Fonts (VOL030)

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s edition: “A Sign of the Times (New Roman): Exploring the World of Fonts.”

On my commute into the office this morning, I had a striking revelation: we are surrounded by more words than we sometimes realize. This revelation came to me as I slammed on my brakes to avoid striking the Mercedes in front of me; at that point, I was close enough to be able to read its bumper sticker. That just proves that there are so many opportunities to observe this, no matter where you are.

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Excel Hates Me! When 2+2 Isn't Always 4 (VOL029)

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s edition…

“Excel hates me! When 2 + 2 isn’t always 4″

You know, one of the most frustrating (and often the most fascinating) part of using Microsoft Excel has to be just how helpful it tries to be.

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Tag 'em and Flag 'em – Following Up, Outlook Style (VOL028)

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s episode: “Tag ‘em and Flag ‘em – Following Up, Outlook Style!”

As a cyber pack rat, I have a lot of things that I probably should have deleted or thrown away a long time ago, but I just can’t seem to do it. My collection includes computer cables, old gadgets, files on floppy and zip disks, hundreds of unlabeled CDs, and most of all, e-mail.

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What's in a Name? OR Not Breaking Up is Hard To Do (VOL027)

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast…

This week’s episode: “What’s in a name?” OR “Not Breaking Up is Hard To Do.”

You know, using hyphens can be a real pain, but more so if you’re dealing with names in Microsoft Word. (more…)

How to Quickly Produce DVDs in Windows Vista and Windows 7 (VOL026)

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s episode: How to quickly produce DVDs in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

For the past few episodes, we have walked you through creating photo albums and presentations with music using Microsoft PowerPoint. Now it’s time to take that final leap of evolution:  creating a DVD! (more…)

Adding Sound to Your PowerPoint Presentations (VOL025)

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week: Adding Sound to Your PowerPoint Presentations.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, why would anyone want to add spoken words to a presentation of images? Seems like overkill, doesn’t it? Well, maybe not. (more…)