Life Tips For The Basic Person.
October 2, 2008 – 4:23 pmToday I received my weekly email from David Pogue. Mr. Pogue writes the Circuits column for the NY Times. This week his article was entitled, Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User.
I found it very interesting to read about the basics wondering if I knew all the tools. I perused the lengthy list almost as if I were testing myself against the rest of the computer users. A few basics are:
- You can double-click a word to highlight it in any document, e-mail or Web page.
- When you get an e-mail message from eBay or your bank, claiming that you have an account problem or a question from a buyer, it’s probably a "phishing scam" intended to trick you into typing your password. Don’t click the link in the message. If in doubt, go into your browser and type "www.ebay.com" (or whatever) manually.
- Nobody, but nobody, is going to give you half of $80 million to help them liberate the funds of a deceased millionaire…from Nigeria or anywhere else.
- You can hide all windows, revealing only what’s on the computer desktop, with one keystroke: Windows key+D in Windows, F11 on Macs (or, on recent Mac laptops, Command+F3; Command is the key with the cloverleaf logo). That’s great when you want examine or delete something you’ve just downloaded to the desktop, for example. Press the keystroke again to return to what you were doing.
As I finished his list I thought, what are the life tips for the basic person ? What are your favorite basics-that-you-thought-everyone-knew? Let me know in the comments! (Thanks David!)
2 Responses to “Life Tips For The Basic Person.”
if you are talking about someone, they WILL walk up right behind you. do not talk about people.
also, remember that there is always someone cooler than you.
By Jessi on Oct 6, 2008
Thanks for sharing the computer tips - I’ll be sure to use them (if I remember…..)
By YFIC on Oct 8, 2008