Image via Wikipedia It really hasn’t been long since we began using computers in our homes; just under 30 years. Now even kindergarteners are using computers in school. Many older people don’t even know how to use a cellular telephone, but they’ll get one because someone advised them to. It’s a good idea to teach them to text message. Text messaging has become a perk that many people now think they cannot live without, and it can be used as an alert system or safety measure for the elderly. Convincing … [Read more...]
Mass Communication Research
Online surveying is a method of mass communication research. Mass communication is used in the areas of broadcasting, publishing, and digital communication. You can use free online surveys to research different areas of communication and media. Mass communication can be defined as sending a non-personal general message to the public. Mass communication research is often done through surveys. To find out the most effective way to communicate with many different people, there is a lot of research involved. This research can be done through free online surveys. With surveys, the researchers … [Read more...]
Technology and Life Changes
Technological advances have been progressing at an accelerated pace. The amazed look of an elderly relative who can’t believe that you're web conferencing with a relative in another hemisphere says it all. The same relative may have driven miles or taken an airplane to her favorite casino. Now she can access an online casino from her kitchen. A New Era Times have evolved and technology has changed the way we work, play, learn and even heal. To understand your minor medical symptoms, you used to visit the doctor. Now you plug minor symptoms into an Internet search engine and feel … [Read more...]
Excel Shortcuts: Making Spreadsheets Easier
Pretty much everyone who works in an office is accustomed to using Microsoft Excel to produce spreadsheets, charts, and other important business reports. However, not everyone is aware of the tremendous capabilities of the Excel program, nor do they know how to make their work easier by learning shortcuts to save keystrokes, which will ultimately save you a lot of strain on your overworked hands. It is definitely worthwhile to learn a few tricks if you have a big project that will require a lot of data manipulation. Here are just a few tips that you can use to ease your data entry work on your … [Read more...]
Speeding up Windows 7
Speeding up Windows 7 Windows 7 is a very fast operating system, Microsoft's fastest to date. It works well with a variety of hardware but may actually work better on older hardware or computers in comparison to previous versions of their operating systems. One thing you can do to speed windows up is to take advantage of a new feature called "Ready Boost". Ready Boost allows you to take a standard high speed thumb or flash drive and plug it in to an available USB port allowing the operating system to use that storage as additional memory. If you have limited graphics capabilities on your … [Read more...]