Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at
12:49 pm
The next thing someone will be making a TV show about it. I don’t, personally, have a problem with digital hoarding, which is to say what anyone else might interpret as ‘hoarding’ has been out of control for so long I’ve ceased to view it as a problem. continued …
Monday, March 1st, 2010 at
1:02 am
For those still floundering in genealogy file overload and general disorganization—
The general file challenge breaks down into 3 parts: naming your files, organizing your files and searching your files. And then, if you have any time left over, linking them to your genealogy database. And if you’re really far ahead of the game, doing creative projects with them.
Today, I’ll revisit searching files and see what’s new. continued …
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at
12:10 am
Mark your calendars, Fridays starting March 5th. On NBC. 8PM or 7 Central.
Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Matthew Broderick, Spike Lee and Emmitt Smith travel the world to discover their family history and teach us a thing or two along the way.
This is going to be great television to watch. Tell your friends. Send an email. Watch the trailers and share them. Download desktop wallpaper and flyers and distribute them. Invite a few folks over to watch it with you.
Find the tools here. Spread the word.
Monday, February 15th, 2010 at
7:32 pm
The other day a friend phoned and we got sidetracked into talking about internet privacy. Or, rather, lack thereof. I hadn’t thought about it too much except that, by instinct, I don’t like social networking sites.
A young friend once asked me to join Facebook and I lasted about a minute. As soon as I signed up, she started telling stories about me to 60 people I’ve never met. I quickly excused myself by deleting my account. I’m just not that sociable. continued …
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at
9:34 pm
With the rash of Mozilla updates lately, I thought I’d make the updated clipper buttons for EverNote 2.2 more easily accessible.
Compatible up to Firefox 3.6 or Flock 2.5 (I think this will install directly into your browser when you click on it.)
For Thunderbird 3.0.1, right-click and Save As, then install through the add-on window.
This works on Windows. I can’t speak for other operating systems.