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Dealing with Corporate Blocking Policies

Dealing with Corporate Blocking Policies

• Instant messaging of any kind is blocked. Limits getting a quick answer from a vendor or someone who can advise me.
• Picada and a couple of other online productivity tools are blocked.
• Some standard news sites are blocked. Limits research capability.
• Anything listed as online storage and social media is locked. For instance, I have networking contacts on Ning, Wetpaint, and Facebook, who I might need to contact for a scrap of advice to finish a task, but these are blocked.

I wish this weren’t a factor for us but unfortunately many of us are blocked from useful online tools. 8-(

10-20-30 Rule

I like the concept of this. Guy Kawasaki’s 10-20-30 rule says that a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no
more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty
points. I think Merlin Mann of 43folders said it best…”Get in, get out, and don’t make people squint. Awesome.”

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Shift in e-learning

This chart shows how elearning is shifting…what does it mean for your organization?

Fantastic Implementation

Although the items I viewed were somewhat truncated, this is a fantastic idea for pulling information from one source and providing it in a variety of different formats automatically.

Plus, there is a lot of good training content available here as well. The sections I’m really looking at are related to electricity generation, transmission & distribution…along with training of course!

Go see Training Packages Unwrapped and see if you can find something worthwhile for yourself.

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Let viewers change the font size on your site.

A bit of script for your blog or site to allow visitors to change the font size. Very handy and gives your users some control. Check it out at Digital Inspiration.

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Seek and Ye Shall Find

Lifehacker has a great list of “search engine helpers“. Use these to find exactly what you want in fewer clicks no matter what search engine you use. Merry Xmas!

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How to digitize cassette tapes

[ via lifehacker ]

This has come in handy for getting interviews from a tape recorder into a digital format. May not be for everyone but it’s definitely a great tip to file away in case you ever need it.

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What is that Windows Key for on my keyboard?

[ via Dumb Little Man ] Do you EVER use the Windows key on your keyboard? Don’t even know what that means? Take a look at your keyboard, just to the left of the spacebar. Do you see that key with the flag on it? Do you know what it’s for?

Here is a list of helpful shortcuts you can use with the Windows key:

Windows key — Displays START menu

Windows key + d — Shows the Desktop. Repeated, it restores the previous windows that were being displayed

Windows key + e — Opens a new Windows Explorer window

Windows key + f — Displays Find Files or Search

Windows key + m — Minimizes all windows

Windows key + shift + m — Undo Minimize all

Windows key + Shift + m — Restores windows minimized by previous command

Windows key + tab — Cycle through Taskbar buttons

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Learning Hacks: 77 ways to better learning

From Online Education Database (OEDb)
is a great article with 77 ways to learn faster, deeper & better.
Eveyone can find something in this list that will be helpful. Check it
out!

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Software to go…

This is a great source for getting portable applications to run from your USB drive. They’ve got just about everything from Office-like tools for documents and presentations to Audacity for audio recording and editing. Plus an email and calendaring client, an html editor and several others.

Applications | PortableApps.com – Portable software for USB drives

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