At today’s open office-hours, I had two quick questions that served as great reminders that this stuff just isn’t intuitive. First: A laptop that couldn’t see any wireless network, though TaborSpace’s wireless was indeed up and running. Turns out, that Windows for some reason doesn’t bother to tell you that the wireless hardware is disconnected. [...]
Quick tip – I often find myself needing to make a quick calculation, but not wanting to whip out a calculator, or dig through menus or folders until I find my built-in calculator (in /Applications on a Mac, in Start->Programs->Accessories on a PC). Since I almost always have a web page open, I’ve resorted to [...]
It seems I’ve found myself writing an unintended series of accessibility articles. ( See Your Computer Can Read to You and Make Text Larger) For this article, I have to thank Cathy’s cat and my optometrist. Yesterday, I had my eyes checked. As is usual for such occasions, I had my eyes dilated, and thus [...]
Do you have a small forest of sticky notes stuck to your screen or keyboard? Are they overflowing onto the desk, the computer, and the cat who is really just trying to nap on your keyboard? You can use your computer to save your sticky notes for you. On the Mac, look for Stickies in [...]
As time goes on, I’ve found that I have a harder time reading small type on screen. Fortunatey, it only takes a couple of steps to make the screen easier to read. This is possible on both Windows and Macintosh systems. There are two things you can do. Each has its pros and cons. You [...]
