David Pogue, tech columnist for The New York Times, is one of my favorite tech writers. He is funny and always interesting and informative. I have his column emailed to me every week so I don't miss a thing.
Today's column was so useful I want to share it with you. David Pogue writes about basic tech tips that we have known and forgotten or never known at all. I was reminded of several things that I used to do to be more efficient, but somehow slipped out my consciousness.
You can hide all windows, revealing only what’s on the computer desktop, with one keystroke: hit the Windows key and “D” simultaneously in Windows, or press F11 on Macs (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.
I learned this years ago from Tom Antion, and then forgot. It's a heck of a lot faster than minimizing windows one by one.
At the time of this post, there were already 296 comments with even more great tech tips. Read Tech Tips for the Basic Computer User if you want to learn something very useful today.
Thanks for the tips. It's amazing how much time each new tech thing I learn saves.
Posted by: Josh Neumann | Friday, October 03, 2008 at 08:58 AM
Hello Denise,
Here's a technical detail that can easily go unnoticed... but what a phenomenal effect it can have on our productivity!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Chantal Beaupre
LifeSuccess Consultant & Professional Coach
Posted by: Chantal Beaupre | Friday, October 03, 2008 at 06:52 PM