Computing Style @ComputingStyle

The Elements of Computing Style: 200+ Tips for Busy Knowledge Workers spinellis.gr/computingstyle Joined December 2013

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

2 years ago

Want to search deeper based on your phone's Google Search results? Touch the result you want to drill-down and swipe it up to get the result into the search area. Then add further search terms. Rinse, repeat.

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Christos Kontas @ckontas

3 years ago

I just bought "The Elements of Computing Style: 200 Tips for Busy Knowledge Workers" by @CoolSWEng @ComputingStyle

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Zsolt Viczián @zsviczian

3 years ago

I’m reading The Science of Managing our Digital Stuff The authors have conducted an experiment to measure the impact of folder depth on speed of retrieval. Shallow is better. Based on these findings, you should create a subfolder if the number of items in reaches 21.

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Kamila Linková @kamilaofprague

4 years ago

Worksheet pro-tip in MS Word: How to create a gap-fill frame: 1, Highlight the word. 2, Change font colour to white. 3, add outside borders. Done. Why didn't I invent this before?! #materialswriting

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Brittlestar @brittlestar

4 years ago

A reminder to set your Feed to chronological order and that algorithmic feeds are generally awful and designed to compel you to engage (usually because you’re angry)

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

4 years ago

Distracted by Thunderbird's "you have new mail" red dot badge? Go into Tools – Preferences – Config Editor, and search for "Biff". Trivia: Biff was a dog accompanying a CS student at Berkeley, where a similar program was written in 1980. Allegedly it barked at mail carriers.

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

4 years ago

Securing your digital life, part one: The basics arstechnica.com/?post_type=pos…

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Stazybo Horn 🐝‏ @stazybohorn

4 years ago

So, every time you visit a web page to download a zipped file, you need to remember a password to decompress it. Keep the latter as a tag of the page bookmark, so that it lies at a single click distance. /cc @ComputingStyle

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Stazybo Horn 🐝‏ @stazybohorn

4 years ago

Adding bookmarks to local pdf files at your web browser's bookmark toolbar provides one-click access to data you frequently need (phones, tables, etc.). It's usually faster than regular shortcuts which launch your pdf viewer application. /cc @ComputingStyle

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

4 years ago

Please @Microsoft provide me with an additional button: "Don't interrupt me while I'm working".

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

4 years ago

The tyranny of spreadsheets: How one of our most powerful tools became one of the most misused and how an Excel format error may have led to 1500 deaths. ft.com/content/18db20… via @FinancialTimes

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

5 years ago

Hide unwarranted integer precision from your Excel sheets by using ROUND with a *negative* rounding value. Example: ROUND(1373, -2) is 1400. Reminder: use a positive value to round decimals, e.g. ROUND(3.1415927, 2) is 3.14

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

5 years ago

You really shouldn't be doing that, but if you absolutely must "attend" two teleconferences at the same time, the easiest way to do it is to join each one from a different device, e.g. your laptop and your smartphone.

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

5 years ago

Digital devices aren't necessarily more accurate than analog ones. This digital pregnancy test uses its circuitry to read a paper strip that is also used by the traditional tests!

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

5 years ago

This is why you MUST keep cold (off-line) off-site backups: "The actors launched malware that encrypted UCSF School of Medicine servers. We made the difficult decision to pay some portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 million" [excerpted] ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/4…

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Computing Style @ComputingStyle

5 years ago

Here's how to print a card to simplify the login into your WiFi network. wifi.dev.bdw.to

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Upwork @Upwork

5 years ago

Video call etiquette⤵️ 1. Be on time 2. Dress well 3. Avoid background noise 4. Prep your frame 5. Test your tech 6. Mute your mic 7. Look into the camera 8. Share a specific window when presenting 9. Remember to exit screen share 10. Give 100% focus buff.ly/2VnptWZ