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Self-tutoring about browser usage: the tutor looks into how many tabs the average user might have open at once. Apparently, a typical user might have 10-20 browser tabs open at once. In that way, I’m an overachiever; I usually have …
Self-tutoring about life today: the tutor mentions the tendency towards apps. The other day I overheard two people talking about how to develop creative ideas. “I use an app,” one of them said. Old and naive, I was caught off …
Self-tutoring about online form situations: the tutor mentions an observation about backing up entries. I was filling out a form online. It wasn’t commercial, but it was an assembly of detailed information I didn’t want to have to redo. I …
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Self-tutoring about texting: the tutor mentions a facilitation technique. Sometimes a person might want to text a word that the texting software anticipates will be different. Furthermore, correcting the word to what the sender wishes may not be very convenient. …
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Self-tutoring about the electronic lifestyle and internet safety: the tutor mentions a way to check a site before you go there. The other day it happened again: I was referred, by an academic search, to a site so obscure, the …
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Self-tutoring about electronic lifestyle: the tutor mentions checking what the camera is doing, Windows 10. Clicking the Start button lower left, a scroll list of apps appears: one is Settings. Clicking that, the Settings app will open. You may have …
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Self-tutoring about two meeting apps: the tutor visits (perhaps) wider philosophies behind them. On this laptop (Windows 10), I used to use Teams but it kept crashing, so I uninstalled it. I mention in my July 5 post that Meet …
Self-tutoring about meeting apps: the tutor mentions one. I used Google Meet for the first time today; it worked great. A different meeting program crashed during a session, so I brought my client to Google Meet. The login was quick; …
Self-tutoring about the wonderful trend of having to answer new questions to use a device or app. I can’t imagine I’m alone in noticing that, especially during the past year, I’m sometimes pressured for answers when I want to use …