Self-tutoring about electronic practicalities: the tutor mentions email ones. For so many things, nowadays, you need an email account. At the same time, you have numerous ones – from work perhaps, or from college – that you use daily. Then, …
Self-tutoring about computer habits: the tutor mentions thoughts about closing tabs. I usually run two different browsers. One of them will normally have around 60 tabs open (but it used to be more), the other, around 20. Some people think …
Self-tutoring about computers today and to come: the tutor mentions a video and a YouTube channel. I ran across ExplainingComputers probably six or seven years ago. I forget the topic of the video I watched that time, but I realized …
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Self-tutoring about practical uses for computers: the tutor mentions setting an appointment reminder. When it comes to calendar apps, I’m late to the party, no doubt. I think I’ve used calendar apps less than a dozen times my whole life. …
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Self-tutoring about web apps that make life easier: the tutor mentions the standard deviation calculator. Let’s bring up a problem that happens all the time: you have a list of numbers and need to find the standard deviation. You could …
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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