Those who know me recognize my penchant for an organized system for everything including the house, computer, and cubicle. Over the years, I’ve adapted various strategies for keeping my email box clean. Too often, I’ve had on occasions when I saw others’ email boxes and just squirmed at the clutter. One person had a long … Read more
I’ve bent Excel over backwards doing things that it’s not meant to do. I believe I’m an average user, maybe a notch above. This means knowing some of the lesser known tricks, but not a pro at pivots or creating elaborate financial spreadsheets. I have used pivots, but nothing heavy-duty. This book is 820 pages, … Read more
After reading a few pages of QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life, I’m hooked. This book takes about an hour to read and has a lifelong impact. The title implies exploring other questions based on the original question. However, the real story is about personal accountability in … Read more
If you’re not familiar with O’Reilly’s cookbook series (image of layout), they’re books with a basic formula: Problem, Solution, and Discussion sections for every ‘recipe.’ Each recipe is a script, program, command, or piece of code for implementing within a large part of a whole. Simple example, you’re creating a Web site and you need … Read more
With a sub-title of, “The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything,” the book makes a big promise, which might make a doubter out of a reviewer. Note that “starting anything” refers to a business, not a career, school, or hobby. Obviously, it’s impossible to create a comprehensive book of business best practices because every … Read more
Those familiar with Calishain’s ResearchBuzz know of her expertise with search engines, Google especially. Her previous book is Google Hacks. This is a book of a different nature and doesn’t focus solely on Google. Anyone who uses the Internet to do searching and research will find this book valuable. I’ve been using operators and special … Read more
If you wish you could be a famous actor like Wil Wheaton, after reading this book you might understand that being a famous actor is not all cracked up to be. This is a guy who has had a hit movie and a hit TV show. Not many actors can claim one of each, and … Read more
PowerPro v3.8 http://powerpro.webeddie.com/ Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP Free [Command launcher] Run commands, programs, and system configuration all from a button bar. This is a tough program to describe because it can be customized many ways to suit your needs. Karen Carter, who recommended this program, finds this program is indispensable. She says, “It will replace many separate … Read more
Jennifer Niederst follows her recently released Learning Web Design, a book for those just starting Web design, with an updated Web Design in a Nutshell that takes novice to intermediate designers to the next level and is also useful as a desktop quick reference. Many buy such books and end up never opening them or … Read more
The book is based on Land’s Web site of the same name, spamletters.com, which I discovered a few years ago and submitted a letter. The spam letter in question is about hydrogen peroxide and it’s included in the book (p. 112). The original letter is presented along with Land’s creative and hilarious reply to the … Read more