Until last weekend, I had never heard of PaycheckCity.com (h/t NYTimes).
But I’m glad I was turned on to them. They have 3 free and insanely useful online calculators and assistants that are designed to help the average worker.
The most impressive to me is the W-4 form assistant. Isn’t it confusing every time you start a […]
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How To Fill Out A W-4
June 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Taxes
Live Mesh Might Help Windows Not Suck
April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
I’m usually hard on Microsoft on this blog. But nerdy tech circles today are abuzz at the announcement of Live Mesh from Microsoft. Think of Live Mesh as one ring to sync them all, every device and every file… provided you use Windows.
Apparently, this whole system is not quite ready for immediate use, but […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Productivity · Workplace Gizmos
Don’t Include These Skills On Your Resume
April 21st, 2008 · 11 Comments
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/educational/6_Skills_To_Leave_Off_Your_Resume’;It’s always a good idea to fill out your resume with any specific skills or specialties you might possess. Doing so is a good strategy to give you that extra little edge to stand out from a similarly qualified candidate.
And for years, a good way to do that was to include a list […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Getting Ahead · Resumes
Going Topless At Business Meetings A Good Idea For Productivity?
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments
I remember when wifi and laptops first proliferated in college classrooms. Right away I noticed: no one was paying attention.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, there was plenty going on… plenty of IM discussions amongst the students in the audience.
The same sort of problem has made its way to corporate life: (from the Mercury News, via […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Productivity
How To Use RSS To Compliment Your Job Search
March 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
For those of you that are hip to RSS and RSS feeds (all the people that have subscribed to this feed are clearly hip) you should be aware that almost every major job board now allows you to sign up for job search RSS feeds.
Input the criteria you’re looking for (city, state, industry, keywords, etc.) […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Job Search · Job Sites
Fighting Back Against Windows
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments
The stupid popup you see above was annoying me all yesterday. Look, my desktop is messy… literally covered in icons.
That’s the way I like it, that’s the way I work. Where does Windows get off nagging me to clean my room, so to speak?
So, I did a little Googling, and now I’ve banished it from […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U
On Email Blackouts…
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Hopefully, not too many of you were affected by the email system outages yesterday. Hopefully, you weren’t also affected by the FPL power outages.
It’s a reminder to all of us that depending on one system alone works fine, right up until the time that it doesn’t. In this case, commercial email services were affected, but […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Email/Spam Hacks
Office Hack: Confidential Network Printing
February 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Richard Rinyai of TheProfessionalAssistant.net.
Do you have confidential documents that you need to send to your network printer? Do you not want to run back and forth between your desk and the printer to make sure that no one can see what you are printing?
Ok, the last sentence […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Workplace Gizmos
My Readers Iz Smarter Than Me- Mac Edition
February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Another personal post here.
I’m giving a bit of thought to making that metaphysical/religious conversion over to a Mac for one of my main computers.
My problem is this: I exist in a business that is absolutely tied 100% to the Microsoft Office world.
So my question, dear readers, is as follows: How well does the Mac version […]
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Just Say No To PowerPoint Week
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Did you know that this week is officially “Just Say No To PowerPoint” week?
I didn’t know either, but there are plenty of references to it on the internet. I couldn’t find who, exactly, is behind this movement, but I’m willing to lend my support.
I’m not sure PowerPoint is any better or worse than any other […]
Tags: Computers Work 4 U · Presentations
