Web Browsers – Some Opera One Features

Opera Web Browser

In addition to mobile versions for both Android and iOS, Opera comes in several flavours, including mobile/data saver editions, and a few others you can download.

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Android and Desktops

I have cast my Windows-based apps to Android for quite some time now. Depending on the Android device, this can be a fairly flawless and easy process. But what about the reverse? However, since reading about Android incorporating their own concept of desktops, resembling the same feature in Windows, I had to check further into …

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Using an Android Tablet as a Second Screen

The Scenario You are not at your office, or don’t currently have access to a second screen. But, wouldn’t it be nice if you could use your Android tablet as a second screen? Depending on your tablet’s make, model, and One UI version, you can! The following video demonstrates my using an Android Galaxy Tab …

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What a Virtual Assistant Does

Working from home

Working From Home, Working for You A virtual assistant (VA) is a remote assistant, taking care of your back office, allowing you to work on or in your business, and they’re a person who specializes in client relationships. They ‘take care of the small stuff’ (or big stuff, if that’s what you need), and that …

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Stepping Up to Working From Home

Home Office

Working From Home? In the summer 2023 school semester, I taught a course at my college called Office Procedures. One of the first things I do, and did, was ask my students what they felt would be the single hardest aspect of my course or the semester. They answered, in a discussion post, resoundingly: Work-Life …

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In Praise of Linux

Logo for Linux Mint

Windows, Linux, or Both? Both. I have been an avid–okay, in truth, an enthusiastic–Windows user for over three decades. I know, this dates me. So be it. Wisdom, perhaps. Currently, I’m running Windows 10X on one laptop and Microsoft Windows 11 on another. Yes, I actually like Windows! Long ago, I was involved in computer …

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Less is (Usually) More

Working from home

Please, do not, ever, be 100% reliant with the grammar or spelling checker your browser (or word processing program, like Microsoft (r) Word) uses.

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Tips for Working at Home

Working from home

Are you new to working at home? Were you thrust into it? Or perhaps you were already telecommuting part-time? As a long-time work-from-home educator and businessperson, I’ve learned over the years the kind of real discipline that’s required. I hope the handful of tips I show and talk about in my video, below, will be …

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Is Working from Home New for You?

Working from home

You may need a few good resources to effectively work from home.

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Business Writing – A Few Pointers

A Game of Chess?

Understanding what an Executive Summary was allowed the axiom ‘less is more’ to sink in even more.

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