Category: Productivity

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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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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Writing on the Go

On the go Office

Do you love to write? I do. So much so that I said goodbye to a prestigious contract teaching position at one of Canada’s two largest colleges. I had been writing content for clients, on and off, but two things kept on pushing themselves the surface of my mind: I was done, overdone; in fact …

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Writing Tools for Writers – Microsoft Word and Others

Overcoming writing hurdles

Microsoft Word has added some valuable tools for writers.

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Virtual Assistants Help Their Clients Work on Their Business

VAVS

Virtual Assistants help their clients ‘sweat the small stuff.’

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Microsoft Outlook 2016 – Calendaring, Part I

Outlook - Calendar

With the launch of my new technology-based videos on my Successful Messages YouTube channel, newer users of Microsoft Outlook may find my video on basic calendaring helpful. The video series ‘Got a Minute or Two?’ will soon expand to include videos on writing, education, and virtual assistance. Outlook’s Calendar Calendar is robust and fully featured. …

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