Each morning I try to decide what to write about and the topic is often presented to me by my surroundings. Most often, the answer comes from one of the many web sites that I frequent, but today was a little different. As part of my morning routine, I listen to The Rod Ryan Show on TheBuzz.com and today one of their topics was “funny things that come up as suggestions in Google Search” I had seen a few screen shots of these funnies before, but never really spent any time reading them.
Archive for January, 2010
Google Search Suggestions – Not Just for Jokes Anymore
Friday, January 15th, 2010Have You Tuned Up Your PC Lately?
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Hopefully the title says it all. Have you performed any routine maintenance on your PC lately? My guess is that the answer is no. Unfortunately, most people are never educated about regular PC maintenance and are doomed to follow the same destructive pattern that keeps PC manufacturers rolling around in money.
Buy a computer -> use it for a year or two -> have trouble -> repeat
Simplify Your Browser and Increase Your Internet View
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Your Browser Can Look Like This
For the last couple of days, we’ve talked about increasing your elbow room in your workspace. Once you’ve tackled that project, you might find yourself just motivated enough to handle some other issues in your office (home or work). Removing clutter and reorganizing can also be applied to another important part of your daily workspace, your browser. This might not be something you have thought about before, but once you see what is possible, you’ll realize just how crazy your browser was getting.
Remember when you first started on your new computer or new install of a browser? It was clean, organized and ready for you to destroy. You began browsing for work and/or personal use and quickly began collecting bookmarks, toolbars, sidebars, etc. Reading your favorite blogs, participating in social networking, playing your favorite online games and checking your personal email quickly caused a disorganized, overloaded browser. The more you used it, the less space you were actually left with to view web sites at all.
Organize and Stylize Your Workspace – Part II
Monday, January 11th, 2010Earlier today, we posted the article Organize and Stylize Your Workspace. I made reference to several great products and ideas for organizing your work area, but failed to mention that I have been tackling this issue for some time myself now. Here’s a quick look at what I have done.
The picture might be a little grainy, but you get the… picture. Here is a breakdown of the elements of my new workspace:
Organize and Stylize Your Workspace
Monday, January 11th, 2010Whether at home or at the office, organization is important. Your productivity and efficiency can hinge on your ability to locate things quickly and easily. Unfortunately, being busy often keeps us from finding the time to clean up our workspace and get our desk organized. Sounds a bit like the “chicken or the egg” argument, doesn’t it? Well, it’s time to make a change and we have some tips to help you out.
With any computer workspace there are a few standard hurdles to overcome. Cables, monitors, speakers and peripherals are necessities, but take up valuable desk space and limit your “elbow room.” Honestly, once you get all these things set up in the small bit of real estate that your office allows you, what room is there for actual work? In most cases, the answer is as simple as a bigger desk or cubicle. Unfortunately, due to space constraints and budgets, this easy answer is often impossible. It is going to be up to you and a small amount of money to seize back your workspace and your sanity.
Social Media Credit Score – What the Future Holds
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Where Are Our Flying Cars?
Over the course of the week, we have provided you with some valuable information on the concept of a Social Media Credit Score (SMCS). Our four previous articles, all available on JumpstartMyPC.com’s blog, outlined the following areas of this idea:
Social Media Credit Score Definition
Social Media Credit Score Formula
Who Sees Your Social Media Credit Score and Why
Social Media Credit Score Tools and Tricks
Our overall goal with this series has been to educate and inform. The SMCS is a concept that people are currently using, in small parts, without knowing that they are doing so. In time, this concept will most likely evolve into a tangible “thing”, whether that be a real-time score, a research site or a combination of the two.
Social Media Credit Score Tools and Tricks
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
For part 4 of our week-long look at the concept of a Social Media Credit Score, we are going to focus on the tools and tricks of researching yourself or someone else on the internet. We have already defined what a Social Media Credit Score is, documented the “SMCS formula” and discussed who would possibly research your SMCS (in our previous articles). So logically, we now want to give some very specific ways to track yourself or others through social media outlets.
In our article What is the Social Media Credit Score Formula we outlined the areas of the internet that make up the majority of what is currently defined as social media. While social media continues to grow and change, so will the areas that you need to keep an eye on. We’ll start you off with some tools for each site/area, but it will be up to you to add to your toolbox as time goes on.
Who Sees Your Social Media Credit Score and Why?
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Monday began our week-long review of the new Social Media Credit Score concept, developed right here at JumpstartMyPC.com. Today’s topic Who Sees Your Social Media Credit Score and Why? is part 3 of our look at the idea of a Social Media Credit Score and how it might one day (or currently) affect your life. We encourage you to look back at our last 2 articles (Article 1, Article 2), if you have not already read them, but here is what you’ve missed so far (flash card version).
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What is the Social Media Credit Score Formula
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Yesterday, JumpstartMyPC.com began a week-long look at the concept of a Social Media Credit Score. In case you missed it, Social Media Credit Score is a measurement of social risk, for an individual, based on information available through social media outlets. Today we are going to focus on the elements that make up your score, so you’ll know how you are seen and what you need to keep an eye on.
Although the idea of a Social Media Credit Score is based on the more well-known financial credit score, there are some key differences that make the development of a formula very difficult. This social media measurement (SMCS) has no governing body and there is no required reporting that most be followed by users/creators of social media web sites. Also, most areas of measurement are not black or white, but gray. As we look at the components of the SMCS, you will see the difficulty in developing a true formula for your Social Media Credit Score.
The idea I want you to walk away with is this. How do others see me? “Others” can be defined as any person/group who has an interest in you as an individual (an area that we will focus on later in the week.) What are the first impressions of a would-be researcher? How do your actions, or the actions of others, (in social media) portray you? Are you a positive or a negative? Are you a strength or a liability? These are not numbers or a traditional “score” but they are a measurement of an individual nonetheless. (more…)
Your Social Media Credit Score
Monday, January 4th, 2010
The new year is here. Millions will make promises to themselves about how they will change their old behaviors and become a better person. Some will actually succeed. Whether the goals are weight loss, quitting a bad habit or saving money, the process of making a change starts with taking inventory. What have you done in the past? What mistakes did you make? How can you change?
I have been working on an idea for some time now, and I felt that a new year and a new decade were the time to present it to the JumpstartMyPC.com audience. Whether you choose to participate or not, you live in a digital age. At the two ends of the social media spectrum, we have those who have jumped in with both feet and live a large portion of there day online and at the other, we have those who are scared of the computer and just don’t grasp the concepts of Facebook, Twitter, texting, etc. Regardless of your digital commitment, one thing is certain. There is information about you online. You might not have placed it there, but it exists for the world to see.
