Communication
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A few days ago I sent you a strategy for leveraging your signature file. Do that and you will save time with every email you reply to. If you missed that email I’ve put it on the blog here:
http://www.tnpcnewsletter.com/blog/2009/05/24/how-is-your-signature/
A few people wrote and asked if this only worked with Outlook. Every email program I’m familiar [...]
How is Your Signature?
Sunday, May 24th, 2009I was helping a good friend change their Outlook signature last
night. It was an interesting experience for me since Outlook isn’t
installed on any of my machines currently. Fortunately my memory
held up and we got the task accomplished. Oh I was working over the
phone too.
After the fact I spent a few minutes talking about signatures. We
all [...]
How to Reset your Voicemail password with AT&T
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009My wife has an iPhone. We had to get it replaced under warranty. Only problem was she couldn’t access her voicemail. I did a quick search and found the helpful instructions at Steve Cooley presents. The instructions are for iPhone but it will work with any AT&T cellular account. You can find that post here:
http://somejunkwelike.com/wordpress/2007/12/05/password-for-iphone-voicemail/
Chance encounters…
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008It was a coincidence. I stopped for lunch at McDonald’s a few days ago. While I was standing in line a gentleman asked about the pen in my pocket. It turns out that he is a pen collector. One of my interests is pens – fountain pens specifically. His name is Jim. We sat down [...]
Gee, I wish I had thought of that.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007For most of us, electronics are like the weather: we complain a
lot but don’t do anything about it. So periodically you come
across products that solve those complaints and make you wish
you had done more than just gripe. This is the first in an
occasional series of items I have found that intrigue me in that
way.
Top of [...]
3 Tips to Streamline Your Voicemail
Monday, June 4th, 2007TNPC Newsletter
by Dan Butler
04 June, 2007
Thank you for reading TNPC - I really appreciate it. This week
three easy tips to streamline your voicemail.
You can read this issue and previous issues at the blog:
http://www.tnpcnewsletter.com/blog/category/newsletters/tnpc/
If you have a comment on this article please leave it at the blog.
~ Dan
3 Tips to Streamline Your Voicemail
by Dan [...]
TNPC More on Security…
Friday, May 18th, 2007TNPC Newsletter
by Dan Butler
17 May 2007
Last issue we talked about routers in general and default
passwords in particular. The advice to change your default
password carries over to everything you do. Bank accounts,
online accounts, email accounts, your ISP account and many more.
Always change the default password in any account. You should
also consider your PIN numbers as passwords [...]
When Urban Legends Become True
Thursday, April 5th, 2007For years emails have been passed around claiming that forwarding email will generate money for your or some popular cause. One of the more popular ones claims that if you forward a message Bill Gates or Microsoft will send you money. You can read more about this at Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/billgate.asp
Now it looks like urban legend becomes [...]
Thoughts on HTML vs Text Email
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007An online poll of TNPC Newsletter readers found that by a 4-1 margin you wanted to receive the newsletter in HTML format instead of plain text. Verily, times have changed.
One hates to give away the fact that one is an old fogie, but back in the day when the network of computing enthusiasts who ultimately [...]
How to Lie with Statistics…
Monday, January 1st, 2007Originally printed in 1954 and now into its umpteen jillionth printing, this timeless classic was reminded to us by TNPCer Mike L. Mark Twain once said there are “lies,” “damned lies,” and “statistics.” This is the book that lays out how facts with figures can be used to pull the wool over your eyes and [...]
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