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Clean your inbox

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:14:04 +0000

Email truly revolutionized communication. The ability to retrieve a message from anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds is mind boggling. However, judging by the size of your inboxes (see this week's poll), you could benefit from some tips on how to keep your inbox clean. I used to keep as many as many as 50 or so email stacked up in my inbox, but I always felt that I was behind in my work and consequently much of the email went unread and unanswered. A little more than a year ago, it...

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Google rolling out new Gmail look and functions – Video Tip

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:26:28 +0000

UPDATE: I posted this tip in November of 2011, but many Gmail users didn’t have the new Gmail interface yet, so I’m bringing this back out of the archives since all new accounts and most exiting ones are now in the new format. Starting today, Google is rolling out the option for you to try [...]

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How to find the best apps in Apple’s App Store

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Sat, 12 May 2012 03:20:19 +0000

If you use an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, you have access to more than 600,000 apps (at the time of this writing) and growing. Great news right? Yes and no. If you don’t practice a little search narrowing , then finding a good app can be a frustrating and time consuming experience. In this [...]

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KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 05-09-12

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Thu, 10 May 2012 02:50:26 +0000

In today’s KAFM broadcast, the whole team (Adam, Matt and Rick) was present…and beside a snafu at the beginning of the show where Rick couldn’t find the volume for his headphones and Matt’s swollen gums from an earlier dental visit, the show was fun and lively. Some great calls/questions in the second half of the [...]

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Adding Photos to an iPad or iPhone using Picasa – Notes

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:36:08 +0000

This week I worked with a gentleman ironing out how to use Picasa to add photos to his iPad. These are the notes (download PDF version here) I took for him and left with him. The only steps not shown in the notes below are how to create a folder called iPad (or iPhone) then [...]

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How to Scan a Picture with HP Scan and Windows 7

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:29:40 +0000

HP continues to refine and change their scanning software…mostly for the better. However, many computer users detest change. These notes are ones I created for a long time Windows XP user who just moved to Windows 7 and needed some help with scanning. I have some previous HP Scanning notes you can read here, and [...]

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FBI warning of possible Internet problem in July

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:11:10 +0000

This weekend, my local newspaper ran a story similar to this one at PC Magazine. It outlined (in usual newspaper sensationalism fashion) that “thousands of computer users could lose Internet in July”. I call it sensational because the headline alone (which I’m suspecting is all many people read) has two words that should calm people down a [...]

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Notes from helping a cartoonist

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:06:51 +0000

Today’s notes were created for a cartoonist who has a Mac and has already learned how to scan in his cartoons (via my tutelage months ago), but now he wanted to learn how to add his captions using the computer. The goal was to get it done with as few steps as possible and with his existing [...]

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KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 04-18-12

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:53:02 +0000

Matt and I had a fun and lively show today answering questions from listeners about iPhone navigation programs, moving away from dial-up, the absurdity of the AOL browser, Windows 8, the billion dollar purchase of Instagram by Facebook, Google+ new interface, and much, much, much more! Have a listen. Related posts: KAFM Computer Help Show [...]

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How to create a photo book using Shutterfly.com – Video Tip

rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini & Adam Cochran) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:55:47 +0000

Digital photography allows us to take thousands of photos, but they don’t do much good if they stay on your computer and you never get to share or enjoy them. For sharing, nothing beats printing. And I highly suggest you do NOT print your own photos at home unless you have two things: 1) an [...]

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