One of the great feature of typing on a mobile device is predictive text. It adds grace to the onscreen keyboard by guessing the next best word and letting you choose that word without having to endure excess typing. But often it can lead to unbridled woe.
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January 9, 2013When Predictive Text Goes BadJanuary 7, 2013Word Content ControlsHave you ever started up a template in Word 2010/2007 and seen those fill-in-the-blanks items? Have you wanted to create them yourself? Here’s how!
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January 4, 2013O How I Hate My PhoneOnce upon a time, I loved my phone. It was awesome! It grew even more awesome when I bought the battery pack upgrade and could make it through an entire day without a recharge. But now? I hate my phone.
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January 2, 2013The State of the Art 2013The digital universe is expanding. The personal computer marked the dawn of the digital age. That seems like a lifetime ago. (And it is.) Today, your digital life is everywhere.
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December 31, 2012Predictions for 2013Time to, once again, play my annual game of Am I Clairvoyant! Allow me to roll the cosmic dice . . . December 28, 2012The Year In Review: 2012Time to look back at my silly ol’ predictions for the year 2012. How did I do?
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December 26, 2012Porchcam Year In Review: 2012Here it is again, an annual tradition: Time to dust off the lens on my lame, “can’t see in color” porchcam. It’s snapped quite a few pictures over the past 12 months.
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December 24, 2012Published StatisticsI’ve been an author for just about 25 years now. That’s a long time! If I were writing fiction, more people would probably know who I was. Yet, while technology publishing isn’t glamorous, it’s a nice career. Here are some stats. December 21, 2012This Is My Last Blog Post . . .. . . for the 12th Baktun.
Yes, that’s correct: Today is the day that the Mayan calendar rolls over. Kiss goodbye the 12th Baktun and say hello to the 13th. December 19, 2012Why Not a Superuser Account?One of the most popular things people did with their PCs back in the 1980s was reformat the hard drive. Yep, they’d just wipe the whole thing out. Zap! Suddenly everything was gone. They weren’t trilled, either.
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