Computing Style

The Elements of Computing Style: 200+ Tips for Busy Knowledge Workers

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

Want to search deeper based on your phone's Google Search results? Touch the result you want to drill-down and swipe it up to get the result into the search area. Then add further search terms. Rinse, repeat.

[Christos Kontas @ckontas]

I just bought "The Elements of Computing Style: 200 Tips for Busy Knowledge Workers" by @CoolSWEng @computingstyle

[Zsolt Viczián @zsviczian]

I’m reading The Science of Managing our Digital Stuff

The authors have conducted an experiment to measure the impact of folder depth on speed of retrieval. Shallow is better. Based on these findings, you should create a subfolder if the number of items in reaches 21.

[Kamila Linková @kamilaofprague]

Worksheet pro-tip in MS Word: How to create a gap-fill frame: 1, Highlight the word. 2, Change font colour to white. 3, add outside borders.
Done.
Why didn't I invent this before?!
#materialswriting

[Brittlestar @brittlestar]

A reminder to set your Feed to chronological order and that algorithmic feeds are generally awful and designed to compel you to engage (usually because you’re angry)

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

Distracted by Thunderbird's "you have new mail" red dot badge? Go into Tools – Preferences – Config Editor, and search for "Biff".
Trivia: Biff was a dog accompanying a CS student at Berkeley, where a similar program was written in 1980. Allegedly it barked at mail carriers.

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

Securing your digital life, part one: The basics https://t.co/tsW7qTzFVN

[Stazybo Horn 🐝‏ @stazybohorn]

So, every time you visit a web page to download a zipped file, you need to remember a password to decompress it.
Keep the latter as a tag of the page bookmark, so that it lies at a single click distance.
/cc @ComputingStyle

[Stazybo Horn 🐝‏ @stazybohorn]

Adding bookmarks to local pdf files at your web browser's bookmark toolbar provides one-click access to data you frequently need (phones, tables, etc.). It's usually faster than regular shortcuts which launch your pdf viewer application.
/cc @ComputingStyle

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

Please @Microsoft provide me with an additional button: "Don't interrupt me while I'm working".

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

The tyranny of spreadsheets: How one of our most powerful tools became one of the most misused and how an Excel format error may have led to 1500 deaths. https://t.co/LCOpgIjvr2 via @financialtimes

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

Hide unwarranted integer precision from your Excel sheets by using ROUND with a *negative* rounding value. Example: ROUND(1373, -2) is 1400.
Reminder: use a positive value to round decimals, e.g. ROUND(3.1415927, 2) is 3.14

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

You really shouldn't be doing that, but if you absolutely must "attend" two teleconferences at the same time, the easiest way to do it is to join each one from a different device, e.g. your laptop and your smartphone.

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

Digital devices aren't necessarily more accurate than analog ones. This digital pregnancy test uses its circuitry to read a paper strip that is also used by the traditional tests!

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

This is why you MUST keep cold (off-line) off-site backups: "The actors launched malware that encrypted UCSF School of Medicine servers. We made the difficult decision to pay some portion of the ransom, approximately $1.14 million" [excerpted] https://t.co/WQHKH3SPbD

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

Here's how to print a card to simplify the login into your WiFi network. https://t.co/bmNiTH6scm

[Upwork @Upwork]

Video call etiquette⤵️
1. Be on time
2. Dress well
3. Avoid background noise
4. Prep your frame
5. Test your tech
6. Mute your mic
7. Look into the camera
8. Share a specific window when presenting
9. Remember to exit screen share
10. Give 100% focus

https://t.co/pUu4JhT78G

[Denise Hampson @DeniseHampson]

@tom_peters And never say anything on mute on a video call you wouldn't be happy to share with all participants https://t.co/9ueZ6wo3ou

[Computing Style @ComputingStyle]

With the open source https://t.co/xNVcxVeAyX web-based application you can easily draw beautiful diagrams with a hand-drawn feel.