tutorials

tutorials

Sunday, March 6, 2011

How to Sync and Share Files with Dropbox

I am going to celebrate.  This is my last and final tutorial. For the VA tools, at least.  I'll be starting on my English as a Second Language materials. Soon.


So, here its is, finally - my tutorial on How To Use Dropbox.

Oh, and all the PPT and PDF files are in my Dropbox- safe and secure.

You should use Dropbox, too.  Go through this tutorial and get started. (Video version here)

Saturday, March 5, 2011

How To Put Notes in Evernotes

Why is life so complicated?  Because we make it so, that's why!  But I don't want to get into that right now.

What I want to get into is a way for us to simplify things.

Do you ever notice how, as our lives become more complex, we tend to forget things?  And we try to solve this problem by having a desktop and a laptop at the office, a laptop at home, a mobile phone.  All of these equipment and gadgets full of schedulers and notes.  Not to mention the countless post-its that you stick everywhere.  No wonder we're confused. And no wonder we keep on forgetting things.

Studying  EVERNOTE is like opening a gift - a wonderful gift.  It's full of surprises.  And it's full of features that can help simplify your hectic lifestyle.  Go ahead and open my gift to you.  Go over the tutorial and be surprised yourself. (Click here for the video version)

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

How To Get Started with Skype

Okay  - so, I'm a comfort-zone-person.  I find something I like, something that fits my needs to a "T",  and I'll probably stay with it forever.

I started using Yahoo Messenger almost 6 years ago - with dial-up connection- yes! (And don't ask me how I got started.  I'm not gonna tell.)  I got into the YM thing so much I sometimes wake up to someone else's snoring at the other end. (I'm still not going to tell.)

Years later, everybody seems to have switched to Skype. I kept hanging on to my YM. I have the latest version, anyway. (Excuses! Excuses!) Except there's no one to YM with.  Not anymore.  Even the kids in my family are using Skype. When they see me using the YM, they think I'm from another world.

It's time to learn something different.  (I was about to say 'new'.  Which is absolutely not true since Skype is on it's nth version already!) I've been staring far too long at the 'offline status' of friends in my YM. 

Finally, I have reached the letting-go stage.  Well, partly. Am keeping my YM.  I just can't bring myself to delete it from my system.  But I have downloaded Skype, spent some time getting familiar with it and came up with this tutorial.  I'm not even sure someone will still be interested to go through this quick lesson.  It's so basic I'm almost embarrassed to share it.

Here it is, anyway - for those who are in the process of finding something new.  It's not necessarily something better.  But you might have better chances of getting connected as more people are using Skype nowadays.  As for me, the kids will stop looking at me with dismay.  And I will stop feeling, well, ancient.  Don't you feel ever feel outdated when you refuse to go out of a comfort zone?

And here's something that I like about Skype - I can monitor my Facebook Newsfeed while logged-in to Skype.  I don't think i can do that with YM.  So, it seems,  it's goodbye YM, hello Skype! (Click here for video version)

How To Get Started with Spybot-Search & Destroy

If only for this, whatever I paid Jomar Hilario for the VA training is well worth it. (Check out Jomar Hilario's downloadable seminar and you won't need to leave the comforts of your home to learn how to do these turorials)

For years, I have lived with Norton, AVG, Avast - all the while HOPING that my computer (and my files) will always be 'safe'.  I said hoping because it really never turned out that way.  Somehow some malicious spyware or malware will sneak into the system.  And your computer will never be the same again.

Enter Spybot-Search & Destroy! This is what I call living up to it's name.  How it searches! And How it destroys!  There's probably something better out there.  Who cares?  I'm perfectly happy with the way Spybot attacks these malicious, sneaky enemies that goes into my laptop.

For weeks, I've been on the internet 20/6.  (Come on! Don't tell me you don't get it - I'm not a 7-Eleven branch.  Nor am I a call center!)  I've been downloading this, downloading that.  And my laptop's still running at top speed. 

If you don't have Spybot yet, I'm urging you to download it.  Watch this tutorial and do the searching and destroying yourself - with Spybot, of course! Click here for the video version.