Reviews are a major part of our purchase decision making these days. Pre-internet, a bad review in the New York Times could be the death knell for a Broadway show. Things have moved on, and now we are more likely to look to our peers for opinions on all sorts of things, such as hotels,…
Read MoreThere are loads of online learning sites available for adults, but the best list I’ve found by far is here: Open Culture It lists free MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) from great universities, with most offering certificates or statements of completion (sometimes at a small fee). There are a wide variety of learning categories, such as Business,…
Read MoreMost computer users would be aware of a number of quick key combinations, such as Ctrl C to copy (Cmd C on a Mac) and Ctrl V to paste (Cmd V on a Mac). Here are ten less commonly used shortcuts: Ctrl A to select everything Ctrl B to bold the selected text Ctrl I…
Read MoreIn many CoderDojo clubs, including CoderDojo Dun Laoghaire, lots of kids start with Scratch. Indeed, many schools have started teaching Scratch, which was developed by MIT to help young people learn programming. Here is the link to the MIT Scratch site, where anyone can get started immediately. The Harvard Graduate School of Education have developed…
Read MoreThe Excel Mail Merge process is set out below – if you haven’t done it before, you may find it a bit intimidating, but hopefully these steps will explain it clearly, and once you’ve done it once it’s easier the next time! For this example, we will create labels with “fields” (items appearing on the labels)…
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