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Daily Tech Tip Summary - Email Etiquette Week

Friday, August 28, 2009
Daily Tech Tip: Email etiquette is about courtesy. A greeting, good manners, and punctuation are important. It shows effort & caring.

Thursday, August 27, 2009
Daily Tech Tip: If you don't need a response, consider using NRN (No Response Needed) in the subject line. It cuts down on unneeded replies.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Daily Tech Tip: Read your email before you send it. About 50% of readers can't pick up your email "tone." Edit yourself. Be clear & concise.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Daily Tech Tip: Try to refrain from making assumptions when reading an email. Ask for clarification or pick up the phone & call

Monday, August 24, 2009
Daily Tech Tip: ALL CAPS is never appropriate in an email, unless you are emailing the fire department. http://ow.ly/l8Iv

August 21st is Backup Friday!

Daily Tech Tip: It's Backup Friday! Are you backing up automatically? If your backup plan requires your intervention, it might not work!

8 Handy Tech Tips from August, via @wgarth

• Daily Tech Tip: Attach the file as soon as you type "is attached" in an email. Simple and yet, so powerful. credit @AndrewCMiller  Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 9:01AM

• Daily Tech Tip: RAM=Memory and just like in real life, you need more! It's the single most cost effective upgrade. More RAM = Faster PC.  Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 8:57AM

• Daily Tech Tip: It's Backup Friday once again. Really, back up your Hard Drive before it crashes. They all crash eventually.  Friday, August 14, 2009 at 11:05AM

• Daily Tech Tip: Is your program list looking a little cluttered? "Right-Click" in your program list and choose Sort By Name to tidy it up!  Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 12:16PM

• Daily Tech Tip: You need to complete basic protection steps on your PC: 1 Anti-Virus program, and 1 Anti-Spyware program. Ask for details!  Monday, August 10, 2009 at 10:41AM

• Daily Tech Tip: Water and your gadget/iPhone/BlackBerry don't mix! Try Rice to revive it! http://tr.im/vUAw  Friday, August 7, 2009 at 2:41PM

• Daily Tech Tip: Care to try a powerful alternative to Adobe PDF Reader? Check out PDF-XChange http://tr.im/vzz1 Voted #1 on lifehacker.com  Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 9:58AM

• Daily Tech Tip: Do you have a multi PC household or small office? Try the Acer Home Server - easy shared data & backup http://tr.im/vr27  Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 9:41AM

Dropbox for Backup Friday!

Daily Tech Tip: It's Backup Friday! Have you heard of Dropbox? It's a sync(backup) program that works on all of your PCs. http://tr.im/uUhS

Try Firefox for improved connection speed

Daily Tech Tip: Tired of slow internet browsing? It might not be your connection. Try Firefox as a great alternative to Internet Explorer.

Google Map Search on iPhone

I wanted to call my favorite Chinese restaurant on Broad Street and this is what iPhone Maps came up with ...