Tech Notes

ScanDisk in Windows 7

24 oct 2010

Windows XP had a useful utility called ScanDisk that would check your hard drive for any bad sectors, damaged files, and other problems. For some reason, ScanDisk is not available as a standalone utility in Windows 7 but there’s a new way to check your hard disk as illustrated in the above screencast.

Create Evergreen Content

23 oct 2010

Some solid advice from Matt Cutts – “I am to produce evergreen content that stands the test of time.”

Pop-up Windows in Facebook

22 oct 2010

Facebook now uses pop-ups to notify users of any new site features.

What is Microsoft Office 365?

19 oct 2010

You can think of Microsoft Office 365 as Microsoft’s answers to Google Apps that aims to serve both enterprise customers as well as small businesses. Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-based solution so organizations don’t have to install anything and yet they have access to services like Microsoft Office Web Apps, Exchange and SharePoint delivered online.

Send and Track Large Files with Adobe SendNow

17 oct 2010

Adobe SendNow is a new online service from Adobe Acrobat.com that lets you send large files to one or more recipients over the web and also track them.

You Can’t Find this man through Google

17 oct 2010

The Ungooglable Man [via ILuvNUFC]

Print Google Maps without a Computer

15 oct 2010

Learn how you can print driving directions from Google Maps on to the printer and this will work even if there’s no PC at your place.

The Best Time to Send a Tweet Is..

09 oct 2010

Dan Zarrella shares some actionable metrics and insights in his presentation on the Science of Retweets. Dan’s analysis suggests that a majority of retweets happen around noon (EST) and tweets that have punctuation marks like semicolons or question marks are less likely to be retweeted that one without them.

Volume of Email Compared with Postal Mail

04 oct 2010

This illustration compares the volume of email and traditional postal mail in the United States.

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