Great Technology Tips

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David Pogue over at the NY Times has a great post with technology tips for everything from cameras and phones to computers. It's worth a read. I had more than a few "ah ha" moments. Below are just a few I found new and helpful.

On a MAC:
¶ You can view most documents without opening a program to do it. At the desktop, highlight the icon and then tap the Space bar — a fantastic way to preview photos, but also great for Office documents, PDF files, movies, sounds and so on.

On a web page:
¶ When you’re filling an order form, you don’t have to slide six miles down the pop-up menu to choose your state. Instead, type the first letter to select it without the mouse. (If you get the wrong state, press the same key again. For example, press C once for California, again for Colorado and a third time for Connecticut.)

¶ You can press Alt+D (CMD+L on a MAC) to highlight the Address bar at the top of your Web browser. Without touching the mouse, type the site name you want.

Phone:
¶ You can skip the inane 15-second voice-mail instructions when leaving a message (“To page this person, press 5”) — if you know your friend’s cellphone carrier. If it’s Verizon, press * to cut directly to the beep. AT&T or Sprint, press 1. T-Mobile, press #. (Better yet: Do the world a favor and add this trick to your own greeting: “To cut to the beep, press 1.”)

There are a bunch more here. Check 'em out.

And to add one of my own:
On a MAC. You can shut down without going to the Apple Menu and without the stupid "Are you sure you want to do this" pop up by pressing Control+Option+CMD and the EJECT key on the top right of the keyboard all at once. It makes any open programs quit immediately and shuts the computer down.

Hey - David just posted another set of tips. Again - I learned something. Go here for more great stuff.
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