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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #23 - Discover Rarely Used Windows 7 Features

Simon — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:53:30 +0000

Welcome to the Simon Sez IT Tech Show #23. During this podcast, I’ll mention some cool Windows 7 features that rarely get used. Now that Win 7 has been released for nearly 1 year, it’s time to start poking under the hood a little to start leveraging some of the nifty features that Windows 7 was bundled with.

Some of the Windows 7 features discussed during this podcast:

Windows Disc Image Burner
Keyboard Shortcuts for Programs
Open Command Prompt in any Folder
New WordPad File Formats
Unlocking hidden Windows 7 Themes
Controlling User Account Control
Getting the Most out of Power
Problem Steps Recorder
AppLocker
The Calculator and then some
Revive the Quick Launch toolbar
Aero Snap
Navigate tasks

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How to locate and change the Windows 7 UAC

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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #22 - New Features for PowerPoint 2010

Simon — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:23:34 +0000

Welcome to the Simon Sez IT Tech Show #22. During this podcast, I’ll mention some great new features for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 including the Fluent UI, Ribbon, Backstage View, improved editing tools and Protected View.

Some additional features discussed include PowerPoint’s 2010 ability for collaboration and sharing features, the ability to present to virtual audiences, and other PowerPoint tips and tricks.

Finally, we’ll include a free PowerPoint 2010 training tutorial discussing how to insert and audio and video into your PowerPoint presentation.

Video Tutorials
Inserting audio and video into PowerPoint 2010

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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #21 - New Features for Office 2010

Simon — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:54:36 +0000

Welcome to the Simon Sez IT Tech Show #21. During this podcast, I’ll mention some great new features for Microsoft Office 2010 including features for Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Word 2010, Outlook 2010 and Access 2010.

New Microsoft Office features discussed include The Ribbon, Backstage View, Equation Editor, Screen Capturing and Clipping Tools, Live Collaboration Functions, Jump Lists and many more!

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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #20 - How to Speed Up Your Old Computer

Simon — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:02:38 +0000

Welcome to show #20. During this podcast, I’ll mention some ways to speed up that old computer. If you’re considering buying a new computer since you’re current is running too slow, listen to this show first! You may save a few dollars. And, even if you do decide to purchase a new computer, these practical tips may come in handy.

Links and products mentioned:
Simon’s Video on using Autoruns to disable programs from auto-starting
Glary Utilities
CCleaner

Video Tutorials
Defrag your hard drive in Windows 7
Defrag your hard drive in Windows Vista
Using Jump Lists in Windows 7

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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #19 - December 2, 2009

Simon — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:04:53 +0000

Welcome to show #19. During this podcast, we discuss, Windows 7 64-bit, Micropodcasts, the Roku box, how to become more productive with email and more. We also continue our series on learning Adobe Photoshop CS4 video tutorials.

Links and products mentioned:
Windows 7 64-bit
Photoshop Elements
The GIMP
Simon Sez IT Learn Photoshop Elements online training course
Cinchcast
Roku digital video player

Last episode, we covered our first 3 Photoshop CS4 video tutorials. Now we continue with part 4, 5 and 6:

Video Tutorials

Screen Modes - Different screen modes, using hotkeys
Tabbed Documents, using hotkeys
Toolbox - Different toolbars, location and hotkeys

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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #18 - October 13, 2009

Simon — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:34:26 +0000

Welcome to show number 18. During this show, I share my experimentation with Twitter, and the repercussions of unfollowing everyone.

Use Twitter Karma to bulk unfollow your Twitter followers. Welcome to High School 2.0.

Backups hell continue. What were those jokers at Quantum thinking?

A few listener emails have some questions, including - “Can you make a lot of money using Adsense?” Not this guy.

Video Tutorials

I’m really excited about these next set of video tutorials: Learn Adobe Photoshop CS4. These are high definition videos created by an expert. The best trainer I have ever hired. I call him the “rock star” of Photoshop. I’ll keep the videos posted for 1 month before removing, so enjoy!

Learn Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorials

Part 1 - General overview of layout, workspace and interface
Part 2 - Photoshop Menus and Sub-Menus
Part 3 - Palettes: How they work, usage, adding/removing

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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #17 - September 29, 2009

Simon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:47:46 +0000

Welcome to show number 17. After recharging the batteries, I’ve been immersed in backup hell! The good new is that an upgrade to Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 SP 2 has yielded great results.

Google Chrome keepings getting faster and faster. Read the Google Chrome Official Blog

Google Chrome now includes themes and support for HTML 5

I came so close to purchasing a Roku box

Is the Walmart Marketplace going head to head with Amazon?

Window 7 is going great, although, I would love to copy my Outlook NK2 AutoComplete file!

Video Tutorials

We continue our 10 part video tutorial series on using Audacity sound editor and recorder. Congratulations, you’ve made it to our final video tutorial!

Part 10 - Audacity video tutorial: How to Use Audacity to Create Karaoke tracks

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The Simon Sez IT Tech Show - #16 - August 18, 2009

Simon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:53:54 +0000

Welcome to show number 16. I’ll provide some of my feedback regarding my daily use of Windows 7. Not bad at all!

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www.jolicloud.com - a cool new OS for your netbook. Insight into Google’s future?
OLX: http://www.olx.com - alternative to Craigslist. An easy to use, slick interface. Dear Craig - Time to leap forward to the 21 century!
I’m loving Google Voice
eBay - eBay’s bringing back the fun with their daily deals. Free shipping too!
Seeking an old software version? Check out http://www.oldversion.com/
Microsoft enters the cloud computing battle big time: BPOS
Logmein for the iPhone - get ready to pay for Logmein Ignition

Video Tutorials

We continue our 10 part video tutorial series on using Audacity sound editor and recorder.
Part 8 - Audacity video tutorial: How export your Audacity project
Part 9 - Audacity video tutorial: Equalization

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The SimonSezIT.com Tech Show - #15 - July 27, 2009

Simon — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:58:04 +0000

Welcome to show number 15. I’ll provide a prediction about the tax free days of internet purchases coming to an end. Windows 7 testing is coming along fine. Pulled a few tricks out of the bag to create a dual boot Windows 7/XP box. Windows 7 is now may default computer. Used a great Linux boot up disk called Gparted to create 2 partitions.

Beware of fraudulent purchases with swiped debit card PINs!

Google Voice will soon be available to all. Currently it’s invite only. Have many phone numbers ring to one number and route the calls based on caller id. Cool!

Kall8 is another cool company I started using recently. Talk about cheap toll-free rates!

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Links
Gparted
Google Voice
Kall8
Audacity

Video Tutorials
We continue our 10 part video tutorial series on using Audacity sound editor and recorder.
Part 6 - Audacity video tutorial: How to Edit using Audacity Sound Editor and Recorder
Part 7 - Audacity video tutorial: Using Effects with Audacity

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The SimonSezIT.com Tech Show - #14 - July 1, 2009

Simon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:32 +0000

Welcome to show #14. Learn how to get free stuff by listening to great tech podcasts during the Summer of Podcasts contest.

My apologies for listeners caught of guard with the subscription increase on SimonSezIT.com. Through the month of July, use coupon code PODCAST to get 25% of any subscription at SimonSezIT.com

I’ll get on my soapbox and tell you why Twitter is a waste of time. It’s the social media flavor of the month. For long term longeivity, my bets are on Facebook. Did you know people like me are advertising on Facebook based on your profile. Privacy issues!? If I’m wrong on Twitter, you can come back and say “Hey Simon”, ‘Remember how computers would never need more than 4 MB of RAM!”

I’ll answer a bunch of listener’s email, including why eBay is still one of the best online marketplace for buyers and sellers, and while Bonanzle is fun - but no good for selling.

Finally, we continue with our learn Audacity video tutorial series with videos 4 and 5 - Recording and Importing into Audacity.

Links
Podcastmadness: Get a chance to win some great prizes including SimonSezIT.com training courses. Use the code mentioned during the podcast to register with your email address through July 8. Don’t forget to listen to other tech podcasts to get other codes and register again.

Here’s a cool bulk message deleter for Twitter: http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm-deleter/
System Information for Windows program: SIW.exe
http://www.bonanzle.com/

Great Linux podcasts:
Linux Reality
Going Linux
The Bad Apples

Video Tutorials
We continue our 10 part video tutorial series on using Audacity sound editor and recorder.
Part 4 - Audacity video tutorial: How to Record using Audacity
Part 5 - Audacity video tutorial: Importing audio into Audacity