Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter.
A good bit of my day, every single day, is spent reading on screens. I’ll read news on my computer, and then save some interesting stuff to Instapaper to read while I’m on the subway. I’ll read RSS feeds when I get to work, read blogs and news throughout the day, catch up on ESPN when I’m bored, and maybe end the day reading a book on my iPod Touch or my laptop while I’m sitting in bed.
All of that would be fine, except that computer reading is a nightmare. There’s the obvious problems, like “you’ll go blind,” as well as a host of other annoyances. Between blinking ads that pop up over the first nine paragraphs of the story, ads about some girl’s nasty yellow teeth I’d really rather not see, and the “hey there, want to subscribe to my newsletter?” notes that seem to be plastered all over most blogs, reading on your computer (or any screen) just sucks.
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Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter.
On Twitter yesterday, I asked my followers for some of their favorite blogs. I got some great answers, which I’ll share, but what was more interesting to me was how many people were in my situation: liking reading blogs, and finding it harder and harder to find new good ones.
I’ve also realized that, for most people, blogs are still a totally foreign concept. We don’t know how to find good ones, how to use those to find others, or how to connect to this whole crazy blogging world. I think that’s why the reactions to my lists of great business blogs and great blogs for foodies were hits.
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Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter.
(Every week or so, I post a bunch of resources to get you going with a digital project of some kind. In this case, it’s programming..)
Programming, writing software and web code, is going to become more and more important as the world turns digital – everything from art to software requires some programming knowledge, and there are tons of different languages, thoughts, and methods out there.
Luckily for you (and me, certainly), they’re not that tough to learn. And, thanks to some great resources out there, you can learn them right from the computer screen, without paying a nickel.
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This is a guest post from Candis Bradshaw, a new contributor to Digitizd. She’s a classical musician turned court reporter turned alphatechnogeek, and she’ll be around relatively often, so make her feel welcome!
Does your computer take an eternity to boot or shut down? Do you have frequent system freezes or slowdowns during the course of the day? You may be suffering from the computer slowdown blues. The “slowdown blues” can be caused by many things, but here is what you can do to help cure those slowdown blues.
We’ve discussed a few ways before to speed up your computer, and tips for fixing other problems, but now we’re going to dig into Windows itself.
A note before we get going: before you do anything that deals with your computer’s system and internal files, make sure you’ve got your most important files backed up somewhere. Basically any problem can be corrected, but you don’t want to risk losing some important data. Put it on a hard drive, in Dropbox, on 8,000 zip drives—just make sure you can always get it back.
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Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter.
We all use computers these days–for a growing number of us, computers are even a critical part of our work and play. Over time, this can create some serious strain on your body. As someone who spends an ungodly amount of time in front of a computer every day, I constantly find myself achy despite not moving for hours—that’s a low, low moment, folks.
Whether you work at a desk in an office, or in coffee shops and libraries, or any number of other places, there are a few simple steps you can take to make using your computer a lot more body-friendly, and keep your eyes, hands or back from giving up on you after a long work session.
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Post by David Pierce. Find me on Twitter.
So you’ve decided to sign up for a Twitter account (maybe you decided to build your presence online). Congratulations! You’ve just bought in to the world’s greatest time-sink information network. But now what?
The hardest part of Twitter, the reason most people never go back after initially creating their account, is that it’s really hard to figure out how to use. There’s a ton of people, a lot of applications, lots of sandwiches being eaten, and so on and so forth. It’s all overwhelming!
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