Techno Tidbit #14: Is your Gmail Inbox loading much slower than you want it to be? One great tip that you can apply is to lessen your conversations/threads per page. The lesser your conversations, the lesser amount of "buffering" gmail needs to load your inbox. Steps: Go to the Gear Icon on the upper right portion of your inbox Click Settings then look for General Tab Under Maximum page size, choose the number of threads you want to have. (10, 15, 20, 25, 50, … [Read more...]
Techno Tidbit #8: Using WordPress Permalinks
Techno Tidbit #8: For WordPress users, change your permalinks from the default one to one that has post name on it. Post name permalinks are more search engine friendly and will boost your searchability. You can choose from the following permalink structures: Day and name Month and name Post name Custom Structure With Custom Structure, you can add "category" before the post name. ex. thetechiemom.com/category/post-name With these suggested permalink structures, you can still … [Read more...]
Techno Tidbit # 4: Cleaning Your Computer Monitor
Techno Tidbit #4: LCD/LED monitors nowadays get really grimy fast, we need to clean it constantly to make sure the dirt doesn't stick to it (it's harder to clean when dust has already accumulated and caked over.) Before doing anything to your monitor, make sure that you have unplugged it. Do not clean your LCD monitor with anything but water. Dampen (make sure it is just moist, and not soaked) a soft cloth and wipe monitor in a circular motion, let it air-dry for a few minutes, after which, you … [Read more...]
Techno Tidbit # 3: Maximizing Your Laptop’s Battery
Techno Tidbit # 3: Want to maximize the power of your laptop's battery when telecommuting? Avoid multi-tasking. Using fewer programs at any given time can lessen unnecessary battery consumption. Try not to use power hog programs like video and photo editing programs if you are conserving battery. Remember that running several programs all at once means a higher CPU usage and a greater load on the processor, thus more battery consumption. … [Read more...]
Techno Tidbit # 2
Techno Tidbit # 2: Only buy things online from sites that has SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption installed. You would know it is SSL encrypted when it starts with https:// (note the "s", not just http://) … [Read more...]