Post #30 Spring cleaning, continued.

Per the assignment, I set up file folders & filed the appropriate documents in the folders. Such things as performance appraisals & monthly training logs organize well in folders. Also completed: cleaning of files, i.e. deleted no longer needed documents.

There was nothing on the P:drive I owned, so I didn't delete anything from it. However, I reviewed the Friends files there. Likewise the Z:drive - the are 4 folders in it, but I could not open any of them. Also reviewed various file on the S:drive - have viewed files there before.

That's it for today.

Spring Cleaning #29

I have completed the steps of this (#29) exercise. I may honestly say that I have cleaned my e-mail files regularly - they have been simple to maintain & have been as easy to control as emptying the ordinary trash baskets at home . . . I'm in the habit of emptying them regularly.

I always delete spam immediately - it's like taking out the garbage every night.

I don't use my work e-mail account for personal business, that's just axiomatic.

Although I haven't set up any file folders for e-mails, I guess I should learn how to do it, & so will make that a "To-Do" for the coming weeks.

And, although I don't think it needs to be said, I assure everyone concerned, that I will continue these practices as SOP ("standard operating procedures.")

In summary, file maintence is like washing the car: we do it periodically because we like to have things looking nice. ;-)

Spring Cleaning #28

After a 3 month hiatus from blogging, it is sooo disappointing that no one was concerned enough to send regrets of my absence. But, oh well, I'll just have to suffer through the loneliness.

However, the reason for this post is to document the fact that compliance with the order to clean up my files is being carried out. That is, assignment #28 has been completed.

In summary, I see greater advantage to the Calendar/"To Do list" method that I have been using for years than in the Google Calendar, Ta-Da List, etc. methods.

Granted, my bias is based on habit, but using the "Journal size, one-page-per-day Day-Timer" and Post-It-Notes, I have managed to maintain "real time" control of my activities.

In order to accomplish what I believe to be good time management, I have long used several of the methods cited in the blog. E.g. handle items once: either act on them, file them or discard them; & if something can be done in a few minutes, "do it now" have been my modus operandi.

I don't need a computer or cell phone to access the system, it works during power failures and it's easy to view day, week, month, etc. on a moment's notice. Much like print library materials, my "book" method is quite portable and convenient.

I could change to an "on-line, interactive" system if I were required to, but I think the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" may well apply.

As post #29, 30, etc. arrive I'll set about cleaning my electronic & print files.

At this point, therefore, I bid all you blog-land travelers adieu, good day, ttfn . . .

Week 10, #23

"Is this really the end? Or just the beginning . . ."

First, thank you for putting this together & for your help in negotiating the course. It has been a learning experience, indeed. (All of it wasn't "intuitive," as they say, so your help was crucial to the completion.)

My favorite discovery is "Week 8 #19" Web-based Applications. That is very good. However, Week 7 #16 Wikis was good, too - it led me to give serious attention to Wikipedia, etc. - useful.

Any surprises? Frankly this course is all surprises - every lesson brought "news from afar." And you know that these days, any time afar breaks out, them Firemen are quick to respond so as to keep it from spreading. But in spite of their best efforts, all this technology stuff is spreading like wildfar.

Concerning "ideas for using these technologies," it's likely that most of them will be "remnants of the past" in the "not too distant future," as more innovations overtake us.

What else do I what to learn about? Well, I think the next crucial course is the "Retirement Seminar!"

Although (as is happening here) the "Compose" window has been in use extensively, the most important function needed for this blog is "Decompose," which is really what should happen as soon as possible.

Be well.

Week 9, #22

Downloadable Media: "eAudioBooks, eBooks, Music & Videos."

The Digital Media Guided Tour is helpful & clear. However, upon following the instructions to load the Overdrive Media console, I received the following conclusion: "The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory. . . . The installation cannot continue. . . . "

Nonetheless I toured the great selection of classical music, selected vol. 6 & ["checked it out"] downloaded it. However, without the media player . . . well you can see that dead end sign. So now I have a music CD checked out (via downloading), but can not play it. It is gratifying, however, that it will be automatically "returned" so there won't be any overdue fines.

All in all, it looks very good.

Week 9, # 21

"Podcasts, Smodcasts." [I think it should be "Schmodcasts," but that's a 2ndary issue.]

Well, with "a little help from my friends," I now have the RSS feed from "Manager Tools" [http://www.manager.tools.com/podcasts/feed/rss2] podcasting to my blog.

This has been a complicated process in which one directory (Yahoo Podcast) was very difficult to use, while another (Podcastalley) was straightforward.

Onward & upward.

Week 9, # 20

Of the various videos on YouTube, Animal entries were more interesting than most others. "Jericho Bald Eagle, Frosty Morning," & "Ruby & the 3 puppies, Week 3" [actually, there were about 8 puppies; why the title said "3" is curious] were . . . interesting. But Penguin Bathtime" from ZSL London Zoo, was entertaining.

The political clips were , frankly "Ho-Hum." The Music clips I checked were, dare I say it, "uninspired." Hailey Wojcik/Dinosaur Bone - sad. Ethan's Turducken Song - pitiful.

I reviewed clips in topics that interest me: Autos & vehicles (Ferrari 430 Scuderia - excellent, but "if you have to ask how much, . . . '), Music, News & Politics, & Pets & animals.

This was my 1st trip down YouTube lane, so "we shall see."