ONLINE TRAINING MADE EASY

Mindflash.com is a web-based service that makes it easy to create online courses. It’s free if you have ten trainees or less. Upload a… Read more

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR EXCEL AND WORD

One of our techie friends gave us a tip on how to load Excel files faster. Previously, she said she’s had delays of 30-60 seconds when opening… Read more

SOLVING IT TOGETHER

Often you can solve someone’s computer problem if you can just see what they’re talking about. Join.me is a free service from LogMeIn.com… Read more

MAKE YOUR OWN TRAINING VIDEO

A new version of Camtasia is just out. This is our favorite program for making training and teaching videos. It has been used to teach people how to… Read more

BE A CAPTURE WIZARD

Our favorite two programs for making training videos are Snagit and Camtasia, both from Techsmith. But a competitor, CaptureWiz, does almost as well… Read more

FILEMAKER TRAINING

The popular FileMaker database program runs on Windows and Mac computers and is a lot easier to learn and use than Microsoft Access. There’s a new… Read more

NOBODY READS THE MANUAL

“Nobody reads the manual,” cry the tech support people. And it’s true. Manuals are boring, hard to understand and sometimes dead wrong… Read more

CAPTURE ANYTHING

SnagIt is a Windows program that lets you capture anything you see on the computer screen, including video clips, even if they have been protected… Read more

SIMULATE THIS!

         Wow your friends, impress you boss, be a tech support hero.   We can’t possibly provide… Read more

GRAB THE FRAMES

If we ever did a top 10 list, Camtasia Studio would definitely be on it. This is TechSmith’s master program for creating instructional videos…. Read more