Things we take for granted #3: Saving work

March 17, 2008 in Granted, g33k channel, tip, tricks and how to's
Tags: apple pages, backup, efficiency, gmail, google, google docs, hotmail, ilife, life, live, microsoft, office, presentations, productivity, spreadsheet, word

Remember Murphy’s law? Anything that can screw up, will. Especially computers.
And we all know how just how reliable Microsoft is, right?
It’s not just Microsoft though…so long as it’s a computer, it will find a way, when you’re least expecting it, to kick you in the nether region (regardless of gender) and laugh in your face.
I [...]

Things we take for granted #2: Space

February 26, 2008 in Granted, archInte
Tags: bookcase, books, disney, encyclopedia, london, shelves, space usage, tokyo

Despite the fact that I am on my laptop almost 24/7, I still love books. As a child I had sets and sets of encyclopedias, most of them from Disney, but still – knowledge is knowledge. They used to be stacked neatly from A-Z on 3- or 4- level shelves. From there, my obsession with [...]