The iPad’s split keyboard has hidden buttons. If you like to reach over to type t, y, h, g, b, or v on a QWERTY keyboard, then you might like to use this feature.  You can pull or push the keyboard to enable or disable the split or use the “toggle keyboard” button in the lower right to use a menu.

NOTE:  If you’ve read this blog for any time, you know I don’t use Apple products, but I DO try to find help for those of you who do.  Maybe this blog, Finer Things in iOS, will have some helpful tips for you.  Click on a topic in the black bar across the top of the blog to fine-tune your search for iPhones, Macs, or whatever.  I found the image and information about the split keyboard here.

Filed under: eTools and technology, tech tips, Your ministry Tagged: Apple, iMacs, iOS, iPad, keyboard, Mac, technology

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One of the top posts on eQuipping for eMinistry is Tips about eMail Usage and Abusage.  (I’d like to suggest you read it along with this article since many of the 18 tips will apply to this post.)

So, here’s “part two” which I based on some great ideas from “How ‘EOM’ Makes Your eMail More Efficient” and “How to eMail Busy People”.  I recommend following the links within this post for more detail from the original authors.

Watch the length of your eMails

Have you ever written an eMail that you realized in hindsight would have been more efficiently done over the phone or in a short meeting?  Try this mental checklist from LifeHacker for your eMail messages:

• Can you fit everything into a subject line? No?
• Then can your message fit into one paragraph? No?
• Then can it fit into two paragraphs? No?
• If it cannot, then a phone call or meeting is likely more efficient.

Yes, you read that right.  Use the subject line with nothing in the body of the eMail when possible.   Imagine  receiving an eMail t...

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We’ll be having computer labs (called “1-2-1 at Lake Hart”) during the lunch hour on the first Tuesday of each month at headquarters.  A dozen staff have volunteered to be available to answer questions on topics ranging from Macs, social networks, mobile devices, eMail, blogging, TntMPD, MailChimp, and more.  Twenty-eight staff came to our “trial run” lab in February.  I asked them what they thought of the lab:

“This was very helpful!!!  I like the informal setting where we can ask questions.  It is very difficult to grasp the tools we have available.  What is very basic for one of your experts, is very complicated for some people.  We need more bridge builders like you!!!  Sign me up to come again.”  ~ Tim C.

“I am interested in coming again. I actually really liked the free open ended way the lab was handled… I really wasn’t sure what I was going to ask [Mike] but as I sat there and fiddled with my MAC I really had a lot of questions. Thank you. I’ll be there next month.” ~ Lori D.

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I love shortcuts, systems and time-savers of all kinds. I enjoy finding ways to increase fruitfulness and efficiency – so that I can have more time for family, friends, and ministry.  I am not especially technologically savvy, but I enjoy learning new things and using tech tools that are basically user friendly.

One of my favorite finds has been DROPBOX.  DROPBOX allows you to share photos, documents, and large files between your tech devices. (DROPBOX works with Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.)  Your DROPBOX folders are automatically and securely updated with the information on your computers and phones, etc. without having to email between devices.  Your DROPBOX files are always available offline and also protected online so that they will be there even if something happens to your phone or computer.  A simple tutorial video tour makes DROPBOX super easy to use.

Not only can you share between devices, but you can share files with other people.  A simple invitati...

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Dan Zarrella of Hubspot analysed 200,000 tweets containing links to find out the best times, days, length of tweet, and even the best position for the link in your tweet.  And more.

The only thing I had to figure out was about paper.li …  Turns out it’s an online newspaper you create for yourself with the content you’re interested in.  I already was doing that with feedly.com (which I can also read on our Kindle Fire).  So, I think I’ll sign up for paper.li and  follow articles that I’m interested in tweeting (probably info to enhance my blogs’ content).  I think I’ll keep everything else I might read on Feedly.  So, Feedly will be like my own “Reader’s Digest” feed for relaxed, personal reading and paper.li will be similar to “Newsweek” for when I want to keep up with technology and other news.

Original source: Digital Buzz (and a heads-up from my sister!)

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