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Two Monitors? Multi-tasking With Windows

How to Use Two Monitors: 3 Steps to a Multiple Monitor Setup. Let's begin by acknowledging that multi-tasking is a myth. You really can't do two things at once. However, you can make it easier to switch focus from one task to another; and, you can have multiple tasks going at once. Soon, I will be taking delivery of a slim, light, travel monitor, the Vinpok Split featured below, in a couple of weeks, that attaches to my current notebook computer. Then, I can choose to have two programs running on two screens simultaneously. This article discusses the nuts and bolts of setting up such a system. Now, get out there and multi-task.

Keep Notes - Web Version Gets Material Design

Keep Notes on the web is the latest to get a Material Design refresh. I seldom use the web based version of Keep Notes, because it is available with a click from my GMail screen. But, the web version is now prettier and more easily used. Is it more functional? No; but, I suppose function follows form, and it looks better. What do you think? Are you using the best free note taking app on the planet? 

Android Messages - All You Need To Know

Android Messages tips and tricks you need to know. Text messaging has replaced email for quick and dirty communication. Sure, you can Facebook Message, and do video calls; but, for all around utility, you can't beat Android Messages. My favorite feature is the ability to text while online in Google Chrome. Just open a tab at messages.android.com, and sync with your phone. All your texts will appear on screen, and you can type replies while working on something else. I particularly like the pop up screen that tells me I have a message. My Smartwatch does the same thing, and a gentle vibration tells me a text or email has come in. Modern communication for the Internet age. It's what's happening.

Travel Tip - Take Photos Of Your Luggage

How to Keep Track of Your Stuff During Travel. I don't travel as much as I used to. But, when I do, I like to think I am smarter about it than I used to be. How naive I was. Lost luggage and missed flights was something that happened to other people. Until, of course, it happened to me. This was before smartphones, of course. Have you ever tried to describe a lost piece of luggage on a written lost item form? Hmmm. It was black, and it had a handle, and a zipper going all around. Yes sir, we get that a lot. Can you be more specific? So, what a great idea to take photos of everything you are carrying. By the way, I don't recommend putting your dog in the suitcase.  

Rocketbook Everlast |A Notebook That Will Last Longer Than You Do

Rocketbook Everlast | Smart Notebook | Cloud Notebook. I still have the calendar notebooks that I filled in in law school. I have been a notetaker all my life; but, many of my notes are lost to history. I know. That is probably a good thing. But, I just received, for review, a notebook made out of mylar that uses Pilot Frixion pens, and sends the page contents directly to the cloud, or whatever cloud service you want. Then, with a moist, damp cloth, you erase the page, and do it again. Very cool. It won't replace my LiveScribe; but, it looks to be ideal for diagrams, and brief notes. Only $34 for the standard notebook. Pen and paper is so passe.

Messages For Lawyers On The Web

How to set up Android Messages for web | Android Central. If you spend a lot of your day, as I do, staring at a computer screen in your office, you know that it is a major distraction to find your phone and make and respond to text messages all day. Much of our human interaction these days is via text messaging. I make no judgments about this, either good or bad. It just is. So, when I realized that I could make and respond to texts on screen while doing my other work, I was a happy camper. Now, most of my texting is done with a full sized keyboard, and without the distraction of going from computer to phone and back again. Get efficient, and get messages for android. 

Galaxy Note 8 S Pen Guide: Are You Using Your Stylus?

Galaxy Note 8 S Pen Guide: All the Cool Features and Tricks. I have a confession. I have owned Note phones since the Note 3. I also have hardly ever used the stylus. I stopped using Note phones a while back; but, then I purchased a Note 8 for Jacquelyn, who loved the styluses, and used them all the time. She had beautiful fingernails, and her use of the Stylus was practical. It made it easier to tap on her phone. However, when she died, I had a Note 8 in my hands, and a thousand dollar hole in my pocket. I think of her when I hold it. I decided to use the phone; it is, after all, one of the fastest, most beautiful phones out there. However, in the year I have been using it, I haven't used the stylus at all. I am resolved to give it a go, however, and this guide should help. I will report back. Any inveterate stylus users out there? Any tips?

Phone Screenshots - How Do They Do That?

How to take a screenshot on the Galaxy Note 8 | Android Central. Did you ever wonder how the bloggers and net writers get those screenshots of their phone screens? It must be some complicated process, right? Wrong. With my Galaxy Note 8, it is as simple as holding down the power and volume down buttons for a couple of seconds. Presto, an image of the current screen saved for posterity. Here is a screen shot of the FutureLawyer home screen as an example. I know. Icons, Icons everywhere. But, it works for me. 

TaskManager - The Forgotten Utility Tool In Your Operating System

When your computer gets overloaded with running programs, or starts running slowly, the likely culprit is a program running in the background, eating up memory. Or, as sometimes happens, a program will freeze, and the dreaded "Program Not Responding" message appears. This is like arguing with someone who is silent and won't react. Frustrating, no? Well, you have a weapon. It is to press the Ctrl, Alt and Delete keys simultaneously. This brings up an option to run TaskManager, which will show you all the programs running. You can terminate any one of them, which is a satisfying thing to do. Zap, you're dead, offending program. Now, get back to work. 

GMail Swipe Gestures - Sweep Your Troubles Away

You can now customize Gmail for Android%u2019s swipe actions | Android and Me. Is there anything more annoying than deleting emails on your Smartphone? For the longest time, is was necessary to manage GMail on the phone with both hands. One to hold the phone, and one to click the little garbage can at the top of the notification bar. Ugh. As a very old man, I can attest to the fact that the little garbage can may as well be invisible some times. But, happily, the gods of google have now added a cool new feature. Want to make a GMail message go away. Swipe it away to the left or right. Poof. No more email. You have to go into General Settings to set this up. But, once done, you are set for life. Amen.