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How to prevent Google+ users from emailing you via Gmail

Posted on January 13, 2014

gmailGoogle is currently in the process of rolling out a new feature that lets any Google+ user who follows you send you emails via Gmail – even if you aren’t following them back. In fact, they don’t even need to know your email address!

Some folks might be fine with it, but I really don’t much care for the possibility of getting emails from people that I don’t even know. If you don’t either, you can easily turn it off and keep your inbox off-limits to your Google+ followers. Here’s how:  [Read more…]

How to schedule your Gmail messages to be delivered at a later time

Posted on January 10, 2014

boomerang-logoWouldn’t it be nice to be able to schedule your emails for delivery at a later time, right in the Gmail editor? Well, now you can thanks to a fantastic browser extension called Boomerang.

Scheduling Gmail messages for later delivery used to be a clumsy multi-step process, but after you install Boomerang all you have to do is change the date and time right on the edit message screen! The message will then be delivered at that date and time, instead of right away.  [Read more…]

How to list your Desktop apps first on the All Apps screen in Windows 8.1

Posted on January 9, 2014

windows-8-1If you’re like me, when you use Windows 8.1 you probably use your Desktop apps a lot more than any of the Modern apps that are native to the Windows 8.1 “Start” screen.

If so, there’s an easy way to make your Desktop apps be displayed before the Modern apps on the “All Apps” screen (which makes them a lot easier to find in a jiffy). Here’s how:  [Read more…]

10 New Years Resolutions that every computer user should keep

Posted on January 1, 2014

2014I’ve never really been one to make New Years Resolutions, but this year I’ve come up with 10 of them that can help all of us keep our computers running smoothly and the hackers at bay. I hope you find at least a few of them useful.

Note: All of the links contained within the following list of resolutions will open in a new window. This will make it easy to return to the next resolution by simply closing the current browser window or tab.

Rick’s 10 New Years Resolutions for computer users:  [Read more…]

The most popular post of 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013

most-popular-2013To wrap up 2013 I thought it might be fun to take a look at my blog stats to see which post was read the most over the course of the past year. What I discovered astounded me.

The most popular post of the year wasn’t number one by just a hair. It actually had a whopping 22% more page views than the runner up.  [Read more…]

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