Rick's Daily Tips

7 steps to becoming a Technical Writer

Posted on January 26, 2023

In today’s tech-driven world, skilled technical writers are in high demand.

Technical writing is a type of writing where authors break down complex information and present it in a way that is easy to follow. The content can be in the form of articles, brochures, instructional manuals, how-to materials, and other documents.

Technical writing might be out of your comfort zone, but you don’t need to be Elon Musk to be an outstanding technical writer. If you enjoy breaking down complex ideas and processing them into digestible content, you might consider being a technical writer. [Read more…]

Q&A: What’s the world’s most popular operating system?

Posted on January 23, 2023

Question from Frank: I know Windows used to be the most-used operating system of them all, but I have a feeling that might not be the case any longer. I sure do see a lot of people using iPhones these days.

Can you tell me which operating system is used on the most devices these days? [Read more…]

Review: Poweriver Mini Travel Surge Protector and USB Charger

Posted on January 22, 2023

Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.

If you travel a lot you probably know what a hassle it is to have to carry a bulky surge protector and a bag full of chargers for your mobile devices along with you.

Yet in our ultra-connected world they are a necessity.

Well, I have found a great solution in the Poweriver Mini Travel Surge Protector and USB Charger. [Read more…]

How (and why) to enable the root user account on a Mac

Posted on January 22, 2023

If you have a Mac and your user account has administrator privileges, you’re able to access things and perform actions that aren’t available to users that don’t have admin accounts.

But even accounts with admin privileges are limited in the things they can access and do on a Mac.

However, there’s a special user account with the username “root” that you can use to access and make changes to any area of the file system that isn’t write-protected by your Mac’s System Integrity Protection system. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I split long posts into multiple pages in WordPress?

Posted on January 22, 2023

Question from Rita: I have a question about WordPress is you don’t mind.

My daughter helped me set up a blog and I’m just now beginning to get the hang of things. I have a question though.

I see on other blogs where they have long posts split up into multiples pages with a link at the bottom to click to go to the next page. I’d like to do that on some of my own posts because they tend to be pretty long.

How do I split my posts up like that? [Read more…]