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Urgency is one of those feelings that can look like a personality trait from the outside. Some people seem naturally fast, intense, and always moving. Others take a slower pace and get suspicious when everything is labeled “ASAP.”
But urgency is not just about speed. It is an orientation toward time and action, shaped by how your brain predicts the future, how your body reacts to pressure, and what your environment taught you was “normal.” [Read more…]
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It’s easy to forget to sign out of Facebook every time you move on to doing something else.
For example, perhaps you’re driving home after using either a friend’s PC or your work PC and you suddenly realize that you forgot to log out of your Facebook account before leaving.
Or maybe you used one of the machines in your school’s computer lab and forgot to log out of Facebook at the end of your session.
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Question from Ellen: I hope you can help me Rick, and I thank you in advance for trying.
I travel frequently and give video presentations as part of my work, and an issue has arisen. My old laptop can’t run Windows 11 so I had to buy a new one.
The new laptop doesn’t have a VGA connector which is what my projector uses. Do you know of any way that I can use this projector with my new laptop?
Reaching the right audience on Instagram has become a practical challenge for content creators. Publishing frequently no longer guarantees visibility. The platform prioritizes relevance, interaction quality, and consistency, which makes audience growth more complex than before.
Consequently, more and more creators are leveraging online services that help them identify who sees their content and additionally, also identify how their profiles are discovering new audiences. Some services provide automated solutions while others focus on analytics or planning. By comparing individual tools side by side will better help clarify what each tool offers individually.
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You probably know by now that I’m constantly driving home the importance of creating regular backups of your computer’s hard drive or SSD.
But truth be told, how you store your backup drive is just as important as creating backups in the first place because a backup that ends up getting destroyed in a fire or some other disaster cannot be used to recover your files onto a new computer. [Read more…]