Comments for Technically Speaking http://techhelp.cybercreations.net Helping IT get Managed Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:49:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Might as well Jump… list. by Technically Speaking » Windows 7 web chat recap http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/09/25/might-as-well-jump-list/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Technically Speaking » Windows 7 web chat recap Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:49:23 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/09/25/might-as-well-jump-list/#comment-290 [...] looked at demos of the Jump List feature (which I cover here) and also the search capabilities from the Start Menu and from within Explorer.  We also [...] [...] looked at demos of the Jump List feature (which I cover here) and also the search capabilities from the Start Menu and from within Explorer.  We also [...]

]]> Comment on Remembering IT help can come from anywhere and everywhere by @mmangen http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/10/02/remembering-it-help-can-come-from-anywhere-and-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-282 @mmangen Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:19:37 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/10/02/remembering-it-help-can-come-from-anywhere-and-everywhere/#comment-282 Derek: Thanks for the link back to my Excel post. Over the years I have found many great resources to the questions I have - if I want visual, I try YouTube. If I want written, I'll try blogs. As you can tell from my blog posts on Excel I am beginning to do them with both written instructions and a video tutorial (which I also post on YouTube). Even though the main distribution manner for my posts are via Twitter I have gotten quite a little "following" of people who really have come to enjoy the posts on Excel. And, by the way, I'm a huge fan of RSS feeds for the content I want to make sure I don't miss! Michelle @mmangen Derek:
Thanks for the link back to my Excel post. Over the years I have found many great resources to the questions I have – if I want visual, I try YouTube. If I want written, I’ll try blogs. As you can tell from my blog posts on Excel I am beginning to do them with both written instructions and a video tutorial (which I also post on YouTube).

Even though the main distribution manner for my posts are via Twitter I have gotten quite a little “following” of people who really have come to enjoy the posts on Excel.

And, by the way, I’m a huge fan of RSS feeds for the content I want to make sure I don’t miss!

Michelle @mmangen

]]> Comment on Looking for something online? Just Bing It! by WillC http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/07/07/looking-for-something-online-just-bing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-198 WillC Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:43:06 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/07/07/looking-for-something-online-just-bing-it/#comment-198 The bottom line is that Bing actually works well. People can claim that Google has the most relevant results and for some people that might be true. Not everyone is a die-hard search fanatic though and for those people who use search for very basic and obtainable queries, the difference is very minimal between the two. It's already being said that Bing has gotten a step ahead of everyone else when it comes to travel and health searches. Plus, they have began to partner up with Twitter and Facebook for what should be an interesting real-time search trial period. It's good news that Google (and now Yahoo with Search Pad) are at least trying to make it interesting. I think a lot of people are growing tired of Google's hold on the market. But people never really had a reason to care much about the other contenders. This healthy competition makes life better for everyone who uses search and I think that will show in the near future. I also want to bring up www.eZanga.com, another search engine that's growing and adding new things to its services all the time. It's a meta search, but it doesn't shell out multiple or unrelated results and makes for a good experience. The bottom line is that Bing actually works well. People can claim that Google has the most relevant results and for some people that might be true. Not everyone is a die-hard search fanatic though and for those people who use search for very basic and obtainable queries, the difference is very minimal between the two.
It’s already being said that Bing has gotten a step ahead of everyone else when it comes to travel and health searches. Plus, they have began to partner up with Twitter and Facebook for what should be an interesting real-time search trial period.
It’s good news that Google (and now Yahoo with Search Pad) are at least trying to make it interesting. I think a lot of people are growing tired of Google’s hold on the market. But people never really had a reason to care much about the other contenders. This healthy competition makes life better for everyone who uses search and I think that will show in the near future.
I also want to bring up http://www.eZanga.com, another search engine that’s growing and adding new things to its services all the time. It’s a meta search, but it doesn’t shell out multiple or unrelated results and makes for a good experience.

]]> Comment on So Windows 7 is coming out when? by Technically Speaking » So bWindows 7/b is coming out when? « Windows 7 Live Info http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/06/02/so-windows-7-is-coming-out-when/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Technically Speaking » So bWindows 7/b is coming out when? « Windows 7 Live Info Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:08:34 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/?p=555#comment-159 [...] Derek Schauland, MVP wrote an interesting post today onTechnically Speaking » So bWindows 7/b is coming out when?Here’s a quick excerpt [...] [...] Derek Schauland, MVP wrote an interesting post today onTechnically Speaking » So bWindows 7/b is coming out when?Here’s a quick excerpt [...]

]]> Comment on Finding information online with Microsoft Bing by Derek Schauland, MVP http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/06/01/finding-information-online-with-microsoft-bing/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Derek Schauland, MVP Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:57:05 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/06/01/finding-information-online-with-microsoft-bing/#comment-157 I like the predictive search and location awareness myself. Sure Google is king of the search market right now, but there are other engines out there. If the results are better and I need not visit 4 pages of links to get what I need, that is a move in the right direction. I like the predictive search and location awareness myself. Sure Google is king of the search market right now, but there are other engines out there. If the results are better and I need not visit 4 pages of links to get what I need, that is a move in the right direction.

]]> Comment on Finding information online with Microsoft Bing by k00pa http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/06/01/finding-information-online-with-microsoft-bing/comment-page-1/#comment-156 k00pa Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:48:23 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/06/01/finding-information-online-with-microsoft-bing/#comment-156 Will it beat google? No. Is it even usable? No. There is no reason to move away from google. Will it beat google? No. Is it even usable? No.

There is no reason to move away from google.

]]> Comment on Upcoming IT Manager “Webside Chats” by Kevin Remde http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/04/06/upcoming-it-manager-webside-chats/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Kevin Remde Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:18:55 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/?p=469#comment-141 Thanks for the plug, Derek! I'm looking forward to doing these with you! -Kevin Thanks for the plug, Derek!
I’m looking forward to doing these with you!
-Kevin

]]> Comment on Community Spotlight: TechRepublic.com by Derek http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/2009/03/18/community-spotlight-techrepubliccom/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Derek Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:49:40 +0000 http://techhelp.cybercreations.net/?p=401#comment-10 Do you feel a community like TechRepublic in addition to the TechNet website is a valued resource for IT Management? Do you feel a community like TechRepublic in addition to the TechNet website is a valued resource for IT Management?

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