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		<title>Firefox and Chrome &#8211; the Death of Internet Explorer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 19:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Propellerhead</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Browsers should be organic; they need to have a natural flow, just like designing the layout for a room in your home.  Anything that is superfluous needs to be discarded.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #808080;"><em>If you&#8217;re using Internet Explorer to read this post, please read on.</em></span></p>
<p>Before always-on internet connections, I used AOL, Netscape, or Internet Explorer to access the internet.  Those days of poorly constructed internet browsers are over.  Companies are producing polished programs for us to browse.  These programs not only look good, but increase the speed, security, and ease of browsing the interwebs.</p>
<p>Browsers should be organic; they need to have a natural flow, just like designing the layout for a room in your home.  Anything that is superfluous needs to be discarded.  Let&#8217;s take a look at IE and it&#8217;s default homepage.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/ie-home1.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4064" title="ie home" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/ie-home1.png" alt="" width="512" height="338" /></a></p>
<p>There are so many things here that we don&#8217;t need in a browser &#8211; a lot of blank unused space in the top of the browser, a poorly placed favorites menu, and those controls on the top right (page, safety, tools) that don&#8217;t need to be there. There are ads all around the default MSN homepage, and silly news stories that I really don&#8217;t care about.  The browser is bloated, slow, proprietary, and attempts to look flashy to make up for it&#8217;s shortcomings.</p>
<p>Why would a company as large as Microsoft have a browser that is agreeably poor?  One answer is that they are spreading themselves thin.  Think about it &#8211; Microsoft makes and maintains the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Windows</li>
<li>office software</li>
<li>hardware</li>
<li>internet browser (IE)<a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/microsoft.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4068" title="microsoft" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/microsoft-300x152.png" alt="" width="300" height="152" /></a></li>
<li>search engine &#8211; Bing</li>
<li>servers</li>
<li>Xbox</li>
<li>video games</li>
<li>clothing</li>
<li>Windows Mobile</li>
<li>email service (Hotmail)</li>
<li>virus scanner (Windows Defender)</li>
<li>media format (.wmv)</li>
<li>media player (Windows Media Player)</li>
</ul>
<p>For a large company, that list in itself isn&#8217;t long.  However, think of how much variety those things have; operating systems, video games, and internet browsers are not all that similar.  Let&#8217;s compare that list to Google&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Chrome OS (in development)<a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/google.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4067" title="google" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/google-300x152.png" alt="" width="300" height="152" /></a></li>
<li>Google Phone</li>
<li>search engine</li>
<li>Gmail</li>
<li>Google Docs</li>
<li>Chrome</li>
<li>Google Earth</li>
<li>Other companies they own (YouTube, Picasa, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<p>&#8230;and Mozilla, the makers of Firefox:<a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/mozilla.jpg"><img class="alignright" title="mozilla" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/mozilla-300x152.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="152" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li>Firefox (browser)</li>
<li>Thunderbird (email)</li>
<li>Lightning (calendar)</li>
<li>Sunbird</li>
<li>Seamonkey (dev tools)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Overextended</h2>
<p>It appears that Microsoft has a bunch of things on their development plate, and I&#8217;m left to question how many resources and how much focus they can devote to their internet browser.  When you control over 90% of the home computer market, why bother making an amazing internet browser?  In this case, the browser in and of itself is not going to bring in a sale.</p>
<h2>Competition</h2>
<p>Seeing this lack of any really great browser, companies that devote their time to web products jumped into browser development.  Mozilla came first, with a platform built off the Netscape architecture.  With Firefox as their main product, they put all their efforts into making it an amazing program &#8211; Firefox was the first browser to bring tabbed browsing into the mainstream and allow for modular add-ons from third party developers.</p>
<p>Chrome was released in late 2008, and incorporated all the great ideas from Firefox.  Chrome is different in small ways from Firefox, and since Google is such an internet goliath with years of making great products and services, it&#8217;s as good of a browser as Firefox.</p>
<h2>Internet Explorer is Awful</h2>
<p>With these other companies that devote their time so much to developing the perfect browser, it&#8217;s clear that Microsoft probably can&#8217;t compete.  Based off of my testing and opinion, and supported by <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5512021/woah-internet-explorer-9-might-actually-look-good-update-keep-dreaming" target="_blank">many</a> <a href="http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-03/inside-excruciatingly-slow-death-internet-explorer-6" target="_blank">other</a> <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5531032/ie-market-share-falls-below-60" target="_blank">sources</a>, IE is slower, more prone to attack, less updated, poorly laid out, and not as good looking as these other two browsers.  Both Chrome and Firefox are <em>constantly</em> updated with not only bug fixes, but new features and looks.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s enough arguing my case, let&#8217;s look into how to install these browsers.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Before we go further, please keep in mind that having more than one browser installed is a <a href="http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/2010/02/essential-maintenance-tools/" target="_blank">waste of space</a>. </strong><span style="color: #808080;">[Unless you're a tech person like me and you need to troubleshoot issues in multiple browsers.]</span><strong> If you download both of these browsers to test them out, that&#8217;s great!  Just make sure that once you&#8217;ve made your decision, you uninstall the other one.</strong></p>
<h1><a href="http://www.mozilla.com" target="_blank">Firefox</a></h1>
<p>First off, Firefox is the browser I use on both my Mac and Windows machines, so if you&#8217;re looking for the official Propellerhead Recommendation, here it is.</p>
<p><span style="color: #808080;">I recorded a screencast of how to install Firefox:<br />
</span></p>
<p><a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Firefox-install.flv" title="Firefox Install">Firefox Install</a></p>
<p>Firefox has an amazing depth of customization and ability. I&#8217;ll expand on some need-to-know features in later posts.</p>
<h1><a href="http://www.google.com/chrome" target="_blank">Chrome</a></h1>
<p>Again, I do love and recommend Firefox over Chrome, but that&#8217;s not to say that Google has made themselves a really cool browser.  Chrome took all of the best aspects of Firefox and really made them their own.</p>
<p><span style="color: #808080;">Here&#8217;s how to install Chrome:</span></p>
<p><a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/google-chrome-install.flv" title="Google Chrome Install">Google Chrome Install</a></p>
<p>Which browser do you use?  IE, Firefox, and Chrome are the largest three browser out there, but there are still others such as Opera, Safari, and more.  After switching from IE to one of these browsers, how do you like it?  Let us know in the comments below.</p>
<p>Thumbnail image courtesy of: www.neowin.net</p>
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		<title>The Hierarchy of Computers</title>
		<link>http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/2010/04/the-hierarchy-of-computers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Propellerhead</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an industry develops, products branch out to cover many niches.  Look at vehicles. After a century of development, we have cars, wagons, SUVs, crossovers, sports cars, hybrids, trucks, etc.  With product differentiation, manufacturers can sell to a greater number of people.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an industry develops, products branch out to cover many niches.  Look at vehicles. After a century of development, we have cars, wagons, SUVs, crossovers, sports cars, hybrids, trucks, etc.  With product differentiation, manufacturers can sell to a greater number of people.<br />
<span style="color: #ffffff;">.</span><br />
The same thing has happened with computers in the past 10 years. This post will cover the different categories that computers are filed into and the general features that each category contains.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Hierarchy.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3777" title="Hierarchy" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Hierarchy.jpg" alt="" width="641" height="209" /></a></p>
<h2>Desktop</h2>
<p>Desktops are the big daddy of the personal computing world.  They were the first on the scene back in the 80s, and they haven&#8217;t changed much since then.  Desktops allow for the most powerful possibilities of (normal) home computing while remaining relatively affordable.  Also, desktops are the only machine you can build from scratch and are the easiest type of computer to upgrade.  Why are they so cheap and easy to upgrade?  Well, have you ever looked inside your tower computer (if you have one)?  There&#8217;s a bunch of empty space.  This means that they&#8217;re great boxes for your nice motherboards, graphics cards, and everything else.  Also, with all that room, cooling is not nearly as much of an issue when compared to other computers that have the circuitry stacked on top of each other.</p>
<ul>
<li>Able to upgrade</li>
<li>Relatively cheap</li>
<li>Easy temperature management</li>
<li>Modular repairs and upgrades (If the monitor is old/breaks, buy a new one &#8211; If you want a better CPU, put one in)</li>
<li>The largest computer option</li>
</ul>
<h2>Nettop</h2>
<p>A nettop is a step down from a desktop in the hierarchy of computers, but some would argue that it&#8217;s a better solution.</p>
<p>First off, allow me to explain what appending anything with &#8220;net&#8221; means (see nettop, netbook).  This means that the device is meant to be a great internet browser.  A nettop is like a desktop for people who know that the primary use will be for the internet.</p>
<p>Imagine taking the elements from inside a laptop and squeezing them behind a flat screen monitor: that&#8217;s what a nettop is.  Why do we call it that?  Nettops are best suited for less intensive computing tasks.  Any Office program, simple games, and inter<strong>net</strong> browsing are what this computer is for.  Think of it this way: a nettop can handle anything except for intense media editing (graphics, audio, video) and the newest video games.</p>
<p>When a computer is an &#8220;all-in-one&#8221;, it&#8217;s forced to have a more selective level of components due to the limited space that the manufacturers are allowed to play with.  This means that some components will be not as powerful as their desktop counterparts, or that some components might be more expensive.</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #808080;">Side note: I personally own a computer that&#8217;s about halfway between a desktop and a nettop.  My iMac was built to have very impressive specifications and can handle many kinds of programs, including Photoshop, movie editing, and intense gaming. The only major difference between it and a desktop is that my iMac is basically un-upgradable (save a RAM upgrade).  If anything breaks (such as the monitor), I need to have the whole computer unit serviced.</span></em></p>
<ul>
<li>More expensive, due to the all-in-one nature of the computer</li>
<li>Cannot conduct major upgrades</li>
<li>Generally less powerful than (cheaper) desktops</li>
<li>Sleek and good looking</li>
</ul>
<h2>Laptop</h2>
<p>Though we all know what a laptop is, we might not completely understand where it fits on this list.  Laptops are inherently more expensive than the two computers above; however it&#8217;s the tool of choice for the business world because it is the most powerful device in the portable domain.</p>
<p>Laptops are priced like they are because, in addition to the costs of stacking and miniaturizing all the components of the computer (as mentioned in the section above), the machine has to actually move mechanically.  Think about it: laptops have to open and shut many times a day. Laptops are placed on laps, tables, floors, or any other surface that presents itself.  In addition to this new mechanical component of design, laptops have to withstand moderate abuse from being in a bag or being moved around all day long.  Also, laptops have to be somewhat portable.</p>
<p>Take all the above into consideration, and you&#8217;ve just added a bunch of design parameters that weren&#8217;t present before.  Laptops at their core are not too upgradable, but there are some key components that can be changed out: the RAM, battery, and hard drive to name a few.</p>
<ul>
<li>Portable but powerful</li>
<li>Expensive</li>
<li>Limited upgrades</li>
</ul>
<h2>Netbook</h2>
<p>Netbooks were popularized around late 2008 and have come into their own niche since then.  You can expect to find a 1.6 GHz processor, a 160 GB hard drive or a smaller solid state drive, and 1 GB of RAM, normally around 533 MHz.  Netbooks are generally either 7&#8243;, 8.9&#8243;, 10.1&#8243;, or 12&#8243;, though I think the 12&#8243; ones aren&#8217;t <em>true</em> netbooks because of their size.  [Note that the sizes quoted here are screen sizes in diagonal inches.]  I can find refurbished netbooks for as cheap as $220.</p>
<p>These computers are the new portable workhorse.  On a netbook, you can do things that a smart phone can&#8217;t &#8211; you&#8217;re running a full OS.  That being said, don&#8217;t expect this computer to replace a daily computer.  There are many things that a netbook can&#8217;t do well: game, handle heavy programs, and be comfortable to use.  As with the nettop mentioned before, these computers are made to browse the internet.  Some of these netbooks will also have a wireless card built into them (3G being the prevalent type at the time of this writing), but these netbooks require a contract with a cell company.</p>
<p>The act of actually using a netbook presents challenges to some.  Netbooks have small keyboards and small trackpads.  Personally, I am fine with the keyboard, but don&#8217;t like the mouse experience.</p>
<ul>
<li>Amazingly small</li>
<li>Affordable</li>
<li>Will not replace your normal computer &#8211; more of a supplement</li>
<li>Not powerful</li>
<li>Cannot conduct upgrades</li>
</ul>
<h2>iPad / Tablets</h2>
<p>I haven&#8217;t been able to touch an iPad yet, but we can still discuss what niche it fills.  The iPad is a step beneath a netbook.  It has comprable specifications &#8211; 1 GHz processor, ~64 GB HD space &#8211; but it is <em>not</em> an open source computer.  What I mean by that is you can only run one operating system on it, and you can only install things that work with that one operating system.</p>
<p>On a normal computer, if I want to upgrade my OS I just buy the newer one.  I can also install free operating systems, such as Linux or Ubuntu, and from that point do anything under the sun to my computer.  An iPad is a closed piece of hardware, and it can only run programs (or &#8220;Apps&#8221;, as Apple is calling them) that people design for the iPad/iPhone OS and that Apple approves.  This is a huge thing here &#8211; Apple has to approve a program that goes on the iPad.</p>
<p>All that being said, it is going to be a wonderful internet and media device.  I can browse the internet with a very small device, and I can do tasks such as word processing, spreadsheets, and even make PowerPoints! [Keynote presentations, as Apple calls them.]  The iPad also has a 3G option, so you can get internet over Wi-Fi <em>and</em> cell towers. Learn more about the iPad on <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/" target="_blank">Apple&#8217;s site</a>.</p>
<p>There are other tablets coming mainstream, most notably the <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5510143/hp-slate-specs-leaked-compared-to-ipad-in-hp-internal-presentation" target="_blank">HP Slate</a>.  It looks amazing, just like Apple&#8217;s tablet, and it has a larger processor and a bunch of ports on it.  It&#8217;s also running a version of Windows 7, so the closed operating system is not an issue as it is with the above.  Looking at the amount of media buzz, it looks like the Slate is going to be the iPad&#8217;s main contender, just as Android phones are the main contenders for the iPhone.  I am personally very excited for this HP&#8217;s release.</p>
<ul>
<li>Great for browsing the internet, even on a long car ride</li>
<li>Relatively affordable</li>
<li>Stylish</li>
<li>Will not replace a computer</li>
<li>&#8220;Luxury&#8221; ticket item</li>
<li>Closed source hardware (iPad only)</li>
</ul>
<p><em><span style="color: #808080;">Side note: devices like the iPad are replacing (and revitalizing) the segment of the market that used to be dominated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-Mobile_PC" target="_blank">UMPCs</a>, or Ultra-Mobile PCs.</span></em></p>
<h2>Phone</h2>
<p>Google Android.  iPhone.  Blackberry.  Anyone who&#8217;s used these devices (or anything similar) knows how amazing it is to have the ability to get on the <em>real</em> internet wherever you are.  I say &#8220;real&#8221; because when you go to a webpage on these phones, you&#8217;re most likely seeing what you&#8217;d see if you were on your computer at home going to that same site.</p>
<p>These phones have revolutionized how we get work done, and have ushered in a new age for mobile computing.  Perhaps soon our computers will not be needed for any basic work.</p>
<p>What other niches might there be out there?  Do you own or know of any other devices that inhabit them?  Shout &#8216;em out in the comments below.</p>
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		<title>Essential Computer Maintenance Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Propellerhead</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bet that the day you bought your computer, it was a lightning fast machine - slicker than reindeer slobber.  After the honeymoon was over and the new computer smell wore off, most likely your boot up times increased, your shut down times increased, and the computer seems bloaty.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everything needs maintenance: vehicles, houses, bodies, and your computer.  I bet that the day you bought your computer, it was a lightning fast machine &#8211; <em>slicker than reindeer slobber</em>.  After the honeymoon was over and the new computer smell wore off, most likely your boot up times increased, your shut down times increased, and the computer seems bloaty.  In the same sense that we need to change our fluids and tires on our car, we need to occasionally perform proper maintenance on our computer.</p>
<p>There are a few ways to keep a clean computer.  It all starts with <a href="http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/2010/01/desktop-psychology/" target="_blank">keeping a clean desktop</a>.  From there, we have to delve deeper into the roots of the cause of a slow computer.  Let&#8217;s look at some of the general reasons for a chunky computer:</p>
<ul>
<li>Built up temporary files</li>
<li>A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry" target="_blank">registry</a> that is too cluttered</li>
<li>Any virus, spyware, malware, or whatever virus makers are calling them these days</li>
<li>Fragmented hard drive</li>
<li>Too many background programs running</li>
</ul>
<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll explore the first three problems listed above and the Propellerhead&#8217;s solutions to them.</p>
<h2>Clean Built-up Temporary Files</h2>
<p>First of all, let&#8217;s look at some examples of temporary files:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Internet caches<br />
2. Leftover fragments from an uninstalled program<br />
3. Website cookies<br />
4. Your recycle bin</p>
<h3>Propellerhead, what is a &#8220;cache&#8221;?</h3>
<p>When you visit a webpage or install a program or save a file, most likely a temporary file was created somewhere along there in that process.  On a webpage, your browser will save the info that took the longest to load (such as the images) in a &#8220;cache&#8221; file.  That way, if you visit the site again it can load it up quicker.  This is nice, but as internet speed increases, this function is needed less and less.  Every so often, we want to clean out these files.</p>
<h3>How do programs leave fragments of themselves behind, even though I uninstalled them properly?</h3>
<p>When a program is installed or uninstalled, it usually creates some temporary files necessary to perform the action.  When the program is finished installing or uninstalling, sometimes it won&#8217;t delete all of the temporary files there.  Over time, these files will add bulk.</p>
<h3>Now why would files such as unkempt caches and leftover temporary files actually <em>slow down</em> your computer?</h3>
<p>In an extreme circumstance where your hard drive is <strong>very</strong> full, they could rob it of its last amounts of free space, not allowing the HD to work properly.  In a more common case, they&#8217;ll force your HD to fragment large files or programs.  Fragmenting occurs when there&#8217;s not enough space on the drive to write a large file, so the computer has to break the file into smaller pieces located at different physical locations on the HD.  Then, when we want to access that file, it takes slightly longer to access it.</p>
<h3>Okay, so how do we clean this all up?</h3>
<p>You used to have to perform all these maintenance tasks manually, but I&#8217;ve found a wonderful program called <a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/" target="_blank">CCleaner</a> that does it automatically for you.  I&#8217;ve used CCleaner (which stands for crap cleaner) for over 2 years now, and I love it.  Once you install the very small (3MB) program, open it up and click the analyze button. Don&#8217;t change any of the settings that are checked on the left, they&#8217;re all set properly by default.  It will do its scanning and spit out how many MB it can clean.  Normally, the first time you run CCleaner, you&#8217;ll get a lot of HD space back &#8212; I deleted half a gigabyte  my first time, and I&#8217;ve personally cleaned someone&#8217;s computer and recovered <strong>13GB</strong> worth of space simply by running CCleaner.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">A word of advice for CCleaner: when it installs, it will ask you if you want to install Yahoo Toolbar too.  Please deselect this, because this is junk.  Uncheck everything except &#8220;Add Start Menu Shortcuts&#8221;.  The window should look like this before you install:<br />
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3255" title="CCleaner Install Window" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/CCleaner.PNG" alt="CCleaner Install Window" width="503" height="389" /></p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a video I made that goes over the installation process:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/ccleaner-install.flv" title="CCleaner Install">CCleaner Install</a></p>
<p>Reclaiming hard drive space isn&#8217;t the only way to un-bloat your computer.  We need to be on the lookout for any kind of infection and be proactive about its removal.</p>
<h2>Install a Background Anti-Virus Program</h2>
<p>If you still have the Norton trial version of anti-virus that shipped with your computer, get rid of that.  If you&#8217;re paying for an anti-virus program, that&#8217;s fine, but we can get a great program for free.</p>
<p>Two anti-virus programs that I&#8217;ve been studying over the past few years are <a href="http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage" target="_blank">AVG Free</a> and <a href="http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/" target="_blank">Panda Cloud Antivirus</a>.  Each tackles the solution in slightly different ways, but they both achieve stellar results.  I can say without a shadow of a doubt that AVG Free is a reliable anti-virus program.  I&#8217;ve used it for over three years, and I&#8217;ve installed it on most of the computers I work on.  However, the Panda program is an interesting new contender in the free anti-virus market. The main differences are that AVG also has a paid version, so they do try and get you to buy the paid program.  Panda does not have a paid version, so there are no announcements that  recommend you buy anything.  Also, Panda has an interesting cloud computing method for its virus protection &#8212; it is a community looks out for all the most recent threats.  However, Panda also requires you submit your email to them, while AVG does not.  That being said, Panda has never emailed me in the 4 months I&#8217;ve had their program.<br />
Both of these programs are great, and much better than whatever came with your computer.  Check them out!</p>
<p>Do you have any other tips for this type of computer maintenance? Any other great <em>free</em> anti-virus solutions that you use? Let us know in the comments.</p>
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		<title>Desktop Psychology: Declutter your Desktop, Unclutter Your Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Propellerhead</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unboxing a new computer, with all its shiny new parts and clean surfaces, is a fun activity. Turning it on for the first time, however, can leave you with a bad taste in your mouth.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Software companies pay computer manufacturers to put trial versions of their programs on your computer.  While this is a somewhat effective form of advertisement, these programs slow your computer down and clutter your desktop.</p>
<p>There is a reason that the home screen on your computer is called a desktop.  It’s a place for all the items you’re currently working on.  On an office desk, no one likes it when there are a hundred different items and miscellany spread across the work area of the desk.  The same goes for your kitchen counters and table.  We don&#8217;t leave partially eaten food on plates lying around for days (at least I hope not!).  The same goes for your computer desktop, anything that’s non-essential will distract you.  Studies show that productivity is inversely proportional to the amount of things that are on your workspace.  That’s what Desktop Psychology is all about &#8212; keeping your desktop free and clear of anything that you don’t use.</p>
<p><strong>In order for us to keep our desktop proper, let’s look at some criteria that define what deserves to be kept on your desktop:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Any program or file you use daily</li>
<li>An internet browser
<ol>
<li>Word processors</li>
<li>Email clients</li>
<li>Documents or folders you refer to daily</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Essential computer shortcuts
<ol>
<li>My Computer</li>
<li>My Documents</li>
<li>Recycle Bin</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Recently downloaded temporary files, such as an .exe file to install a program.  The reasoning being we can keep track of them and so we don’t forget to delete them after their purpose has been served.</li>
</ol>
<p>Following these rules, there should only be a few items (the essentials) on your desktop.  Now how do we properly identify and remove the unessential items?  Again, let’s define.</p>
<p><strong>Some examples of unessential items are:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Installation files that have already been used to install their respective programs</li>
<li>Files and documents that could very well be put away into a proper hierarchy of files in your My Documents folder</li>
<li>Shortcuts to programs that you do not ever use
<ol>
<li>Your antivirus program. [It’s already running when you turn your computer on,	no reason to have to click on it.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Preinstalled bloatware, or programs that you do not use anymore</li>
</ol>
<p>Installation files are simple enough to get rid of.  All you need to do is drag them to your Recycle Bin after making sure that you do not need them anymore.  However, there are some rules to follow.  If you see a file that says something along the lines of “install acrobat reader.exe”, or an iTunes installer, then you can feel safe deleting that.  Any file that is the installation file of a program that you already know is installed can be deleted.</p>
<p>The second step listed above is to move files and documents into a proper folder, sorted away.  If it’s a Word document, put it in My Documents.  If it’s a video file, put it away in My Videos.  Keeping your files put away into proper folders and keeping them properly named will help you find them when you need them.</p>
<p>To get rid of shortcuts that you don’t need on your desktop, (ask yourself: do you use them daily?), simply move the shortcut to the Recycle Bin.   The program still exists on your computer, except now you’ll have to go into your Start Menu to access it.  Not a big deal if you don’t use it every day.</p>
<p>Preinstalled bloatware and other programs that you do not use anymore need to be uninstalled properly.  To uninstall a program from a Windows machine, go to the Start Menu and click on Control Panel.  Then click on the icon that deals with uninstalling programs.  A list with every program you own will populate, and uninstalling is as simple as highlighting the program you do not want anymore and clicking the “uninstall” button.</p>
<p><strong>Propellerhead’s rules of thumb for uninstalling programs:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Never uninstall a driver.  Drivers are what allows two pieces of your computer to communicate with each other.  For example, your mouse needs a driver to properly communicate with your computer hardware, and your sound card and graphics card need drivers to communicate with the motherboard.</li>
<li>If you don’t know what it is, DON’T TOUCH IT.  It may be a driver, or it may be an essential part of a program you use often. My best example deals with iTunes.  When iTunes installs on a PC, it installs a few extra helper programs that don’t have the iTunes name on them, such as one called “Bonjour”.  Before I was a certified Propellerhead, I was cleaning out my computer and thought to myself, “Self, what is this program ‘Bonjour’? I have never seen that before, and I certainly don’t use it.”  Unfortunately, that program is an essential part of iTunes, and I had to reinstall iTunes after my mistake there.</li>
<li>If you haven’t used it in about a year, you probably don’t need it.  With everything migrating to online storage and management, you probably don’t need the same programs that you did 5 years ago.  Money management used to be done by programs such as Quicken or Microsoft Money, but now it’s more likely to see someone using their bank’s online system or websites such as mint.com to manage and track their assets.</li>
</ol>
<p>After all is said and done, we should have a desktop that&#8217;s more or less like mine, shown here:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-3131" href="http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/2010/01/desktop-psychology/propellerheads-dektop-2/"><img class="size-large wp-image-3131   aligncenter" title="Propellerhead's Dektop" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/propellerheads-dektop1-1024x640.jpg" alt="Video Email Coach Desktop" width="625" height="390" /></a></p>
<p>You can see that the only items on my desktop are a link to My Computer in the top left, my home folder titled “Reed”, the Recycle Bin in the bottom right, and a folder I&#8217;m temporarily working with, shown at the bottom next to the Recycle Bin.  I have a clean workspace that doesn&#8217;t hinder me when I&#8217;m sorting documents or trying to find an item. Everything is filed away properly in a hierarchy of folders.</p>
<p>Do you have any other imaginative ways to keep a clean desktop? Share your thoughts in the comments below.</p>
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		<title>Big Monitors Improve Productivity: The Facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flywheel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study after study has shown that larger monitors and multi-monitor displays increase productivity, especially when doing complex, cognitively loaded tasks.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span id="noteContent_4_0">Study after study has shown that larger monitors and multi-monitor displays increase productivity, especially when doing complex, cognitively loaded tasks .  Research also indicates that large displays can reduce stress.<br />
<span style="color: #ffffff;">.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="noteContent_4_0"> </span><span id="noteContent_4_0">You can buy a 24 inch monitor for a couple of hundred bucks.  If you are working off anything smaller than 22 inches, you are wasting time! </span></p>
<p>A study done by the University of Utah indicates that you would save around 2.7 hours per day when using a 24 inch widescreen monitor in comparison to a 18 inch standard monitor.</p>
<p>My laptop has a 14.1 inch widescreen display!  I upgraded to a 24 inch external display.  I don&#8217;t run dual-screens, quite frankly it confuses me.  I have been using my external display for around 3 months now.  The additional freedom provided by the vastly greater work area allows me to open more windows and switch between them easily.  I normal have around 30 browser windows open, along with several other programs.  On my 14 inch screen I can have 7 tabs open in Firefox per browser window.  When using my external display, I can have 19 tabs per window.  This is especially useful when I am doing research for articles and interpreting our monthly reporting (e.g. spreadsheets).</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3070" title="pic_of_my_monitor_and_desk" src="http://jivesystems.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/pic_of_my_monitor_and_desk1.jpg" alt="pic_of_my_monitor_and_desk" width="618" height="451" /></p>
<p>I like my external display so much that I think I am going to take it with me, when I go on my next holiday; smuggling it in the boot of my car [they won't find out until it's too late; hehehe!].</p>
<p>Lastly, the Utah study indicates that increases in productivity start to decrease, when you go above a 26 inch widescreen display.</p>
<h2>Closing Thoughts</h2>
<p>I would hazard a guess that once you acclimatize to a large display, you will be able to incrementally increase the size of your monitor and your productivity would increases.  This is because the eye limit has not yet be reached.  I believe that as the peripherals we use to interact with our computer change and improve &#8211; and as the actual interface starts to morph &#8211; we will be able to make huge leaps in productivity by using massive monitors or total immersion virtual displays.</p>
<p>Do you use a large monitor; do you feel it has improved your productivity?  Are you using a small monitor and possibly have questions about upgrading?  Also, this is the first blog post I have published using footnotes; do you have any suggestions or comments about them?</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t know which monitor to buy?  The ASUS VH242H 23.6-Inch Widescreen LCD is very good and costs only $200.  I got one for our office through Amazon.com, but you can buy it from NewEgg.com, PriceGrabber.com, and most other sites.</p>
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		<title>An Evolution In Web Browsing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flywheel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evolution of humanity's ability to communicate with one another has been mind boggling. Even within the past 5 years, things such as Twitter, social profiles, and even web video have pushed the envelope of what it means to "browse the web".]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The other day I was thumbing through a magazine called IEEE Spectrum. If you don&#8217;t know what the IEEE is, it&#8217;s the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; one of the largest technical organizations on the planet. The publication is filled with all sorts of articles on upcoming and current technological innovations. However,  as you may have guessed, one particular article caught my eye.</p>
<h2>This Might Come as a Shock to You</h2>
<p>The title of the article is &#8220;New-Breed Browsers Are Harder to Hack&#8221; by Elise Ackerman. In which, Ackerman explains that as the experience of web browsing has become more complex (email, widgets, making purchases, etc.).  This has made them more vulnerable to attacks by cyber criminals. However, computer scientists are looking to change the structure of web browsing.</p>
<p>Most likely you&#8217;ve heard of HTML;  part of  the lifeblood of the internet. The technology standard has officially been around since 1995 and received its share of updates. Still, the backbone of how the language works is pretty much the same. Despite society&#8217;s best security efforts, the hacks can still find ways to cause all sorts of mischief.</p>
<p>The evolution of our ability to communicate with each other has been mind boggling. Even within the past 5 years, things such as Twitter, social profiles, and web video have pushed the envelope of what it means to &#8220;browse the web&#8221;.  But web browsers were originally designed to view static pages. Applications were meant strictly to run on your local machine.</p>
<p>What do I mean by applications? A program that lets you view email, for example. It is highly unlikely that the originators of these standards could have predicted the explosive growth in application interfacing online. This is because 50 years ago, the concept of a machine that could do banking was barely even a dream. Now you can&#8217;t fall over without hitting an ATM. Being able to do banking on a computer? It was bound to eventually happen.  Right?</p>
<p>The security of the internet is much less than that of an operating system. Why is this? An operating system is actually a bunch of sub-systems working together in harmony; much like a digital ecosystem. There could be one part that handles the user interface. Another part to handle accessing hard drives and disk drives. A third part that handles the networking. This example is extremely simplified, but there is no need (at least not in this post) to understand the intimate workings. The point is that for someone to start causing problems, they have to work around all the different parts.</p>
<p>Web browsing is not treated like this. A browser has everything in one place. As a result, it is more vulnerable to attack. According to researchers at Sophos, a security company in England, they are discovering a sabotage site every 3.6 seconds.</p>
<h2>The Solution isn&#8217;t Far Away</h2>
<p>Computer scientists are looking to fix this problem by treating a browser more like an operating system. Different separate systems working together. This would make it much harder for an attack to occur; thus increasing the security of our browsing experience.</p>
<p>Google and Microsoft have projects that are looking to achieve these goals. There are also smaller groups of people trying to make browsing more secure. One new browser is called Opus Palladianum (OP) designed by assistant professor Samuel King and his team at the University of Illinois. They released a public version this September; however it&#8217;s only for Linux, currently. I&#8217;m hoping they will come out with a version for PCs and Macs shortly, so I can play with it!  <img src='http://www.jivesystems.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h2>Closing Thoughts</h2>
<p>I want you to smile right now because we are living in some of the most exciting times in the evolution of human technology. You are part of this process, if not for the simple fact that you are reading this on a computer. The need for us to communicate in different ways is shaping what describes web browsing. Even our different ways are evolving. Take email for example. We have moved from viewing email using software on your computer, to web-based email, to web video email.</p>
<p>If you have any particular feelings at this point, let me know.  I&#8217;d love to hear how you feel about this pending browser change: long awaited; keep me posted; I didn&#8217;t even realize there was such a problem; or, it&#8217;s a good job there are plenty of ATMs because I am not banking online until the overhauled browsers are realized.</p>
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