Everyday Technology
Check Your Laptop’s Sleep Behaviour Before Putting It in a Bag
Check what closing your laptop lid actually does, distinguish sleep from hibernation and shutdown, and avoid packing a machine that is still running hot.
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Everyday Technology
Listen to Your Draft for a Different Proofreading Pass
Use text-to-speech as an extra proofreading pass, listening for missing words and awkward sentences while checking facts and layout separately.
Device Habits
Downloaded Is Not Installed: Finish the Security Update
Finish a security update by checking installation and restart status instead of assuming a completed download means the device is patched.
Digital Habits
Share the Window You Need, Not an Accidental Tour of Your Desktop
Prepare a clean screen-sharing window, check notifications, and verify what participants can see before presenting from your everyday computer.
Digital Habits
Which Websites Can Your Browser Extensions Read?
Review browser extensions by the websites they can access, then narrow permissions where the browser and extension support that choice.
Everyday Technology
Check the Print Preview Before a Web Article Becomes Twenty Pages
Inspect page breaks, range, scale and missing material before printing a web page or saving it as a PDF for later reading.