Session 5: 11.26.2007

RSS Feeds

1. The basics — will be watched and reviewed in session
2. Bloglines — for rss-reading within a web browser
3. Vienna — for rss-reading in a stand-alone program

Some rss feeds:

1. Maine Musings
2. New Little Prince
3. Veritas
4. Garden Rant
5. Gulf of Maine Books
6. Custom Google News Feed
• Gary Taubes, e.g.
7. Laptop Maine (this site!)
8. WebTeam
9. New York Times
• Science, e.g.
10. Bloglines Top 1000
11. Delicious Popular

Addenda

Google Reader

Google’s very slick web-based online rss reader.

NetNewsWire

Industrial-strength stand-alone rss feeder (will not install without admin password). $29.95

Session 2: 10.22.2007

(repeat of Session 1)

The Machine Itself

1. NO FEAR (no viruses, no spyware, no malware, no defrag-need…)
2. sleep
3. shutting down/rebooting (maybe once a week)
4. battery (maybe 300 full cycles)

System Preferences…

1. using System Preferences (search)
2. speeding up the trackpad
3. configuring right-click

The Finder, Part 1

1. reining in Live Dictionary
2. overview of hard drive structure
3. folder views
4. Documents folder
5. putting folders in the Dock
6. putting folders in the sidebar 

Safari, Part 1

1. setting up Safari preferences
2. show Status Bar
3. using tabs in Safari
4. using Google in Safari
5. command-click in Safari
6. keyboard shortcuts in Safari

Addenda

Show Desktop

Show Desktop is a small OS X application that will hide all applications and shows the desktop when clicked. It can run in the menu bar or the dock depending on your preference — but the menu bar makes the most sense.

Lifehacker

The sixth most popular blog in the world, as ranked by Technorati.com. Are you ready for the first-most-popular? I don’t think so…

Session 1: 10.15.2007

The Machine Itself

1. NO FEAR (no viruses, no spyware, no malware, no defrag-need…)
2. sleep
3. shutting down/rebooting (maybe once a week)
4. battery (maybe 300 full cycles)

System Preferences…

1. using System Preferences (search)
2. speeding up the trackpad
3. configuring right-click

The Finder, Part 1

1. reining in Live Dictionary
2. overview of hard drive structure
3. folder views
4. Documents folder
5. putting folders in the Dock
6. putting folders in the sidebar 

Safari, Part 1

1. setting up Safari preferences
2. show Status Bar
3. using tabs in Safari
4. using Google in Safari
5. command-click in Safari
6. keyboard shortcuts in Safari

Addenda

Show Desktop

Show Desktop is a small OS X application that will hide all applications and shows the desktop when clicked. It can run in the menu bar or the dock depending on your preference — but the menu bar makes the most sense.

Lifehacker

The sixth most popular blog in the world, as ranked by Technorati.com. Are you ready for the first-most-popular? I don’t think so…