About a week ago, I was having a conversation with a friend about cleaning up this site and focusing on tutorials for Office 2007 and newer. My friend asked, "What about users of Office 2003?"
As a power user of the Microsoft Office Suite of products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and OneNote), I always want to be using the latest version. I had not really thought of being on a version from 10 years ago. But after doing some research over the past week, I have found that there are quite a few Office 2003 users out there on Windows XP. So, for now, I'll keep those tutorials around.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Monday, July 16, 2012
SABR and My Summer of Baseball
On Friday, July 20th, I will be speaking at the Society for American Baseball Research's 15th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The title of my presentation is "The Undefinable Satchel Paige".
For the past year, I have been trying to define Paige by baseball statistical norms - 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts and an earned run average under 3.00. Instead, I found that he was not definable by statistical norms. Instead, statistics such as many, numerous and millions were more applicable to his career.
Most importantly, I fell in love all over again with America's past-time. As I researched Paige, I became more and more interested in the the rich history of the game of baseball. I remembered how my love of statistics helped me follow the game but it was the players that made me enjoy it. Thanks to this project, I have decided to do a few biographies for the SABR BIOProject. First on the list is Russ Morman.
I failed in my attempt to define Satchel Paige but I was able to re-define myself and my love of baseball. Go Reds!
For the past year, I have been trying to define Paige by baseball statistical norms - 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts and an earned run average under 3.00. Instead, I found that he was not definable by statistical norms. Instead, statistics such as many, numerous and millions were more applicable to his career.
Most importantly, I fell in love all over again with America's past-time. As I researched Paige, I became more and more interested in the the rich history of the game of baseball. I remembered how my love of statistics helped me follow the game but it was the players that made me enjoy it. Thanks to this project, I have decided to do a few biographies for the SABR BIOProject. First on the list is Russ Morman.
I failed in my attempt to define Satchel Paige but I was able to re-define myself and my love of baseball. Go Reds!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Falling in Love...with SkyDrive
Since today is Valentine's Day, I guess it is fitting that I have a new love in my life - Microsoft SkyDrive (or more commonly known as SkyDrive). Why have I fallen in love with SkyDrive? It is great to be able to login to any computer connected to the web and have access to photos, Microsoft Office documents, PDF files and various other files types in one centralized environment.
I can easily share files with others via a secured link without having to do large e-mail attachments. My favorite feature is that SkyDrive has security settings that allow me to decide whether or not I want a recipient to be able to edit a file or share the file with other users. This added security protects my SkyDrive folder and limits who can see what information.
Another great feature is that I can easily edit a document using Office Web Apps without having to open a desktop version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote. While the Office Web Apps are not as fully developed as the desktop versions of these products, the Office Web Apps are still quite powerful. This allows me to make quick adjustments and forward a file more quickly and efficiently.
Google Docs has similar features as SkyDrive. However, in my opinion, Google Document, Google Spreadsheet, Google Presentation and Google Drawing cannot compete with Microsoft Office. SkyDrive makes the Microsoft Office products more powerful and gives users more organization, control and flexibility over their files.
I doubt SkyDrive will ever send me a box of chocolates or flowers. It does, though, help me be more organized!
I can easily share files with others via a secured link without having to do large e-mail attachments. My favorite feature is that SkyDrive has security settings that allow me to decide whether or not I want a recipient to be able to edit a file or share the file with other users. This added security protects my SkyDrive folder and limits who can see what information.
Another great feature is that I can easily edit a document using Office Web Apps without having to open a desktop version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote. While the Office Web Apps are not as fully developed as the desktop versions of these products, the Office Web Apps are still quite powerful. This allows me to make quick adjustments and forward a file more quickly and efficiently.
Google Docs has similar features as SkyDrive. However, in my opinion, Google Document, Google Spreadsheet, Google Presentation and Google Drawing cannot compete with Microsoft Office. SkyDrive makes the Microsoft Office products more powerful and gives users more organization, control and flexibility over their files.
I doubt SkyDrive will ever send me a box of chocolates or flowers. It does, though, help me be more organized!
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