Recently we wrote a popular article on how to have effective meetings. Some people pointed out that online meetings require a special set of skills, and it can be difficult to follow the same advice that we gave for in-person meetings. With so many people working from home, it seemed like a good idea to address these types of meetings. Since I primarily work from home, a good percentage of my meetings are done using video conferencing and screen sharing. After doing this for several years, here are some of the top tips I'd offer for people who are starting to do online meetings. 1. Stay focused It is easy to get distracted or try to multi-task when you are in an online meeting. Don't … [Read more...] about 9 Tips for Effective Online Meetings
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Five Things You Didn’t Know about OS X Terminal
This video shows five things that most people don't know about using the terminal in OS X. 5 Things You Didn't Know about OS X Terminal from Productivity501 on Vimeo. Just in case you want to make sure the items look interesting before taking the time to watch, the five things are: You can drag folders and files into the terminal. How the open command works for files and applications. Safari style tabs in terminal. The "say" command. Copy to and from the clipboard using the command line. If you have some killer tips for using the terminal please share them with others in the comments. … [Read more...] about Five Things You Didn’t Know about OS X Terminal