Productivity on the iPad

Mar 31, 2010 | 3 Comments

You only have to wait a few more days, my impatient friends. Your iPad will soon arrive, and you’ll be able to play to your heart’s content. In order to help keep you occupied, I have found a few videos that showcase some of the features and apps built in to the device. Productivity is [...]

Playing Tetris Eases Stress

Mar 29, 2010 | One Comment

It’s no secret that I am a Tetris fanatic. That is pretty much the only game I play and truly enjoy. Forget the fact that the game is addictive. Researchers at Oxford University have suggested that playing Tetris can assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress. According to the research, playing Tetris after a shocking [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 Comparison Screencast

Nov 9, 2009 | 8 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I recently asked all of you to submit your screencasts to me for review. The best of the best will be chosen to be featured here, in my various channels and outlets. This provides content of a different perspective for our [...]

Microsoft Office 2010 Screencast

Oct 31, 2009 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Recently I threw down the gauntlet, asking all of you to submit your best screencasts. I plan to highlight the best of the best here in my channel, and help promote yours. Jack has sent a few in to us now, [...]

How to Edit Text Documents on the Web

May 3, 2009 | 5 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I have yet to find a text editor that is the one to beat all the rest. None of them are perfect, so I try them all. On OS X, there really aren’t many I’m impressed with. However, there’s another option [...]

How to Convert PDF Files

Feb 24, 2009 | 7 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Oh, PDF you are so beautiful there in my viewer, but I cannot edit you! I have to convert you somehow to a format that I can edit. Or I can head over to a new website that I came across [...]

Starting a Catchphrase

Mar 19, 2008 | 35 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed ‘E Ya Later’ is how I end nearly every video I do. I started using it years ago, because I wanted a catchphrase of my own. I’m not even sure where and how I came up with it… but it stuck. [...]

Microsoft Office Windows Installer Problem

Aug 23, 2007 | 5 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – Poor Big John Midland. Every time he launches a Microsoft Office application the Windows Installer box comes up. Uninstalling and re-installing hasn’t helped the issue. Luckily, I have a very good idea what the problem is. Most likely, a third party [...]

Finally, the Office 2007 Ribbon Rocks!

Jul 30, 2006 | 6 Comments

I wasn’t sure if I’d be sold on the Office 2007 Ribbon interface. It’s different – almost too different. I know they said it was supposed to increase productivity, but to me it just increased screen clutter. Today, I heard that the Office 2007 Ribbon [is] To Be Tweaked: The Ribbon, a new top-of-the-window feature [...]