Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying the Technology in Your Life
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 125005348X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Outstanding and truly "Essential"; plus four great tips for using Google Maps. [It is well worth following Pogue on Facebook or Twitter; his new book on life is great: Pogue's Basics: Life: Essential Tips and Shortcuts (That No One Bothers to Tell You) for Simplifying Your Day ;his new edition of his book on the iPhone is just out (and only slightly repetitive with this one: iPhone: The Missing Manualand here are four great recent tips (since this book was pu. Bassocantor said â« Put Your Wet Phone in a Bowl of Rice, but Make sure it's DRY Rice. I had no idea this book would be so fun to read. Although POGUE'S BASICS might be classified as a "Reference" book, do not be fooled. It is a practical guide, with tons of useful tips--it's for regular folks, not something that a professor of engineering might use. I found it fun to just browse around the tips, digging further into subjects that interested me.My favorite tip is "Br. Just what I needed One aspect of David Pogue is he's an entertainer,he seems to dislike boring. He proves it here with a short,concise and surprisingly entertaining handbook of tips for most of the tech in anyone's life. Smart phones,tablets and computers take priority of course but cameras and other stuff is not forgotten. I picked up several tips while enjoying the read. Some of Pogue's bigger and
Luckily, award-winning tech expert David Pogue comes to the rescue with Pogue's Basics, a book that will change your relationship with all of the technology in your life. Somehow, you're just supposed to know how to use your phone, tablet, computer, camera, Web browser, e-mail, and social networks. The tech tips in Pogue's Basics are all you needthe shortcuts to a happier technological life.. New York Times BestsellerDid you know that can you scroll a Web page just by tapping the space bar? How do you recover photos you've deleted by accident? What can you do if your cell phone's battery is dead by dinnertime each day? When it comes to technology, there's no driver's ed class or government-issued pamphlet covering the essentials. With wit and authority, Pogue's Basics collects every essential technique for making your gadgets seem easier, faster, and less of a hassle. Crystal-clear illustrations accompany these 225 easy-to-follow tips.Tips include:Make the type bigger on your screen · Bring a wet phone back from the dead · The fastest way to charge an iPad · The 10 best apps to put on your phone · How to type symbols · Bypass annoyingly long voice mail instructions · Use map apps on your phone without an Internet connection · Sign a contract electronically · See what's in a file without opening it · The 12 best free services on the Web
. DAVID POGUE has 1.5 million followers on Twitter, has given four TED talks, and recently launched Yahoo Tech, a consumer technology site for non-technicians. For thirteen years, he wrote for The New York Times; his weekly tech column frequently ended up on the Top 10 List of the paper's most e-mailed articles. Pogue also writes a monthly column for Scientific American, created the Missing M
Just pick up a copy for yourself. We'd challenge the most confident guru to traverse more than a dozen or so pages without finding a tip that is not only new, but incredibly useful. It may not only help you save face, you could find yourself saving a good bit of time and having a lot more fun, too.” Ric Getter, MacDirectory Magazine . “Pogue is one of the most astute explorers popular technology has known