Author Archives: Debra Dalgleish

RSS and Blog Backups

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

Today I was backing up my RSS feeds in Google Reader, and was shocked to see that I’m subscribed to 386 feeds. Wow, that’s about double what I would have guessed. There are only a few blogs that I read … Continue reading →

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Excel Quick Tips Videos

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

I use TweetDeck to monitor Twitter, and to post to my Twitter account, most of the time. TweetDeck used to have a link to 12seconds.tv but that link seems to have disappeared in recent versions. This week I posted a … Continue reading →

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Interactive Video Experiment

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

Last month, I asked which type of online learning you preferred. As expected, the majority selected written instructions, but the second highest vote was for interactive learning. I’m still not sure exactly what types of interactive learning people are using. … Continue reading →

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Online Collaboration

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

Recently, I tested WiZiQ for an online meeting with a client, and wrote about the experience. In the comments, Pierre suggested edufire and andy recommended showdocument. I took a quick look at both sites. Edufire looks like it would be … Continue reading →

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More Online Meeting Tests

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

Last week I tried WiZiQ for an online meeting with a client. There were a few snags, that I mentioned in the class evaluation form that popped up when I finished my session. The next day, someone in the WiZiQ … Continue reading →

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FTC Disclosure Icons

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

New FTC Disclosure regulations for bloggers took effect on December 1st. I’ve added disclosure information to my blogs and website, and hope that’s sufficient. On Louis Gray’s site today, there’s a set of FTC Disclosure icons that you can download, … Continue reading →

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Online Training For Clients

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

Do you do any online, real-time teaching or learning? A client wanted to learn a bit more about Excel VBA, so we arranged a phone call for today. He sent me a couple of workbooks to use during the session. … Continue reading →

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I Have a Question

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

If you have an Excel blog, or have written an Excel book, or ever answered a question in an Excel newsgroup, you probably get questions in your email inbox. Most of the emails can be answered by pointing the person … Continue reading →

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Interactive Excel Learning

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

Thanks for participating in my Online Excel Tutorials survey last week. There were 21 votes, and I wasn’t surprised that 57% or the votes were in favour of written instructions. Written tutorials with screen shots are my favourite way to … Continue reading →

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Web Host Problems

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Debra Dalgleish

This blog was down for most of the day, but seems to be fully functional again. It’s hosted on DreamHost, and the System Status forum there was full of complaints, as you’d expect. Apparently the servers were down for a … Continue reading →

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