Further education: Codeacademy.com

If you've been on the "Support" side of things for a while and want to start edging into the "coding" side of things, check out Codeacademy - It's a rather nifty "interactive tutorial" site that will get you nicely grounded in string-oriented coding with JavaScript. In keeping with the times, it also provides scores, badges, and other things to boast about on FaceBook and other social media sites.

I've been very "results oriented" in my coding experience - only soaking up as much knowledge as I need to get a specific task done for a specific project. This site has helped shore up the basic concepts of programming, which will make it easier for me to create my own projects.

Two thumbs up.

Tools: A (cloudy) place for your stuff

If you haven't heard about DropBox yet, I'll be happy to tell you about it. DropBox is a free online "Cloud" storage service which provides its users with 2GB of free storage space, and can be accessed through the web or via an App for most operating systems (Windows, Mac, Unix, iOS, Android, etc).  I've found this very useful for porting installer programs, data files, online manuals etc from place to place.

The 2 GB disk allocation is free - you can pay for up to 20 GB of online storage.

The other cool thing about it is - if you refer someone to DropBox, you can get a bit of extra storage for yourself. So..  if you're interested, feel free to click any of the links I've made in this post and sign up for some free storage space.

Shameless Plug - The Tech Support Mumbler

We all need to blow off a little steam now and then, and while I'm not a fan of most Tech Support Humor, there are some strips I like because they're based more on people than on technology.

JD Thyme's Tech Support Mumbler is one of them.  Check him out!

Teach Parents Tech

... my erstwhile Blog Host - Google - has come up with a very clever (and funny) way for us techs to help our parents get a handle on all this computer stuff.

If you have parents that are new to computers, parents that are familiar with computers, or just want a good, non-insulting giggle, check out http://www.teachparentstech.org/

I sure wish this was around when I was writing batch files to create a menu for my Dad.