There is a lot of Windows tech out there. It's hard to learn, understand and remember it all. That's why we have this hardware and software in the first place: to augment the knowledge, memory and ability to manipulate data inherent in our wetware. It makes us better, stronger, faster. I love tech. I love the power, integration and flexibility of Windows platforms. I love Mobile Nations and Windows Central, love learning the tech and helping people with it. I love using the tools...
I was asked by Mobile Nations to become an Ambassador at Windows Central, I feel, because I demonstrated that love of helping others with the tech and belief in the community spirit of the place. Like any community we might disagree from time to time, but we all pull together around our common cause. Before becoming an Ambassador I already had a growing list of bookmarks to help reference and answer common problems and assist with common questions that crop up on the board again and again. Shortly after, I shared my list of bookmarks in the Ambassador General Discussion area which most members can't see. Staff and volunteers see it and my hope was that others would use and contribute to it. They did.
Some of the issues that come up are seasonal. Like, "Where is my Denim update," and emerging information on Windows 10 while it is under development. Other information is timeless and needs to be disseminated regularly. This board is huge and dense and distracting at times. No matter how wonderful of a reference we build here it is cumbersome due to its size and formatting. A list of bookmarks and shortcuts is a handy thing to have. As it grows though, it becomes cumbersome in its own miniature way and parts of it become obsolete due to better information or the expiration of the need.
I also realized recently, I was ignoring the most needful audience for this. The one that might benefit more widely and also help grow the list because of the sheer number of wetware, hardware and software systems working in tangent. The members and guests who read the public areas of the board. It's your board, you research here, these are your references to use and to share. I'm sharing mine and I sincerely hope you share yours.
I'm bringing Useful Bookmarks out in public, reorganizing and neatening up. I'm also encouraging others to use the bookmarks, link them to help others around the board and help grow the list by leaving their own bookmarks here in this thread. I'll do my best to curate and organize the mass.
On my desktop I have the following system set up; a Bookmarks folder on my browser task bar and the following three sub-folders: Windows Central (far and away the largest), Phone Forums and Phone Things. I often edit the names of the links to give them an easier to discern functional name and then alphabetize them. New links stay at the bottom of the list until I've cataloged them and published their use in this thread, then they get renamed and alphabetized with the others. Different users will, of course, come up with their own organizational structure.
Thanks in advance for reading, using and participating in this thread...
Index:
Helpful Forums
Useful Cellphone Information
Windows (Mobile Form Factors)
Windows (Desktop Form Factors)
Hash Codes
Microsoft Wearables
I was asked by Mobile Nations to become an Ambassador at Windows Central, I feel, because I demonstrated that love of helping others with the tech and belief in the community spirit of the place. Like any community we might disagree from time to time, but we all pull together around our common cause. Before becoming an Ambassador I already had a growing list of bookmarks to help reference and answer common problems and assist with common questions that crop up on the board again and again. Shortly after, I shared my list of bookmarks in the Ambassador General Discussion area which most members can't see. Staff and volunteers see it and my hope was that others would use and contribute to it. They did.
Some of the issues that come up are seasonal. Like, "Where is my Denim update," and emerging information on Windows 10 while it is under development. Other information is timeless and needs to be disseminated regularly. This board is huge and dense and distracting at times. No matter how wonderful of a reference we build here it is cumbersome due to its size and formatting. A list of bookmarks and shortcuts is a handy thing to have. As it grows though, it becomes cumbersome in its own miniature way and parts of it become obsolete due to better information or the expiration of the need.
I also realized recently, I was ignoring the most needful audience for this. The one that might benefit more widely and also help grow the list because of the sheer number of wetware, hardware and software systems working in tangent. The members and guests who read the public areas of the board. It's your board, you research here, these are your references to use and to share. I'm sharing mine and I sincerely hope you share yours.
I'm bringing Useful Bookmarks out in public, reorganizing and neatening up. I'm also encouraging others to use the bookmarks, link them to help others around the board and help grow the list by leaving their own bookmarks here in this thread. I'll do my best to curate and organize the mass.
On my desktop I have the following system set up; a Bookmarks folder on my browser task bar and the following three sub-folders: Windows Central (far and away the largest), Phone Forums and Phone Things. I often edit the names of the links to give them an easier to discern functional name and then alphabetize them. New links stay at the bottom of the list until I've cataloged them and published their use in this thread, then they get renamed and alphabetized with the others. Different users will, of course, come up with their own organizational structure.
Thanks in advance for reading, using and participating in this thread...
Index:
Helpful Forums
Useful Cellphone Information
Windows (Mobile Form Factors)
Windows (Desktop Form Factors)
Hash Codes
Microsoft Wearables
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