Posts by Marie Stafford
Tuesday Tip: Stop Plotting Points One by One in Google Maps
Whether you’re planning a trip or mapping historical landmarks, plotting points one by one in Google Maps gets tedious fast. Use Google My Maps to import a simple spreadsheet or CSV file and transform dozens of locations into a custom interactive map in seconds. First, Google needs to know what to plot and where to…
Read MoreAI Has No Limits Unless You Set Them
Somewhere in your organization right now, a person is pasting a document or spreadsheet into ChatGPT and asking it to “clean this up.” Here’s the problem: when you give AI vague instructions like “clean this up,” you leave it to fill in the blanks on its own. Because AI tools follow their own rules and…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Beat Motion Sickness While Using Your iPhone
Car sickness while looking at your phone is a common problem for passengers, and Apple built a feature specifically to help. It’s called Vehicle Motion Cues, and it works by placing subtle animated dots along the edges of your screen. These dots shift in sync with the vehicle’s movement, giving your eyes a visual reference…
Read MoreTuesday Tips: Free Up Storage Without Deleting A Thing
If your laptop has started nagging you about low storage, you might reach straight for the delete key and hope you don’t need those files later. Skip that step. Windows and Mac both include built-in tools that free up space automatically, without touching anything you actually use. In Windows, Storage Sense runs quietly in the…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Turn a Delayed Bag into Free Delta Sky Miles
There’s a consolation prize for being the person longingly staring at the baggage carousel at the end of your flight, at least if you fly Delta. If you check a bag on a domestic flight, Delta guarantees your checked bag will hit the carousel within 20 minutes of your flight’s arrival, and if it doesn’t, you…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Think Twice Before Posting Photos of Your Keys
Let’s say you just moved into your new home, picked up your new car or landed a new office space for your business. Before you post the celebratory photo of your keys, know this: that innocent picture could hand a stranger a working copy of your key. Researchers and cybersecurity experts have shown that a…
Read MoreHow One Bad Click Shut Down Fulton County
In January 2024, everyday life in Fulton County came to a standstill. Residents couldn’t register their vehicles, pay their utility bills, obtain marriage licenses, or even call county offices because the phone system was down. Everything ground to a halt because one employee clicked a malicious link. In most cases, the damage would have been…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Beat the Burn with UV Index Tracking Apps
Summer is in full swing, and the UV index can swing just as much as the temperature. The UV index is the daily measure of how intense the sun’s radiation is at any given moment. Every sunburn starts the same way: your skin absorbing more UV radiation than it can safely handle. The good news…
Read MoreTuesday Tip: Is Your Map App Lying About the Fastest Route?
Have you ever wondered whether your Google or Apple Map is showing you the most direct route to your destination? I assume my GPS shows the fastest route, but several factors go into creating the “best” route: Fuel-Efficient Defaults: Google Maps prioritizes a slightly longer path if it saves gas, even if it adds time.…
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