Take all the files!

Too many times, I’ve backedĀ  up what I thought were relevant parts of my office computer to take along with me on a road trip, only to find, once I’m at my destination, that I hadn’t included some out-of-the-way directory in my backup. Via Lifehacker (Disk2vhd Turns Your PC Into a Virtual Machine), I ran [...]

If you must PowerPoint…

“PowerPoint is a necessary evil,” said an acquaintance of mine several years ago. “It’s necessary, and it’s evil.”

Presentation or document?

I disagree, because I’m not sure PowerPoint is entirely necessary.

I say this because most of the PowerPoint presentations I’ve translated over the years are actually documents masquerading as presentations. They provide speakers with something to [...]