#30: Take A Load Off Our Drives

I am pretty familiar with the S, P, & Z drives on our computer. We utilize the P drive for all of our training hours. I find it to be a fantastic place to keep track of all my required training hours. I did find out something new about the S drive, I did not know that the "S" stands for scratch drive and I did not know we were able to add files to the "S" & "Z" files. This is helpful to know for future projects at work. I enjoyed this months training because I thought that I was always well organized with all of my computer files, but now I have learned a few more organizing tips.

#29 Email

At the start of My 23 Things I did create a personal e-mail account to be used just for that related purpose. I did that just to keep my work training seperate from my personal account and my work account. I would strongly encourage anyone who is just starting the training to do the same. It has been very helpful keeping them seperate. I have always been a firm believer in keeping things organized and disgarded if not needed and have always practice that on all my interactions with a computer, including work and personal accounts. I must say I did find it helpful to learn about "yousendit". I know that will be something I will use in the near future for both personal and work. I also took the Netiquette Quiz and scored a 70% (7 out of 10), I guess thats not to bad for someone who has never been in a chat room.

#28 Spring Cleaning

First, let me start off by saying I was very shocked to hear that it cost the taxpayers 20 grand to store files on the library computers!!! That is a real wake up call to spring clean on our computers. I found it helpful to keep in mind the 2 minute guideline and to deal with one item at a time. I also, liked the idea of the Tickler File for organizing your paperwork (43 folders - 12 for each month and an additional 31 folders for each day). This will come in handy with all of my un-organized hard copies and also with my husbands business, which I work part time at.

I looked into all of the online calendars and even started one with google, pretty cool, I think it will be a big help with my busy, busy day's. I liked the Ta-Da- List, especially the get inspired section, where you can create your own list (books to read, bills to pay, web links to visit). ALL VERY helpul, a big thank you!!!

#27 Podcast Challenge

I have not had an oppurtunity as yet to phone in for the podcast, but I am looking forward to doing it in the near future. It sounds pretty neat!!!