F.lux – Take Back the Night

By Will Jay On In Application Spotlight

Hail and well met!

It’s well-established that modern-day computer and TV screens cause problems with the body’s sleep systems due to their constant and intense output of blue light. Enter F.lux, an application made to specifically filter out blue light from your monitor screen based on the time of day. It works with zero configuration beyond the intial install and has the potential to help with both light-induced sleep issues and eye strain. It’s no catch-all panacea, but can go a long way towards getting those circadian rhythms in order. Plus it’s free, so JUST…DO IT. MAKE…YOUR DREAMS…COME TRUE!

https://justgetflux.com/

Apps I Can’t Live Without

By Kristin Imperio On In Application Spotlight, Tech Tips

Here’s a quick guide to some of my personal favorite apps in the world wide web. Life can be pretty rough sometimes, and these apps just help me get by. I’m going skip over the obvious social media ones and hopefully shed some light on the good, practical + simple ones (nothing crazy/trendy here, guys). I have an iPhone 5S, if anyone cares!

VSCO

I love VSCO because of the cool filters it offers (don’t forget to download the free filters under SHOP). Once you pick a filter, you can then edit the properties of the filter to suit your selfie needs. Save it to your phone and/or link it to your favorite social media outlets.

The Weather Channel

You’re probably going, “There’s already an iPhone Weather app, Kris.” Yes, I understand. But this one has a RADAR. RADAR.

Keyboard Shortcuts

By Laura Jean On In Tech Tips

I LOVE Keyboard Shortcuts!

I’m not exactly nerd-alert when it comes to keyboard commands, but I tend to use them more often than my mouse.  When you have the keystrokes memorized, it’s simply faster to type than mouse around.  Here are a few of my absolutely favorites – I can’t live without them.

ALT + TAB:  switches your window to the most recently used window.  If you hold the Alt Key, and click

Server Shortcut

By Laura Jean On In Tech Tips

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Right click the start menu icon in Windows Server 2012 R2 to view a list of handy shortcuts. It took me a few months to learn this new feature and now it saves me time daily. The list of shortcuts includes Device Manager and Disk Management, which previously required either run box input or multiple clicks in Server Manager.

Enjoy!