My Windows Phone 8 start screen

My WP8 start screen
My Windows Phone 8 start screen

 

This is three screen shots stitched together…

  • Press POWER button and START button simultaneously to capture a screen. Each capture is stored as a PNG file in your albums.
  • I use a variety of apps and saved web pages on my screen. Most of them are self describing.
  • The empty black space aligns where my thumb hits the screen…I keep it empty for a visual break among the meadow of boxes and so I don’t inadvertently launch an app.
  • I have two tiles for me: one near the top is for social catch-up, the one on the bottom is for professional use where I can just Tap-and-Send contact info as a business card.
  • I try to group other like-minded things: email, Office, maps, games, weather and traffic.
  • Settings tile currently stays high as I’m using it to fine tune colors.
  • Best used app not many people know about: RAD Now! …a free app with weather radar weather imagery.
  • All real estate is subject to change at any moment, I must have rearranged tiles and sizes at least a dozen times over the past week.

Enjoy!

It was a dark and stormy night

The new version of Microsoft Office Web Apps includes the ability to embed a Word document into your blog.

 

  • Upload your Word document to Skydrive. Make sure the document is in a publicly accessible folder.
  • Use the Embed command from the Skydrive navigation to get the embed code to your document.
  • Insert into your blog post. You may have to use an HTML editor to embed, depending on your blog software
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    East Summit Trail on Tiger Mountain

    East Summit Trail on Tiger Mountain
    The initial climb up will kick your butt, then you'll see this greeting

     

    East Summit posing
    A hazy this day from the forest fire smoke coming over the mountains

     

     

    East Summit downhill track
    East Summit Trail single track

     

    East Summit Trail - more single track
    Although it was a sunny day, we took our sunglasses off to get through this section.