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With technology dictating our lifestyle, tech gadgets are increasingly becoming integral part of our lives. The word, ‘gadget’ is considered to be used as a placeholder name for technical stuffs without a specific name. A tech-gadget is generally a technology product or object, which has got some specific functionality. Most often than not, this could be a brand new product or an innovative concept design.

These gadgets are also known as gizmos. When compared to other normal technological objects and stuffs, these are considered to be ingeniously designed and implemented. We could say that gadgets stand out from the rest of the pack.

Classifying gadgets is indeed an awkward job, since a gadget could be virtually anything and everything you could possible think of! On a rough note, tech gadgets could be electronic equipments, application software, accessories or enhancements, toys, mobile phones, gaming devices, etc. The introduction of a new gadget, to the market is bound to instill curiosity and excitement in the target audience.

Here, the instinctive characteristics of humans to feel crazy for unprecedented functional novelties and odd design implementations are exploited to the full effect. A tech-gadget could be as advanced as a hi-tech robot or mobile phone; sometimes it could be as cool and simple as a grocery bag grip! On some occasions they are as useful as an advanced GPS device; on some other times they are as ridiculous as an electrically powered pencil sharpener.

Tech gadgets that seem useful to some people may not be useful to others. Some people may find a gadget so innovative and stylish that they want to try it as soon as it is available on the market, while some others may think that they are ridiculous and a waste of money! For most of the younger generation of people, tech-gadgets are part of their life and personal technology, and they cannot even think about living without their beloved gizmos!

This is the age of hi tech gadgets. No body is complete without them and we rely so much on these tech gadgets for our day to day activities.

The trouble with learning software

We live in exciting times, where all the knowledge in the world is just one click away. So if you want to learn a new language, easy: just Google it, and find the right software. Learning French is that simple…or is it?

Chances are, if you buy or download one of these learning software, you’ll stick with it for a few days, weeks, maybe even a few months, and then you’ll give up. You’ll have learned a few things in the process: basic vocabulary, a few sentences, but that’s it. The ugly truth that language learning software vendors don’t want you to know is that software doesn’t teach French (or any other language), people teach French.

The good news is: who writes software? That’s right, people. So maybe people can teach French through software. It’s all a question of design.

How NOT to learn French efficiently

When software vendors concentrate more on the tech wiz that on actually teaching languages to their customers, the result can be nice, but often feels cold and unfriendly. Providing nice interactions, good-looking pictures and all, even though helpful and necessary, only goes so far. This is why most people don’t stick with the software for long: it lacks a certain human touch. Sadly, this means that the tremendous effort spend in the software design is wasted. It’s a shame for everyone: the client doesn’t really benefit from the software, despite the hefty price he paid for it, and the developers at the software vendor’s company spend their time building a huge system ultimately used to its full potential by very few people.

Ultimately, customers will realise that the software might not be worth the price, and even give up on the idea of learning French entirely. This is not good for the software vendor in the long run. Is there a way out of that cycle? Do we have to give up on the whole idea of using technology for language learning? Maybe not. Maybe there’s another way to build language learning software.

Going back to basics

So, what kind of software can we design to really teach languages? Well, think about it: what’s the best, time-tested way to learn a new language? Think about it, how did you learn your own language? Through listening, reading, speaking and communicating with people. In one word: we learn language through conversation.

Starting from there, it’s probably a great idea to create language learning software designed to support conversation, instead of focusing on fancy tech and funny learning activities. Cool technologies, animations, graphics, and proper instructional design are great, but to really learn, you have to feel that you are discussing something with real human beings. It doesn’t have to be in real time (email and online forums are great examples of real discussions that happen asynchronously). It doesn’t even have to involve voice (text chats are great to practice your spelling and reflecting on your sentences. They are also very good if you are a bit shy about talking to a stranger in French). It just has to be a genuine, human-to-human conversation. To design efficient language learning software, that’s the direction we need to take: enabling conversation through design and technology.

Do you want to be a part of the conversation?

Jean-Remy Duboc is a french eLearning developer living in England.

He created reFrench [http://refrench.net/] to share his passion of the french language through eLearning, audio tools and brain-friendly books.

Microsoft Live Meeting Software comprises Microsoft Office Live Meeting, a product of Microsoft. The Microsoft Live Meeting Software is an answer to conferences and conventions and enables people to hold meetings and training sessions online. The Microsoft Live Conference Software enables the user to join and present a meeting using video or audio conferencing techniques. The Microsoft Live Meeting Software should be automatically installed on your machine if you’re using an updated version of MS Office. If it isn’t installed, you can always access the application straight from an email that invites you to Join a meeting conducted using the Microsoft Live Conference Software. Otherwise, you have to download the application. The Microsoft Live Meeting download is a simple process. There are other ways too of activating the Microsoft Live Conference Software on your machine, which you can look up from the Internet.

The Microsoft Live Meeting Login procedure will help you start the live meeting. The Microsoft Live Conference Software also allows you to import content such as PowerPoint files and Macromedia Flash and Windows Media Player files if you want to enliven your meeting with presentations of different types. Moreover, the Microsoft Live Conference Software allows users to get across to the attendees of a meeting via the computer or via the telephone. You can also attach a webcam to your computer so that the attendees can get a look at you. The Microsoft Live Meeting Software helps you to do all this and much more so that you can have meetings that are productive and goal-oriented.

The Microsoft Live Meeting trial period typically lasts for 30 days. During this time, you can conduct Microsoft Live Meeting tests to check how well the application works. Your own tests will only confirm what the Microsoft Live Meeting Reviews on the Internet say. The reviews speak very highly of the application. Your own experience of Microsoft Live Meeting is guaranteed to be no different. People using Microsoft Office Live Meeting on computers which have the Windows platform should use the Microsoft Live Meeting Client because it has functionalities that Office Live Meeting Web Access does not possess. After the trial period, you can check out the Microsoft Live Meeting pricing policies to settle on a price that’ll give you the maximum value. The Microsoft Live Meeting pricing policies are flexible for the convenience of users.

The main aim of the Microsoft Live Meeting Software is to facilitate the hosting of hi-tech meetings across great distances and to ensure that distance is no barrier in global meetings. The software is smart enough to permit and support meetings across the globe. The Microsoft Live Meeting Software handles the ‘presentation’ aspect of meetings. It’s mostly concerned with the demonstration part. But meetings, conferences, seminars and webinars, do not end with good presentation. What you present, the content, the agenda of a meeting is of immense importance in deciding the effectiveness of the meeting. You may present your meetings using costly and hi-tech gadgets and software but if there’s no content or matter in what you’re presenting, your meeting will be a pretty useless exercise. Therefore, the significance of the meeting content can’t be underestimated.

Before you present your meeting, you have to get your facts and essentials in order. The agenda for discussion; agenda, summaries and minutes of previous meetings; the essential documents; the names of contacts, meeting attendees, meeting chairmen, meeting secretaries, and meeting presenters; and other meeting-related data have to be at the tips of your fingers and integrated onto a single platform. Otherwise you’ll have to grope for data and most of the time you’ll find yourself groping in the dark. An online diary planner is a web-based application that’s been designed exclusively for managing meeting-related data. An online diary planner helps you to be in the know of things, to sharpen your expertise in the domain of meeting management. The application has a huge data-storage capacity and allows you to store endless amount of data and retrieve the same from it at the click of a mouse.

It’s an online diary that restructures not only the meeting-data management process but also your thoughts, wishes and activities so that you’re in charge and so that you’re capable of taking positive action. Though the market is swamped with non-standard data-organizing products that are multiplying like pirated software, a reliable online diary planner stands out as a path-breaking and evolutionary webapp that transforms the way data is stored, meetings are conducted and the way meeting organizers and managers think and act. The application aims to reduce meeting and company costs by a substantial extent through the suite of meeting solutions that it offers. What’s more, any reliable, super smart online diary planner that helps to improve business intelligence and aids in data warehousing, data regrouping, coordination, and control is generally available on the Internet, absolutely free of cost. To understand which online diary planners are reliable, free and authentic visit, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_diary_planner Wikipedia always provides unbiased information about everything.

Next time you host a meeting, bank on Microsoft Live Meeting Software for presentation and a trustworthy online diary planner for next-generation meeting-information management solutions.

Damien Ghosh is a prolific writer of articles that focus on technology, places, psychology and people. Damien has worked in different industries such as the information technology industry, the travel and tourism industry and the retail industry. He has worked in several projects for blue-chip companies, that are part of the IT, travel and tourism and retail industries. His work and his passion for traveling has made him journey across the world. He has led large work-teams to accomplish business goals successfully. He is also an expert on psychology and has many degrees and diplomas in clinical and business psychology. He has successfully coached, counseled and mentored several people in the various organizations he has worked as a professional HR manager and psychologist. He has also counseled many people by holding counseling sessions in different parts of the world. His counseling sessions have been very helpful for motivating people and for enabling them to identify and set their goals. His rich experience undoubtedly helps him to write extensively. Damien writes for magazines, the web and for newspapers. He has also done several research papers on motivation, goal-setting, and human psychology and has contributed chapters to textbooks that deal with human resource management, human resource development, business and industrial psychology and clinical psychology. His articles, chapters and papers have received lots of accolades from critics, professionals, psychologists, HR managers, industrialists, help-seekers and readers in general. Damien Ghosh’s website is https://www.meetingdiary.com and his email is damienghosh@live.com

Administrative and other office assistants are often the ones left with the responsibility of calling technical support when there are computer issues in the office.  Others in the office may think that this is a very simple job but if you are not prepared with the required information before you call, a phone conversation with tech support can get very long.  It can also be very trying on the patience of the technical support staff on the other end of the phone if you do not have the information that they need in order to answer your questions and help you to find a solution.

There are two main types of technical support that your office may require.  One type is that which relates to the computer itself.  The other type of technical support you may need is related to the software that your computer is running.  When you make a phone call to get tech support you should know what kind of computer issue you are dealing with.

To make your phone calls for technical support go faster and to get better answers here are some of the things you should know before you put in the call:

• Do some routine checks – make sure that you are hooked up securely everywhere; make sure your Internet it running properly; restart your computer (you would be amazed at how many things restarting your computer will fix!).
• Be able to tell them exactly what the problem is.  “The computer isn’t working properly” is not going to help the staff on the other end of the call.  Have some details.  Know when it is that the problem occurs.  Does it only happen when you are logging on or does it happen when you are in a specific program?  If the problem happens when you are in a specific program you should likely be talking to people who deal with that software – not general computer technical support.
• Be ready to follow instructions – the technical support team is likely to ask you to go into different areas of your computer.  You should know where to find your Control Panel and you should know what is in your Control Panel area.  In order to narrow down the problem they are likely to give you directions like this.
• Be ready to jot down some notes.  Many computer issues are quite easy to fix and if you write down some basis instructions and keep them in a safe place you will have them ready  in case this happens again in the future.
• They may ask for you IP number – do you know what that is?  Do you know how to find it?
• Be ready to give them information like the brand of computer that you have, the RAM capacity, how much free space is available on your hard drive, and the processor type.  These types information will help them decide what instructions they should give you.
• Know what kind of antivirus program you are using and when it was last updated.  Computer programs are often related to software that has not been updated properly or has had a recent update that has resulted in a change in the settings.

Danielle (Gibbings) McGaw is an instructor at a Canadian Business College. Robertson College offers a variety of course in classrooms in Winnipeg, Calgary, and Brandon and also offers a selection of courses that can be taken online. Check out Robertson College and find out what they can do to get you started on a new career in less then a year

If you use Microsoft services, there are various services that are available to help you deal with any technical problems that come up. This support is offered online but you can also use the contact numbers that they provide in case you require more details. The Microsoft support site divides the services according to the users. There is a section for home users, IT professionals, developers and small and medium businesses.

The support services are designed to help you make the best of the investment that you have made in software. For home users, Microsoft offers support to help you fix some of the most common software problems. You can also learn how to activate the products you purchase from them. Viruses are a common problem among home users especially the ones who have access to the internet. The support services help you to remove viruses from your machines and install anti-virus software to keep your file and hard ware safe. Microsoft also offers a security solution center as part of its support services to help you enhance security on your system.

The support services are provided by professionals from Microsoft and they handle all types of products. Some sections of the support service site are dedicated to particular Microsoft products. The professionals also handle updates and downloads of some of the latest products to make sure you get the best services from them.

Apart from getting help from the Microsoft professionals, the Microsoft service sites also include forums that allow users to share tips on how to deal with various problems. The forums can be valuable especially if you have never used the products before. Microsoft support services come in handy because you do not have to contact a professional to deal with your computer problems. They are available for free therefore it is also a cost effective option.

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