Joel Dahlin

Social Media Experts

MN Headhunter just put out a great post.

It is about the fact that everyone today is self-proclaiming to be a social media expert.

It is something that I totally agree with and have the same rant about.

For people that are hiring people to teach them about social media whether it be by presentation or to come in and work with your company.  Please do a little background research on them.

Bad external HardDrive saved

External_hdd

I just tried firing up an older external harddrive. "USB does not recognize device.  It may be malfunctioning.  Try again,it the problem proceeds please replace device."  

I thought maybe it was because I was running Windows7 and it just didn't work.  I tried it on a Vista machine and received the same message.
So, I cracked the case and pulled out the harddrive.  I was surprised to find it was a SeaGate HDD inside this SimpleTech external harddrive.  I took the harddrive out and put it in an external harddrive enclosure.  It worked!

Lesson, it may just be the case that goes bad, try taking out the harddrive and testing it in something else before just writing it off.

Burn an ISO to DVD - Windows7

Windows 7 is great for burning ISOs to DVD.

Just right click on the iso > Open with > Windows Disc Image Burner.
Once the window opens up choose burn.  I haven't checked the "verify disc after burning" yet and I have had no issues.

Oh, and of course, make sure you have a blank DVD-R in your DVD writer drive.

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Windows 7 issues

Win7

I've been using Windows 7 now for about a month.  Overall I really like it.  I have ran into a few issues though.

  1. Skype audio recording really seems to be flaky.  I never know if my voice is going to go through or not.  I used to use a headset that simply plugged into the line in.  This wasn't recognized at all. I then tried a usb headset which has got me to where I am now.  It worked about 50% of the time.  I reinstalled Skype under Vista compatibility and it seems to be working better, but does still go out.
  2. Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet, the driver constantly goes bad.  I end up re-installing the driver daily.
  3. I am having issues with Firefox opening a new window when one is already opened.  FF is my default browser so if I have an instance of it open and click on a link in a different application like outlook I end up getting an error.
All 3 of these are really major issues that I have been dealing with.

I hope some fixes come soon.