Friday, September 26, 2014
Using Finder labels for tagging files and automating actions
05 July 2013 - Filed in: Finder AppleScriptLabels are a handy way to organise your files in the Finder by colour-coding their icons. Until OS X Mavericks is released later this year, they are a pretty good substitute for having a proper way to tag files in the Finder.
Adding a label to a file or folder is simple. Just right-click the icon and choose one of the coloured squares from the menu. Alternatively, you can select the icon by clicking on it, and choose the label from the File menu in the menubar.
If you want to use labels a bit more like tags, it is possible to choose a custom name for each label colour in the Finder Preferences (under Finder in the menubar). Once you have done this, the only limitation compared to a real tagging system is that you are restricted to only having 7 different tags.
Using labels as tags can work really well in conjunction with Saved Searches (also known as Smart Folders).

Most people will have their documents organised into separate folders for each project, and will have separate folders for work and home files. But sometimes, for example, you might want to see all your receipts from all your different projects together, or all the files that you need to print. Instead of duplicating all your receipts into a separate “receipts” folder, you can just use labels along with a Saved Search that displays all the files with that label.
To set up the saved search, start by switching over to the Finder and choosing Find from the File menu (or type Command-F). Choose Other from the left hand drop-down menu, and choose File label from the list. Then just choose the desired label, and click the Save button to add the Saved Search to your sidebar.
Power users can take this idea even further using a tool like Hazel. Firstly, Hazel can automatically add labels to your files based on your own criteria. For example, automatically adding a red label to files that have been in the Downloads folder for more than a week, or adding a purple label to files that were downloaded from your bank website.
Secondly, Hazel can automatically perform actions when you assign a specific label to a file. For example, it could import MP3 files into iTunes if they you label them purple, or resize images to 800x600px and upload them to a server if they are labelled green, or run any AppleScript or shell script you want.
Bonus tip: You can quickly change the label of a file by dragging it into the section for a different label in the folder, as show in the screenshot below. For this to work, you must have your folder in Icon View, and have the folder Arranged by Label.

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Saturday, September 13, 2014
Tips For Using LinkedIn Effectively #1
We have all heard that it is not what we know but who we know. Today networking is even more important since most people are not landing career opportunities from posting a resume on the major job boards or reading the newspapers classified ads. It is also known that only 30% to 40% of jobs are posted anywhere.LinkedIn is a significant tool in the world of networking and today I would like to share with you a number of tips for using LinkedIn as a powerful networking tool. So over the next week or so I will be posting a series on
Make it easy for people to connect with you.
LinkedIn uses your e-mail address as the key to making connections with people. Why not make it very easy for people to make contact with you by placing your e-mail address at the end of your professional headline, AKA your title. Yes, you may have your e-mail in the e-mail field of your profile, but this is at the bottom of your profile.
An alternate to the Professional Headline would be to put it at the beginning of your summary.
Next time we will be talking about ways to avoid making it obvious how old you are.
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Tips For Using LinkedIn Effectively #2
¿Tu perfil te hace revisar calificado?Mientras que sabemos que es ilegal la discriminación, tenemos que enfrentar los hechos que sucede. ¿Cuántos de ustedes han escuchado la declaración, "está más calificados".
Permite ver en un número de maneras en que podemos limitar la información que hace más fácil para las personas a descubrir su edad.
• Generalmente desea limitar su experiencia a los últimos 12 a 15 años. Este supuesto podría ser un problema si estabas con Nortel Networks durante 31 años. Si usted está en esa situación, intentar romper ese 31 años en algunas de las responsabilidades más pequeñas que tenía. Este "proyecto" de 1997 a 1999. Entonces este proyecto desde 1999 a 2003. De nuevo esto le permitirá mostrar su actividad más reciente.
• En su "Resumen" y otras áreas, no anuncian que tiene un años de montón de experiencia en un campo específico. Usted podría suavizar un poco declarando la tienes "10 +" o "más de diez" años de experiencia en su campo. Aún permite tener posición experta pero no salió como si fueras un miembro de Noé Departamento en el arco.
• Un gran culpable es la porción de la educación de su perfil. No definen los años para su tiempo de la Universidad. Si tienes a, volver atrás y borrar las entradas y crear nuevas entradas, esta vez no definen los años, ya no es un campo obligatorio.
• No ser nostálgico y lista viejo software y hardware en sus habilidades. Por ejemplo, TI-99/4A programación básica. O qué tal... Certificada en Word Perfect. 4.2 DOS o atrevimiento decir, Windows 3.11. Es divertido para recordar con ellos chicos en el almuerzo, pero no en su profesional de la marca.
Recuerda, queremos producir interés con nuestros perfiles en LinkedIn por tener una habilidad sólida conjunto. Pero nosotros que no queremos aparecer demasiado viejo, caro, u osadamente; más calificados.
Compruebe la semana que viene cuando nos hablará de su foto de perfil.
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