Comments on: Two Happy Things

By: dan

dan — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:54:51 +0000

Nah don’t go for a screen. You want something you can write on and erase. I’m not sure on exact specs but I’d investigate shower walls.

Someone recommended me shower walls for cheap whiteboard-esque material. You buy it cheap (I hear it’s cheap) on the square foot, have it cut to match your existing board (free), then bounce the projector off it and scribble on top.

By: philip

philip — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:26:51 +0000

My classroom has the old-fashioned green chalk board…If I were to buy a DLP projector, would you recommend that I also buy a screen? Are there better ideas than a bulky, manual screen that I have to roll up?

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:07:12 +0000

I’m always finding more/better uses for Google Docs. Thanks for adding this one to my tool box.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:50:49 +0000

Okay this is getting out of control here.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:29:23 +0000

Funny. I was just about to write the post on zooming. There’s yet another way to do this on MacBooks: System Preferences >> Keyboard & Mouse >> Trackpad >> Trackpad Gestures. Just check off the box next to “Zoom while holding” and pick your poison from the dropdown. Now you’ve got a much easier way to zoom than mashing three keys at the same time.

I just found out about this probably 4 weeks ago and had the perfect opportunity to use it in class the last 2 days. The week’s vocab list, in huge font even with the projector right next to the screen. So nice.

You know that, in a Web browser, holding the option key and using two fingers on the trackpad actually act like the back and forward buttons?

By: Kristin Hokanson

Kristin Hokanson — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:46:26 +0000

@tanya M you beat me on the CTRL+ Scroll tip…I want to add to that though, check your system prefs for keyboard & mouse : Trackpad: Under Trackpad Gestures where you check zoom while holding control there is an options button…click on that and it will ask–When zoomed in, the screen image moves …make sure you have the radio button clicked for ONLY WHEN THE POINTER REACHES THE EDGE…otherwise your screen may be moving all around

By: Kyle Lichtenwald

Kyle Lichtenwald — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:16:53 +0000

Thanks for the tips Dan. I hadn’t even thought of zooming.

By: Tanya M

Tanya M — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:38:16 +0000

Another way to zoom on a mac…

If using a mouse with a scroll wheel, hold the control button while you scroll up to zoom in. If you scroll down while holding the control button, you will zoom back out.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:01:34 +0000

Not sure if it's GTD-approved but it's been great to me for the last few years.

By: Scott Elias

Scott Elias — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:46:00 +0000

Great tip on zooming.

And, of course, you also know that I’m always up for anything productivity oriented so I’ve downloaded your three column list template.