Google Form question types & validation
Remember that the goal when collecting information is to collect valid, accurate information. In the same way that we can…
Copying to the clipboard using JavaScript
I found this YouTube video demonstrating how to copy text to the clipboard using JavaScript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-vBx7F0lns. This tutorial covers the…
Programs, applications, Apps & App stores
In this post: Required knowledge: 1. Programs Once upon a time, there were people called programmers who wrote software which…
Posting to Instagram from your desktop
Instagram is filled with some pretty impressive media: photos and videos as well as other graphic media content that was…
Computer viruses
Viruses fall into the category malware (malignment+software). Viruses cause massive disruptions and cost enormous amounts of money in terms of…
Using PowerPoint’s Eyedropper tool
In the following scenario, we have an image in a PowerPoint slide and want to match our design’s colour to…
Expressing colors in HTML
Web pages are designed to be displayed on a screen and therefore use RGB format. Colors can be expressed in…
VBA for Excel: a little logic
This tutorial advances from a simple "Hello World" Excel VBA code to introducing branching If/Else logic for user interaction, with…
Categorising computer users
A typical theory paper will most likely include a question about categories of computer users… In this post: 1. Mobile…