How to Actually Use Your Computer: Part 4
It seems as though we are now on part 4 of this series. Today I will be covering a couple things that you could use your computer for. So this part will be a short article. Run through this checklist and see if you fully utilise your computer on a daily/weekly basis:
- Web browsing
- Social networking
- Email (client)
- Music player
- Video/movie player
- Text editing (a biggie!)
- Document editing (different from text editing, this includes formatting)
- Desktop publishing tools
- Animation tools
- Graphic design tools
- Sound editing tools
- Instant messaging and chatting
- Diagram / scientific model editing.
- Games
- VoIP (with or without webcam use)
- Revision tools
- CD burning
- File transfer protocols (eg: SSH or FTP)
- Webservers (or mailservers)
- Web radio server
- MOCAP
- DJ-ing
- eBooks and related media.
- Video editing
- Programming
- Robotics
- Recording (sound)
- PIM management
- Databases
- Specialised document editing (eg: LaTeX, markup languages, music notation)
- E-Commerce
- Hacking (as in, illegal activity)
- Finances
- Scientific use / data measurement / simulations
- Operating system tweaking
- Security systems
- Filesharing (mass downloading, torrenting, etc)
- Stock markets
- GPS/maps/navigation
- Paperweight
- Peripheral management (eg: interacting with phones/scanners/printers/cameras)
So, how many did you get out of 41? My personal score is 26.
Let me know your score!
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