LinkedIn Learning Offers Free Courses on Remote Working and Virtual Communication Tools

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The past few weeks have brought a lot of changes in the workplace. With the coronavirus pandemic, many employees are now working from home.

Teams are no longer in the same room or building to meet and discuss project plans. Employees can’t walk to the water cooler or break room to catch up on the latest company news.

Instead, employees and teams will embrace remote working.

Which can be a steep learning curve for many workers, when they’ve never worked remotely in the past.

Or have rarely used virtual communication tools.

I’ve heard from many people asking how they can quickly learn virtual communication tools, like Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

And how to best manage their time while working at home.

Which is why I’m so glad to learn about LinkedIn Learning’s remote working free courses offer. Continue reading LinkedIn Learning Offers Free Courses on Remote Working and Virtual Communication Tools

Manage Your Privacy Settings: Links to Devices and Popular Services

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Trying to find all the privacy settings for your smartphone or the online services you use often seems like going down a rabbit hole.

I have to remember if I still have an account with that online service. Or did I replace it with something else?

Thankfully, my password manager helps me keep track of online services I use regularly. Continue reading Manage Your Privacy Settings: Links to Devices and Popular Services

How Can We Make URLs Readable?

Seated in chairs, Jake Archibald and Surma discuss browser URLs.

When Chrome removed the http and https from the start of URLs in their browser address bar, I wasn’t happy.

And I heard from other people that weren’t happy.

Despite a padlock before the URL in the address bar, the https in the address bar was reinforcement that the site was using SSL to encrypt HTTP requests and responses.

It added a level of trust to the site I was visiting. Continue reading How Can We Make URLs Readable?