11 Jul 09 Make Your Computer More Environmentally Friendly

When your job is so dependant on the sort of technology that has been a huge contribution to the pollution that has been damaging our world and environment in a devastating fashion, you may be wondering how you can possibly help. Well there actually are a large number of ways that you can at least reduce how much pollution you output, or how much energy you consume, and your computer is a good place to start.

Firstly, think about changing your computer’s power use settings. If you don’t do a lot of work, or leisure activities that require a lot of your computer’s processor power, consider setting your computer’s level of use lower. This way you’ll conserve power without compromising performance. Or if that is not an option, configure your settings so that your computer will go into hibernate/sleep mode when not in use, thereby greatly reducing the energy you use to keep your machine turned on.

Try to print paper less, as no matter how many people are good at recycling renewable resources like paper, there are far more that aren’t as good about conserving resources. Consider options to use less of that paper in the first place. Try to send as much of your paperwork as possible digitally, through email or the internet, so that everyone is still receiving the documents that are needed, but without using up any of the paper resources that don’t need to be consumed.

For any software upgrades, or if you purchase videogames for your computer, consider downloading the programs online, instead of buying a disc from a store. Most companies offer downloads through their websites for software, and there are many services for downloading videogames. This way you’re still able to buy the software you want, and you can avoid wasting any of the resources that don’t need to be wasted in the form of the boxes/discs that you’ll just end up tossing at some point anyway.

Finally, watch out for your power draining peripherals. Some peripherals like speakers and computer monitors continue to draw power in their standby modes, even when your computer is off. So make sure that you turn all devices off, or just switch off the surge protector that everything is plugged in to, when your computer is not in use. Not only with this conserve a lot of energy, you’ll also be saving money either for yourself, or your company. And saving money is always a good thing.

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12 Jun 09 Extend Your iPhone’s Battery Life

Anybody who uses an iPhone as their primary personal organizational tool for your business and personal life knows that the battery life of the unit leaves something to be desired. And that’s putting it nicely. Really if you’re relying on your iPhone to manage your life, and you rely on using 3G to do so, that battery is going to die very fast. But there are a few things you can do to at least prolong your battery’s life, in the long term and short term. Some of them you probably didn’t even realize would help.

Such as leaving your iPhone on all the time. Take advantage of the sleep mode, and don’t turn your iPhone off when not in use, as it takes more extra juice to turn the unit on and off than if you had just left your iPhone on in the first place. Also try to consolidate your personal and business emails into as few email addresses as possible. This way there are fewer email addresses to check, meaning your iPhone won’t have to burn energy tapping into the network to keep up with them.

Edit your brightness settings so that your auto brightness is turned off, this way you won’t burn power by keeping your device monitoring your surroundings and automatically changing the screen brightness accordingly. You also want to keep your screen brightness as dim as possible, but so that you can still see everything just fine. This way you aren’t consuming any extra power by lighting the screen more than is necessary.

And finally, if you rely on Wi-Fi often for many of your iPhone tasks, make sure that you use it sparingly, and remember to turn Wi-Fi off after use. Keeping an internet connection like that is a huge power drain on your little iPhone, and you’ll find the battery dying very quickly should you leave Wi-Fi on for long periods of time. But make us of it sparingly and you’ll be fine.

Beyond that you just want to ensure that at least once a week you’re using up almost all the battery power in your iPhone’s battery to just about the point it runs out of juice. Then you want to charge the unit until it’s back at 100% power, that way you’ll extend your battery’s long term life, and will consistently reset the device so that your battery won’t lose it’s charge as quickly as it would otherwise.

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