about 1 month ago
Script:
Hello, I'm HowToPhil and today I'm going to show you how to add line returns to cells in OpenOffice or LibreOffice Calc. Adding a line return in a cell allows you to have multiple lines of text in one cell, which can be very useful for column and row labels. The process is fairly simple, but not necessarily something that someone would come to on their own. First make sure that the cursor (the blinking line you see here) is located in the cell you'd like to add a line return to and...
about 1 month ago
Blocking people on Facebook is an easy way to alleviate the Facebook stress. Try it out before you decide to delete your Facebook account.
2 months ago
A quick video showing how to draw the basic HowToPhil comic toon. I'd love to see how you draw me as well.
3 months ago
Grendle the puppet reviews "YES! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways To Be Persuasive" by Robert Cialdini Buy the book from Amazon: http://amzn.to/wFUlLq Be sure to check out the show on the Youtube page and leave a comment there: http://youtu.be/4bAXImHkJRI Also, check out the episode of "Atop The Fourth Wall" that Grendle is talking about.
3 months ago
A quick tip on a very effective persuasion technique.
Join thousands of youtubers who already know this persuasion technique - Quick Tip Hello, I'm HowToPhil and this is a Quick Tip. {Quick tip title card} The technique that convinced you to watch this video is known as the band-wagon or herd effect. Essentially it is the tendency of human beings to base their actions off of the actions of those around them and those that they consider similar to them. The fact that you are watching this...
3 months ago
A quick review of the book, Tickle My Tush, by Dr Sadie Allison Buy The Book On Amazon Script:
What's got tips for beginners, friendly illustrations, and a return to the basics for the gung-ho "back door love making" enthusiast? One tiny tome - Tickle My Tush by Dr Sadie Allison! I'm HowToPhil, and this is another Look At A Book {Look at a book title card} Dr Sadie Allison is a doctor of human sexuality, a member of the American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and therapists, and an...
3 months ago
This video is part of the "ShaveMyHead" HowToPhil promotion. 1000 tweets (less than 140,000 characters) will make me shave my head. Check out the page: http://shavemyhead.howtophil.com
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3 months ago
A quick review of Getting Past No by William Ury. A great book on negotiating in difficult situations. 5/5 all around. Transcript:
Hi I'm HowToPhil and I'm going to be reviewing "getting Past No" by William Ury. William Ury is the director of the Global Negotiation Project at Harvard University, so he knows negotiation. This is a book about negotiating in difficult situations and with difficult people. In it he covers every element of negotiation in a difficult situation and still managing...
3 months ago
This is a song I made using my Kaossilator, a "Fly" brand external speaker, my H4 zoom field recorder, my voice, and audacity. I'll be covering how to do these things in future videos. Stay Tuned. The mp3 is available to download for free on my soundcloud account: http://soundcloud.com/prhoades/no-time-phillip-j-rhoades-2012
3 months ago
In an effort to make a lighter weight Social Media News release template I created the SNAP (Social Network Announcement Page) template:
Social Network Announcement Page (SNAP) was created by leveraging the Bootstrap from Twitter framework and my previous Clean And Simple Social Media News Release Template You can download SNAP (Social Network Announcement Page) for free and modify it for your own needs. You'll need a decent understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc, but it's a good...
4 months ago
I was setting up a social media news release for HowToPhil and decided to try out Bootstrap from Twitter as a framework. After a few hours I contructed my SMNR and then also stripped out all the HowToPhil branding to make a template I could release to all of you: Check out the HowToPhil SMNR Download the Clean And Simple Social Media News/Press Release Template by HowToPhil Take a look at what the Clean And Simple Social Media News/Press Release Template looks like before you modify it You...
5 months ago
For those of you playing (and possibly addicted to) this game on Facebook, Here's some Zombie Lane strategy for gaining control of your board (or "yard" as it's called in the game). Go players may recognize the classic "2 eyes" strategy. Feel free to share this image on your blog. Just copy and paste the embed code below:
10 months ago
If you're like me, you really don't like having smart quotes cropping up in all of your documents on Google Docs. You'll see below that it's just a matter of two steps to turn off those pesky curly (or smart) quotes and get things back to nice, universally recognized, and simple normal quotes. You'll have to click on "Preferences" under the "Tools" menu in an open document, then uncheck "Use Smart Quotes" and you'll be all set: Feel free to share this image on your blog:
12 months ago
If you’re like me you have granted more than a few applications access rights to your Twitter account and there are a few that you’d like to take those access rights back from. I hope the video below helps you out. Script:
Hello, this is HowToPhil and today I’m going to show you how to revoke applications access rights from your twitter profile. If you’re like me you may have granted access to a several applications, but find that you’d rather that some of those applications no longer were able to post to or have access to your twitter account.To begin the process you’ll have to be logged into ...
about 1 year ago
Is every project an insanity inducing stress factory? Stress less with these 11 tips: 01) Always tell people that it will take longer than you think it will, because you are wrong and it will. You think the project will take 3 weeks? Don't tell anyone that it will take 3 weeks. You'll have a computer explode, get stuck in the Hungarian corn husking district, or somehow end up getting married in Vegas... whatever it is... it will be something that makes this project take twice as long... at...