Technical Happenings

BlackBerry QuickKeys and Shortcuts

Every Day Quick Tips

• Alt+O = Outbox (sent items)
• Alt+I = Inbox (received items)
• Alt+U = Marks messages as read/unread
• Alt+P = Phone call log
• Alt+S = SMS messages
• Alt+V = Voicemail messages
• Alt+M = MMS messages.
• U – to cycle through unread messages

Once inside the message and you need to:

• Reply, r.
• Forward, f.
• Reply to All, L
• Go to the next message based on receive date, n
• Go to previous message based on receive date, p.
• Go to top of message (or the Inbox), t (or b for bottom).
• File a message, I.
• See a sender’s email address, highlight the name, q.
• Go to the nearest unread message, u.
• Select text by holding down the NUM (or Shift) key and
  scroll (this works with email, calendar, contacts, tasks).
• Insert the current date, type l (an L) d, SPACE key.
• Insert the current time, type l (an L) t, SPACE key.
• Type accented letter, type the letter, scroll trackball left or right
• Type numbers in a paragraph, hold down ALT and type.
  Or to turn on NUM LOCK: ALT, NUM, type. To turn off, NUM.
• Add an apostrophe in a word such as didn’t, type didnt and AutoText corrects it.
• Cut, Copy, Paste: select text by holding down NUM and using the trackball to scroll across the text. To cut, ALT+DEL. To copy, ALT+click trackball. To paste, NUM+click trackball.

GIT – Version Control

I am currently looking into GIT, I have previously used CVS and our current repository of choice is Subversion.  view a Comparison against Subversion.

Git is…

Git is an open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy to do.

Its highlights include:

• Distributed development.
• Strong support for non-linear development.
• Efficient handling of large projects.
• Cryptographic authentication of history.
• Toolkit design.

Qu-s desktop notes

Qu-s is a simple desktop organistation tool which allows you to keeps what you need at your finger tips but out of your way!

It has some great features usually reserved for word processing applications which allow you to bring better  bring organization to your ideas and your notes.

Features include:

• bullet, check boxes and numbered lists.
• File and internet links with previews.
• A built in browser with capability of zooming web pages.
• An automated system for storing and clearing completed tasks.
• Multiple ways of organizing and displaying information.
• Export content to use with other applications.

I use Qu-s as a Getting Things Done (GTD) tool, as i find it allows me to better organise my tasks than some of the tailored packages you can buy in this area, such as Things.