Learning and Living in the Online World

I actually enjoy writing. I have a personal blog that I regularly update and tend to write a lot in my job here at GCFLearnFree.org. But even I have always dreaded writing cover letters. It’s incredibly difficult to concisely state how you are qualified for an employment position without seeming immodest. And there are only [...]

Seems like a silly title, right? Actually, it’s more serious than you may think. You may not realize but every time you check into the movie theater using FourSquare, post photos from your vacation on Facebook, or tweet about being at the game with friends, you are announcing to the world that you are not [...]

As you may have heard, Facebook began rolling out its Facial Recognition feature to all of its users in the beginning of June. Currently, Facebook uses this feature to suggest tags to users when they upload photos. It will automatically recognize your Friends in a photo and allow you to tag them in just one [...]

On June 1 we launched our new Email Basics subject with updated topics on Email 101, Gmail and more. As we were revising this subject we realized that communicating online in today’s world is about so much more than just using email. For our learners to be truly skilled in the digital world they need [...]

I sometimes forget that you really don’t know much about the people that work at GCFLearnFree.org. We’ve had conversations with you through Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and here on our blog. You’ve told us about your life and how GCFLearnFree.org has made a difference. But we’ve never really told you much about us. I wonder what [...]

You may have heard about cloud computing. There’s an ad campaign from Windows 7 where the characters exclaim “To The Cloud!“, a superhero-esque phrase that, when said, saves the day. People in your workplace may make reference to utilizing The Cloud for an upcoming presentation or the sales associate at your local tech store lists [...]

Email Basics is one of our most popular tutorials and we have been hard at work updating it these past few months. Today’s email is so much more than it used to be, so we have decided to expand this tutorial into a subject that contains several topics. Our new Email Basics subject includes: Email [...]

Did you know that you can now use a free, online version of Office 2010? Microsoft’s Office Web Apps provide you with a limited version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that you can access at anytime from any browser or mobile device with an internet connection. Because your files are stored in the cloud, [...]

A couple of years ago we posted an article here about the basics of blogging. In that post, we defined what a blog is and why you may be interested in creating one of your own. But maybe you haven’t quite decided whether blogging is for you. Let’s talk about it some more and explain [...]

Volunteer. Land a Job. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? In all actuality, it’s really not as simple as that. However, with the right strategy, enough determination, and focus it is entirely possible to land a job by volunteering. I know because that’s how I got mine…sort of. In March of 2009, thanks to a fledgling economy [...]