Are you wasting hundreds of hours per year?

[David Derricks]

It's a strong title for a strong topic.

I'm the new guy here and the best way I've found to make friends is to give back to the community.

I'm not the most eloquent speaker in the world, the video isn't edited to perfection, but it does contain information worth its weight in gold.

Due to youtube's low video quality I recommend you view the video on 720p HD.

 

[Peyton Manning]

don't want to waste 14 minutes watching a video. The title sounds like an infomercial

 

[David Derricks]

don't want to waste 14 minutes watching a video. The title sounds like an infomercial

I appreciate your reply jeff, my intent wasn't to turn people off by using a strong title, it was chosen to draw attention because I feel the video can make a huge difference in the way people use the computer and go about doing their metal detecting research.

 

[Wyomingmedic]

I appreciate the video. I knew most of the commands, but a few were new to me. If you spend a lot of time on the computer, the very small tricks can save LOTS of time.

73,
WM

 

[David Derricks]

I appreciate the video. I knew most of the commands, but a few were new to me. If you spend a lot of time on the computer, the very small tricks can save LOTS of time.

73,
WM

You're very welcome man. As I said, it might not seem like much, but saving .25 to 3 seconds on every time you perform an action is significant long term.

For example, the ctrl + l command I perform literally 40-100 times a day. I'd estimate it takes me 1 second to do (I'm pretty quick with a mouse, I'd imagine for most it'd be around 2 seconds) it manually if you factor in me returning my hand to the keyboard after using the mouse.

Let's just use 65 times a day as an example.

.75 seconds saved x 65 = 48.75 seconds per day x 365 = 177793 seconds per year or 4.94 hours per year, that's a significant amount of time from just one command and there are about 15 or so I use.

 

[Pork King]

I I had an extra 49 hours a year, I might spend it drinking or smoking or chasing women. Worse, I might just waste it!

 

[finderskeepers]

Your maths are a little off...17,793 seconds and is 4.94 hours.

 

[David Derricks]

Yeah, it was a mistake with my math, I thought it looked a little funny and then I went back and corrected it shortly after.

 

[finderskeepers]

Welcome and thanks for the contribution.

 

[smokeythecat]

Interesting video. I waste a lot of time at work. Could be out detecting or "playing" with my toys. Or some other such thing.