Things You Must Know
October 14th, 2008 by Jeb Foster
With this quiz, Seth Godin defines basic, 21st century office competence:
* Can you capture something you see on your screen and paste it into Word or PowerPoint?
* Do you have a blog?
* Can you open a link you get in an email message?
* Do you read more than five blogs a day?
* Do you have a signature in your outbound email?
* Do you have an RSS reader?
* Can you generate a PDF document from a Word file you’re working on?
* Do you know how to build and share a simple spreadsheet using Google Docs?
* Do have a shortcut for sending mail to the six co-workers you usually write to?
* Are you able to find what you’re looking for on Google most of the time?
* Do you know how to download a file from the internet?
* Do you back up your work?
* Do you keep track of contacts using a digital tool?
* Do you use anti-virus software?
* Do you fall for internet hoaxes and forward stuff to friends and then regret it?
* Have you ever bought something from a piece of spam?
How did you do?
If you did poorly, don’t worry. Just find someone to teach you!
