by Tom Chandler | Jul 6, 2026 | Word Processing, Spreadsheets
Benjamin Franklin was, among many other things, a printer and publisher. He knew better than anyone that a message lands harder when it speaks directly to its reader. Imagine if Franklin were publishing his Pennsylvania Gazette in 2026 — he would not write 2,000...
by Tom Chandler | Jul 4, 2026 | Databases
In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense — a pamphlet that spread through the colonies like wildfire and helped galvanize public opinion toward independence. Paine was a meticulous communicator. Now imagine he kept a subscriber list in a notebook with...
by Tom Chandler | Jul 4, 2026 | Word Processing, Tips
Consider the summer of 1776. Thomas Jefferson sat in a rented room in Philadelphia with a quill pen, a bottle of ink, and the monumental task of drafting a document that would change the world. Every revision meant crossing out lines, rewriting paragraphs, and passing...
by Tom Chandler | Jul 4, 2026 | Spreadsheets, Tips
Today, Saturday, July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Two and a half centuries ago, fifty-six men pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to a cause built on unity — the idea that thirteen...
by Tom Chandler | Jul 1, 2026 | Keyboard shortcuts, Tips
Picture this: it is the night of April 18, 1775, and Paul Revere needs to warn the countryside that the British are marching. Now imagine if, instead of riding from house to house, he could have instantly jumped between every household in the colony with the press of...
