function MyFunction(currentTextBox, nextTextBox)

{

//magic code in here

//when magic finished, call next magic spell

setTimeout(function(){FireNextBox(nextTextBox},1);

}

function FireNextBox(nextTextBox)

{

nextTextBox.onchange();

}

//for last textbox in loop

function FinalFunction()

{

return;

//the end

}

The above scenario assumes the onchange event calls ‘MyFunction’ and there is a return function available, ‘FinalFunction’ that is called by the onchange event of the last textbox in this loop. Using setTimeout is necessary in Internet Explorer, otherwise it will throw a stack overflow error, works fine in Firefox with and without the setTimeout.

Sometimes I like learning things. The problem is you people who teach on youtube waste a lot of my time with ineffective tutorial videos. Instead of just complaining here is my mini guide to effective youtube tutorializing.

1. Keep it short, like under 4 minutes. This ensures that I learn stuff in small consumable steps that I can repeat until my practice makes perfect and I can move on the next step. Not ideal for all situations, but it probably is for yours.

2. Start with the end result. This way I know whether your video is worth watching.

3. If the sound cuts off, if your camera breaks, if anything goes wrong, please don’t post it with excuses, just rerecord. Seriously, quit being lazy, it wastes my time.

4. If your tutorial involves screen capturing and I can’t read your screen, don’t post it.

5. Talk. I think cameras come with microphones for a reason, maybe.

6. Learn to talk. Write an outline or script beforehand so you’re not ‘umming’ and ‘erring’ your way through the video. My friend will make fun of you when I link him to your video if you don’t.

That covers it. Thanks!

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(Windows Live Writer and my findings are uncorrelated though there is causation.)

E-mail Fail 1

Customer: “I haven’t got an e mail in 2 days, fix it.”

Alex: “Have you tried sorting by date and not subject?”

E-mail Fail 2

Customer: “I haven’t been getting email”

Alex: “Your groups are collapsed.”

Computer Dyslexia

Customer: “My CDs don’t fit in the tray. They fit for everyone else but not me.”

(Alex doesn’t know what to do, thinks maybe she has a zip drive or is trying to put a CD in the floppy drive, even logs into the machine remotely)

Alex: “I’m going to send a tech to look at your box.”

(Alex goes with the tech to investigate. She had her computer upside down.)

Keyboard Dyslexia

Customer: “My screen is upside down”

Alex: “Okay, we need you to log in to your computer”

Customer: “I can’t, I can’t read upside down”

Alex: “Is your keyboard upside down?”

Customer: “No”

Alex: “Then type it like you normally would.”

Employee: '( Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Twilight ) '

Manager: Ok, you can work in the (insert employee's selection)