Multitasking, it's an integral part of college life. In an environment where we're expected to focus on a single subject one minute, then juggle a half-dozen different classes the next, switching gears can sometimes be tough. The thing I love about my Mac is its ability to facilitate both focus and multitasking in the same space. Here's a favorite! While most Mac users know we can use keyboard shortcuts like APPLE-OPTION-H to hide all processes outside the one we're working in (focus), I've only recently discovered Mac OS' Expose potential to facilitate multitasking. Hit F9 and check it out. Left active, Expose offers a continually-updated view of every process on your computer at once. Expose windows are not static, but miniaturized versions of what's already there. In other words, it shows, simultaneously, the status of the webpage I'm loading in Safari, the 3 conversations I'm having in iChat, and the album I'm burning to CD all in the same space. While at it, you can also hit APPLE-TAB in Expose and really get funky. Now typing three term papers simultaneously to get them done before morning, you may have to wait for Tiger for that one.
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