One of the greatest things about being a geek is that we tend to search for the most creative tools to do a particular job. One thing that I've wanted to figure out is the quickest way to send a link from my Mac to my iPhone and
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I've owned an iPhone ever since Apple released the 3G version back in 2008. In that time frame I have since upgraded to a 3GS and now iPhone 4. I remember the first day we discovered that Apple would be adding support for folders in iOS4. I distinctly
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I've owned an iPhone ever since Apple released the 3G version back in 2008. In that time frame I have since upgraded to a 3GS and now iPhone 4. I remember the first day we discovered that Apple would be adding support for folders in iOS4. I distinctly
One thing I've been working hard to do since starting this weblog, is to try and offer my own unique style to everything that I write about. What good is a writer, or even better a tech writer, without his or her own unique voice? Most personal weblogs
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After the initial launch of the Mac App Store in January, I've had some time to purchase a few apps and come to grips with the user experience. So far, so good and I certainly have come to welcome the improvements on the app installation process. On a
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So Amazon has beat Apple to the punch as far as getting a cloud based music storage option to market. There's no doubt people want the ability to store their gargantuan MP3 libraries in the cloud and be able to have access to their music 24/7 from
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It seems we have come full circle again and we are starting to care about storage space on our computers. I remember growing up in the 80s when storage space mattered on personal computers. Primarily because hard drives were extremely expensive, so applications and operating systems needed to be tiny.
Lately I’ve been thinking about changing my approach to how I handle my time on Twitter. While I still love writing on this weblog (and will continue to do so), there are occasional small bite-sized thoughts that I want to share that are under 140 characters. In the past,
When Twitter first announced that they would be rolling out a new feature called "lists" back in 2009, I admit I was excited. The very idea of being able to create custom lists and lump specific accounts that I follow into those seemed like a great idea. In
It seems like we can't even go one release of iOS without people complaining about how the latest OS update has somehow diminished their iPhones battery life. I've noticed lately on Twitter and Mac forums people complaining about battery life with iOS 4.3. It'
So the New York Times have launched a paywall. While this may come as a surprise to some, I find their pricing structure perplexing and awkward at best. Let me first establish that I'm a proponent of paying for quality journalism. I absolutely am cognizant of the fact
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I just thought I would share some of my workflow and backup routines with everyone since this stuff usually tends to interest geeks like myself. Note Taking For notetaking I use Simplenote on my iPhone. I also pay for their premium plan which among a few things adds Dropbox syncing.
