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My Thoughts On The Situation in Fukushima

I am not trying to downplay the situation that Japan is facing whatsoever. All I'm saying is we must be cautious about how we approach these kinds of situations. I'm extremely irritated by some of the poor journalism going on right now, causing more fear, uncertainty

By Alex Knight 15 Mar 2011

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Starting from A Clean Slate with iOS 4.3

So I have decided unlike my normal procedure when new iOS updates are released, I will not be restoring from a backup after updating to 4.3 this week. Sometimes you simply just need to clean house and start from a clean slate again. If you're anything like

By Alex Knight 09 Mar 2011

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Adding Pinboard As A Custom Search Query to Alfred

I love Pinboard as a bookmarking service. I also happen to be a user of Alfredapp, which is a super handy swiss-army knife style app for launching apps on a Mac. In reality though, it goes far beyond just a simple app launcher and I really recommend you try it

By Alex Knight 08 Mar 2011

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Twitter for iPhone And The New Trends Quickbar

People seem to be up in arms about the latest Twitter for iPhone (v3.3) update, and I can understand why. There are actually many good things to talk about in the latest version, such as the auto @username suggest feature and improved DM messaging. That being said, one new

By Alex Knight 04 Mar 2011

How to Do Great Customer Support

It goes without saying that offering great customer support for a product or service is absolutely essential to any business. Without great support, you’re leaving your customers to fend for themselves, which is not something you really want. This particular subject is something really close to the heart for

By Alex Knight 01 Mar 2011

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Thoughts on The Latest MacBook Pros

Now that the dust has settled on Apple's latest MacBook Pro lineup, I wanted to share what I took away from the announcement. First of all, I was really hoping that this time around we were going to get MacBook Pros sans optical drive. At least, an option

By Alex Knight 27 Feb 2011

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Updated OS X Lion Preview

If you check out Apple's Lion preview page, they have updated it with some screen shots of the new Mail.app, as well as they showcase a few other new features. I'm not going to repost the new stuff that you can just read for yourself.

By Alex Knight 24 Feb 2011

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Why Most Console Games Ported to iOS Suck

I’d like to think that I’m a fairly nostalgic kind of person. I grew up in the 80s and experienced many great console games during that era. In the 90s, I was also fortunate enough to play through many great titles as well. Now that I primarily do

By Alex Knight 22 Feb 2011

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Interesting Look into The Future of iPhone And iPad Designs

Anytime we are within months of a potential new product launch from Apple, rumour sites run rampant with speculation. While this can be fun, it does get tiresome after a while. What's interesting though is some actual real evidence of where Apple may be going with future generations

By Alex Knight 18 Feb 2011

OmmWriter: An Amazing Mac App for Writers

Very rarely do I have the inclination to discuss things such as word processors or text editing apps, but I recently discovered something that has truly made a difference for me. The app in question is called OmmWriter and it's developed by a small indie Mac app company.

By Alex Knight 17 Feb 2011

On The Concern of Usage Based Billing by ISPs

This is not necessarily a follow up, but more of an addition to yesterdays piece on my ISP issues with Shaw Cable. Earlier today Michael Geist wrote an excellent overview on yesterdays CRTC hearing. Chair Konrad von Finckenstein had a fair chance to explain their case behind usage based billing.

By Alex Knight 04 Feb 2011

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My Favourite iOS Note Taking App is Now Simplenote

I have tried countless numbers of different note taking apps that are available on the App Store for iPhone. I don't ask for much, but my criteria for a note taking app is as follows: * Dropbox syncing support * Wordcount and link detection The latest 3.1 update to

By Alex Knight 03 Feb 2011
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