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Tips to Secure and Customize your USB Flash Drive

February 15, 2012
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No sexy headlines or social insights today just tweaking out our ubiquitous USB flash drives. I use mine on a near daily basis and here are the tips I use to make my drive more useful and more secure. If you want to skip the work and get the goods, scroll to the bottom. Customize [...]

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If I could only have 10 iPhone apps

February 14, 2012
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The challenge – You can have 10 apps but only 10 apps. From someone that’s downloaded 350+ apps and currently have around 100 installed this is a bit of a challenge but here’s my list. [Updated /14/2012] Evernote – The ultimate notepad app. Capture photos, audio notes, and store documents straight to your phone. Data [...]

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2 New Foursquare Apps and a few old standbys

January 30, 2012
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Two apps making the rounds this week that are built on top of the Foursquare platform. #Mom – HashtagMom.com A great idea that keeps Mom from worrying. Just add #mom to your check in and they will call or text your mother to let her know you arrived safely. I’ll be adopting this as soon [...]

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How to really sync Google with your iPhone

January 28, 2012
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Are you a Gmail user and you own an iPhone? You probably aren’t taking full advantage of either product. Want faster mail delivery or multiple calendars? Here is the advanced setup. The Better Setup for Gmail on iPhone Many people assume they should use the Google Mail option when adding their Gmail account to their [...]

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An open letter to my Senators

January 18, 2012
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[To my Readers: The following is an open letter that I’ve sent to my elected representatives. While I fully support the Internet Protest today I’ve chosen not take down my site because where else would I have the freedom and power to publish to the world… and isn’t that the point. Help fight Internet Censorship] [...]

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Making the switch to Mozilla Thunderbird

January 12, 2012
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At the beginning of each year I take time to organize and simplify my digital life and in 2012 I tackled a whale… email. My problem is not managing my inbox but rather I had too many email accounts. So I simplified and in the process decided to give Mozilla’s email client Thunderbird another look. [...]

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New Apps, Twitter clients, Dropbox+Truecrypt

January 12, 2012

A run down of the things I’m testing, trying, and liking… Recently Discovered iPhone apps I’m loving Garmin onDemand – $0.99 Requires active data connection. Terrific navigation app. Instantly became my go to map app. Twittelator Neue – $1.99 Best Twitter iPhone app I’ve ever used. Inline photos, intuitive controls and just plain awesome. AutoMD.com [...]

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An intro to Favorite Tweets

November 16, 2011
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What is that star thing? and What does it do? There seems to be a lot of folks that haven’t really explored favoriting tweets or at least don’t see value of starring tweets of others so here’s a quick intro to one of the most overlooked little gems of Twitter. What is a Favorite? There [...]

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