Tips

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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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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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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Travel Tech

November 15, 2011
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Perhaps no other area has the mobile revolution so drastically improved as the world of travel. From where you eat to finding the nearest bathroom your smartphone (and tablet) may be the most valuable travel guides the world has ever created. Here’s how to add some tech to your next trip and ensure a smooth [...]

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Getting started with Evernote

October 13, 2011

Evernote is a vast and powerful system but it takes time to discover its place in your work flow. You’re confident that it solves a problem but you aren’t sure which one. Don’t worry, I think that may be the common experience. I had Evernote installed for months before I really began to use it [...]

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Life Enrichment through Evernote

October 4, 2011
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I’m starting a new series on one of the most flexible and productive pieces of software I’ve ever used. Evernote. I find myself spending more time discussing Evernote in my presentations and having conversations about it on a weekly basis. I’ve become an unofficial evangelist because this beautiful and simple system has transformed how I [...]

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Create timely tweets

October 3, 2011
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Send Later… Those are powerful words. It allows me to produce when I can and publish when I determine. I schedule blog posts and delay delivery time of emails (Tip: Try Boomerang for gmail) so scheduling tweets made sense to me from the first day I discovered the function. Scheduling tweets enables me to: Talk [...]

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A Remote Wonder

September 28, 2011
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Let’s keep this short and very sweet. I’ve tried every remote support and screen sharing technology on the planet and I’ve discovered a new favorite. So whether you need to help Mom block people on Facebook or share a presentation with 200 of your closest friends look no further than Join.me Simply stated: I’ve never [...]

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