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How wrong our tech heads can be….

September 28, 2008

I just got a huge kick out of two John C Dvorak columns. First, I read a great treatise about how the iPhone is not only changing the cell phone industry, but actually creating a new one in an amazing, game changing way: Understanding the impact of the iPhone: The eventual market for these devices [...]

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Passwords. ah passwords. don’t we love ‘em…

August 14, 2008

How many people have only one password? How about those who have one password and then a bunch of variations with “2″ or “69″ at the end? Well guess what… don’t get used to them. Because one day soon the whole password thing will slowly become obsolete. You may rejoice or moan about having to [...]

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.Mac 3.0 coming soon?

June 6, 2008

oh please, let this become truth! Wired Magazine has some great points and great ideas about what Apple should do with .Mac. Hopefully, they’re listening! Mobile Me: What a New .Mac Might Mean for the iPhone | Gadget Lab from Wired.com http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/06/mobile-me-what.html

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Why you don’t want to surf for porn even on your mac

April 21, 2008

At a recent hacker conference, they were able to break into a MacBook Air when it went to a particular website (using Safari) that the hackers had prepped for mischeif. The lesson: sketchy websites could mean sketchy results, even on a Mac. Sure, there will be a software update by Apple to fix this particular [...]

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Macs are faster AND cheaper…

April 17, 2008

Popular Mechanics tested the iMac vs. a Gateway One and the MacBook vs. an Acer M15SR and guess what? The Macs trounced the PCs! in speed and price and user preference. See for yourself: Mac vs PC – Benchmark and Speed Tests – Popular Mechanics http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/4258725.html justin

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Apple is gaining market share!

April 2, 2008

Apple’s U.S. sales skyrocket in February | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1436

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Printing to PDF

March 2, 2008

One of my favorite tips to impart on my clients is how to print to PDF and save things like web receipts to their hard drive for later (if ever) printing. It’s an easy and quick way to make your life easier and save paper… you just click File > Print > PDF > Save [...]

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children on the internet! OMG! beware?

February 28, 2008

For those of you who are parents of young children or highly interested in their well being because you watch too much Nightline…. you should read this article.  This is my favorite tech columnist’s take of safety concerns for children online… which is not as scary as you might think. How Dangerous Is the Internet [...]

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Open WiFi Networks and personal morality

January 21, 2008

I have often defended my choice to run an open wireless network at my house (i.e. not put a password to prevent others from using it) so it’s refreshing to see someone else talk about his personal, moral choice to do the same…. » Why I run an open Wi-Fi network | SOHO Networking | [...]

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Seth’s Blog: A shortage of digital coaches

January 21, 2008

Seth writes a great blog about business that I respect and read pretty often. Recently he did a post about me: A Digital Life Coach! He calls it simply Digital Coaching, but I prefer to include the importance of one’s life in the phrase because more and more our lives are integrated with digital things [...]

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