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Back when I went to j-school, the Internet wasn’t considered a form of “mass media” yet. It was still pretty well limited to email and clunky browsers with limited information. Well, obviously that’s all changed. Journalism schools are teaching about how social media (things like blogs, twitter, facebook, etc.) are changing the way information is [...]
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Star Trek’s Enterprise: In Your Hands
In support of the new Star Trek movie that is coming out, a very cool site is online that allows you to hold the Enterprise in your hands: www.Experience-the-Enterprise.com. You visit the site, install an Active-X browser plugin, print out an image (that’s used to control the movements), and get your webcam fired up. (Yes, [...]
READ MORE »HMAUS presents Mac Springfest: May 23rd
A full day of learning and fun is planned at the upcoming Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users’ Society (HMAUS) Mac Springfest. JAIMS (6660 Hawaii Kai Drive) will be the site for all the Mac Fanboy Love you can spread around. Topics include: Mac 101 for beginners, Adobe’s Lightroom, Social Networks and Livefeeds, and Time Management [...]
READ MORE »PayPal: Add Basic E-Commerce To Your Website
If you’ve never used or seen PayPal before, then you have probably been hiding under a rock, since PayPal is one of the top ways to pay online in the US. You can often find PayPal as an option for checkouts on many e-commerce websites. This article will briefly explain WHY PayPal is so popular [...]
READ MORE »Mozy: Secondary Backups Made Simple
Backing up your data is a very wise thing to do. Hard drives fail, files and folders get deleted accidentally, and sometimes you just can’t remember where you put something any more. I recommend a two-layer backup plan. Your first layer is to have an external drive connected to [...]
READ MORE »LastPass: Free password syncing for PC/Mac
If you visit lots of websites, you’ve probably started to accumulate a LOT of passwords for each site. For security reason, you should have SEPARATE passwords for each site. (Else, if someone learns that one password of yours, they could access any other site you visit. Not secure.) Also, these [...]
READ MORE »Evernote: Syncing Your Notes (and Files) Wherever
Man, I like this product! Evernote is like Yojimbo with tentacles, “Tako Yojimbo”. Let me explain. Evernote is like a journal that you can type in, paste in, add screen shots, even drop files into, and it will sync those across multiple platforms. Evernote is available for Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Windows Mobile. Plus you [...]
READ MORE »MacHeist Releases Latest Mac App Bundle
MacHeist has released their latest collection of Mac applications today. The 12 titles that are included are worth over $500 according to MacHeist, who have the bundle on sale for $39. The applications range from help with eBay to web development to photo enhancement programs.
The titles include: iSale, Picturesque, SousChef, World of [...]
drop.io: Simple, fast, free file sharing
drop.io has to be one of the simplest sites I’ve ever seen. It’s gotten more bells and whistles over time, but still, it’s dead simple to set up a place on the Internet to share your files. And it’s FREE! Here’s how it works:
Visit their site
Either accept the random drop site name they [...]
Sync Files Between Computers, Even PC/Mac: Dropbox
If you are like most people, you have a work and home computer. They may even be on different platforms — like a Mac at home and PC at work. There are several solutions out there, but the one I want to discuss is Dropbox. Dropbox allows you to easily set up a “cloud” storage [...]
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