If you are like me, you’ve got to live in a mixed OS environment, at home is Mac and at work is Windows. And, you’ve got an iPhone or iPad which works great with Mac, but [...]
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I’m someone who works in both the PC and Mac worlds. My home machine is a Mac. But at work I use the Windows machine. There are plenty of times when I need to share files eas [...]
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When I’ve shown some people just how simple Yousendit.com is and they’ve been really impressed. For fast, free emailing of a LARGE document, Yousendit.com is pretty great! ( [...]
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If you’ve never visited WolframAlpha.com you are in for an interesting treat. This site is called a “computational knowledge engine”. It’s kind of like a mix of a scienti [...]
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Looking for an anti-virus software for your home PC? Want a great application for FREE? Try out Microsoft’s Security Essentials. This program will run in the background prote [...]
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Here’s the cheat sheet that can turn ANYONE into a computer support genius: [Geek Humor]
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Now that drop.io is dieing, you’ll want to find another way to share your files with others. Of course you can email them, but often these files are large. Plus you may wan [...]
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If you are looking for two really great ways to stay synced across multiple computers and platforms, Lastpass and Xmarks are at the top. So, I was very happy to hear that La [...]
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This Saturday, October 23rd – HMAUS (Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society) and Leeward Community College partner again to present Geek Day 2010. Last year was packed [...]
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It seems like every week there’s some new product or service that HMAUS is demonstrating. HMAUS (Hawaii Mac & Apple User Society) offers help to people looking t [...]
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To commemorate today’s inauguration FastMac is selling four Mac t-shirts designed around our new 44th President. These Obama-themed t-shirts are selling today for $4.44. (Shipping to Hawaii runs close to $8.00) There are two designs based off Shepard Fairey “HOPE” poster, and another with ”OS X, Software We Can Believe In.” FastMac may be running slow because of the traffic, but they are good looking shirt designs on [...]
READ MORE »From a Newsweek article about Palm and their new Pre smartphone, comes some interesting comparisons to iPhone’s underlying operating system (OS X): Apple introduced OS X for its personal computers in 2001, but pieces of the system trace their roots back to the 1980s, when they were used in the operating software of computers made [...]
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An interesting article on Lifehacker about a web site called, TiltShiftMaker, that is allows you to upload your images and then add a photographic filter to it that simulates tilt-shift. What this does is to make those landscapes appear to be miniatures. Here’s my sample of a photo of Waikiki harbor: Before: After: It almost [...]
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An article today from eMarketer finds that small business plan to spend more online using social networking tools. These tools might include things like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, even YouTube: More small businesses said they would increase their spending on social networking than on any other format. via Small Businesses’ Online Plans – eMarketer
READ MORE »If you’ve read the paper recently you know that Hawaiian Telcom is facing bankruptcy. What exactly might happen if the company were to shut down is not a pleasant thought: Speaking at a hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Lloyd King yesterday, PUC Chairman Carlito Caliboso said much of the state’s banking transactions, access to the [...]
READ MORE »If you own a Mac and love solving puzzles, then you should check out MacHeist. Through solving a series of intricately designed puzzles, riddles, visual clues, and cryptograms, you can get several free programs, including Process. Sign up for an account, and off you go solving clues found in the Briefings. I tried my first [...]
READ MORE »An upcoming event that sounds very interesting: Unconferenz. Using Pecha Kucha which is basically a open discussion with limitations on each speaker of 20 slides and 20 seconds each slide. Date: February 7, 2009, Saturday Time: 8:00am to 4:00pm Place: JAIMS (in Hawaii Kai) 6660 Hawaii Kai Dr Honolulu, Hawaii 96825 Attendance: 50 – 100 [...]
READ MORE »Palm released their newest touch-screen smartphone yesterday called the Pre. And while their site is short of details still, there’s been several stories (Gizmodo, ars technica) about it and that it *might* be an iPhone killer. I don’t doubt that Palm can do touch-screens; they have built excellent ones for years. And the reviews from [...]
READ MORE »University of Hawaii, Manoa campus, has several non-credit web classes coming up for Spring 2009. These are usually great for beginners (and even those who think they know everything!). The schedule is online at: UHM Outreach PNM. Just a couple of standouts include: Boost Your Traffic and Success Online with Social Media Optimization (SMO) Search [...]
READ MORE »Mashable has an interesting article, “7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media” — OK, so, I’ll start getting more serious about my online-social “brand”…
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