‘Technology’ Archives
Security Tip: Regularly Check Your Website Scripts For Updates
If you are a website owner, you might think that once you get your site up and running you no longer have to do much. But consider how easy it is for your website to be hacked. You WANT people to visit it and look around. You WANT to show off the cool functionality of your site. Well, that same functionality can get outdated pretty [...]
Google Announces Ways to Opt-out of Analytics
In a move that will surely upset those obsessed with their web stats, and bring some joy to those concerned with online privacy, Google has announced that they are offering tools to opt-out of their very popular Analytics. For site owners and stats jockeys, the ability for individuals to more easily hide visits to web sites using Analytics is a [...]
iPad: Ebook Reader = yes, Netbook = no
Like a lot of people I was excited to learn about yesterday's Apple iPad release. Steve Jobs had said it would be "one of the most important things I've ever done" . Apple calls it "magical and revolutionary". And, also like a lot of people, I was let down by learning the details of the iPad. I think I know why. Many people assumed that [...]
Syncplicity: backup and syncing with 3GB FREE
One of the requests I hear from people is they want to backup up their files (MP3's, videos, photos, and documents) but be able to also view them on different computers, wherever they might be: across town or across the world. Are you looking for a way to backup and sync files between Windows computers? Looking to have a safe way to view those [...]
Amazon has Snow Leopard and Windows 7 for pre-order
Amazon has Snow Leopard Mac OS X version 10.6 (the upgrade to Leopard) available for pre-order on its site for $29. Their Free-Shipping option works even to Hawaii! Amazon also has Windows 7 available for pre-order. Prices start at $119.99 for the Home Premium Upgrade, or $199.99 for the Professional Upgrade. The difference depends on [...]
Journalism schools using and teaching social media
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 [...]
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, you need a [...]
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 space that can sync between your computers. That's 2GB of FREE [...]
Small businesses to use more social networking tools
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 [...]
Upcoming Unconferenz: February 7th
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 – [...]
