There's been a lot of interest in Google's new ChromeOS, designed to replace Windows, particularly on portable devices. But some are dismissing it as being irrelevant. Charlie Wood, who has written a Mac app that I use called Spanning Sync, gives ...
In the first part of this small series I looked at the most important utilities to add to a new Mac, and then I covered annoyances and distractions. Now onto the last few miscellaneous ones ... Others that might be of interest Facebook Notificatio...
In the first part of this small series I looked at the most important utilities to add to a new Mac. Now I'm going to help fix some annoyances. "Wait a minute," I hear you cry, "I thought you thought Macs were perfect?" Well, nothing's perfect, an...
As various family members and friends are switching to Mac, I thought it was a good time to think of some juicy hints or tips. I know that part of the point of Mac is that they "just work", and you don't need to tinker with them. But at heart I'm ...
A few months back I blogged about the real significance of the iPad. I'm glad to find that I'm not a lone voice in thinking its about what its hidden away from its users ... see /the/path/of/most/resistance, including a good story about he changed...
Anyone reading this will be at least fairly familiar with the internet, and has learned to use wrestle with a computer. Some geeks like me are somewhat of a black belt at wrestling, and enjoy the experience. But most people aren't like that. They ...
A quick techie note, to help others that would also like the following combination: using site-specific browsers (so you can have GMail, GCal or GDocs as separate 'apps' living in their own windows that don't get in the way of other browsing) usin...