As you know, Don McAllister has enlisted my services to create screencasts for his tutorial series, ScreenCasts Online at screencastsonline.com. While it’s a LOT of work to create these, it’s also a lot of fun because of how much I’m learning. I did screencasts when I was working, using Windows 7 and the worst piece […]
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More Advice on Password Management for Unsophisticated Users
A few weeks back I talked about how I’m struggling with what to recommend to my in-laws for password management. To recap, they’re highly motivated and very concerned about security so I don’t have to sell them on that part, but my father-in-law in particular has a high degree of difficulty with the computer when […]
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I’m actually starting to feel sorry for Microsoft. This week they had their big announcement of the Surface Pro 3, and it was actually kind of sad. I saw the big unveil and watched about 20 minutes of it. After 7 minutes they were still talking about the kickstand. I’m not saying a kickstand is […]
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I’ve been a fan of the AppleTV since it came out. Steve and I rent a movie pretty much every Friday night from iTunes, and we love using Airplay to play video podcasts from my iPad to the TVs around the house. We have been powering through every single episode of Game of Thrones on […]
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I am really excited to announce that the NosillaCast is now available on Alpha Geek Radio. Rather than try to explain it to you myself, here’s what founder Todd Whitehead sent me: “Alpha Geek Radio is an association of independent Internet Radio hosts and Podcasters, dedicated to advancing the cause of Geek Culture in all […]
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Steve’s parents are VERY security conscious and like all of us struggle with multiple passwords. Ken and I have spent a great deal of time discussing what makes a good password, and he trusts my advice on how to strengthen his own. I’ve showed him Steve Gibson’s Password Haystack where you can learn what the […]
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I’ve been experimenting around with something that might shock you – OneNote from Microsoft. You might think that’s crazy, but hey, it’s free, it runs on all of my iOS and Mac devices, so why not give it a try and see if it solves some problems, right? If you love Evernote and every time […]
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Steve and I are both runners, and we love listening to podcasts while we run. We both used to use the little square iPod Nanos (loved them) but when Apple got rid of the clip version we knew it was time to start finally using our iPhones. We weren’t totally against the idea of switching, […]
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This story starts as a tale about a failing iPhone battery but it turns into an awesome new tool to allow you to use Activity Monitor on your iPhone. But since I get to tell the story you’re going to hear about my iPhone battery first! A few weeks ago, a gentleman named Scotty Loveless […]
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Listener review from the inimitable George from Tulsa Ever been on a cruise? Out at sea you may be able to pick up some text emails in the ship’s computer center, but you can forget the kind of automatic backup of photos to iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Plus you’ve come to rely on when there’s […]
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