The Best Books I Read in 2011
Your 2011 might have been BIG. Or your 2011 might have been small. Mine was more like a resetting of priorities. With my divorce finalized and my focus on writing returned…I was able to dive into more books this year than ever. If you’re looking for a list of [...] Continue Reading…
This is a letter I wrote to a friend of mine earlier this week. Of late he has been under pressure from some Web Development Companies trying to get him to pay them to build a new website. While his need for a new website is definitely there, his [...] Continue Reading…
So you’ve got a new book in your Archived items on your Kindle. But for some reason every time you try to download that new purchase you get the message “Sorry your book cannot be downloaded at this time. Please try again later.”
Turning the Kindle on and off doesn’t [...] Continue Reading…
With over 71% of iPad owners playing games, it’s no wonder the top articles on my blog have to do with games on the iPad. So for the sake of research, for you, I have yet again taken one for the team. For the past month I’ve been playing games [...] Continue Reading…
Traditionally, designers have used static mockups and flow diagrams to demonstrate how a website will look and work. The problem with this approach is you can’t fully test or communicate an interactive, hypertext experience (a website) with non-interactive tools (comps, paper and back-of-the napkin sketches).
Up until a couple of [...] Continue Reading…
Here is a great little trick for those of you stuck on the road without your beloved second monitor.
This is especially excellent if you travel with a MacBook air.
Now you can connect your ipad to your Mac (wirelessly) and use it as an external monitor. As long as you are within [...] Continue Reading…
How to Make the Best Salmon Cakes
(one of those great recipies you get from your mom)
1 can red salmon (save liquid)
1 egg beaten
Parsley 1/2 cup (1/4 saved for coating)
Panko bread crumbs 1 cup (1/2 c saved for coating) (or use regular bread crumbs)
1 tsp Old Bay seasoning
Salt/Pepper
Notes: Remove “yucky” stuff from canned salmon. Save liquid. [...] Continue Reading…
Proof reading is a bitch. Typos are the bane of my existence. So how are you expected to proof your own work after you’ve just spent an hour or (heaven forbid) hours staring at it? One of the best techniques that every proof reader knows about is reading your copy [...] Continue Reading…
How To Protect Your Files On Dropbox
So cloud computing is all the rage. It has swooped in and lulled us en masse to upload ALL our digital stuff to it…up there…out there…somewhere barely on the fringes of our control. In what feels like no time at all we’ve abdicated physical containment of our precious information [...] Continue Reading…
This issue came up for me when I purchased an Apple Bluetooth keyboard. The reason I splurged on the $70 device was because I needed a keyboard for my aging Macbook (the spacebar had become unstable), and I wanted a keyboard for my iPad.
When I got the keyboard home, [...] Continue Reading…
