December 2009
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My New Year's Resolution
I need to stop being so damn whiney. I enjoy teaching people how to “fish” by doing blogs, emails, illustrated pdfs, group presentations and my newest endeavor, videos. This takes quite a bit of work and was feeling a bit defeated when people would ignore all of this. It dawned on me today that I’m a “master bass fisherman” and not everyone wants to learn to fish. So...
“I don’t convert, I help the converted.”
– When asked why someone should move to a Mac.
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Apple "System 7" Lapel Pin →
Who doesn’t want a system 7 lapel pin?
A computer is just a computer unless it's a Mac.
I check out all new Twitter followers using the Birdbrain app (iTunes link). One of the things I notice is if the person is into PC’s they usually just say “computer” in their profile. Why do us Macs feel the need to say Mac or Apple? For me it started a decade ago when Apple computers were not really considered legit computers. You only saw them in a business setting if graphics...
Snow Leopard Server and Sieve →
In our mail server migrations from 10.5 to 10.6 we’ve been running the migrate_mail_data.pl Perl script to move our mail data from Cyrus to Dovecot. Seemingly at random email rules will work for…
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Texting and Walking Made Easy With iPhone App →
I had a client say they were wanting to invent a parascope for the iPhone so people wouldn’t run into things while walking. It appears someone beat her to it ;-)
Very Demotivational Posters That Demotivate Us »... →
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Twitter me this...
I’m extremely loyal. So loyal I often overlook things that might be better than what I currently use. So can someone please explain to me why I’m like a hormonal teenager gone boy crazy when it comes to Twitter apps?
I can’t just stick with one. The minute I profess my undying love something new and shiny comes around the corner and tempts me away. I have 10 Twitter related...
FTC Asked to Investigate Facebook’s New Privacy... →
OK, while the “EVERYBODY” default privacy setting was BS- but illegal? I just don’t understand how we have these “rights” over a free site? It’s free, you get what you pay for.
Autocomplete Me » It’s The Naughiest Of Fonts →
I would never do this but I know some of you do!
10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should... →
Facebook’s new privacy settings seem to be lacking in initial security. It’s default out of the blocks suggestion is to show your stuff to EVERYONE which indeed it does mean everyone in the world. This article has some fantastic suggestions on cranking your settings down.