The iPhone is the world’s most used, most popular camera. Why? The photos are of decent quality and the camera is always available. Wouldn’t it be cool to capture photos of every important event throughout the day? Your iPhone can … Continue »
Free: The iPhone App That Takes The First Step To Capture Images Of Everything, Everyday
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Posted In iOS Apps
The Better Way To Manage Your Checkbook On A Mac Is With A True CheckBook App
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
Managing money is not fun. That is, unless you have lots of money to manage; so much money to manage that you need to hire someone to keep track of it. That might be fun. Otherwise, the rest of us … Continue »
Thinking Different: DCommander– Living With A Finder App Of A Different Color
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
When it comes to the Mac’s Finder app, most of us have a love hate relationship. The Finder has been around forever and then some, but it’s not the only game in town to find files, move files, copy files, … Continue »
Apple By The Numbers: Do The Facts Back Up All The Predictions Of Gloom And Doom?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
In the 21st century age of digital yellow journalism it has become increasingly difficult to segregate fact from fiction, astute analysis from absurd opinion. Politics aside, there’s no better example than Apple, once a darling stock of the high flying … Continue »
If You Read Consumer Reports, Read The People’s Product Reviews On Consumr Reviews
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Posted In iOS Apps
It seems like a generation ago, but back in the day product reviews were difficult to find, and that made Consumer Reports the magazine to have before you bought a product. Sadly, those days are gone, and Consumer Reports today … Continue »
Rulers: It’s The Mac Utility Which Lets You Measure, Align, And Inspect Everything On Screen
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Posted In Cheap Mac Apps
When it comes to graphic design utilities for my Mac I’m pretty sure I have them all. Or, at least I’m pretty sure I’ve tried them all. Those I like I keep, of course, but that doesn’t mean they get … Continue »
How To Use The Mac’s Menubar To Tweet From Within Any App (and do just about anything else)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
There are few locations on the Mac’s screen which are more convenient, accessible and useful than the Menubar. Love it or hate it, we all use the Menubar one of two ways. To get to the menus for any open … Continue »
All The King’s Horses: What Apple Is Not Doing With All That Cash (it’s not just avoiding taxes)
Monday, May 20, 2013 | Posted In News and Comment
White space. Designers, illustrators, painters, and anyone else with a creative bent knows the value of white space. It’s that portion of a page without graphics and it can be valuable to the eye. Apple’s huge cash hoard is like … Continue »
What’s The Latest Trend In iPhone Camera Apps? Fewer Features, Higher Quality
Monday, May 20, 2013 | Posted In iOS Apps
A couple of crazy trends are taking place in photography these days. First of all, the single most used camera in the world is the iPhone. Secondly, every iPhone camera app tries to beat the competition by adding more features … Continue »
If Writing Is Dead Then Why Do Mac Users Have So Many Word Processors?
Monday, May 20, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
The written word is not dead. It’s just being processed differently than in years past. Pen and ink. Typewriter. Word processor. Even the latter has undergone a renaissance of sorts since Microsoft Word bludgeoned users into a hatred of complexity. … Continue »
How To Send And Receive Faxes On Your Mac (all you need is a free app and money)
Monday, May 20, 2013 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
Yes, I know that faxes are still used in business, but when was the last time you received or needed to send a fax? In the era of the internet’s killer app– email– the fax industry just isn’t what it … Continue »
How I Spent Money For An App I Don’t Need, Didn’t Want, But It’s So Much Fun I Can’t Stop Using It
Friday, May 17, 2013 | Posted In iOS Apps
Have you ever downloaded and tried out an app on your iPhone that you later regretted buying? Sure. That’s the nature of mobile apps today. Buy, then try. How about this? Have you ever downloaded and tried out an app … Continue »
The Troubled World Of Apple’s Shameless Competitors (we need ‘I’m a PC, I’m a Mac’ back)
Friday, May 17, 2013 | Posted In News and Comment
Let’s take a vote. All those in favor of Apple turning the page, raise your hands. What page? It’s time we changed the page back to those glory days of yesteryear when ‘I’m a PC, I’m a Mac‘ entertained Mac … Continue »
GIF Brewery: It’s Yet Another Easy Way To Capture A Movie Freeze Frame On Your Mac
Friday, May 17, 2013 | Posted In Tips and Tricks
Apple has a different view of how the world should work, and that’s both good and bad. The good is all the great gadgets we can buy from Apple. The bad is when Apple does something that seems odd or … Continue »
PDF Reader Pro: PDF Reader Meet Note Taker. This PDF App Annotates And Speaks
Friday, May 17, 2013 | Posted In Mac App Reviews
From what I can tell about the teachers in the school where I work, there’s a love hate relationship when it comes to creating, editing, and using PDFs, Adobe’s portable document format. PDFs are a great way to share documents … Continue »
On Apple, Samsung, Google, And Microsoft: How Big Money Makes For Strange Bedfellows
Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Posted In News and Comment
As we move deeper into the 21st century, competition in the technology industry is ever more intense. Component vendors are selling ammunition to everyone and anyone with the will and money to buy. Competitors often provide applications or products to … Continue »
The Best Free Mac Photo Enhancement App That Money Cannot Buy (try it out anyway)
Thursday, May 16, 2013 | Posted In Cheap Mac Apps
Photo editors for Mac or iPhone are probably quite a dime a dozen, but I’ll bet you can find a dozen and not spend a dime. If iPhoto doesn’t haven enough juice for you, but you’ve got plenty of month … Continue »
Games: Living Room vs. Handheld. Game Console vs. iPhone. And A Few Words About Apple TV
Something is happening to the electronic game industry and, depending upon your perspective, it’s not a pretty sight. With little fanfare, Apple has created the world’s largest, most profitable game platform in the iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, sales of standalone … Continue »