Top 10 Productivity iPhone Apps
Mobile productivity is on the rise and mobile phones are starting to turn into mobile offices. Productivity apps keep getting better and making our lives easier. For example, I have a remote morning meeting that I have to attend every day; sometimes I can’t get on my computer to attend it, so I use the [...]
Five Programs Every Onsite Support Technician Should Have
Providing onsite technical support can be very challenging. Not only are you responsible for investigating and solving issues with a customer’s computer and/or network, but you have the added burden of dealing with their additional needs. Questions about usage habits, using various pieces of software, and other miscellaneous topics tend to stream out during a [...]
How to Use Google+ Better
Are you a Google+ user? If so, you’re likely fairly new to Google’s latest attempt at a social network — or at least comparatively new to the beta users who joined Google+ when it first launched in June, 2011. Many of these early adopters have now had a chance to explore Google+ and discover the [...]
Digital Currencies Part 1: Using Digital Currency to Increase Your Capital
This is the first part in a series on digital currencies. Sometimes I think I know a thing or two about money. I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, after all, and I even read it once in a while. Then I look at my bank account, overdrawn and bank fees accumulating, and I remember [...]
How to Opt out of Receiving the Yellow Pages
Hate getting the Yellow Pages? You’re not alone. A recent survey conducted on behalf of the online phone directory site WhitePages.com confirmed that nearly 70% of adults in the US “rarely or never” use the phone book. Unfortunately, until recently, there have been limited methods to opt out of receiving your phone book; some cities, [...]
Guild Wars 2 Closed Beta Open to Applications for 48 Hours
As the highly anticipated release of Guild Wars 2 inches ever closer, ArenaNet has decided to send the call out for beta testers interested in taking part in the largest project the company has ever undertaken. Guild Wars 2 originally started its closed beta in December of 2011. Since then, only a select few have [...]
Top 10 Gaming iPhone Apps
Gaming on the iPhone is growing rapidly and, as it does, so do the games available for the device. Games can range from intense action thrillers to simple puzzle games that help pass the time. By now, we all know the most popular game for the iPhone is Angry Birds. I cannot lie that the [...]
How to Start Your Very Own License Plate Collection
Ever marvel over the stories a good license plate collection could tell if only it had the power of speech? License plate collector Dan Czarnecki of Milwaukee, Wisconsin writes: Hey, Chris! I just watched your latest video, and now I’m going to share some tips with other people who might be interested in my passion: [...]
Top Five Sites for Coordinating Events
With almost one billion users on Facebook and nearly 400 million Twitter users, it’s likely that most of your friends, clients, or fans are using social media in some capacity. While there is still something to be said for sending out hand-written invitations to certain events (you don’t see many wedding invitations on Facebook, after [...]
Is It Time For a ‘Do Not Text’ Registry?
Since 2008, the federal government has had an easy to use website, available to those of us who live in the United States of America, wherein we have the ability to opt out of spam phone calls from telemarketers. Since this time, anyone living in the United States needs only to visit the site, submit [...]
How to Balance Your Personal and Professional Life Using Social Media
Are you a professional or college student about to graduate who also uses social media on a personal level? If so, you’re undoubtedly likely aware of the fact that employers are searching for information about both your professional and personal background through your presence on social media networks like LinkedIn, Twitter, your blog, and even [...]
Will the Windows 8 RSS Reader Change the Way You Experience News?
I’m a big fan of RSS feeds. Not only do they allow me to quickly browse through the latest content from multiple sites at once, but to do so within a single interface. Every site has its own design, and switching from one to another can be jarring at times. If I find something good [...]
How to Buy a Laptop and Salvage a Desktop
This is a two-part post of intimately related events: Beating a dead horse. (Or: When will I learn?) Salvaging an XP desktop for donation. The first part: While I do enjoy working with my clients, every now and then, it feels like I am beating a real dead horse when I try to help. Recently [...]
Top 10 Things to Shred
This is a sponsored post that I’ve written on behalf of Fellowes Inc. for IZEA. All opinions are 100% my own. One of the biggest nightmares I have ever endured was identify theft after my wallet was stolen during college. Gone with it were not only my debit and credit cards, but also my social [...]
How to Improve Windows 7 Stability
Windows 7 may not be rock solid, but it is one of the more stable Windows releases since Windows XP reached maturity after SP2. I remember thinking this as I ran the beta for an entire year prior to the initial release, with very few issues to speak of. That was then, and today a [...]
Five Must-have Plugins for Gmail
Gmail is one of the most popular free and Web-based email services on the Web. When Gmail first launched in 2004, people clamored to get precious invites to this hot new service (not much unlike Google+ last year). However, Gmail is now available for everyone, and while many other individuals still use services like Hotmail [...]
Is Windows with Word on Your iPad Right for You?
For the past six weeks or so, I have been testing a free program called OnLive Desktop. OnLive Desktop includes most of the features found with the Windows 7 OS, as well as complete versions of the popular Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2010. That in itself wouldn’t be surprising if they [...]
How to Use Spreadsheets to Make Decisions
Making decisions when the situation is simple or the tradeoffs are not overly difficult is easy. We all do it all the time. But when many parameters must be considered and when the consequences of a wrong decision can be painful, then decision making can become a frightening chore. We can dither about and agonize [...]
Tax Tips for 2012
After the hangover of the holiday season is well diminished and just as I’m settling into the new year, a pestering reminder begins hitting my mailbox every few weeks: it’s tax season again. Typically I toss the envelopes printed Important Tax Information Enclosed in a halfheartedly-organized location — a folder or a pile of documents [...]
Is Social Dating the Hot New Way to Find Your Next Hot Date?
I’ll admit – I’m no stranger to online dating. 100% of my long-term serious relationships have been a result of connecting via either social networks or online dating before meeting in person first (which seems about right considering my career of choice.) Though it was a bit difficult to explain how these relationships first developed [...]
