Category Archives: IT

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Dropbox doing a Gmail: drops support for unpaid users

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If you use an unpaid dropbox account, be very careful. The support demands currently exceed supply and you are unlikely to get any help.

Geekbench 2 Review: Test incoming hardware & make better upgrade decisions

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Essential and affordable maintenance cross-platform software tied to a brilliant and free online service (the results browser).

iPad vs MacBook Air: Why I’m so glad I don’t use an iPad

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IT is a minefiled. The big vendors are not on our side. KISS is the golden IT rule.

Apple Mail IMAP: Sent Mail Showing up in wrong folder on second computer

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Whenever you find you have duplicate sent boxes or spam mailbox settings, pick one and make it the blessed folder across all computers.

Google currency converter: Xe.com just lost another customer

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It turns out Google can handle your currency conversion needs. Keep in mind Google keeps a record of your queries.

VPN for OS X: Witopia 2012 review (from a three year user)

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The Witopia Personal VPN is a great value, but watch out for tech support issues with WiTopia Pro OpenVPN SSL account. Same fast speeds on both.

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Laptops for Schools: Microsoft Windows, Apple or Linux

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If you had to buy 1700 laptops for a school one to one program, you have a budget to enhance drivers and open source and still save money.

People who buy iPhones are image-conscious fad-following idiots

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Samsung smartly shows iPhones are for pretentious wannabes who are behind the times.

Textile: How to write in the world’s greatest markup language

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I often have to introduce our team to Textile formatting and our clients. I’ve linked to the other great Textile documentation out there.

HighriseHQ issues: Why can’t we create a new Deal from dashboard?

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How can 37signals cripple the dashboard File option for Deals by not allowing us to create a new Deal and file the item directly?

Textile Editing on OS X: BBEdit, iTextile, MarkMyWords

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So for non-programmers, here’s how to get Textile editing working on BBEdit. Review of other OS X textile solutions.

Latin1 to UTF-8: A single query to find all the Latin1 database tables

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We’ve found that even Wordpress sites which are principally already UTF-8 have the odd Latin1 table sneaking into them. Here’s how you find them.

Apple Mail: Fixing Broken IMAP accounts after a server move

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Trouble with your IMAP after a server move? Here are the setting you need to change in Apple Mail to save messages properly.

Basecamp Mobile Platform Subscribes Everyone. Note to 37 Signals: Mobile has to work to be useful

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With up to 20 people on a single project, spanning design, programming, SEO and content, notifying everyone is a nightmare.

Memory | SSD Reliability: whom to buy and whom to avoid

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If you don’t like downtime and hassle, avoid OWC and OCZ at all costs. Storage is an area where failure is particularly taxing of time and energy.