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 [...]
How to Control Your Emotions Online
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but when someone says something mean to you on Facebook, Twitter or Google+, it can hurt nearly just as much. You’ve undoubtedly heard the awful, sad stories about teenagers who have committed suicide after being cyber-bullied by peers and even other adults. For these youth, mean, rude and [...]
Smartphone and Text Messages Being Used in Divorce Court
My wife and I are facilitators for a program, known as DivorceCare. The intent of the group is to assist those experiencing the ravages that the divorce process can subject them to, including but not limited to, the emotional toll and financial changes that they are forced to contend with. Â Unfortunately, both my wife and [...]
Is Metro Good for Desktops?
Adonis, a member of the Gnomies community, asked: “How does Metro impact you? Do you think Metro will be more native to the human eye? Or, will it be another eye sore to the general consumer?” We’ve been taking a close look at Windows 8 over the past several weeks, and one feature in particular [...]
Top 5 Mobile Social Networks
When you think of social networks, you likely think of popular platforms like Facebook, Twitter or even the reminescents of MySpace of LiveHournal (the latter two of which we think are likely on the verge of making a comeback.) However, with the rise in use of mobile devices, many developers are creating social networks designed [...]
How to Solve Most Printer Issues in Windows 7
While we many folks out there want to believe that we live in a paperless world, we’re not quite there yet. Often, I’ll need to print something in order to hand it to someone I may be meeting in person that doesn’t have a smartphone or enough trust in electronic mail to get the information [...]
How to Improve Your Facebook Experience in Windows 7
Facebook is all over the place, and unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past five years, you’ve probably heard more than a few stories about what it can do. Facebook is undoubtedly the biggest and most significant method for people to reconnect and keep updated on what their friends and family are [...]
OS X (10.8) Mountain Lion: Unifying the Computing Experience
Within a year of Apple’s release of Lion (Mac OS X 10.7), they’re preparing to unleash Mountain Lion – providing even more of an integrated experience for those people who rely heavily on iOS devices (or, as I like to call ‘em: the gateway drugs). If you take the time to watch the teaser video [...]
Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry: Will e-Health Take Off?
Last week I was scheduled for a lab test to ascertain if my blood glucose readings were stabilized by diet and medication, however, I wasn’t sure if this test required a fasting protocol or a non-fasting one. Until recently, to determine which of these was required for an accurate test I would have had to call the [...]
Where to Find Windows 7 Themes and Desktop Wallpaper
One of the cool things about modern operating systems such as Windows 7 and OS X is that you can change a lot about the look and feel of your experience. Sure, you may not be able to alter all of the desktop components as you can in Linux, but with a fair degree of [...]
Joys of LibreOffice and Life-long Learning
Although I usually write with WordPerfect, this post is being written with LibreOffice text document. There is a good reason. In a little over a week, I will start teaching my new class on downloading major applications for free (and safely) from the Internet. Among the applications I will feature is, of course, the LibreOffice [...]
How to Solve Your Facebook Frustrations
Facebook has become the most popular social network and one of the most popular destinations on the entire Internet, but its not without some very frustrating features. Over the years, Facebook has evolved from a social network exclusively for college students to a social network now boasting almost 1 billion users. As Facebook has changed [...]
Facebook Brand Page Tips and Tricks
Facebook is quickly becoming a key ingredient in every brand’s marketing strategy. With nearly 1 billion users, a business that uses Facebook has the opportunity to reach nearly every potential customer. In fact, if you are a brand using social media and leverage Facebook to advertise as well, you have the opportunity to influence nearly [...]
Does Game Booster 3 Work?
Nothing is more frustrating to a gamer than hitting a sudden and severe patch of lag while attempting to gun down your foes, rescue the princess, or do just about anything in a game. Low frame rates, unresponsive controls, and muddy gameplay can ruin a player’s experience. If you take part in ladder matches and [...]
How to Make Multi-Cam Video Editing Easier with a Plugin
Editing video projects with multiple camera angles can be a real pain. Not only is it difficult to sync the clips up so they match, but you basically have to watch the video many times over to determine the best shots to keep. Perhaps you’re not using multiple video clips, but have an external audio [...]
5 iPhone Apps to Update Now
If you’re an iPhone owner like me, you likely have quite a few apps on your phone. While the average iPhone user has somewhere around 65 apps according to TechCrunch, these apps are constantly being tweaked and fine-tuned by their developers. While Android users can opt to have many of their apps automatically updated, Apple [...]
How To Update All Of Your Social Networks At Once
Can’t keep up with your social media life life? If you’re overwhelmed by balancing your Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and other social network profiles, you may be exhausted by updating each of your social networks individually – especially if you post the same content to every social network. While high profile social media users and brands [...]
How to Make Free Phone Calls To the US and Canada on iOS and Android
This is a sponsored post written by myself on the behalf of Vonage for Ivy Worldwide. All opinions are 100% my own. If you’ve taken a look at Web-based phone options, you’ve probably heard of Vonage. Vonage has been a leader in the world of VOIP (Voice Over IP) telecommunications for years, and now they’re [...]
How to Remove Google Plus Circles from Google Talk
Google+ has changed the way Google services mix and interact in a big way. With the upcoming change to Google’s privacy policy essentially combining every Google service under one umbrella of terms, it’s clear that Google’s long-term intentions are to intermix various services as much as possible. Once side effect of this integration can be [...]
