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A Rundown of Mac eMail Applications

  • 5 Nov, 2014

The Mac has no shortage of email applications, however I haven’t yet found one that can tear me away from Gmail’s web interface. What I’d love is an email client that integrates seamlessly with Gmail and Mac, doesn’t cost too much, and just works. However, that doesn’t exist currently. For now, here is a roundup of […]

Marxico Brings Markdown to Evernote

  • 23 Oct, 2014

I’ve been getting more and more into using markdown to take notes do to the simplicity. However, the biggest issue I have is that I haven’t found a good app that’ll keep all my notes together and synced across multiple platforms. I’ve been using Stackedit for a few months now, but that was until I […]

Android apps for Chromebooks are one hot mess.

  • 11 Sep, 2014

I was excited when they said that Chromebooks were going to get real apps, Android apps, and today they released a few. I quickly downloaded Evernote and it turns out it’s very rough around the edges and not ready for users. The first time I tried to download Evernote, it failed. Second try worked. First launch […]

PHP fixes security bug then takes down websites (502 error) when they upgrade.

  • 25 Jul, 2014

I have manage my own Ubuntu server (12.04.4 LTS with Nginx) over at DigitalOcean and when I ran the upgrade command tonight (sudo apt-get upgrade) everything went offline. Instead of websites, I was getting an 502 bad gateway error. Turns out, PHP updated and fixed a security issue, that then took my websites offline as the server didn’t […]

uBar brings a Windows like Task Bar to Mac and I kinda like it.

  • 23 Jul, 2014

Ever wanted the Windows Task Bar on your Mac? Mac people will say no. Switchers will say yes. Either way, uBar brings the Windows Task Bar to Mac. I hate to admit it, but it is kind of awesome. Lets get past the Windows vs Mac thing and talk about productivity. uBar allows me to see what […]

Chromebook Review – I want more!

  • 7 Jul, 2014

I was given the opportunity to get a Chromebook as part of my job at work and I graciously accepted. I’m always into trying out new technology and I do like the Google. However, Chromebooks are bit harder to get use to than I thought they’d be. Chromebooks are just Chrome. That’s it. Whereas this […]

SwagBucks is just plain rude. This is email marketing done wrong.

  • 21 May, 2014

I’m not sure who thought that this would be an appropriate message to send out to users, but my wife’s first instinct was to close her SwagBucks account.   I’m just baffled as to what company would treat their users like this. Was it suppose to be funny? If so, you missed the mark. My wife sill has […]

iOS 7 Calendar Tip: Improve the Calendar layout in Notification Center.

  • 2 Apr, 2014

If you’re like me, you have a lot of things on your calendar every day. However, the default calendar layout in Notification Center can get a bit busy. Turns out, you can change this layout by chaining the layout in Calendar. It’s as easy as touching an icon. Default layout in Calendar: Default layout in Notification Center: […]

Spice up Safari, Evernote, iTunes, Finder & more with emoji icons.

  • 6 Mar, 2014

Since 10.8 Apple has had emoji icons built into the OS. Until recently, I used these for Twitter and IM, but not much else. Turns out, they’re actually really handy other places too. In Evernote I use them to easily identify some of my notes. In calendar, I can add palm trees to my vacation. […]