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Installing Eeebuntu on my eeePC

June 4, 2009

You may remember this post where I waxed poetic on the somewhat-easy installation of Easy Peasy Ubuntu on my eeePC 8G (it’s a 701). Well, believe it or not, I’ve nuked Easy Peasy and am now running Eeebuntu…and the install was even easier!
What got it all started was this post about the ‘base edition’ of [...]

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A simple and easy way to back up your Google Docs

May 22, 2009

If you do a lot of your work on various computers in different locations (as I do), conveniently accessing your documents is important.
Though I carry a 2GB USB drive everywhere, I actually find it easier to use Google Docs and store my work ‘in the Cloud’, so to speak.
But, that amorphous blob of computing-storage could [...]

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How to synchronize your podcast feeds on many computers

April 30, 2009

A friend recently asked me if I knew of a way to synchronize his podcasts (using iTunes) on multiple computers.
Initially I had no idea, but then I remembered PodNova.
Aside: I’ve since learned that iTunes supports OPML import / export, but still think PodNova is the better way to go — online centralized repository of all [...]

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How to view PDF and other files on your iPhone and iPod Touch

April 26, 2009

I have to read a lot of fiction in the next few months. A lot of Science Fiction to be precice, and it’s so I can cast an informed ballot to help select the best of the genre at this year’s World Science Fiction convention (WorldCon).
As a member of WorldCon, a packet containing this year’s [...]

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Simple update adds iPhone style to your blog

April 23, 2009

Yesterday I installed the WPTouch plugin on this blog. Basically it’s a Wordpress theme that reformats your blog so it’s much more readable on mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPod Touch). Full list of features here.
More than just a plugin, WPtouch is an entire theme package for your WordPress website. Modeled after Apple’s app store design [...]

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A few Twitter tips for TV media

February 23, 2009

Recently I had the opportunity to help introduce a local TV news anchor to the rather convoluted world of Twitter, via Twitter.
That session gave me pause to think about what the TV news media really knows about this new media and its denizens.
So, to save repeating myself, and perhaps help a few other TV types [...]

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Organized: A great thing to be when guest editing at someone else’ blog

February 16, 2009

Last week I had the honour of curating One Degree’s Week in Review. My contribution: Meltdowns, Monitizaton and Monks. The week in review: Friday the 13th edition, February 2009
Quick background:
OneDegree.ca is one of Canada’s leading online publications about digital marketing, online communications and social media — penned by some of Canada’s most insightful and innovative [...]

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From the archives: April 1, 2003 – Networking – what’s it all about…

February 10, 2009

I’ve decided to take a look back at some of the content I’d published previously. This random, ongoing ‘feature’ titled From the archives will let me review older posts, and maybe add new insight that only the distance of time can provide.
Today’s inaugural item is particularly timely as we head into a recession with its [...]

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