I was completely unaware of this feature until watching the Halloween episode of Diggnation (Thanks Kevin). In OS X on a MacBook, you can scroll in almost all application by placing two fingers on the track pad and sliding them up and down. Since my old Mighty Mouse has a dirty track ball - I can’t scroll [...]
Sweet MacBook and MacBook Pro Tip
November 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Apple, Cool Tips, Uncategorized
IMAP for Gmail is Awesome for the iPhone
October 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Let’s face it. Using Gmail over POP with the iPhone sucked. There are a number of issues that just make it unpleasant. Well, today Google has release Gmail over IMAP. This will allow your Gmail account and your iPhone mail to be in perfect synchronous harmony. Below is a video describing the few easy steps [...]
Tags: Cool Tips, Google, Uncategorized
8 Tips for Taking the Little Ones to the Ballpark
June 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
I had the opportunity to take my 4 year old daughter and 2 year old son to the Arizona Diamondbacks game last night. And while the game was exciting with lots of scoring (Dbacks won 10-8 over the Devil Rays), being with the kids was the best part. Here are 8 tips to help [...]
Tags: Cool Tips, Observations, Uncategorized
Using Google Maps and Google Earth for Relocation
April 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I’ve found two tools that have dramatically helped me prepare for my move to Phoenix, Arizona, Google Map’s new My Maps and Google Earth.
Google Maps
The family is heading down to Phoenix this weekend to do some reconnaissance as well as visit with some family. Since we are flying, we need to rent a car to [...]
Tags: Cool Tips, Google, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
Finding Users on Twitter by Location
April 1st, 2007 · 7 Comments
If you want to find Twitter users near you, you can use Google to search based on location. To do this, enter into the Google search bar:
site:twitter.com location cityname
Obviously, replace cityname with the location you want to find users from.
Examples:
Reno
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Tags: Twitter
Tags: Cool Tips, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
Interested in Reading Faster
August 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Here is a great article/post on techniques to read faster while still retaining the material. How much more information could you learn if you could read 25% faster? What about 100% faster?
Tags: Cool Tips, Uncategorized, Web