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Eddie and the iPhone…

Written by The Digitante on July 1, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: cell phones, computer, gadgets

My friend and fellow technophile, Eddie, has a fantastic post over on his blog, Practically Efficient. His feelings pretty much sum up my own. Apple has done some amazing things for mobile technology, but for me, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to jump full-on into the Apple ecosystem. Check out this fantastic post [...]

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TQT: New Fonts…

Written by The Digitante on April 28, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: TQT, computer

The internet can be a scary place. The most terrifying thing you can do is type the word “free” into Google. An excellent example is if you want a few font on your computer and you end up searching for “free fonts”. There is an excellent chance that if you proceeded to the resulting links, [...]

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iPad: Here and Back…

Written by The Digitante on April 15, 2010 - 5 Comments
Categories: computer, gadgets

About a week and a half ago, I stood in line for about an hour and a half waiting for an iPad at the local Apple Store. I brought it home and Mrs. Digitante was very excited, as was I. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out and I’m going to share with you why. First [...]

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TQT: iPod charging…

Written by The Digitante on April 8, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: TQT, cell phones, computer, gadgets, productivity

Since Tuesday came and went without a post (actually, this entire week came and went without a post), I figured I’d try and squeeze in a Thursday Quick Tip. Let’s just say you are lucky there are two days that begin with the letter T. Tonight’s tip refers to charging an iPod, but this advice [...]

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SyncBack: Synchronize and Backup…

Written by The Digitante on March 23, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: computer, productivity, security

I’ve covered a number of posts about backing up your information (Twitter/Facebook/Gmail with Backupify and documents/spreadsheets with Dropbox), but I haven’t really touched on how to protect yourself from a catastrophic failure of your computer. In a tweet by Eddie, a frequent commenter here, he posted another lecture on backing up your data, by Merlin [...]

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