This post should be called “when one thing leads to another, and another…”: originally, it was intended to be just a short comment about music software on the iPhone. As a complete music dilettante [can't read it; can't sound very articulate talking about it; can't play it - but like lots of it], I am easily impressed [...]
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A new alternative & competitor to BaseCamp?
November 2, 2011
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For a while now I’ve been a big fan of BascCamp, online software that makes project communication easier and more effective. There are many things I like about BaseCamp, including its simplicity, and the fact that it works just as well on a computer as it does on my phone or iPad. There are several [...]
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iOS, vs. Android and Mango
October 27, 2011
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I like the fact that we have more than one strong operating system for smartphones. Among Apple iOS, Google Android (Gingerbread), and Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, there is enough variety to accommodate different preferences and tastes. I’m partial to iOS, and here are two articles that list two good reasons for that. One, from Wired’s [...]
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iPhone 4S: Siri Discoveries
October 20, 2011
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By default, Siri [the voice assistant on iPhone 4S] uses Google for search; so, if you hold the home button, and say “Siri, search the web for ‘ostrich’” it will find the results of Google search [Wikipedia as the top entry]; however, it turns out that you CAN use the other alternative search engines if [...]
Read moreNews.Me vs. Flipboard, Zite, and RSS Readers: a Brief Review
April 22, 2011
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After quite a buzz in the blogosphere, earlier this week (Thu, April 21) News.me app for iPad was released in the Apple iTunes store. The app has been developed with backing from and participation of the New York Times, and charges a weekly $0.99 subscription fee (beyond the 1st teaser week), so the expectations were [...]
Read moreZite iPad App vs. Flipboard
March 9, 2011
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IN SHORT: Zite for iPad is a good, promising start, but at this point it’s really more like a very early beta, at best. Two (out of five) stars seem generous, and competing with Flipboard and Reeder won’t be easy.
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A REALLY cool way to shop for groceries
Shopping for groceries takes quite a chunk of my time each week. It’s great to have Woodman’s – with its wide selection and low prices – just a few blocks away from where I live; and Willie St. Co-op – with all the stuff I can’t find at Woodman’s – just a short drive Atwood/Williamson; [...]
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