It is frustrating to have to allow some app to compress you video or image files before you can upload them to your intended destination. Also frustrating is the cap on "over the air" uploading from your iPhone even when it is connected to WIFI. To top it all off, I...
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This past tuesday I got an email that told me I would be one of the lucky few to receive my iPhone 4 the day before it was released. I was more than a little bit pumped about that fact and waited somewhat patiently for it to arrive. Now that I've had it for a week, I...
Failsafe Backup (The 321 System)
Peter Krough has written an excellent article on backup in which he suggests the 321 system. It says that you should have three copies (one primary and two backups) on two different media with one off-site. Not only is this incredibly easy to remember, it really...
From Web to Ebook with Calibre
It was a perfect storm: 1. I realized I could save well over $200 a year on seminary text books purchasing them on the kindle store. 2. I found $100 off deal when you subscribe to Audible 3. I made the decision to wait until the next revision to buy the iPad. It...
Share Tasks with Remember the Milk
I, like many in our field, have ADD. That makes assigning, completing and following up on tasks an adventure with our team. It is common for us to be in a car on the way to Starbucks or walking down the hall when we remember an essential task we need to do, or we need...
Read Kindle Books on Your PC
Though I have not received a kindle from a secret santa or generous church member, I have bought a handful of Kindle books to read on my iPhone. I know that some people really don't like the idea of reading on a backlit screen, but I find it less of a strain on my...
Free iPhone Apps from FreeAppADay.com
I must confess that I'm a sucker for a freebie, especially iPhone apps, but sometimes it's hard to find good ones. I've been pleasantly surprised with the quality of the ones that FreeAppADay.com has been giving out. It's been mostly games, but I've snagged a couple...
Fill Out PDFs Free with Formulate Pro
It seems that although everyone makes their forms downloadable online as a PDF, almost no one formats the files as editable forms that can be filled out within acrobat reader. This means I have to download the form, print it out, fill it out by hand, and then either...
Stats to Your Heart’s Delight with iStatMenus
I've seen many little utilities/preference panes I could install that would show me extra details on memory usage, cpu temeprature, hard disk availability, and everything else under the sun. iStatMenus puts it all into one nice package and displays all of them in your...
Indie+Relief for Haiti
We've all heard about the devastation in Haiti following the earthquakes there, and it's exciting to see so many people rushing to help. Here's a way you can help, but it's for today (Jan 20, 2010) only. Visit Indie+Relief and buy any of the software from their...