iPhone

Water Your Body App Review

September 4, 2010

I know water is good for my body, but can’t bring myself to drink it on regular basis. That’s before I started using the Water Your Body App for the iPhone. It’s a simple concept, really. You just stack empty containers on a table until you reach a daily goal intake of water. Water Page [...]

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Lose It! App Review

July 21, 2010
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The Lose It! iPhone app is easy to use, has lots of features, and is free. It’s a tech-tool to help monitor your food, exercise and weight. The information alone is worth its weight in gold for making objective decisions about your food and fitness.

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I Was Wrong About Apple

June 20, 2010
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Years ago I thought Apple was for the artsy crowd, but over the years have come to own an iPod, iPhone, iPad, and now a MacBook Pro. Oh the slippery slope of attitude change. Was it me or Apple that did all the changing?

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Review of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10

May 21, 2010

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, Standard Edition, is a great desktop program that allows you to speak and capture your words. It’s much faster than pounding away on the keyboard and very accurate to boot. See a demonstration of how this software works to improve your productivity.

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iPad First Impressions – Apps Decoded

May 5, 2010

I love my new iPad 3G 64 GB model, but the setup was fraught with problems. The initial sync failed with my new MacBook Pro. Sorting through the apps the first time was very confusing, but I’ve figured out how to distinguish between the different types of apps.

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Evernote is an Extension of My Brain – Notes in the Cloud

March 31, 2010

Evernote is great for capturing and storing information in an electronic world. I use it to extend my brain in by putting notes in the cloud. Bookmarking a web page for later review. Grabbing itineraries off a web page, or confirmation numbers, or instructions on what to do after I download a file. I even generate notes from my iPhone, which can be either text, pictures or voice notes. The video overview at the end of this post shows how Evernote works as a universal capture tool.

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Getting Things Done System

March 24, 2010

Memory and My Brain

Before I went to college my memory seemed to be normal. I could remember practically everything without having to refer to any type of list.

That changed in college, where I was exposed to so much information that it was impossible for me to remember every detail. I quickly learned that if I could just recall where the information was located, it made for a

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iPhone Push Email + Google Voice = Free SMS Messaging

March 16, 2010

We all want free SMS messaging. Now you can get it with “push” email on your iPhone and a Google Voice number. You just have to set up your iPhone for push email and change a couple of settings in Google Voice.

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iWant an iPad or Two

March 10, 2010

iPad picI really think the iPad is going to be a revolutionary device. It’s even got features that will lure an iPhone freak like me to buy it.

My wife agrees the iPad is probably the ideal device for her (instead of a laptop) so we’ll end up getting two iPads instead of just one. And although

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Review – Mophie Juice Pack Air for the iPhone

March 3, 2010

I’ve had a Mophie Juice Pack Air (product info) for five months now because, in my opinion, the iPhone battery does not have enough juice, period. I’m a heavy iPhone user so its battery usually lasts me until mid-afternoon.

From my experience you double your battery power when using the Mophie Juice Pack Air because it holds about the same amount of juice as the

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