Technology

December 29, 2015

Hi all! As the year 2015 draws to a close, I decided to look back at the last year to see what tools and tech I still use on a daily basis to continue my happy…

August 13, 2015

Someone Finally Made Google Hangouts Better On Desktop It's about time! Hangouts for serious use is awful on a Mac, and Common Hangouts has been fantastic to…

July 27, 2015

After Backlash, LinkedIn Brings Back Contact Export Feature After user complaints, LinkedIn has re-enabled the contact export feature that they recently…

July 15, 2015

Incredibly useful tip! Link: How to Get the Password of WiFi Network You Are Connected To

February 20, 2015

Great guide! I *love* BitTorrent Sync. How (and Why) to Ditch Dropbox and Sync Files with BitTorrent Sync Dropbox (and similar cloud services) are awesome, but…

February 20, 2015

Exciting! IFTTT is one of my *very* favorite tools. I use it to automate a huge variety of tasks, and I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't…

December 22, 2014

Excellent introduction to Physically Based Rendering and what it means for artists. If you're a game artist that doesn't yet know what that is, or if you are…

November 26, 2014

BitTorrent Sync is one of the very best tools I use for syncing all my data to all my devices, as well as syncing files with all my outsourcing partners across…

November 24, 2014

This is incredible! Adobe Photoshop Streaming runs inside the Chrome browser. We live in the future. :) Using Photoshop usually requires lugging a typically…

November 21, 2014

Wizard magic! "Moleskine Smart Notebook Turns Your Sketches Into Adobe-Friendly Vector Files" Digital tools may one day replace traditional creative media…

November 21, 2014

Hi everybody! The Tools and Tech of the Globetrotting Freelancer talk that I gave this year at the External Development Summit 2014 in Vancouver is finally…

November 21, 2014

Check this out! BitTorrent Sync is one of my favorite tools. Lots of great stuff here. What To Expect Next From Sync A year and a half ago, BitTorrent Sync…

November 20, 2014

Great freelancer app tips from MakeUseOf! "How Apps Can Help Any Freelancer Or Small Business Owner Be Productive" If you're running your own small business or…

November 11, 2014

If you work with PDFs, check out PDF Shaper! This sounds super cool. You can extract text or images from a PDF, rotate pages, sign them, convert the PDF to a…

October 21, 2014

Excellent tips for a great app! "11 Tips For Using Team Viewer – The Best Free Remote Desktop Connection Manager" http://buff.ly/1s3gAt2 Once upon a time…

October 19, 2014

Note: If I'm preaching to the choir and you just want to seedelete your info on Google, skip to the section marked "Let's get started!" Over the last year I've…

October 3, 2014

Interesting! This could either be relatively helpful, or horribly annoying. That being said, though, how many Evernote users here actually write content…

October 2, 2014

This is the one and only time I'll reference #GamerGate. People I know and care about are being targeted for harassment by both individuals and groups on both…

October 1, 2014

Is anyone out there using BitTorrent Bleep yet? It's a slick messaging app for mobile and desktop that's peer-to-peer, decentralized, and encrypted. Wild! It's…

September 30, 2014

iCloud users should enable this security setting NOW. "Apple’s two-factor authentication now protects iCloud backups" http://bit.ly/1smMIsp Elcomsoft’s backup…

September 30, 2014

I wrote a new article about clever uses for BitTorrent Sync! "Sync Stories: Ideas for Business Travelers" http://buff.ly/YO8AoI Sync Stories is a column…

September 30, 2014

Remember the celebrity nude leaks? 2FA would have prevented it. "The Best Two-Factor Authentication App for iPhone" http://bit.ly/YMjGKI Two-factor…

September 29, 2014

Awesome, Adobe's rolling out a streaming version of Photoshop for Chromebooks! But I'm curious about performance. http://buff.ly/1vretEg Link to full article.

September 29, 2014

Interesting enterprise-focused secure chat app. "Microsoft legend Ray Ozzie wants to kill the conference call" http://bit.ly/1uCKDLc We haven’t heard from Ray…

September 29, 2014

I got quoted in the San Jose Mercury News in an article about privacy tools, data security and anonymity! Awesome! "Tech responds to growing calls for Internet…

September 26, 2014

While I applaud Apple for enabling iPhone encryption by default, it should be noted that that doesn't mean total security for *all* your data. They can hold…

September 11, 2014

[UPDATE 11/26/2014] The video is now online! Check it out: [/UPDATE] Hi everybody! I just finished giving my presentations at the External Development Summit…

December 12, 2011

Hi, guys! I've been spending the last few months really digging into the most efficient ways to manage my business from wherever I happen to be while having…

June 23, 2011

Introduction to the series Here's the first of a multi-part series on how simple and realistic it is to start transitioning into cloud-based computing. I tend…

February 17, 2010

Hi guys! I'm coming out of a post-Germany haze of sickness to link you to some handy tweaks for Google Calendar. I'm a total nut for Google Calendar and…