I have been an Evernote user for a long time. I have been delighted with the product and have never experienced a single problem or glitch. With that being said, I moved my content out from Evernote and into Microsoft OneNote. If it is not broke, why fix it? Well, I am in IT, and sometimes we are just gluttons for punishment. When I test something, I really test it. I do not play with things that I test. I want…
All good things must come to an end so goes the saying. And with the recent scheduled shutdown of Google’s Reader service, my mind goes back to a couple of my other favorite Internet services. For instance, does PointCast‘s ring a bell? This was one of the first, or maybe even the first, push-based content services. What was that, 20 years ago…I loved the fact that it pushed news and information to me through a simple application interface and came with a…
I am sitting in a car waiting to pick up a relative and noticed how slow time goes by while doing nothing. So I am taking the time to really look at my phone and see all that it can do. Guess what!! The modern-day mobile phone can do a ton of things! For example, I am creating this blog post from a phone. Think about how close we are to have a full computer in our pocket! All you…
I have used Skype (application used to make voice/video calls over the Internet) for the last several years and generally been very fond of the application. Recently, Skype seems to be trying to move into a social media space with the introduction of their new “Skype Home” functionality. This little and annoying pop-up occurs every time the application is started. Therefore, every day I have to close this little annoying pop-up window that often comes with an advertisement to purchase something…