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I initially intended for this post to discuss my disappointment with password managers.  After a few years of hearing tech sites and other tech geeks praise password managers, I finally jumped on the bandwagon last week.  A password manager is software that helps you organize and remember passwords, PIN codes, and sometimes even bank account [...]

In the previous post, I discussed the first five of ten free applications that I find to be essential.  As mentioned in the first list, Evernote is conspicuously absent from the list.  That’s only because I have upgraded from the free version of Evernote to the the paid version.  Otherwise, Evernote would be at the [...]

It really is amazing how much free tech is out there.  Scanning over my desktop, I realized just how many of the programs that I use on a regular basis don’t cost me a dime.  Some of them, I couldn’t live without. That means it is time for a list of the free applications that [...]

I’ve talked about Evernote a few times here already. At the risk of suffocating you with another post about it, I want to call some attention to a time-saving tip from Elldove over in the Evernote official forums.  Elldove posted some javascript for a bookmarklet that combines the Readability bookmarklet and the Evernote web clipper [...]

Your reputation is important, especially if you are established and have a job that depends on public perception.  At the same time, the internet can be a dangerous place for your reputation, as one false story or news item can spread like wildfire.  Two tools that can help you keep tabs on what people are [...]

When is choice a bad thing?  When the choice comes from YouTube, that’s when.  Over on Technologizer, Jared Newman discusses a new advertising model that YouTube is trying out on a limited basis.  Let’s get one thing out of the way- ads aren’t going away.  The streaming of online video is expensive.  One report predicts [...]

I previously have professed my love for Evernote as a way to unclutter my life.  One of the nice features of Evernote is its cross-platform support.  I use Evernote on my iPhone to take photographs of notes, business cards, and even wine labels.  The iPhone isn’t ideal for this, as its camera doesn’t have autofocus, [...]

If you’re using someone else’s computer and an application that you need or want isn’t available, you are in luck if you have a portable version of the application on your flash drive.  SanDisk is a flash drive manufacturer that installs its own proprietary software launcher, U3, on flash drives.  Some portable applications are designed [...]

I find that the older I get, the more cluttered my mind becomes.  You don’t have to be 40+ to be cluttered and disorganized in today’s fast-paced world, but until recently it seemed like my brain was becoming more scattered with each passing year.  My desks at work and home looked like I was farming [...]

My personal site runs on WordPress, and hosts family photos, videos, and news.  I’ve just switched to running NextGEN Gallery to power the photo portion of the site.  The hardest part of the switch was figuring out the difference between an “album” and a “gallery” in NextGEN Gallery.  This might be because the terms have [...]