What To Do When Your Gmail Account is Compromised

So you’ve been hacked or someone sent an email using your account without your permission. Often times, these attacks create phishing emails and send those emails out to people in your contact list.  Don’t be a jerk, rectify the situation immediately.  Here are some steps to take ASAP to remedy the situation.

Why Firefox Stinks, It’s Adobe’s Fault

I am loving Mozilla Firefox, but there’s just one thing I can’t get over…Flash. If it wasn’t for Flash, I would say that most users would use Firefox, but noooo…Flash is making Firefox stink because the Flash plugin for Firefox uses SOOOO much memory. Read my open letter to Adobe about the future of Flash.

Sync Google+, Twitter, and Facebook

Google+, Twitter, and Facebook…they are a pain to deal with because you have to go to three places.  Let’s say you want to tell everyone in your circles, all your followers, and your friends that your child just was just accepted to an Ivy League College, that you created a new YouTube video that they […]

iTunes Tips and Tricks

So you have a 100 GB music library? How many duplicates do you have? Incomplete track data? Incomplete album art? Bad sound quality? As a musician, this happens to me constantly. Included with this blog post is a video of me demoing all the software I recommend and how to implement that software (and a […]

Online Backup Stinks, For Now

Usually, it is a good idea to backup your computer; by usually, I mean it is always a good idea to backup your computer.  My statement breaks down when it comes to online backup (because, if you go with the wrong service, your bill will be through the roof).  I have been backing up my […]

Twitter

Twitter stinks when it is crowded with junk.  I have recently hit 4000+ followers and I was following most of them, until recently.  I decided that I wanted a pleasant experience from Twitter, so I cleaned my following list. I am currently following ~40 people because I want to follow them, not because of some […]

Hard Drive Security

Let me give you a hypothetical situation: you’re selling your computer on eBay or Craigslist and you clean out your hard drive so no one can get your personal information. You clean your hard drive by reformatting, removing the partition, or deleting all your personal files, moving it to the recycle bin, and emptying the […]

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is the most awesome thing I have seen in a while. Bitcoin is a distributed online digital currency that is worth real money because we say it is worth something and is completely anonymous and very secure. Here’s how it works (as far as I know…it’s really complex):

iWork and Microsoft Office

You have a Mac. You want to be able to create documents and there are 4 options for you. 1) iWork 2) Microsoft Office 3) Open Source Software 4) Web Based Software Both options 3 and 4 are valid and reasonable options, for your office needs. For this particular post we will be covering iWork […]

Biometrics and the Mac

It’s quite frustrating to us when we have a great idea and other people have implemented it. Don’t misunderstand, we are happy strong ideas are arriving into the world, but we are disappointed that we weren’t the ones to make it happen. That being said, I should clarify. Biometrics on the Mac stink!