Category: Employee Thoughts

Just recently I’d was chosen to participate in the beta of a new email client called Mailplane. It’s a standalone application that lets your view your Gmail email. Essentially it’s a web browser that brings up the Gmail page but it’s much better then just opening Gmail in your web browser. This application was created…

This might be an odd article but this piece of software is really great and does exactly what I want it too. In my continuing effort to spend more time outside and work on projects that aren’t computer and web related I’ve installed Mac Minder. It’s mostly intended for teachers or parents that want to…

I enjoyed using iBank for a long time, but a new application called Cha-Ching has popped up and really got my attention. It is pretty much the same thing as iBank although I haven’t seen a chart/graphing feature in Cha-Ching. Even though there is no charts and graphs in Cha-Ching, I think I will actually…

Many times when I’ve been out consulting or at the service desks in our retail stores our clients ask a popular question; what is POP and IMAP? This question usually stems from the clients want to have their email inboxes look the same on any computer they use. Most of these people are using the…

By Art@Smalldog.com (written by Art, posted by Ed) USB Flashkeys have been a popular method of transferring data for a number of years now. It’s almost expected that popular culture would merge with this technology in some fashion. I just had to provide this link to a company that has developed some of the funniest…

Just occasionally there’s a really hilarious or crazy video on YouTube. I find myself watching it multiple times a day and rather then loading up the web page every time it would just be easier to open it in VLC or QuickTime. The nice thing about Google Video is they will let you download the…

Here’s some nifty pictures of Jim’s new scooter. It’s so cool, I was actually thinking about getting one of these myself instead of a new mountain bike, but then I realized it would totally defeat the purpose of me trying to get into better shape! Of course I still want one! So rad! You can…

By Art@Smalldog.com (written by Art, posted by Ed) Most longtime readers will remember our prior references to a Mac software resource site known VersionTracker.com. I will “sell” it here again for recent subscribers, or for anyone who has forgotten the value of this massive Mac software database. Filled to the gills with shareware, updates, freeware,…

by Matt@Smalldog.com (posted by Ed, written by Matt@Smalldog.com) There are many versions of Microsoft’s Vista operating system: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate…not to mention the 64-bit variants. Notable features: “Most secure windows ever,” “Elegant glass-like desktop experience,” “protect against hardware failure,” “better protection for your data.” It’s well-known that to utilize the Aero interface,…

A short follow-up to my previous article about Migration Assistant. The article is from Apple’s knowledge base and answers a lot of questions about what gets transferred (settings, files, etc..) and what does not get transferred. It’s quite a useful article! You can read it here.