Category: Product Reviews

For those of you innovators out there looking for your next project, here’s something recently brought to my attention: the do-it-yourself Raspberry Pi. Developers out there have been able to take the modern day computer and make it even smaller. Imagine taking a Mac mini and sticking it in a case the size of an…

Starting in OS X 10.7 Lion Apple introduced a new version of FileVault, referred to as FileVault 2. FileVault 2 is Apple’s answer to a longstanding complaint that the Mac users lacked the option of operating securely from a workspace that includes full disk encryption. Previous versions of FileVault, going back to OS 10.4, worked…

The other day, my boss said to me, “You know what a great article topic would be? Automator, because it seems like powerful tool that everyone forgets about.” The thing is, I completely agree with her. Automator is a useful tool that was a complete mystery to me until I was tasked with this topic.…

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about Apple’s built-in color utility. It’s certainly a great utility and with the few upgrades I did (such as adding a hex color picker), it has become a valuable asset to my daily work flow. Continuing on that theme, I came across EyeDrop.me, which, in many…

If you have ever been curious what a well rounded diet looks like I suggest taking a look at MyFitnessPal, a calorie counter and diet tracker. It’s easy to use and also quickly makes you realize just how much you’re really eating. Log your breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with your snacks and how much…

A great app for tracking your outdoor activity is MapMyRun. MapMyRun uses the GPS feature to track and log your pace, live route map, distance, calories and elevation. I’ve used it mainly for running and walking, but you can also track a hike, stairs, biking, swimming (hopefully with a waterproof case) and all sorts of…

I have never been a great runner, but I do it because…well…I’m not good at it. When I decided that I was going to run more, I started by searching for an interval app that would help me ease into this whole process. Instead of getting on the treadmill and just going for it, I…

The other day, my boss sent me this link to check out an app for my iPhone. Intrigued by the fact that she would not say what it was I opened it up to find an app named after me. Thats right, the Burl App is an app made by Seven Days the local magazine…

Here at Small Dog, we are always on the prowl to find fun and interesting accessories to accompany your Apple products. With winter rolling in fast, the first thing that came to my mind is staying warm. I hate having to remove my gloves to answer a text, change the song, or settle a debate…

Now that I’ve been with Small Dog’s Marketing department for almost a year, I am well-versed in the number of requests from other departments as well as our own daily responsibilities that we have to keep up with. Early last year, we started using Trello, which is a web-based project management system that allows you…