We just got back from the MacTech Conference in Manhattan Beach (Los Angeles), where we learned a ton about everything related to Mac consulting and support. A lot of it was pretty technical. But these 5 cool tools and apps are useful for almost any business, so check them out! 1. ODesk Find ...
E-Waste Recycling Events This Summer
The Lower East Side Ecology Center just posted a list of new e-waste recycling events for the summer. Here's the list. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm. Brooklyn: Saturday June 14th: St Marks Ave between Underhill and Vanderbilt Ave; Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 11238 Saturday, June 21st: 5th Street, drop off ...
Top 5 Cool Hardware Finds from Macworld
We just came back from the Macworld conference in San Francisco, and roamed the show floor looking for cool hardware and gadgets. Here are the top 5 Apple-related items we found. Double Last year at MacWorld we saw the prototype of this machine. Now it’s actually for sale. For $2500 you can buy a ...
Ivan Drucker: The Programmer
Ivan Drucker was interviewed at the annual Apple II convention, KansasFest, on being an Apple II programmer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uro6QNm99mg This is one of a series of interviews conducted with KansasFest attendees; see the rest at the official KansasFest website. Transcript of the ...
So I met Woz
I just returned from KansasFest, a yearly Apple II convention in Kansas City, MO -- if you can believe such a thing exists -- and guess who showed up as a surprise guest: Steve Wozniak, inventor of the Apple II, the computer that shaped pretty much my whole life (and everyone else's, by popularizing ...
MacTech Boot Camp: Back Up Your Mac
Yesterday I spent the day at MacTech Boot Camp, for Mac IT professionals. Sean Costello, founder of Irongate and Background Backup, gave a presentation on backups, archiving, and restoring data on the Mac. The information he provided is useful to anyone running a business—because it's important to ...