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Software

How I keep up with technology without it costing a fortune

May 21, 2012

There is one thing that I don’t like about being a technology and programming trainer and that is trying to keep up with the changes in the programming languages I know.  I used to buy books all the time.  Now I don’t so much anymore.  After the break, the secret to my success.

Working with tables in Scrivener

May 16, 2012

The Scrivener writing tool is more than an editor.  It is a place to store backstory, character sketches, and other story information.  I find articles on the internet related to whatever the project is about and put them in the research portion of my Scrivener file or folder.  More about tables in Scrivener after the [...]

Using Windows Live Writer for Posting to your Blog

May 4, 2012

In a move designed to cater to all of my readers I am covering the Windows side of things as well as the Mac side.  Posting to a blog is something I do on a regular basis and I usually use an offline editor for making my posts.  On the Mac side the best offline [...]

Two new Cloud Storage Systems: Google Drive and Microsoft’s Skydrive

April 27, 2012

I’ve used Dropbox consistently for over two years now.  For the last year I have had a 50 GB account for which I pay about $99.  That is about $2 per GB I use.  That was nice, and I loved the idea of having my files stored elsewhere, sort of a backup on the fly. [...]

How to filter records in a Bento Library

April 23, 2012

Bento is an interesting database for the Macintosh.  This is provided by the Filemaker people, which is an apple company.  It is a single table database.  I find that I am using it a lot for dealing with a lot of information I collect through my notes.  The problem that I encountered was that I [...]

How to Build a Blog Ideas library in Bento 4

April 20, 2012

When I take notes i use a note book, but there is a problem in keeping notes in a notebook.  I sometimes loose my notes in a notebook.  So I developed a workflow where I move my notes into an electronic format on a daily basis.  Benot for mac has solved a few of these [...]

Selecting the cover page in Scrivener

April 16, 2012

My next project is going to go out as an e-book rather than publishing it as a physical book.  So, my tools needed to be able to produce the book as an e-book.  That is why I was so happy when Pages got an e-book publishing upgrade.  Then Scrivener got the same things, except they [...]

How to use Networked Blogs to post from your blog to Facebook

April 11, 2012

One of the ways that bloggers can let more people know about their blog posts is to cross post them into Facebook.  I consider this as one more way to syndicate your posts.  You can do this by hand, but why do that when there are some automation systems out there.  Networked blogs is one [...]

How to convert videos using Handbrake

April 10, 2012

If you used Quicktime to make screen recordings as explained yesterday, you realize quite quickly that it does not make the most compact file size.  There is something that is a veritable swiss army knife of video conversion.  That tool is Handbrake.  It not just for ripping DVDs anymore.  More on this after the break

How to record your screen on a Mac

April 9, 2012

As an Instructor I  provide a service where the student does not leave the learning environment for an extended period of time.  They can ask questions about the subject material as presented in the class for a period of time after the class.  Sometimes I need to do a demo over again for the student. [...]

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