The other day, I came across an article “E-mail: Communication dinosaur.” It got me thinking. How has email become a dinosaur?  The article discusses why people are moving away from email and towards other technologies for instant communication.  Then I came across another article, “Killing Email: How and Why I Ditched My Inbox” Today, while wading through the SPAM to find the emails that I care about it became crystal clear to me why so many people are moving away from email.  Email has become a burden to use because of all the SPAM.  It wastes...

This weekend I went camping at with my Venturing Crew at a remote Boy Scout campsite called Camp Masonite-Novarro  in Mendocino, California.  During this trip, I was reminded of a few things and learned a few more about my iPhone. AT&T doesn’t have coverage where I was camping.  I understand that coverage is sparse in some areas because of the terrain.  However, I was jealous to discover that other non-AT&T phones were able to get through.  This was a little frustrating for me. iPhone Maps App depends on internet access.  If it cannot connect to the internet, then...

There’s a phrase that most people don’t usually think about very much until they’ve exceeded their limit.  And that phrase is “bandwidth usage”.  It refers to the amount of data being transferred between an entity on the internet and the server that is serving the data.  Most hosting plans focus on data storage, but it turns out that data transfer is the number you have to worry about. When I originally selected my web hosting service, the thought never entered my mind that I would ever exceed the limit.  Silly me for not realizing that a person who has a...

I recently discovered that you can remotely control iTunes on your computer using WiFi through a Free iTunes Remote App.  For me this was great news. Why is this so great? You can control the music on your iTunes from anywhere in the house.  It’s WiFi, so you don’t have to be in the same room. It works with iTunes on either Windows or Mac -  I tried them both and it works like a charm. If you have your computer (Windows or Mac)  hooked to your HD monitor or stereo, you can play, pause and resume the video from your iPhone.  You can also control the audio level as...

The road of life you’ve been traveling on seems never to end and shortcuts appear to be the easiest way to your final destination.  If you take that shortcut, you might get there sooner, but at what cost?  You might have skipped over an essential part of the trail.  Sure, you might have reached the destination earlier, but you missed important details you needed when you arrived.  On the suggested path you might have met someone along that way who would be your guide and give you important advice about the pitfalls to avoid.  The experience you might receive from...