When an iPhone App is free and the description and review of the App is favorable, all it takes is two clicks to instal it on an iPhone.  It’s just as easy to remove iPhone Apps that don’t meet up to your expectations.  My expectations are pretty simple. My iPhone App keeper critera: Does the App do what it said it would? Does the App meet a need I have? Is the user interface easy to use? Would I download the App again? Would I recommend this App to someone else? I have downloaded a few Apps that I immediately removed from my iPhone.  I wondered why anyone would...

When setting up a website you need to consider a few things -  who your target audience is, what their needs are and how you can meet their needs. In anticipation of meeting their needs, the Linking209.com website has been setup using WordPress MU and BuddyPress. The MU stands for Multi-User. BuddyPress is a bundle of WordPress plugins to help bring Social Networking to a WordPress site. These two pieces of software working in concert with each other help create a Social Community. The first part of the journey was the experience of setting up the website. So, far it hasn’t been too...

In February 2010 some friends and I decided to start a networking group called Linking209.  Its name focuses on a specific region covered by the 209 area code.  The primary focus at this time is Stanislaus County, San Joaquin County and surrounding areas.  In other words the Greater Stockton area, Modesto, Tracy, Manteca and surrounding cities.  It’s an open group in LinkedIn.  If you want to join and network with us, feel free to visit this link Linking209 in LinkedIn.  The Linking209 mission is to provide networking opportunities for people who live and work in the...

I don’t know how crafstmen survived before power tools.  I imagine they brought their hand tools and the tools to sharpen their hand tools with them to the job. Without power tools, they must have taken hours or days to finish a project that now takes us little time at all.  I’m sure the secret to their success was keeping their tools clean and sharp.  No running to a big box hardware store like Home Depot, Lowes or Orchard Supply if a tool broke. I started work on a project today.  It turned out I didn’t have power tools for this project; a Dremel would have been...

This weekend I was given the task of removing adhesive bathtub decals or stickers.  These stickers had been attached to the tub for at least 7 or 8 years since we moved into our current residence.  Who knows how long they were attached before we moved in.   The stickers weren’t peeling, they were just ugly and had to go.  So how do you remove stickers from a bathtub?  I have a tendency to google things like this, just because I can find many accounts of what other people have tried, what was suggested and what actually worked.  For me, it took only two tries to...