Category Archives: Computers

Words of Advice Before Upgrading to iOS 5 and iCloud

Posted on October 12, 2011 by romkey

Today is a big day for Apple. The iPhone 4S is shipping and Apple is doing one of its biggest set of software updates ever. Today they’ll be releasing iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. They’ll also … Continue reading →

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iPhone Tethering

Posted on June 6, 2011 by romkey

Free Wifi is great, isn’t it? Except when it’s worth exactly what you paid for it: nothing. I often have difficulty with hotel wifi. It drops out, you can’t get an IP address, the bandwidth is next to nothing. Forget … Continue reading →

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iTunes Hygiene

Posted on May 23, 2011 by romkey

Instead of working on a site redesign that I have a tight deadline on, I am dealing with a long-standing peeve I’ve had: iTunes hygiene. This isn’t really a problem with iTunes so much as it is a problem with … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Facebook Have Not Killed Their RSS Feeds, Completely

Posted on May 10, 2011 by romkey

Yesterday there was a fuss about alarming news that Facebook and Twitter had both killed off their RSS feeds (“completely”). This led to much hand-wringing, name-calling and gnashing-of-teeth.

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Why I Don’t Self-Host Anymore

Posted on May 3, 2011 by romkey

I’m at An Event Apart and have just listened to a great presentation by Jeremy Keith on data permanency. He touched on many issues, from technical ones regarding physical recording media and logical file formats, to digital rights management, legal … Continue reading →

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