March 10th, 2008 @ 1:57pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
I sometimes find that my fingers go faster on he keyboard than my brain can spew out thoughts. I’m often auto-completing words that begin the same as a frequently typed word I’m thinking about, but in the end – they end up as typos. Example: Chick Flick becomes Chick Flickr, Dance becomes Duane. Such a [...]
September 2nd, 2007 @ 7:00pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Ever since Tod Maffin‘s session at Barcamp I’ve been thinking about getting me some silicone. I have a nice, white, pristine MacBook and I need to protect it somehow. Yesterday at the Apple Store in good ol’ Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood, WA I checked out some possible keyboard covers. They were clear or white and [...]
August 8th, 2007 @ 10:36pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
I’ve discovered some tools, apps and tricks that have made a part of my ‘real life’ job a lot easier lately. Basically I wanted to start screencasting – providing an online demo video of our new web-based application. After searching and putting the word out to the wonderful Vancity Tech Swarm folks I found the [...]
May 31st, 2007 @ 10:00am by Rebecca Bollwitt
I must admit, I love not using a mouse – the trackpad is where it’s at – but going from desktop computer isn’t always accommodating to such needs. That was until I discovered the Mighty Mouse and its wonderful nipple. In 2001 I got a hand-me-down HP Omnibook laptop that was my best friend over [...]
May 29th, 2007 @ 12:36pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
I put the question out in the tech-o-sphere last week and haven’t been able to find any answers until today. Basically, we were looking for a desktop-sharing, online web conferencing application or service (e.g. Webex) that would work with a Mac. Everyone I asked seemed to think it was something that’s needed, and would be [...]
May 2nd, 2007 @ 7:31pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
A while ago Buzz Bishop, local radio host [Z95], blogger [MacBlog], podcaster, techie writer [Cyberbuzz] and friend of Miss604.com asked to get my story about making the switch from PC to Mac. I’ve done several posts to express how much of a newbie I am with my Macbook [tag: mac vs pc] and Buzz decided [...]
April 28th, 2007 @ 8:25pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
Right now John and I are sharing his digital camera. Anything we take on our cell phones is easily Bluetooth-ed to our respective computers but any photos taken on the same camera can prove to be an issue. When it up to my computer I don’t really want all his 20 pictures, I just want [...]
April 14th, 2007 @ 8:00pm by Rebecca Bollwitt
I just added two more widgets to my dashboard (this PC girl is thinkin her Mac’s lookin’ cooler all the time). The first is a default flight tracker that came with my dashboard, which is coming in handy with my in-laws in the air right now. The second is a newly-added Cup Companion, keeping you [...]