I’ve decided to attend my first MacWorld Expo and there is no way I’m going with my old computer bag, lugging it all over Moscone Center, cutting off circulation in my shoulder for a week. What better time than now to test a computer bag?
Author: Dan Robinson
Dan passed away in 2022
Serendipity Happens- The Swiss Gear “Maxxum” Computer Backpack
Survival of the Fittest
Many states have enacted a law that I put under the heading “for your own good.” These laws are enacted by our governing bodies
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Now that all the Shouting’s Over (The iPhone)
The iPhone is everything they promised. The interface is elegant and intuitive. Everything works as well as can be expected (Including the less-than-zippy Edge.)
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Now that all the Shouting’s Over (The Sale)
After the hoopla of iPhoneDay, exactly what happened and what did I buy? W-e-l-l-l-l The purchase experience was better and worse than I anticipated.
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I got my iPhone!
There is an Apple Store and four AT&T stores within 10 minutes of my house in south Charlotte, NC. This morning at 10 a.m.
Read MoreDan Unshackles his iPhone – iFuntastic 3
Review
PDO Reviso iPhone Case
Review
Dan reviews the PDO Reviso and finds little to like in the design.
Elan Holster for iPhone
Review
Dan looks at the Griffin’s Elan Holster iPhone case.
Mac Simple 2
How to Have a Messy Desktop (Without Having a Messy Desktop)
The Macintosh desktop is a special place. It’s the default target for incoming files, and things accumulate there. That is a good thing and a bad thing.
The Case for Cases
There are two markets for a phone case (the brand of phone is immaterial). There’s the holster; then there’s the purse model. If you’re like most men — and don’t carry a purse — you go for the holster type, which is further divided into the horizontal and vertical. As phones get bigger again thanks to increased screen size, the holster orientation becomes a factor. Read on…
Mac Simple 1
Making a Signature for Your eMail
Want to learn how to use your actual hand-written signature in your email? Dan’s new colume, Mac Simple, kicks off with an easy to follow how-to on just that. An ongoing series of Macintosh How-Tos. Check it out!
Read MoreADOBE INDESIGN CS3 HOW-TOs – 100 Essential Techniques
Book Review
Everyone wants to write a book that has something for everyone. This one comes close. If you use InDesign, you should have this book on your shelf.
Read MoreiPhone + AT&T: Secrets and Surprises
Here I sit, money in hand, ready to plunk down $499 x 2, plus buy my way out of SunCom for a hundred or two, plus sign up with AT&T for two years. I’m obligating myself for at least $2,200 EXTRA for a couple of cell phones.
Without knowing how much AT&T will charge?
Not bloody likely!
Read MoreThoughts on Safari 3 Beta
I’m going to stretch my prognosticatorial wings here and write about that of which I know very little. (Yeah! I do know the sentence sucks.)
Read MoreNo Mac Mini? Say It Isn’t So!
Could Apple be looking at retiring the Mac mini? New writer Dan Robinson hopes not. Read to find out why.
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What Computerworld Didn’t Say
On Computerworld’s website today (March 12) they said the following: Nine of the 16 flaws patched Thursday were in the open-source WebKit browser engine
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My Poor Feet – Macworld Expo 2008
My Poor Feet I’m bearing up bravely, but my poor feet are gonna be a mess by Friday. If you have listened to Podcast
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