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Gary Vaynerchuk – Thank You Economy Interview with Piers Morgan

doc — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:23:28 +0000

Everybody should watch this video. Gary is so right and that’s why I say his book is a must read. CNN did not air this interview but they so should have.

Is Roboto The Worst Typeface Rip-off in History?

doc — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:30:03 +0000

Typografica and @Gruber of Daring Fireball already killed it on the tearing this fiasco a new asshole so I won’t but you can check the links to see for yourself.

I was too kind last night. Roboto is a Helvetica rip-off. It’s Google’s Arial. — John Gruber

“Safe and Secure” — Podcast: Nonstop Tech Episode 7

doc — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:49:43 +0000

This is the seventh episode of our “Nonstop Tech Podcast, produced by the Nonstop Tech team.

In this episode, we give you the steps you need to take to ensure all you vital data is safe and secure. Secure from Malware, Virus and ne’er-do-wells. The supersonic mega awesome pick of the week is 1Passsword a cross-platform password management tool that will help you stop using weak passwords because you are worried you may forget a good one.

Mahalo to JournalSV for sending us the viewer question this week regarding Dropbox security. Great question so we featured it in this show.

Show Notes

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Nonstop Tech wants to be more than a raving nerdfest. We want you to feel comfortable knowing that if you have a technical question or just want to know the coolest shortcuts to get things done, we are here to help. But we need your help as well. This is only going to work if you send us your questions send us your questions. The Nonstop Tech team has nearly 100 years combined experience in computers and technical support, and now you have us on your side.

“Let’s Keep It Clean” – Podcast: Nonstop Tech Episode 4

doc — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:06:11 +0000

This is the fourth episode of our Nonstop Tech Podcast, produced by the Nonstop Tech team,

In this episode, we cover ultimate protections cases for your iPhone; Jetpack Joyride; making your computer perform better and last longer with a few easy cleaning tips; more iPhone fun and games with Spy Mouse; and a killer iPhone 4 professional video shooting tool Filmic Pro.

Show Notes
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“It’s All Geek to Me” – Podcast: Nonstop Tech Episode 3

doc — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:05:29 +0000

Here’s another episode of our Nonstop Tech Podcast, from the Nonstophonolulu.com Tech team.

This third episode is dedicated to getting your geek on. Jermome Koehler (@JeromeKoehler) and I talk about ways to learn about tech, keep up with tech and offer some time-saving tips. We also cover using RSS to keep up with things not so tech, like that Precious Moments collection you have collecting dust on your shelf. Check out this episode to unleash your inner geek.

Here is the iTunes subscription link and link to topics discussed in the show.

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“Personal Stylus” – Podcast: Nonstop Tech Episode 2

doc — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:57:53 +0000

The second episode of our Nonstop Tech Podcast is dedicated to personal landing pages, searching for the perfect stylus, Deus Ex and a rant about Microsoft Word vs. Text editors, with handy tips to even it all out.

Here’s the iTunes subscription link and below are the link we discussed during the show!

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“Back It Up!” – Podcast: Nonstop Tech Episode 1

doc — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:32:22 +0000

This is the first edition of NonstopHonolulu.com’s Nonstop Tech Podcast. In this episode we are covering Backups, Clean Installs, Chill.com and Browser Security with Ghostery.

In the episode I mention Jamcloud is a Mac app but I got an email from Jason at Jamcloud and he assured me it was both Mac and PC. This app is worth a look.

Please send any question comments or feedback to doc@nonstophonolulu.com

In the show, we keep speaking of the “Show Notes,” and below you’ll find all the relevant links for topics we’ve covered in the show.

Adapter
Chill
Click to Flash
CrashPlan
CrashPlan Pro
Dropbox
FlashFrozen
Graver’s Brokenbox
Ghostery
Handbrake
Jamcloud (Update: Jamcloud is available for Mac and PC)
Lion’s New Features Tutorials
OWC “Other World Computing”

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My HD iPad Review I made for Nonstophonolulu.com

doc — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:43:25 +0000

In this video I review PDF Expert from Readdle.com. PDF Expert lets you read and annotate PDF documents, highlight text, make notes, draw with your finger and save these changes which are compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat! Moreover, PDF Expert is the only iPad application that can fill in PDF forms!

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Review: Rickshaw Bagworks Smartphone Moleskine Folio Cover

doc — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:25:13 +0000

This is a follow-up video to a YouTube I made about the Rickshaw Bagworks Smartphone Moleskine Folio Cover.

IÊ»ve been searching high and low for some good Made in the USA covers for my beloved Moleskine Legendary Notebooks. After some advice from Sam Levin @samlevin of App Minute… I finally opted for a Rickshaw Bags Moleskine Customizer Cover with enough space for my iphone.

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TextExpander: My Favorite Mac App

doc — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:38:21 +0000

TextExpander (formerly Textpander) is the best of the best Text Macro Apps. In this post I hope to explain to you why you must get TextExpander.

If you were to ask almost any Mac Power User what they have installed on their computer in the way of must have utilities, a sure answer is TextExpander. What exactly is TextExpander? Well it and automated typist for your computer. Ok let me clarify that a bit, it can take the very tedious task of typing the same bits of text over and over again and make them simple abbreviations. Ok that may not sound that important at first; however, after you install TextExpander you can see how easy and effective it really is.

TextExpander can do a whole lot more once you understand the basics of what it can do. It is very easy to take large blocks of boilerplate text and make them expandable in a few keystrokes, but the real power comes from using TextExpander with the many collections of snippets shared on the Web. Smile Software (formerly Smile on My Mac) has made a great list of “Predefined Snippet Groups” available on their site for you to download, install and maybe be inspired to create more of your own.

Examples

HTML: leading character is a comma

Example: ,img expands to:

When you trigger this snippet, TextExpander will prompt you to fill in the attribute specs. You can leave any of the specs blank, if not needed.

ACCENTED WORDS

Fixes words that are spelled with diacritical marks, aka accents. If you are used t typing these words like an American TE will autocorrect them so as you won’t offend anyone, like your third grade French teacher.

TidBITS AUTOCORRECT DICTIONARY

This list contain 2400+ of the most common misspellings compiled by TidBITS, the newsletter and Web site for Mac users. I find this one very useful as it doesn’t just point out the mistake like spell check, It autocorrects them and makes a ping sound so you know you just misspelled a word.

Some Heavy Lifting

TextExpander can do some every heavy lifting for hardcore scriveners or code monkeys. I use these tools a lot but rather than messing up the explanation I’ll send you to read Brett Terpstra’s post on TE tools and how he uses them. Thanks to Brett, I’m becoming a Markdown Maven using TextExpander tools to get my writing done light years faster.

Another great plus to TextExpander is the integration with it’s mobil app offspring TextExpander Touch which brings many of the snippets and auto completion features to you handheld devices. I have found this to be a lifesaver when needing to get a fast response out via my iPhone or iPad. This also make the mobile platform perfect to blogging or just free-writing. It does have some limitations on iOS but Smile offers this note as a work around:

Given the current feature set of the iPhone OS, TextExpander touch cannot work in the background (as it does in Mac OS X), expanding text snippets while you work in other apps, except for apps with TextExpander-integration built-in. You must first compose your text in the TextExpander touch Compose screen, and then transfer it to another app.

TextExpander is available in the iTunes AppStore

How to Get TextExpander

TextExpander normally sells for $34.95, Mac Update Promo is running a special for $17.95 for a limited time and then $26.21 for the duration of the sale.

Check out the Tutorials on the Smile Software site for a great quick start to this wonderful application