by Dave | May 13, 2010 | Computing
An amazing graphic and story from the NY Times via Lifehacker. Well worth reading and acting upon. It seems to me that FB needs to make easier to understand what your settings are, what the consequences are, and, if you wish, to change them. I know that they need to...
by Dave | May 11, 2010 | Computing
Over the last couple of days I have been thinking about how to tidy up my domain names and where they are hosted. I wanted a clear naming structure and hosting arrangements, which are not necessarily the same thing. I ended up with the following: 1) my main domain...
by Dave | May 5, 2010 | Computing
When I signed up for WordPress I saw this box labelled Gravatar (Globally Recognised Avatar), uploaded a pic of me which duly appeared in various places on WordPress. Over the last couple of months I noticed that picture appearing on other sites whenever I made a...
by Dave | Apr 25, 2010 | Computing
A heavy bout of googling turned up only one alternative to Spanning Sync and a couple of contenders for full Outlook-GCal syncing. I will keep looking. BusySync (or it’s bigger brother BusyCal) looks like a good alternative to Spanning Sync; it’s cheaper...
by Dave | Apr 24, 2010 | Computing
Today’s little challenge was to sort out something which has annoyed me on and off since I got my iPhone: how to keep my various calendars in sync. Let me explain the situation. I maintain four calendars: “Work” which originates in my office Outlook...
