I’m all registered and ready for An Event Apart - Seattle. An Event Apart is the design conference for people who make Web sites. ME!
It’s my first time in Seattle, so wish me luck. I’m not a huge fan of clouds and rain. I’m hoping the old April showers adage, doesn’t apply!
If you’re in Seattle, [...]

CardStar

Tired of carrying dozens of customer loyalty & rewards cards in your wallet? CardStar is the answer. Save & create scan-able bar codes which are stored in the app. When you approach the counter, launch the app and select the name of the merchant. Price: Free.
Update: I’ve tried using CardStar at my local grocery store [...]

I recently used Facebook to create a tiled background with photos of my Facebook friends. After cropping the image, I used it to customize my Twitter profile.
Steps for creating a tiled background image of your friends:

Click Friends in the header of your Facebook page.
Click Everyone, then select — from the drop-down menu.
Crop the resulting image [...]

To fully understand the capabilities and neatness of Twitter you must do more than sign up. Here are some things I’ve found keep me interested and engaged.

Find and follow people with like interests. Twitter doesn’t make this easy, you can use Summize.com or Google custom search.
Find and follow people who inspire you. A few who [...]

Amazon vs. iTunes

Ready to purchase Rufus Wainwright’s Poses album, I decided to take a look at Amazon’s online music service. The first thing I noticed was lower prices, the second, lack of copy-protection hassles. Below is an informal comparison of iTunes to Amazon’s online music offering. Which would you choose? The choice was easy for me.

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Last night I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5. The Wordpress Automatic upgrade plug in made it a snap. I highly recommend Wordpress v2.5. There are many new features in the admin interface.

Where is the print screen button on my Matias USB 2.0 keyboard?
Update: F13 (Option-F13 for active window)

Lately my days at work include SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and working to improve the usability/functionality of AAFP search features using our in-house Google Mini’s. I attended Google Search Appliance Training at Fig Leaf software in the spring of 2007 which was a great start. I’ve quickly learned, SEO and search tasks could easily consume [...]

I received my Latidude D820 a few days ago. The Latitude D820 is close to the price of the MacBook Pro so I thought I’d compare the two.

Apple
MacBook Pro
Dell
Latitude D820

Processor
Intel
Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz (T7200) - 4mb L2 Cache
Intel
Core 2 Duo 2GHz (T7200) - 4mb L2 Cache

RAM
2gb
2gb

Hard Drive
120gb, 5400rpm
80gb, 7200rpm

Display
15.4″
TFT Widescreen
15.4″
WXSGA+

Video
ATI Radeon
X1600, 128mb
NVIDIA Quadro
NVS 100M, [...]