How to Get Your iPhone 4 Free Case or Refund- Now Available
July 23, 2010 – 5:13 pm | No Comment

Apple and AT&T have released the details of how to get your free (or refund for already purchased) ”bumper”  that will eliminate the calls dropped by holding the phone along the antenna edge. See my blog …

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DTV Transition

Coming June 12, 2009. What do you need to know? “How to” info that the techies haven’t told you.

Gadgets on the go

MP3s, iPods, iPhones, GPS, anything you want to take with you. What they are. What you want. How to use it.

Home Networks - TVs, Online, & Computers

View your photos or listen to your music from your computer to your TV and home theater. Watch online videos from HULU or YouTube, etc. The Digital Home. All explained with simple “how to” DIY

HomeTheater

From TVs to Audio to Blu-ray Disc Players to Networked TVs, to DVDs–”how to” DIY

Troubleshooting Technology

Tips on where to look first when your electronics aren’t working. Troubleshooting tips to try. Tips on “how to” approach solving your problem.

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Filtering Your Wall in Facebook – March 2010- Seeing the Friends & Posts You Want to See
March 17, 2010 – 6:51 pm | No Comment
Filtering Your Wall in Facebook – March 2010- Seeing the Friends & Posts You Want to See

Thanks to my reader who asked me the question after reading my blog from 10/09.   Things happen so fast on Facebook. It’s hard to tell if the changes (that mess you up because just …

Choosing Your Internet Speed– Google to Provide 1 Gb/s–what it means…
February 11, 2010 – 5:14 pm | One Comment
Choosing Your Internet Speed– Google to Provide 1 Gb/s–what it means…

I’m all for fast internet.  My local provider, BendBroadband, offers us 60 Mb/s download.  Let’s compare that to what most people can get now.  DSL offers 1 to 6 Mb/s. (Megabits per second) The speed …

Pandora Makes it Easy to Share Music
October 28, 2009 – 7:30 pm | No Comment
Pandora Makes it Easy to Share Music

You don’t have to be too tech-savvy to use Pandora.  Pandora will create a “radio station” that plays music based on a song or an artist that you like.   Now Pandora has made it …

How to Unclutter your Facebook Wall
October 24, 2009 – 8:07 pm | 2 Comments
How to Unclutter your Facebook Wall

As explained in my previous blog, Facebook is filtering your News Feeds for you. If you are like me, you’d rather decide whose feeds YOU want to see, instead of having it decided for …

FACEBOOK Live Feed vs News Feed Made Simple
October 24, 2009 – 8:04 pm | No Comment
FACEBOOK Live Feed vs News Feed Made Simple

Facebook is part of our daily lives and when changes are made without being explained, it sends us into confusion.  That’s why I wanted to help people understand what’s going on with the “Live Feed” …

Wordpress Attack- Upgrade now
September 5, 2009 – 7:15 pm | No Comment
Wordpress Attack- Upgrade now

While the email I received about this email attack appeared “phishy,” –that is, it had no formatting, did not look official, and had misspelled words and bad grammar–it seems that it is for real.
For those …

Lessons & Tips about iTunes and Your Account
July 21, 2009 – 11:43 pm | 2 Comments
Lessons & Tips about iTunes and Your Account

I have been using iTunes for several years now.  My first iPod was a second generation iPod that still had a black and white screen.  I’ve loaded it up with all the CDs I owned. …

Setting Up Self Hosted WordPress
April 28, 2009 – 11:16 pm | No Comment

Been working on getting this wordpress setup all day. Even with “Wordpress for Dummies,” it’s never easy. Sometimes I think that things intentionally go wrong–I mean I’m following directions– then again, I …

All these Organizing Tools Make Me Disorganized!
July 18, 2008 – 9:13 am | No Comment

There are so many programs and tools to keep us organized. And now I’m considering if using Evernote from my iPhone will help. What seems to happen though is if we choose more …

Web Social Media Getting lost in the Bubbles
July 17, 2008 – 1:20 pm | No Comment
Web Social Media Getting lost in the Bubbles

Social Media Landscape

Originally uploaded by fredcavazza

I feel like I’m lost underwater in a series of web social media bubbles. This picture illustrates why I’m so confused. (see below for explanation if you are …