Tag: forkbombr
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Happy Holidays from The Dads
Those in the know understand the draw of the East End of Long Island. The Hamptons, sitting on the South Fork of the island, are a group of hamlets, villages and towns lying along the Atlantic Ocean. The area is a perpetual playground for the rich and famous, and for city dwellers who appreciate a…
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Forkbombr: Mac Community Crushed By Lion’s Non-Release, Cries out for Mercy
This is one if the funniest and most clever ForkBombr pieces by Stephen in a long time, I am so glad he is finally putting that journalism degree to good use. No quotes, no summaries, just head on over and read it…. RIGHT NOW! Forkbombr — Mac Community Crushed By Lion’s Non-Release, Cries out for…
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Prepping for The John Siracusa OS X Lion Review
A huge nod to Stephen at Forkbombr for the find. New OS X release reviews from John Siracusa at Ars Technica are always fantastic although very long read. I think the Snow Leopard review took a few days to get through and at least a few weeks to digest properly. Forkbombr — Preparing for John…
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Skype for Mac 5.0 Goes Gold, Only Deserves Bronze
My biggest complaint is that it’s still too big and adding users to a call is still a bit of a dark art. Skype also seems to be in a real hurry to ditch audio calls in favour of premium video conference calls which just seem to make everyone involved feel awkward. The reality is…
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DadCast Episode 37 • Applecentric ForkBombr
Nearly Live From The Wendyhouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we had to sequester all of the Dads into their own man caves and home studios to avoid any risk of catching a Meat Space virus or bug. So we all jumped onto Skype where we were joined by a slightly chilled but otherwise…
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On Moving From Tumblr to WordPress
From Tumblr to WordPress: The Missing Guide — Ian P. Hines: “This isn’t a process for everyone—I know that. But if you’re like me, and are willing to add a bit of friction to your work-flow in exchange for reliability and control, then I strongly suggest you spend the time to move to WordPress. “…
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Reeder for Mac Beta 1 Out -via Forkbombr
ForkBombr — Reeder for Mac Beta 1 Out: “Reeder for Mac — a desktop version of the poplar iOS Google Reader app — is here, in beta form at least. The app looks like its mobile counterpart, complete with a services menu and big buttons. It uses the same keyboard shortcuts as Google Reader does…
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DadCast Episode 26 • The Lion In Waiting
Nearly Live from the WendyHouse Studios of Valois Bay… This week we have the pleasure of being joined by with our first ever special guest dad: Stephen Hackett of founder of Forkbombr.net, guest writer for MacGasm.net and all around awesome dad of two great kids. Stephen joins us to discuss this week’s “Back to the…
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DadCast Episode 25 • You’re Not in Kansas Anymore McGoo
Nearly Live From the WendyHouse Studios of Valois Bay… Just ahead of the big Apple “Back to the Mac” announcement on October 20th that may or may not be about a new OS. The rumour mill has it that it should be 10.7 and not simply an incremental dot release. We should point out that…
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To Get Things Done or Not?
My thoughts in response to a ForkBombr article, a Tweet from @AFrogInTheValley (aka Sylvain Carle) and a shared discussion in DadCast 20 Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Tweets and posts as well as hearing how many self proclaimed GTD gurus and ninjas are struggling as of late to keep on top of their…