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OSX Lion Full Screen Mode is a Dual-Monitor Failure

Posted on January 24, 2012 by in Apple, Mac, Soapbox

Running full-screen apps on OSX Lion is a great way to remove all distractions when you’re working and ensure you’re getting the most out of every pixel on your display. That is, unless you’re using more than one display, in which case, it sucks.

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Be Careful Using iMessage On Company Networks and Public WiFi

Posted on November 28, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone

In a previous post, I talked about how OSX Lion has helped make sharing my office’s internet connection over wifi easier. When I have my Mac broadcasting the connection, I can help cut down on the costs of 3G data by using WiFi on my iPhone and iPad when I’m at work. But when it [...]

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Five Reasons Why I Am Done With iPhone Jailbreaking (For Now)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone, Soapbox

Since I became an iPhone owner a couple years ago, I’ve always found that jailbreaking has opened the ubiquitous device up to some really cool features not otherwise available in Apple’s walled garden. But as of late, with iOS updates flying fast and new features cropping up, I have found reason after reason to return [...]

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iOS 5 Makes Installing Multiple Apps / Updates Faster

Posted on November 21, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone

One marked improvement I’ve seen on my iPhone 3GS since upgrading to iOS 5 is that it has improved the speed of installing multiple apps or app updates from the iTunes App Store. In iOS 4 or earlier, each app would download and install one at a time, making installing updates for many apps a sometimes slow [...]

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The Future of Apple: Sell Your Stocks Now?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by in Apple

The Globe and Mail published an article stating several reasons why, given the recent death of its co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, the future of Apple is in decline and that it would be a good idea to sell your stock in the company, should you own any. What bothers me about this advice is [...]

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So Long, And Thanks for All The Fish.

Posted on October 6, 2011 by in Apple, Mac, Personal Notes

A short tribute to Steve Jobs and Apple.

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Does OSX Lion’s Mail Client Make Sparrow Obsolete?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by in Apple, iPhone, Mac

Apple’s been spending a lot of time in the past couple years making innovations in iOS. The iPhone, iPod touch and iPad’s technology has changed the way we interact with devices and now Apple is bringing those innovations back into Mac OS X with Lion, which will be available this summer. Last time I wrote, [...]

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