Musings

HandBrake Workflow Boost

14 May 2013: A seemingly inconsequential change to HandBrake has made a huge difference to my workflow … one for the better!

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Apple’s 2012 in Review

6 January 2013: A quick review of Apple’s 2012 written for the Learning Professional Network.

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Too Much Fun

2 December 2012: As a trainer a large percentage of my time is spent preparing for courses rather than actually delivering them. Those without experience in a training environment are often amazed to discover that preparing material for a single hour of delivery often takes in excess of 20 hours. A figure which means that anything one can do to make the process more interesting is to be welcomed.

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SkyDrive Webinar – 29 November 2012

29 November 2012: I know this will come as a surprise to most of those reading this but Microsoft have released something that actually works rather well and I’m demoing it tonight. In fact if all is going according to plan I’m demoing right now and you should be seeing the examples flying in below as I add [...]

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Rolling Back an iTunes Installation

13 June 2012: It is way more difficult to roll back an iTunes installation than it should be and it’s when Apple break something in an update that you realize just how difficult it is.

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Lion – One Month On

24 August 2011: I have always updated my OS on the day of release and with Lion now a venerable one month old surely Snow Leopard is but a dim memory? The answer to that may surprise you.

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iTunes Vouchers: How to Multiply Your Online Spending Power

19 June 2011: While I’m always grateful for special offers on iTunes vouchers the more I partake of such promotions at various outlets the more pitfalls I become aware of. I hope these points help you safely make your real money go up to 30% further online!

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Logical Updates Please

20 April 2011: Do you ever get the feeling that things should be a whole lot easier than they are? I know I do and a prime example occurred today when I was updating applications on my Mac. Today’s miscreant was the Adobe Flash plugin.

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iPad 2: Worth the Upgrade?

6 April 2011: 10 days with iPad 2 … is it worth the upgrade?

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iPad 2 Launch – What a Day!

4 April 2011: Another day, another fantastic Apple product launch!

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