I’m a geek. That means i like to organize techy stuff so that it does cool things. This is one of those things i’ve gotten pretty good at, and i want to share what i’ve learned with you. I have 28 Smart Playlists set up in iTunes. There are also several Smart Playlists that iTunes sets up automatically, but i mostly don’t use those. I also have 23 regular (non-smart) playlists. I’ll explain how and why to use regular vs smart playlists, and what reasons you might have to make use of both for different purposes. There is a lot […]
Update on eBay and 5k iMac
Apology It has been 3 weeks since i last made a blog post. I’ve been spending all my time focusing on selling my CD collection to raise money to buy the 5k Retina Display 27″ iMac and also reading this 2″ thick tome Switching to The Mac. I can announce success on both counts! I am typing this blog post on my new iMac, and i completed reading the book which i highly recommend to anyone switching from the Windows world to the Mac world. In addition, my experience selling on eBay has been surprisingly positive. With only a few […]
John’s Apple Conversion
The Beginning I started in the world of computers in the late 70’s. As part of my MBA program i had to pass a test proving i was proficient in either Cobol or Fortran. I didn’t want to waste time taking a class, so i bought a book and taught myself enough Fortran to pass the test. I’m one of those strange ducks who always reads the manual, and is able to learn stuff better from a book than being shown. My mind just processes things better that way. A year or so later, MBA in hand, while working for […]
How to Evernote John’s Way!
I’ve been putting all kinds of information into Evernote for 5 years now and i’ve stumbled upon some pretty great/easy ways to grab information and easily get it into Evernote, and i’m gonna share those tricks with you. I’m going to divide this post into 2 parts: how to get information into Evernote from a desktop (Mac or PC) and how to get information into Evernote from an ios device (iPhone or iPad). Sorry, i do not have an Android device. If you do, it is likely that many of the ios methods will be transferable to Android. Desktop I […]
Why use Evernote?
Evernote’s motto is “Remember Everything” What does Evernote do? What devices can run Evernote? Why would you use Evernote? How does John use Evernote? How much does Evernote cost? Most people have heard about Evernote. Usually from someone who uses it and is excited about it. Also, most people don’t ‘get’ why people are so enamored with this app/program, not seeing what they could do with it, nor thinking they have a need for it. I aim to disabuse you of those ideas by answering those questions above in a straightforward way. I have no affiliation whatsoever with Evernote other […]