Review: “The Book of Audacity”

Posted on 04. May, 2011 by in Tech

A couple of years ago, I was preparing an audio slideshow with the wonderful tool Slideshare. I needed an audio editor for the audio track, and I wasn’t sure where to start. I had very little experience with audio editing, and a colleague directed me to an open-source tool, Audacity. Though it took me a [...]

Harvard Business Review: The long history of information overload

Posted on 15. Mar, 2011 by in Distracted Living, Tech

There’s a fascinating, if brief, article by Ann Blair at the Harvard Business Review website:  “Information Overload’s 2300-Year-Old History.”

Is Quora unfathomable? Or a cultural phenomenon?

Posted on 15. Mar, 2011 by in Tech

Quora has been the hot startup for a while now, and I’ve been meaning to write about it for my column. I finally did that, and here’s how I opened things: “Maybe it’s a sign of an internet startup’s likelihood of success that its initial attraction is entirely unfathomable — or even unexplainable — to [...]

Want to publish a Kindle book?

Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by in Tech, Writing

One of these days I’ll publish a Kindle book (or some sort of e-book). For now, I’ve got a column with tips on how to do this. It’s not all that hard, really. A lot of the challenge, it turns out, is in formatting the book properly for the Kindle (or for any other e-book [...]

I love the way Priority Inbox hides my email

Posted on 29. Sep, 2010 by in Tech

I’ve been using a recently introduced Gmail feature, Priority Inbox, to help me sort my email, and I’m really into it. Here’s the thing: I get a lot of email, like everyone else, and I’m often distracted by it. I hate to admit it, but sometimes I feel like email’s running me life. Rather than deciding [...]

Sophisticated and powerful tools for email lists and e-newsletters

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by in Tech, Writing

In an online world obsessed with viral video and social networking, the simple, functional email list can seem downright dowdy. What is it, after all, other than a list of email addresses for sending out periodic messages? In fact, email lists can be a lot more complicated and multifaceted than you might think (and more [...]

Let the iPhone moviemaking begin

Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by in Tech

I haven’t actually gotten a chance yet to try out iMovie for the iPhone 4, but I’m looking forward to it. I’m a fan of iMovie on the Mac, and I’m also a fan of the idea of moviemaking right on the iPhone—that is, using the iPhone for the whole shebang. Shooting video. Editing video. [...]

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