Friday, September 3, 2010

Safari Reader: The “Ultimate Readability to Evernote” Tool

June 9, 2010 by kurt  
Filed under Featured, Personal Posts, Technology, Tips/Hacks

Safari Reader is a great new feature included in Safari 5. It also happens to be an awesome way of seamlessly exporting article straight to Evernote in a nice, easy to read format. It’s “Readability” built-in.

Privacy Fail: How Facebook Steals Your Friends Phone Numbers

February 26, 2010 by kurt  
Filed under Featured, Personal Posts, Technology, Tips/Hacks

In early January, Facebook updated their iPhone app to include a Contact Sync feature. In a nutshell, “Facebook Contact Sync” allows you to synchronise your friends’ latest Facebook profile pictures with the matching contact entry in your mobile phone’s address book. Due to “Terms of Service Issues” however, Facebook does not sync your friends email addresses or phone numbers (listed on their Facebook [...]

30 Essential iPhone Apps

January 29, 2010 by kurt  
Filed under Featured, Personal Posts, Technology, Tips/Hacks

The iPhone is not a perfect mobile device, but it IS the closest we’ve come to one. And make no mistake, it’s not just the sleek design, quality hardware and gorgeous user interface that makes the iPhone a great piece of technology. It’s mainly the near limitless functionality it offers thanks to the creativity and talent of iPhone App [...]

Debunking The Facebook & User Photos in Ads Myth

July 26, 2009 by kurt  
Filed under Personal Posts, Technology, Tips/Hacks

There is a rumor going around that Facebook has changed their policies for third-party advertisers and the use of your photos.  You might have recently received a Wall post or received a message sounding a little something like this: “FACEBOOK has agreed to let third party advertisers use your posted pictures WITHOUT your permission.” The [...]

Sharing Google Reader Stories With Gtalk Buddies

June 25, 2009 by kurt  
Filed under Technology, Tips/Hacks

A quick video tutorial showing you how to instantly share all your Google Reader News Stories with all your Gtalk Buddies

How to Slice and Dice an Onion Like a Pro

June 10, 2009 by kurt  
Filed under Learning, Tips/Hacks

I’ve always wanted to learn how to Slice & Dice an Onion like a “Pro”…

Watch Hulu.com in Europe ?

January 13, 2009 by kurt  
Filed under Technology, Tips/Hacks

UPDATE (08/02/2010): Using Hotspot Shield to view Hulu still works, however rarely on the 1st try. Hulu is now aware of Hotspot Sheild and are constantly blacklisting proxy servers it serves up. A quick fix for this is to simply dissconect and reconnect Hotspot Sheild untill it works. Alternatively, you could simply abandon Hulu all together and [...]

Using Pictures as Folder Icons in Mac OSX – Tutorial

November 25, 2008 by kurt  
Filed under Technology, Tips/Hacks

Using Pictures as Folder Icons in Mac OSX from Kurt von Moos on Vimeo.

Unlocking the iPhone: My Definitive Guide

November 24, 2008 by kurt  
Filed under Technology, Tips/Hacks

Apple’s obsessive attention to detail has produced what many consider a technological masterpiece. The iPhone. Unfortunately, Apple’s stubbornness has also crippled the iPhone as a portable device. Specifically, by not letting the user freely switch SIM cards when traveling or install third party software that has not jump through the hoops of the “Apple Apps [...]

Google Street View For iPhone Tutorial

November 21, 2008 by kurt  
Filed under Technology, Tips/Hacks

Google Street View Tutorial – iPhone from Kurt von Moos on Vimeo.