• CX – A New Cloud Storage System

    I have just seen this new cloud storage system called CX. This is a system that lets you store your files on line (like Dropbox and iCloud and Google Drive). With so many options, what will CX do for you?

  • Keeping your PayPal up to date

    It is common to change your email address or credit card, but this can have an effect on your subscription. I often get clients that find themselves changing their credit card, but then they find that their subscription gets cancelled, but that is not what they wanted. Here is the…

  • What to do with Downtime

    I had an interesting chat with a client recently. We were discussing the movies and blogs on the Short Sharp Training website. He said that when he has downtime (waiting for the client to arrive/waiting for site visits) he goes onto the website to look for new blogs or movies…

  • My Top iPad (iPhone/Android) Apps

    Many of my friends and family have been getting iPads in the last year, and most of them want to know which apps I use and why. The iPad comes with several apps built in, so I don’t want to cover those. I wanted to cover the apps that I…

  • PenUltimate

    So this application is good enough for Evernote to buy, is it good enough for us to use? The answer is sure, it is a great application. But what is the application for? The answer is that this application is used as a replacement for a notebook or sketchbook. Its…

  • iPhone or Android phone?

    I have bought an Android phone to test some of the apps that I use on my iPhone. So far, I have found that several of the iphone apps I like to use are available on the Android phone, so it looks (on the face of it) that you could…

  • What is the Value of Free Information?

      I was reading a blog recently about the value of free things. I thought this was an interesting blog because the questions the concept of free and whether we should give away free information.

  • Using Evernote

    I use a program called Evernote. This is a great little program. I use it to collect together notes. For example when I am teaching my online webinars, users quite often suggest things that would be useful. Now, I could keep a notepad next to my desk, but I find…

  • You Can Attend Online Vectorworks Training From an iPhone or iPad

    I use GoToMeeting to run my Vector-workout training sessions.   Normally uses attend these online sessions from their computer. This allows me to share my computer screen to my online subscribers, and interact with them.  

  • Readers Digest and Harry Potter go Digital

    the Architectural Technologist talks about J.K.Rowling moving into ebooks and today I read that the Reader’s Digest is going digital. This seems to be to be the tipping point. Until now all the Harry Potter books have been strictly hardcopy, the future could be amazing, and we could see a big growth…