Natalie Grunberg is the President of Panty by Post, an online store that works like a panty subscription service, every month you get new panties in the mail like a magazine. She brings her dog Henry to our interview, and he quickly asserts himself as my best friend as we start the interview. Natalie was [...]
Transitioning from MobileMe to iCloud
June 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
iCloud provides Apple users with an easy-to-use (and free) method for backing up and accessing your music, photos, calendars, contacts, and documents across multiple devices. Photo Stream can sync photos between multiple devices almost instantaneously, and with the Find My iPhone feature, you can locate your device in the event it becomes lost. As a [...]
Connect to your Mac, from your iPad with Splashtop Remote Desktop
April 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Doxie Go Portable Scanner—Simply Computing Product Review
April 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
Although we all try to use less and less paper, sometimes it’s unavoidable. Now here’s the gotcha—how do you make something on paper electronic? Well, with a scanner of course. I remember my first flatbed scanner when I started doing freelance webdesign in the late 90s. Man that thing was huge and slow and loud and not [...]
iPads, Point-of-Sale, and small business—Sounds like a great match to me
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Reading through one of my news summary services (because seriously, there is a lot of tech news coming out at any given time) I caught this post on Read Write Web—How the iPad Is Revolutionizing Local Businesses. I thought from the title I’d be reading about people ditching laptops for iPads (I certainly am in that [...]
Introducing the Kanto Yaro Speakers
January 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
Do you have an Apple TV—probably one of the most amazing products Apple has going? Now, do you have great speakers for it? Chances are you probably don’t. You probably have your Apple TV hooked up driectly to your HDTV and are using your TV’s speakers for movies and music, which is okay but not [...]
Simply Product Review: iRig AmpliTube and Mic
December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You need professional mobile recording gear? I’m betting that iRig has you covered. I’ve had an iRig Mic for a few months now and love it for quick, easy, and professional sounding recordings with just my iPhone. The Amplitube is a whole other kettle of fish, as you will soon see: Fine, my air guitar stinks, [...]
Simply Product Review: Twelve South Plug Bug
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Seriously, how many chargers do we need to carry? And, where the heck are you plug them all in? Between MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, iPods, and other devices you can wind up with a lot of stuff in your bag—and a Grid-It can only do so much—so the folks at Twelve South have something that can help: [...]
Simply.ca, Music, and the PEAK Performance Project—Supporting great local music
November 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tonight is the finale of the PEAK Performance project and Simply.ca has been with the artists the whole way. As the Apple retail sponsor, Simply provided gear and help during the Summer Peak Performance Bootcamp as well as products and assitance throuoghout the contest. Check out this great video jam on GarageBand on the iPad: The [...]
5 reasons why not to use Telus or Shaw for your email and use Gmail instead
November 12, 2011 By 18 Comments
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