Posts Tagged with “Web Tip of the Week”

2 Mar 2017
No Comments

1Password makes passwords easy

By

Passwords suck, but they’re a fact of life. So most people remember 1 or 2 passwords and use them everywhere. You use the same password for Facebook, Instagram, your Gmail … and maybe even your bank?

If one of those sites got compromised, you could be screwed because you used the same password everywhere else. The smart thing to do is to use unique passwords for each site. But nobody can remember so many different passwords!

So don’t. With 1Password, you only remember a single master password. 1Password will remember the rest. I made this video to show you how easy it is.

1Password can literally log you into websites with your fingerprint. (Watch the video above)

I love love love 1Password and couldn’t live without it. I use it to store my passwords, medical information, memberships and lots of other stuff. I hope this video gives you an idea of how 1Password can immediately help you to improve how you handle passwords.

1Password is available for Mac, PC, iOS and Android and only costs $3 a month. Learn more and signup at 1password.com

2 Jun 2015
No Comments

Fix "Google Calendar invitations cannot be forwarded via email" error messages

By

There are 2 steps to solving this issue:

1. Add your second, non-Gmail email as an alternate email address – Sign in to your Google Account with another email address

2. Setup Google Calendar to accept invitations from the alternate email address – How to respond to invitations forwarded from your alternate email address

Need a step by step guide with screenshots? Check out this article on TechRepublic – Add alternate email addresses for calendar scheduling

5 Apr 2013
No Comments

Forecast.io tells you the weather, beautifully

By

forecast-io

Forecast.io is a web-based weather app that tells you the weather in a beautiful, easy to use interface. Every other weather website I use is clunky, slow and full of ugly ads – I’m looking at you Yahoo! Weather. Most weather websites will tell you what the weather is right now, but to see what it will be this afternoon it requires a few clicks and page loads to get there. With Forecast, you scroll down and click on Today and you’ll see the day’s hourly forecast laid out in an easy to understand bar graph.

Forecast.io excels at being fast. It detects your location so you don’t have to type it in. It takes 1 click to view the day’s forecast. And it’s mobile too. Load it up on your mobile and it will prompt you to save it as a home screen app.

Photo Apr 05, 10 00 18 AM Photo Apr 05, 10 00 45 AM

My only quibble is that Forecast seems to have a lot of “Light Rain” reports when it’s only cloudy. Either that or it really does know when it’s just sprinkling outside. Either way, Forecast.io is now my go to app for checking the weather. It’s super useful for me to decide when to go running.

Try Forecast.io, you’ll love it.

17 Oct 2012
No Comments

WTOTW: Cancel Newsstand magazine subscription

By

I tried subscribing to a Newsstand magazine on my iPad for the first time the other day. Unfortunately I knew I wasn’t going to read the magazine regularly and it didn’t offer a yearly subscription option. Therefore I decided I had to cancel my subscription… BUT I couldn’t figure out how to do so.

Fortunately I found the answer after trawling the Apple discussion forums, so I’m detailing the steps here for anyone who may be wondering how to do so. Read More »

18 Jun 2012
1 Comment

WTOTW: Automatically post selected Instagram photos to your blog with ifttt

By

My Instagram yesterday got a lot of likes and apparently people are really interested to do this, so here’s a quick tutorial how.

This tutorial will show you how to post *selected* Instagram photos to your WordPress blog, automatically. All you need to do is to tag your Instagram with a hashtag for it to work.

ifttt

The key to doing this is a service called ifttt, which is short for “if this then that”. Basically you tell it to watch for a trigger (if this) and do something in response (then that). See the quick one-page guide on their site. Tip: ifttt is pronounced like ‘lift’ without the ‘l’. Read More »

27 Jan 2012
No Comments

WTOTW: Get less spam from Facebook apps

By

You know when you’re asked by an app for permission to do something with your Facebook profile? Maybe it wants to get your Facebook profile picture, or it’s going to automatically Like a page for you — you’re agreeing to these actions, but you probably don’t want to receive emails from the company behind the app right?

Well just do this and you’ll get less spam from Facebook apps. Click the Change link in the popup dialog and change the option to An anonymous email address.

You’re welcome.

16 May 2011
3 Comments

WTOTW: Edit PDFs online with FillAnyPDF.com

By

I share a web tip on my podcast every week. For #LOLshow Episode 28, the featured tip is FillAnyPDF.com.

As I mentioned on the show, I bought PDFpen Pro (worth USD99) to go paperless in my office. A day later, I discovered FillAnyPDF.com, a website that does much what PDFpen does for free.

The website allows you to upload and edit PDFs with an easy-to-use form editor (Flash app). This is great for filling in forms because the entire process is digital – no need to print out the form, fill it up by hand, scan the form again and finally emailing out the form. If you register for an account, you can even upload and embed images into your PDF – perfect for signatures – and share your forms with others. The sharing feature is pretty cool, it allows you to collect the responses of others who fill in your form.

If you merely need basic PDF editing functionality, FillAnyPDF.com is a great alternative to more full-featured software like PDFpen or *cringe* Adobe Acrobat.

Try it out – FillAnyPDF.com

24 Mar 2011
No Comments

WTOTW: Learn about viral videos and trending topics with Know Your Meme

By

I share a web tip on my podcast every week. For #LOLshow Episode 22, the featured tip is Know Your Meme, the Internet Meme Database.

A funny thing happened while we were recording Episode 20. After we had recorded the show, we noticed that the term ‘Zangief’ was trending on Twitter. We went, huh?, not knowing why the term was trending.

Later, I realized the reason the term was trending was because of a video of a schoolkid putting the smackdown on a bully at school. Because of his awesome Street Fighter style body slam on the bully, the kid was nicknamed ‘Zangief kid’ and the video went viral. You can see the video and the entire back story on the Zangief kid meme on its database entry on the Know Your Meme website. Read More »

21 Feb 2011
No Comments

WTOTW: Find out where an image came from with TinEye

By

I share a web tip on my podcast every week. For #LOLshow Episode 17, the featured tip is TineEye.

Elevator pitch: TinEye is a reverse image search engine. It finds out where an image came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or if there is a higher resolution version.

Simply go to TineEye.com and upload or provide a link to an image that you want to search for. TinEye will then show you similar images and the web pages they are displayed on. TinEye is smart enough to show you images that were cropped, resized or even manipulated. Here are a few ideas on how to use TinEye:

  • Find out where an image came from, or get more information about it
  • Research or track the appearance of an image online
  • Find higher resolution versions of an image
  • Locate web pages that make use of an image you have created
  • Discover modified or edited versions of an image – especially useful for creatives who have their work stolen or used without attribution

Either way, TinEye is a great website to bookmark for the future. They even provide extensions for Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer.

Try it out – http://www.tineye.com

28 Jan 2011
1 Comment

WTOTW: Remember everything with Evernote

By

I share a web tip on my podcast every week. For #LOLshow Episode 15, the featured tip is Evernote.

Evernote is a digital notebook that helps you capture all the random bits of info floating around you, organize them and then find it again. You can use Evernote to store your text notes, clip interesting web pages, store PDFs and even snap photos. Evernote then syncs all that information to your computer, mobile phone and their website so that you can access and find that information any time.

Check out the fun intro video for an overview.

Read More »

« Older Entries