2010

#FollowFriday – @Brandg: Author, Web Programmer, and Operator for Cthulhu.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor November 12, 2010 Follow Friday

This week’s Follow Friday features Brand Gamblin, aka @Brandg, a man who turned his back on the fast paced world of the computer game industry to work at making network security software easier to use. Oh, and he created what may be the most popular internet puppet show ever. That show, would naturally be the soul […]

Tagged as: Twitter

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November Poll: What would you give for better Nifty Tech Blog?

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor November 10, 2010 Feedback

Chaos has reigned in my life as October ends and November begins. In last month’s poll, I asked everyone how well they liked the polls and if I should continue them, or just halt them and move on to something else. I have to admit that I’m still concerned about the fact that each month […]

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Scrambled Bits – Part One: BitLocker

by Scott Roche November 8, 2010 Windows

[This week we are pleased to bring you the debut review from Scott Roche, our Windows corespondent for the Blog. Please welcome Scott, and enjoy part one of this three part series. – Editor] Security is, unfortunately, not number one on many peoples’ minds when it comes to their home computers. Oh sure, they think […]

Tagged as: BitLocker

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#FollowFriday – @planetx: Uber-geek and Creative Beast

by Scott Roche November 5, 2010 Follow Friday

Today’s Follow Friday recommendation is Jared Axelrod. His profile says that he’s an inventor, an innovator, and a world changer. When you read someone’s profile you can never be entirely certain that they are what they say they are. I can say that in Jared’s case he is.

Tagged as: Twitter

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#FollowFriday – @StephenFry: Author, Actor, Erudite Gentleman, Twitter advocate, and i-Thing Enthusiast.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor October 29, 2010 Follow Friday

This week, the coveted Follow Friday position has been reserved by your humble editor for that most gracious and witty personage, @StephenFry. In many ways, Mr. Fry has been one of the major formative influences for geeks of my generation. In the early 1980’s as my compatriots were emerging from the hormonal haze of high school, […]

Tagged as: Twitter

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Osfoora HD, for Twitter – Crossover Review with Bird House Rules

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor October 25, 2010 Crossover

[Tee has informed me that his work is sending him on a business trip this week, and he’s been unable to complete the final edits for the podcast in time to launch along with the review. I’ve included the links to the audio with this article, but I’m afraid that it may take as much […]

Tagged as: Bird House Rules, iPad, Osfoora HD for Twitter, Tee Morris, Twitter

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#FollowFriday – @PhilRossi: Author, musician, dad blogger,

by Scott Roche October 22, 2010 Follow Friday

[For this week’s Follow Friday, I’m turning the reins over to Scott Roche, our new Windows corespondent for the Blog. Take it away, Scott! – Editor] Welcome to my first Follow Friday blog post for the Nifty Tech Blog! I follow a lot of people on Twitter, over a thousand at last count. That seems […]

Tagged as: Twitter

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Help Support The Nifty Tech Blog

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor October 20, 2010 Announcements

Have you been enjoying The Nifty Tech Blog? We certainly hope so. And we hope that you’d be willing to give something back. We want to bring you more features, more reviews, and better on site services. But we just don’t have the resources to do these things on our own. We’ll continue to do […]

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#FollowFriday – @SpiritualTramp: Writer, Kilt Wearer, Podcaster, Member of Flying Island Press, and Nifty Tech PC Expert!

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor October 15, 2010 Follow Friday

This week I’d like to introduce you to @Spiritualtramp, a talented man in his own right, and the first new Nifty Tech Blog Staffer! @Spiritualtramp, aka Scott Roche, is joining the Nifty Tech Blog staff as our resident Windows PC expert. Going forward you should be seeing a review from him on some Windows based […]

Tagged as: Twitter

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TweetTime for iPad – Crossover Review with Bird House Rules

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor October 12, 2010 Crossover

Welcome back to another installment of the crossover series with Bird House Rules. We’re almost done with looking at Twitter clients for iPad. This week we’ll be looking at a client that is a relative newcomer to the App store, TweetTime for iPad by Dong-Wook Kim. TweetTime for iPad is a $2.99 purchase in the […]

Tagged as: Bird House Rules, iPad, Tee Morris, TweetTime for iPad, Twitter

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