I’m kind of a messy person. When I bake, I get flour all over myself and all over the kitchen. In my office, I tend to favor what my mother jokingly refers to as a “vertical filing system.” That’s just a ni...
Finding the right font can make all the difference between a bad website and a good one (or between one that’s merely good and one that’s truly great.) There are tons of resources out there for free fonts, and sorting ...
I’m a sucker for a freebie. Free apps, free games, free trials: I’ll snap ’em all up without a second thought. But let’s be honest: if you’re anything like me, the retention rate for free apps and gam...
For visual learners, video is a great tool for learning a new skill. Beyond just being entertaining, a video can help you to troubleshoot problems on your Mac or learn a new software skill. It can also be a tool for sharing your k...
This is one of the few comics I've actually really laughed at recently.
If you grew up in a Windows household in the 90s or 00s, you are sure to remember Clippy. Clippy was Word’s built-in “helper,” but he never really did much to help out. Clippy came pre-installed with Microsoft Of...
I’m a sucker for a good puzzle game. And while the iPhone is my puzzle platform of choice, there are times when I just want to kick back on my MacBook and veg out. I don’t usually play a lot of puzzle games on my MacBo...
When I’m not writing iOS and Mac app reviews here at dotTech, one of my other gigs involves working for a publishing company. When I’m contracting with them, my role is simple: read popular business books, and produce ...
To continue with the installation process, you have four choices: 'LeftButton', 'LeftMiddleButt', 'MiddleButton', and 'RightButton'. Which one will you pick?
One area of the Mac App Store that I don’t pay enough attention to is Developer Tools. We all have our own favorite categories to browse in the Mac App Store, and sadly, I often forget all about Developer Tools. It’s a...
In high school English class, you were probably subjected to at least one class where you learning about “stream of consciousness” writing. This writing exercise helps people be more creative by simply writing everythi...
When Apple announced its brand new redesigned Mac Pro, they made a pretty big deal out of its design. And understandably so, since it’s most likely unlike any other computer we’ve seen. But there are a few problems wit...
Throughout history, there have been plenty of people who were both young and talented. Age doesn’t always equal experience, and many apps and computer technologies have been created by young, forward-thinking people. The tec...
While social networks make the world seem like a smaller place than ever before, there are some aspects of technology that just don’t seem very forward thinking. I can’t be the only person who finds it weird that I can...
Apple took sometime during its opening keynote at WWDC 2013 to give Mac Pro fans a sneak peek at the future. The Mac Pro is anything but dead: The high-end Apple desktop has a radical new look, high-end components and it’ll ...
