Work and Organization

How to Print with an iPad

Apr 26th, 2010

by David Balogh in Work and Organization

How to print from an iPad Photo courtesy of FORM

One of the iPad’s mysteries is printing. There’s no USB cable to attach to a printer. No built-in way to transfer stuff to a printer via WiFi. Not even in the iPad’s iWork suite is there a “Print” function.

If you were to use an iPad for any sort of business or educational purpose, what are you supposed to do?

Here are your iPad printing options:

Managing your Blackberry on OS X

Apr 22nd, 2010

by David Balogh in Work and Organization

Blackberry Desktop Manager for OS X Photo courtesy of RIM

Before the iPhone, the smartphone of choice was a Blackberry. Even now Research in Motion’s offerings are a great competitor. Yes, the iPhone has the interface, touch surface and the app store that RIM envies but the Blackberry is still standard issue in the enterprise world. Many of you who have a work cell phone most likely have a Blackberry.

What if you have a Blackberry and a Mac? Not a problem. Here’s a simple way to sync your Blackberry’s contacts, music, photos and email with OS X.

Impressions after playing with an iPad:

Apr 8th, 2010

by David Balogh in Work and Organization

Behold the iPad in All Its Glory by GlennFleishman Photo courtesy of GlennFleishman

iPad, iPad, iPad. That’s the big focus in the news, on the internet and in all the Apple websites. Now, don’t get me wrong – I think its a pretty sweet device and I’ve spent some time playing with one. However, to call the iPad “Revolutionary” is a bit of a stretch – for now.

The following is a list of 10 observations I noticed about the iPad after playing with one for a little bit. Hopefully they will help you in deciding if one is for you or not.

10 Ways To Keep Yourself, and Your Mac Secure

Apr 1st, 2010

by David Balogh in Work and Organization

Security by CarbonNYC Photo courtesy of CarbonNYC

OS X running Safari was hacked again at Pwn2own by Charlie Miller for the third year in a row. Tired of Apple’s (and other software companies) lackluster approach to securing their product, he announced he will not be disclosing vulnerabilities to them anymore. He’ll gladly show Apple how he finds them, hoping they will begin scanning and patching OS X.

While this doesn’t translate into a tsunami of OS X malware, nor is it a threat of impending doom, it reminds us that OS X is not the invulnerable OS you may think it is.

Since turning off the computer and hiding under a rock isn’t an option, follow these 10 tips to keep yourself secure.

Easily Transferring Large Files over the Internet

Feb 18th, 2010

by David Balogh in Work and Organization

Post Box Full by Futureshape Photo courtesy of Futureshape

Sending someone large files isn’t as easy as attaching them to an email. If you’ve ever tried that, you’ll remember the cryptic “Mailer Daemon / Postmaster Failure” notice you received shortly after. This notice means the email didn’t go through and was dropped. Why? Because many email providers have limits on their attachment size. Go over that limit and your email will be dropped.

How then are you supposed to send a large file to someone? What if they are three time zones away, or in another country? You’ll still use the internet, but you won’t be using email.