Category: Rememberall

  • Open Book: Managing Your eBook Collection With Calibre

    I am having fun with my Kindle Fire and reading this to make sure I can use Calibre.  Sometimes I have time to learn on my own, sometimes I like to race along. Open Book: Managing Your eBook Collection With Calibre

  • How algorithms shape our world

    Kevin Slavin argues that we’re living in a world designed for — and increasingly controlled by — algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can’t understand, with implications we can’t…

  • The 3-D Printing Free-for-All

    From NYTimes, By NICK BILTON,  Ángel Franco/The New York TimesThe MakerBot 3-D printer makes objects from molten plastic from a computer design. Downloading — quite often stealing, in the eyes of the law — music, movies, books and photos is easier than bobbing for apples in a bucket without water. It has kept legions of…

  • Taking LinkedIn Seriously: Bootcamp

    I started using LinkedIn pretty soon after its release and it was a sparse, actually empty, social network at that time.  It has come a long way, but my use of it hasn’t.  I adopted too early.  Following the rule of attending to one thing, and being reminded by a peer, I found the LinkedIn…

  • Open Source Replacements for The Expensive Applications

    From Internet.com 67 Open Source Replacements for Really Expensive Applications. I have had recent experience selecting and recommending software in a number of these categories and this review echos my own results in many areas. Essentially, even if you need commercial support, many open source programs now offer paid support that costs much less than…

  • Password Strength

    Next time you update your password…

  • Cheap Network Accessible Storage

    I was searching for a inexpensive way to add a great deal of storage to a network and a colleague sent me this design.  Thanks Robert.  The best part is that they are an open company as I am, so they provide all the details of the design for me to use and hope for…