Have you noticed that there is no “View Source” in Safari? This is a feature that I frequently use in desktop browsers such as Chrome. Well, here’s a simple trick that quickly solves that. Viewing the source code of a web page in Safari on your iPad or iPhone requires the creation of a “bookmarklet”. […]
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How to create a good, strong, random but memorable password
The world is moving to the cloud and so securing your accounts and personal data is more important than ever. In fact, it is essential. The step in this process is to make sure that your passwords are “strong”. The Wikipedia definition of a strong password is: Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of […]
Instagram: the what, where, how and why of Instagram
Instagram is a new social network for sharing pictures – basically, it is like Twitter for photos but with Facebook’s like button. It launched in October 2010 and already has over 5 million users (in only nine months). It has had more than 100 million photos uploaded at a current rate of 860,000 per day. Instagram is […]
How to auto tweet and create your own Twitter bot
UPDATE (2015): Please note that Yahoo has now closed down Pipes which is referenced in this article. See the announcement here: http://pipes.yqlblog.net/post/120705592639/pipes-end-of-life-announcement UPDATE: Please note that the functionality described in this blog post relises on Twitter API version 1.0 which has now been deprecated by Twitter. This means that the functionality described may no longer […]
The iPad – My first impressions
My new shiny iPad was delivered last Thursday (one day early) and so with five days of working with it, I thought I’d share my experiences and views. Love at first sight. It was heavier than I expected.. but in a good way. It feels solid. Expensive. How could you not love it’s design. Initial […]
How to change your Twitter name and keep your followers
In a world where personal branding is increasingly more important, the user name you select for your Twitter account is more essential than ever. What happens if you decide that your Twitter name no longer reflects your brand identity? Changing your Twitter name is a simple task but you need to be careful and ensure […]
Online backup providers – a winner at last
UPDATE: The information in this page is out of date and although I am leaving it here for archive purposes, please do not rely on the advice. Today, I only use Backblaze for Mac and Timemachine backups. I’ve been using online backup services for a couple of years now – both personally and professionally. I […]
My top three favourite (new) gadgets
I like gadgets – always have, always will – and 2009 has been a bumper year for gadgetry in my house. Here’s my top 3 list of gadgets (so far): 1. iPhone. I can’t believe that I put up with Windows Mobile for as long as I did. My new iPhone 3GS is one of […]
My New Personal Organizer Tools – Palm to Web 2.0
I like to think of myself as an organized person. I started using a paper-based DayTimer® back in the late 80’s. I used hand written task lists – meticulously updated on a daily basis. In 1994, I got my first PDA – a Palm Pilot. It was awesome.. and I kept with variations of the […]
New Approach to the CAPTCHA Problem
There is nothing worse than receiving a few hundred automated enquiry form submissions per day generated by spammers using “bots”. At Vertical Leap, until we put up a CAPTCHA on our enquiry forms – this is how many we were getting. Maybe it was because we have the word “Search” in our web site title […]