It happens to all of us as some point in our lives (well those of us with websites that is) that just as we’re about to advertise our online presence, release a major update, or go to present to your boss the new look of your site, *BAM* your site will not resolve or your awesome scripting does not work correctly.
While I will admit that sometimes the fault does rest on the server that the site is hosted on, there are a few things you should avoid saying (or typing) to your tech support that will save you from looking somewhat ignorant to the world of tech.
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I take a lot of flack at work for being a Mac user and using mostly all Apple products to compute, listen to music, and manage my media. I had tried out Songbird quite a while back in the early beta days and I just never could get used to it. Well, the developers have released version 1.0 and guess what!? Nothing has changed. I still can’t peal myself away from the slickness of iTunes’ media management and overall experience. You want examples? They are after the fold.
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I’m a recent adapter to the world of the Blackberry with my BlackBerry Curve 8330 (or Crackberry as they are so honestly referred to). While friends and family have had them for a while, I was dead set on getting an iPhone. Well, without going into details, the network I choose was not AT&T, so I obviously didn’t get an iPhone.
I’ve found the Blackberry to be quite a unique tool. I’m using just standard Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) which seems to pretty much be push email with my Gmail account. I’m a Mac user and am left to use Boot Camp to do updates to the OS, but I do have a sync option in PocketMac. While this is great, it still means I have to connect my Curve to my Mac whenever I want to update my calendar. Then I remember, I have Gmail, which gives me Google Calendar. By simply adding the Google Sync app to my Blackberry, I now have, for all practical purposes, push email and a calendar that syncs with a server.
Before we get technical, I know, my contacts don’t sync, and I don’t have folder sync. I do, however, have an environment that resembles an Exchange environment, including sharing calendars since you can subscribe to another users calendar with Google.
Want to get on this boat? It’s simple, setup your Blackberry to use your Gmail account, then in your browser on the device, visit http://m.google.com/sync. That’s it, now enjoy your new environment, never having to connect your device to your computer unless it’s to do an OS update.