Tech Luv Thursday: The End Of An Era / #MacBook / #Apple

From the moment I took it home from the Apple store, I loved my MacBook Pro. It had everything I ever wanted in a laptop. Still, the road was bumpy at times. It eventually needed a new battery and a power cable. I replaced both of those without complaint. It would be the video controller that […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Why This Die-Hard Scrivener User Said Goodbye

If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know that I’ve been a serious Scrivener user for the past four years. How serious? People have complained about Scrivener at different writer’s events that I’ve attended in the past. I’d be the one standing up and defending the tool, fist in the air. Okay, maybe I didn’t brandish a […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Note Taking Revisited / #Evernote

Welcome to another Tech Luv Thursday, folks! Last year I did a post about my favorite note taking apps. The pretty clear winner for me at the time was Simplenote. It’s a great app. It doesn’t take up a huge amount of space. It’s fast. It syncs with Scrivener. Also, for those of us who […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Five Reasons I Sold My Kindle

A couple of years ago, on a cold day in December, I opened up a box of happiness. It contained my Kindle Fire HD. This device would be responsible for almost completely converting me to ebooks, something I never expected. After all, I loved the feel of a new book, the way the spine cracked […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Data Loss Drama

Background Backing up data is important to me. Yeah, that’s putting it mildly. I’m not obsessed exactly, but when it comes to making sure I don’t lose my information, I probably take more steps than the average person. Especially, since my livelihood depends on it–you can’t publish books if you lose your manuscripts. Here’s a breakdown of […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Google Hangouts In Real Life / #google

I’m back with another Tech Luv Thursday. Winter is almost upon us. One of the things I hear all the time in Pittsburgh is: I couldn’t make it–the roads were too bad. Hey, I get it. I mean, living in this part of the country can be pretty nasty in mid-January. It’s even worse the […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Dropbox, Drive, and Copy / #tech

Good morning, Tech Lovers! It’s another edition of Tech Luv Thursday! Today, I’m running a comparison of three great solutions: Dropbox, Copy, and Google Drive. Now, I don’t profess to include every single cloud storage solution out there in this article. Nope, in true Tech Luv style, I’m discussing my personal experiences only. So if you’ve […]

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Tech Luv Thursday: Syncing With Scrivener

Hello all! Welcome to another Tech Luv Thursday feature. If you’re new here, then just a heads up about the post. Two Thursdays every month I discuss (and often gush) about tech that rings my bell. Although I’m a writer, I used to wear bunches of other hats. My past includes stints as: a technical writer, software […]

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