Manage 2017 Like a Boss: 3 Steps To Owning Your Inbox

As you may have gotten from our tagline, I’m a writer. I’m also a technical consultant and an instructional design consultant. What that means is, I have three email accounts.  An author account, a personal account, and a consulting account. Whenever I visit a client site and happen to glimpse their inbox, it freaks me […]

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Cord Cutting Essentials: Amazon Fire TV Stick Follow Up

Hello nerds! As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, Steph and I have cut the cord, canceling our pricey, cable TV subscription. Back in October we unboxed our brand-new (then) Amazon Fire TV Stick. Today, we’ll share how it’s been going. In this video we’ll discuss what has been working for us in terms of streaming our shows […]

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5 Android Apps For A Very Nerdy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Nerds! Today, is that great,American tradition. The one where we sit around, watch football, and stuff ourselves silly. And it all happens in the company of our closest friends and relatives. Keeping in the tradition of all things nerdy here in The Garden, we’d like to offer up a shortlist of 5 […]

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20 Super-Useful Apps We Just Can’t Live Without!

It’s Monday! We hope you have a hella-good one. One of the things we’ve chatted about this past weekend in the garden are our favorite apps and we thoughts we’d share them with all of you. So, without further ado, here are 20 super-useful apps for a mix of platforms and devices. Music Audacity: When […]

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A Real-World Review of Tablets For Kids

  Happy Thursday, Nerds! In a little over a week, the Black Friday insanity will begin. For tech lovers, however, it’s the following Monday that matters. The Monday after Thanksgiving is known as Cyber Monday. That means that many of you (myself included) will be on-line, buying all sorts of gadgets for your friends and […]

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Take Your Music To The Subsonic Level

On any given day here at The Nerd Garden, you’ll hear awesome rock music! Nothing gets me going like Led Zeppelin or good, old Heavy Metal. From Steph’s office you’ll frequently hear British Alternative. Steph and I have collected a ton of music over the years. A lot of this collection is on CD! You […]

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How To Rock NaNoWriMo 2016

Hello, fellow nerds! Happy November. If you’re a writer, then you know exactly what’s going down over the course of the next four weeks. Why, National Novel Writing Month, of course! I get questions all the time on my tips for how to survive this insane time. I’ve got a video today, (partly humorous and […]

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