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: 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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