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Thoughts on Apple Music

09.08.15 09:09 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)

With Apple's new music offering, I was hoping for quality curated music with discussion about or with the artists. So far, to my experience, there has been little  engagement of the musician, though a number are hosting their own shows.


There is far more Rap / Hip Hop than I am interested to hear. 


A ...

Transferring Content to iPhone

18.07.15 07:58 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)
Transferring Content to iPhone

Found this handy link for those transferring from Android phones to iPhones, and thought I'd share it here.

Creston Downtown Wi-Fi

02.06.15 06:23 PM By David Butt - Comment(s)
Creston Downtown Wi-Fi

Creston's downtown core is now serviced by free Wi-Fi!


The business community, and Shaw Internet have partnered to offer guest access to the Shaw Go network on Creston's Canyon Street. In addition to the businesses already offering wireless connectivity, the availability to connect has been extended...

On Backups

19.05.15 07:41 PM By David Butt - Comment(s)

A sad tale from a recent discussion posted on a cell phone support site I follow:

The poster asks:

"My IPhone 4 has completely died. I will need to get a new phone, was thinking of getting the 5C but want all my photos and music to go on new phone from my old phone. How can this be done?"


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My First Android Phone

19.04.15 08:27 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)
My First Android Phone

I've been curious to learn more about Google's Android operating system, and thanks to a friend in the wireless industry, I received Samsung's newest flagship phone to test drive. In 2009, Apple wooed me with the iPhone 3Gs. At that time, my assessment of the Android operating system, and the phones...

MacSparky Quits His Day Job

27.02.15 09:23 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)
MacSparky Quits His Day Job

David Sparks, author of MacSparky blog has taken the plunge to independence. In his February 16 post he describes the leap of faith to leave the law firm he worked for, and rely on his great publications, Computer Power Users podcast, Blog, and a small number of regular clients.

I have purchased Dav...

Seth Godin on Google

27.02.15 09:00 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)
Seth Godin on Google

Seth asks In his recent article "Is Google Making the web stupid," if the control exerted by Google in keeping as much within it's sphere as possible, is preventing the dissemination of quality information contained in documents which do not meet Google's marketing goals. Not only is there...

Pre-loved computers

30.11.14 06:00 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)

I've owned a number of personal computers since being introduced to the utility of mainframes in the early 1980's. Here are some of the ones I've experienced.

The Commodore VIC 20 was the first computer I owned. It connected to our family TV, and used a specialized tape recorder to store ...

Backups: Crashplan

02.11.14 08:22 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)
Backups: Crashplan

I've been looking for a suitable backup plan for some time now, reviewing a number of options. Until very recently, my Internet connection has been relatively slow, and I've wanted to avoid a large upload across a slow connection. As such, I have created a backup plan with two Apple Time Cap...

Passwords

26.10.14 07:57 AM By David Butt - Comment(s)
Passwords

As the number of websites we engage increases, and the troublemakers become more sophisticated, creating unique yet memorable passwords for each site we go to has become very important. In the past, many websites asked you to create an identity, and a password. This allowed folks to create unique ID...

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