Catholic Tech Talk

After working on the web for almost 15 years, 12 of those working in Information Technology, and doing a considerable amount of work in computer forensics and security, you’d think I picked up a thing or two about how to protect yourself online. Nonetheless, I got hacked. Specifically, my Apple iTunes account was hacked. Synopsis [...]

Over at the Apple Blog, there’s a post entitled, ’7 Essential iPad Productivity Apps.’ For those on the fence over whether or not the iPad can make you more productive, start with a look at that article. I’ve got most of those apps already (although I’m still waiting for the iWork Suite to beef up [...]

Periodically, I’ll get a question like, “What’s the best solution for selling my photos?” Actually, this was one of my first big assignments at my day gig. After doing some research on paid and free offerings, I settled on SmugMug, and I fully endorse these folks for hosting and photo reprint fulfillment. Among the many [...]

The USCCB (United States Catholic Conference of Bishops) has launched a new website ‘campus’ to promote Catholic social teaching.  From the USCCB site we have this… WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development has collaborated with eleven Catholic organizations to create a new Web site to help college students [...]

The SixRevisions blog has a neat article entitled, ‘The History of Computers in a Nutshell’. It includes some great photos as well. The picture of the Commodore PET brings back memories for me, since that was the first computer our family ever owned. I learned a little BASIC on it, and we had a fun [...]

WooThemes, a premium WordPress and ExpressionEnginge theme developer, announced today that they are adding Drupal to their mix of design platforms. “After months of back-and-forth, we’re really happy to finally announce the addition of Drupal themes to the WooThemes family. Having launched our theme awesomeness on both ExpressionEngine  & Tumblr since the beginning of the [...]

With the demise of free Ning, for many organizations, it’s going to be a scramble to find an alterntive social networking platform. Fortunately, the folks at WPMU Dev have announced the availability of a Ning To BuddyPress User Importer.

With the proliferation of social networking and smartphones (many with GPS), ‘location-based social networking’ has become a hot topic. For the uninitiated, location-based social networking is the use of smartphone apps to ‘check-in’ at the locations you visit. You then share this information with other social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook, or with [...]

Pre-orders are now available for the HTC Droid Incredible. Based on this review by Engadget, it appears to be a winner.

In case you hadn’t heard, “Ning Fails at Free Social Networking.” That’s not a statement of opinion either, their free ad-supported version will be going away in less than 30 days. I’ve spent some time using the service and built a few test ‘nings.’ An early version of this site actually included a free ning. [...]

Before I purchased my MacBook Pro, I gave the Microsoft Tablet PC a serious look. I was intrigued by something physically narrower and with a touch-sensitive screen interface. The high cost of the available devices and my interest in switching OS platforms dissuaded me from the purchase. Nonetheless, I still longed for a device that; [...]

Is this the end of paper-based publishing and reading? Perhaps. The debate is still open, but the iPad, along with the Kindle and Sony Readers, have certainly made a case for consuming books on hand-held devices. In particular, the iPad seems to be best positioned to deliver the goods, with a decent reading experience, and [...]

With magical reviews like this and a hearty list of available apps like this, I’m leaning ever closer towards an iPad purchase. For me to go ahead with a purchase, these are some of the questions I need answered. ‘Readability’, that is, how long can I comfortably read on the device. I’ve been considering an [...]