Nomadicoder » Nomadicy http://nomadicoder.com Coding wherever I happen to be Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:49:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The App That Lets Me Leave the iPhone at Home http://nomadicoder.com/2010/05/02/the-app-that-lets-me-leave-the-iphone-at-home/ http://nomadicoder.com/2010/05/02/the-app-that-lets-me-leave-the-iphone-at-home/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 22:12:24 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2010/05/02/the-app-that-lets-me-leave-the-iphone-at-home/ Continue reading →]]> Though I had switched to a Motorola Droid, I kept carrying my iPhone with me. But now that I have Google Listen, Evernote and VIP Access for Android, I have duplicated all of my critical apps on my Droid. It’s nearly perfect. If only OmniFocus ran on the Android. But it’s not critical. Besides, I’m moving my GTD functions to Evernote.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2010/05/02/the-app-that-lets-me-leave-the-iphone-at-home/feed/ 0 Too Many Apps http://nomadicoder.com/2010/03/13/too-many-apps/ http://nomadicoder.com/2010/03/13/too-many-apps/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:11:26 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2010/03/13/too-many-apps/ Continue reading →]]> Monday I had to factory reset my Motorola Droid. I was unable to wake my phone. It was on, the green new mail light was flashing, but when I pressed the power button to wake it up, nothing happened. The night before, I inadvertently made a phone call as was unable to hang up the call. When I hit the power button, the screen would come on with the phone, but immediately go dark. I had to pull the battery to end the call. Verizon told me that it was possible that the onboard memory was corrupted by an app. I can think of two or three that may have done it. To correct the problem, I would have to do a factory reset. This would blow away all of my loaded apps and all of the data associated with those apps.

I had 40-50 apps installed on the phone. While the clean start was nice, reinstalling the “essential” apps and setting up their on-line accounts was a hassle. It took about 2-3 hours to restore the phone to where I had what I needed. In all, I now have 36 apps. Of these, I think I should pare down some more. It would be nice to get below 30. I’m still figuring out what I really need (like WordPlayer) and keeping a few that aren’t essential but really nice (like Pandora.) Some of the productivity items I seldom use an go, like GDocs. I’ve taken out many of the streaming apps like TV.com and Stitcher. But having a much lighter and reliable phone will be nice.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2010/03/13/too-many-apps/feed/ 0 Nomadic Money Saving Tip http://nomadicoder.com/2009/05/27/nomadic-money-saving-tip/ http://nomadicoder.com/2009/05/27/nomadic-money-saving-tip/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 13:20:21 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2009/05/27/nomadic-money-saving-tip/ Continue reading →]]> Wear your shirts till they’re thread bare. When you wear out your shirts, save the buttons (don’t forget the spares) and collar stays before you throw it out. Use the buttons to repair shirts that don’t carry spare buttons and use the collar stays to replace the ones you lost in the laundry.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2009/05/27/nomadic-money-saving-tip/feed/ 1 WRT54G with Comcast Modem http://nomadicoder.com/2007/10/17/wrt54g-with-comcast-modem/ http://nomadicoder.com/2007/10/17/wrt54g-with-comcast-modem/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:48:47 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2007/10/17/wrt54g-with-comcast-modem/ Continue reading →]]> Couldn’t figure out why my Linksys WRT54G router wasn’t connecting to the modem Comcast sent me. After spending most of last night, and part of this evening, I found this site. Unplug your comcast modem for 30 seconds so it can “forget” the mac address of my compter and pick up the mac address of the router.

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]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2005/11/26/hello-world/feed/ 1 Giving Ecto a Try http://nomadicoder.com/2005/04/17/giving-ecto-a-try/ http://nomadicoder.com/2005/04/17/giving-ecto-a-try/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2005 03:04:15 +0000 Steven Continue reading →]]> One problem I have with on line blog software is that you have to be on line to post entries. I’m giving Ecto a try. It appears to let me draft my posts off line and possibly even queue up my posts. This will come in handy with live coverage, where events happen quickly, and it’s difficult to wait for the web server to allow me to post the next item. Then again, I can always open another browser window.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2005/04/17/giving-ecto-a-try/feed/ 0 MacDevCenter.com: Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 4 http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/27/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-4/ http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/27/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-4/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:30:26 +0000 Steven Continue reading →]]> MacDevCenter.com: Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 4 by y Fran�ois Joseph de Kermadec — This is the fourth part of a series discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Today’s focus is on what to bring on the road.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/27/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-4/feed/ 0 MacDevCenter.com: Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 3 http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/14/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-3/ http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/14/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-3/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:00:59 +0000 Steven Continue reading →]]> Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 3 by Franois Joseph de Kermadec and Franois Joseph de Kermadec — This is the third part of a series discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Today’s focus is software encryption and those pesky networks you have to deal with on the road.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/14/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-3/feed/ 0 MacDevCenter.com: Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 2 http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/06/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-2/ http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/06/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-2/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:35:02 +0000 Steven Continue reading →]]> Here’s part 2

Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 2 by Franois Joseph de Kermadec — This is the second part of a series that will run over the next few weeks discussing how to travel safely with your Mac OS X laptop. Now that you’ve made your travel preparations as described in part one, you can now think about getting all of your equipment on the plane safely.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/06/macdevcentercom-mac-os-x-for-the-traveler-part-2/feed/ 0 Mac OS X for the Traveler http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/02/mac-os-x-for-the-traveler/ http://nomadicoder.com/2004/09/02/mac-os-x-for-the-traveler/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2004 02:01:16 +0000 Steven Continue reading →]]> O’Reilly has started a series on their Mac Dev Center site.

“Mac OS X for the Traveler, Part 1 by Franois Joseph de Kermadec — In this first part of an ongoing series about traveling safely with your PowerBook or iBook, you’ll learn that preparation is one of the keys to peace of mind. F.J. helps you get your equipment in order.”

Though for the Mac, I think Windows users can find much of this useful.

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