Sometimes less is definitely more. Our world today is full of distractions. We’re accustomed to doing several things all at once. It’s hard to concentrate on one thing. This is especially true for writing.
There have been successful applications such as WriteRoom who have managed to unclutter the desktop and allow writers to concentrate on writing instead of the chaos that is their desktop.
OmmWriter is an application similar to WriteRoom. However it ups the ante a little bit. Instead of offering you just a blank canvass, OmmWriter sets a meditation mood complete with background music and a zen like background. Evoking …read more

It seems everyday there’s a new device or gadget that enters our lives and brings with it a host of cables and connections we need to all figure out. Sometimes it’s obvious how things get connected, other times you may have some questions.

StarTech.com has put together a handy little tool on the web called Conxit. All you have to do is walk through their simple, two-step process and you’re provided with a list of cables and connections to get your devices talking to each other as they’re supposed to do.
First, select the device you’re trying to connect from, then select …read more

eWeek had a great article/annoying slide show about the top 10 security risks that your users pose to your organization. One interesting thing I noted was with all of the increases in security (firewalls, IPS/IDS, NAC, password hardening, etc) in today’s organization, most of these are not even looked at.
Think about the easy of someone to walk out with their laptop and have it lost on the train (with not encryption)… Or someone with P2P software on their machine (that is sharing out their entire C drive)… Or worse yet, wifi (without separating it from the rest …read more