Category Archives: productivity

DNSMadeEasy – Enterprise DNS Services.

Posted on August 9, 2010 by davemackey

Tonight I was pondering what I should blog about. I’m trying to be a little more regular in my blogging. I noticed an email from DNSMadeEasy, an enterprise DNS service I utilize, apologizing for a recent outage – their first … Continue reading →

Posted in productivity, technology, web | Tagged Denial-of-service attack, dns, DNS Providers, Domain Name System, Internet service provider, IP address, Name server, Protocols | 3 Comments

Pondering the Future of Higher Education.

Posted on August 7, 2010 by davemackey

Image via Wikipedia Bill Gates at the Techonomy conference discussed the future of education based on technological innovation and suggested that the prevalence of place-based education will significantly decrease within the next five years, with a shift towards online / … Continue reading →

Posted in learning, other, productivity, technology, web | Tagged Bill Gates, Colleges and Universities, Distance education, Education, Higher education, technology, United States, YouTube | 5 Comments

Kindle eReader.

Posted on July 29, 2010 by davemackey

Image via Wikipedia I still don’t have personal hands-on experience with an Amazon Kindle, but I’m looking forward to getting my hands on one (someday). These are luxury devices for me – and while I want one – I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in books, household, learning, productivity, technology | Tagged Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, ebook, ereader, review, Wi-Fi | Leave a comment

Monitoring Your Credit (for Free).

Posted on July 22, 2010 by davemackey

Image via Wikipedia It used to be you had to pay to get your credit report, then federal law required the credit agencies to provide us with one free credit report each year. This was a huge step forwards but … Continue reading →

Posted in finances, household, productivity, services, web | Tagged Business, Credit score, CreditKarma, Experian, Financial Services, Quicken Loans, Quizzle, TransUnion | 3 Comments

SugarSync – For Backups, Archiving and Sharing.

Posted on July 6, 2010 by davemackey

Image via CrunchBase I am continuously encouraging individuals and businesses to make backups of their systems. I am continually shocked by the number of individuals who take no steps to protect their data against a catastrophic failure and repeatedly see … Continue reading →

Posted in household, productivity, services, software, web | Tagged backup, dr, files, iphone, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mobile device, SugarSync, sync, Web application, Windows Mobile | 5 Comments