What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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I finally bit the bullet and signed up for a Twitter account. If you have never heard of Twitter before, it can be best described by the verbiage on the main page of the Twitter web site: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? If this doesn’t make a lot of sense to you, you are not alone. In fact, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me either. Hence the reason it has taken me so… Continue reading...
Whenver I teach Noobie’s Selecting a Cell Phone That’s Right for You workshop, I always get strange looks when I get to the section on text messaging. The strange looks stem from me telling my audience that to the younger generation, email is dead and that text messaging is the new communication medium. This statement was carved in stone for me earlier this week when I talked to a 23-year old woman about her new Blackberry Pearl smart phone. She mentioned to me that she was still ramping up on the new phone learning how to use the keys on… Continue reading...
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The iPhone is an amazing device. But what amazes me most about it is that whenever I show it to someone, I never get to the best features on the phone without the person I am showing it to exclaiming, “That is so cool, I want one!” Case in point. Here is what I love about my iPhone: It fully integrates with my Gmail account. If I delete an email on my iPhone, it is deleted on my email when I get back to the office. Visual voicemail. My voice mail displays on my phone as if it were email.… Continue reading...
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I could go on and on about the advantages DVDs have over their predecessor, the VHS videotape. But how many of you have ever heard anyone tell you a disadvantage? Please allow me to be the first. Over the weekend I was watching a movie on DVD late at night. After several head-bobs I realized I wasn’t going to make it through the remainder of the movie without falling asleep. So I stopped the movie, powered off all of the equipment and went to bed. The next day, when I was ready to watch the rest of the movie, I… Continue reading...
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I have been going back and forth debating whether or not to purchase the newly revamped Apple TV. It seems that for every advantage I come up with, I give birth to another disadvantage. For instance, on one hand I would love to be able to rent high definition movies from the iTunes Store. But on the other hand I keep thinking of how many high definition DVDs I could rent from Netflix in lieu of the $329 Apple TV price tag. But if I decide to rent high definition DVDs from Netflix, I’ll need to purchase a new Blu-ray… Continue reading...
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