Jane Talks Tech!

So, I activated Twitter Tools last week. I don't remember when I activated the  "Create a Weekly Post from all twitter updates", but I logged in this morning to find over 20 published posts that had the same twitter digest material. Yeah, not cool. I have obviously since turned off the weekly digest option and waiting for an update to rectify the issue. I love the plugin and since it's being actively maintained, I'm sure the owner (Alex King) will have an update soon. This brings me to crux of this post: software titles that have ...

So, I couldn’t think of a witty title. My Christmas break is dwelling heavily on my mind. :) I’m looking forward to the break more than I realized. Well, I finally decided that I was going to quit kidding around and learn (or try to) a programming language. Back in my undergraduate years, I took 2 computer science classes (C++ and Java). I excelled at them, but at the time, I was preoccupied with graduating in time & I decided to drop that line of study for my eventual major, Biology. Well, I’ve always been interested in programming and I ...

This post was inspired by the current (it’s dying down) kerfuffle generated over FeedDemon’s latest Release Candidate containing adverts. Now, I haven’t installed it or tried it out yet. However, I left a comment on Nick Bradbury’s blog about the issue that I’ll repost here:...

<rant>Or give me a get-out-of-jail-free card. I’m serious. I don’t really care about integrating my account with Facebook, Flixster or Wixster. I don’t care for the fancy visual changes. How about giving us POP or IMAP access for free? If that’s too much to take, offer POP/IMAP access for less than the current rip-off price of $19.95 per year. I mean, all I use my Yahoo! email for is just that – mail and because Yahoo’s been apparently resistant to freeing up the email pipes, I’ve slowly and surely made other services (Hotmail & Gmail) my primary means of contact. ...