Archive for July, 2009

My Favorite Firefox Addons, Part 2
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

I’m a big fan of Firefox’s extensibility, and I thought that it would be helpful to others considering Firefox or using Firefox to share some of my favorite addons to the web browser. In part 1, I looked at some of the most crucial addons to web security. Here in part 2, I will talk [...]

The iPhone 3GS: My Impressions
Saturday, July 18th, 2009

I’m still proudly holding on to my original iPhone, but fortunately I’ve had the opportunity to have some extended hands-on time with the new iPhone 3GS. My usage of has formed some definite thoughts and opinions. The new model boasts a lot of new features and incremental improvements, and I’ll go in depth into them [...]

My Favorite Firefox Addons, Part 1
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

I say that you should use Firefox because it is the most secure out there, but the real reason that I’m not about to switch browsers is because of Firefox’s extensibility. There’s a whole range of addons and plugins out there that can open up a lot of new uses and functionality in your web [...]

Article: How Publishers Can Make Electronic Textbooks Successful
Friday, July 10th, 2009

As it currently stands, electronic textbooks will never take off. Last month I wrote an article about this, discussing the pros and cons of using e-book readers such as the Amazon Kindle DX for college textbooks. There are many advantages to e-textbooks – read the article for a list – but there is one big, [...]

Tyler the Tech Guy is Now on Twitter
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

You can now follow all my tech writing on Twitter. It’s at http://www.twitter.com/TylertheTechGuy. My Twitter page will not be automated — I’ll be posting everything myself, so anybody who wants to contact me on there will get a reply, and I’ll see it if you mention me in your tweet. Hit me up on there [...]

My Gear: My phone, the iPhone
Monday, July 6th, 2009

I’m kind of unusual. I’m not one of those gadget guys who has 4 phones, 3 data plans, and countless sim cards. I have one phone — one — and I’ve had it now for over two years. It’s the original Apple iPhone, bought in July of 2007 for $600, and I’ve added an entry [...]