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Organizing lots of pictures

jvallery — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:36:02 +0000

If you’re anything like me you’ve been taking digital pictures for a long time now. You’ve used various strategies and tools for organizing them over the years. You’ve gone through several computers and moved the files around countless times. Where does that leave you? With an unorganized mess. With library software like Picasa you can [...]

Building a near silent PC

jvallery — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:15:30 +0000

I spend 12 to 14 hours a day in my office on any given weekday. My productivity on my PC is vital and as a result I’m not afraid to invest in good equipment. For the last several desktop workstations that I’ve used I’ve assembled the computer myself from various components. One of my challenges [...]

My solution for reading RSS across several computers and an iPhone

jvallery — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:04:49 +0000

I’ve been a long time Google Reader user. It’s great having one place that remembers exactly what you have read and what you haven’t. I had never really spent any time using a desktop feed reader as the online ones have always met my needs. Recently however I started a new job at NewsGator Technologies. [...]

10 steps to organize your digital life on OS X and Windows

jvallery — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:30:51 +0000

In meat space my wife and I are far from organized. It’s a real problem because we are always losing important things like our car keys. Unfortunately, this how-to won’t help me solve that problem. In the digital world however, I’m extremely anal retentive and organized. Everything is in its place and easily searchable. It [...]