Interesting Links, May 21, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on May 21, 2012:

Creating Custom Invoices for QuickBooks 2012 for Mac – This is an article I wrote for an HP website. The customization feature of QuickBooks for Mac is pretty darn cool.

Interesting Links, May 17, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on May 17, 2012:

A Letter from Mark Zuckerberg – Too funny. I wonder how many suckers will buy into Facebook? Remember AOL? Geocities? MySpace? Do I need to keep listing them? How long do you really think Facebook will be around?

Here are links I found interesting on May 14, 2012:

Badass of the Week: Nikola Tesla – How Tesla is so amazing.
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived – The Oatmeal nails it again — and blasts Edison in the process.
PolitiFact | Letter from a Rachel Maddow fan – Rachel Maddow criticized Politifact and a fan (of hers) set her straight.
George Lucas pushes low-income housing option – "Filmmaker George Lucas is pushing forward with plans to build low-income housing at Marin County's picturesque Grady Ranch, a vow of his that was widely dismissed as an insincere attempt by the billionaire to thumb his nose at complaining neighbors." Bravo, Mr. Lucas. This is what these NIMBYs deserve.

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Maria Langer

Here are links I found interesting on May 3, 2012:

iOS: Troubleshooting Personal Hotspot – Useful information about troubleshooting personal hotspot issues on iPhone and new iPad. The most important takeaway: "Note: If you leave the Personal Hotspot screen or put your iOS device to sleep, the device only broadcasts the Wi-Fi network for an additional 90 seconds. If no devices join the Wi-Fi network during that time, iPhone or iPad Wi-Fi + 4G stops broadcasting your Wi-Fi network. You can start broadcasting your Wi-Fi network again by tapping Settings > Personal Hotspot."
Apple Trademark List – Up-to-date list of Apple trademarks and service marks. Useful when writing about Apple products.

Here are links I found interesting on April 27, 2012:

Plan to crop – Interesting article with information about cropping photographs to fit standard size prints and frames.
Chickens As Pets and the iBookstore delay – Another author shares my frustration with Apple's complete failure to timely review and publish iBooks Author-generated interactive ebooks. Why did they give us this tool if they can't support publishing it?