A Digital Nomad

MSI HD 6870 Video Card – How to Install on Mac OSX

Marke Clinger — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:45:34 +0000

Updated January 1, 2012 (original – April 30, 2011)

The procedure below works for MacOS X Lion with one change, you don’t have to load the drivers. The drivers for the ATI Radeon HD 6870 are included in the MacOS X Lion distribution. Unlike supported cards, the screen still starts out . . . → Read More: MSI HD 6870 Video Card – How to Install on Mac OSX

2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon at 100%

Marke Clinger — Mon, 02 May 2011 02:56:15 +0000

My Mac Pro is an early 2008 version with 2 2.8 GHz Quad-Core CPUs. It isn’t very often I utilize my Mac to its fullest potential, but the other day I was encoding video and noticed all all 8 cores maxed out!

2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon at 100%

Love to see them . . . → Read More: 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon at 100%

Top 10 Best iPad Business Applications

Marke Clinger — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:49:11 +0000

Paulsipad.com updated his Top 10 Best iPad Apps a while back. My list is significantly different, probably because my job is quite different, so I thought I would publish my list. These apps, except numbers 6 and 10, I feel pretty passionate about. That is, I like to use them and without them, I wouldn’t . . . → Read More: Top 10 Best iPad Business Applications

iPad Excel Compatible Apps – Call for Input

Marke Clinger — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:29:02 +0000

The lack of a good Excel compatible application is the biggest problem I have come up against when using my iPad for business. Initially Numbers didn’t even output to an Excel file (it does now) which was a show stopper for me.

None of the applications I purchased are perfect and all have things that . . . → Read More: iPad Excel Compatible Apps – Call for Input

iPad International Plan Uses US Minutes First

Marke Clinger — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:38:46 +0000

It is always a hard decision when traveling internationally on how much bandwidth to buy on the iPad international plan. It is very costly at a dollar or more per megabyte. However, for now at least, buy the smallest plan and use as much as your US plan will allow. I have the AT&T iPad . . . → Read More: iPad International Plan Uses US Minutes First

iPad Tip: Calendar Time Zone Support

Marke Clinger — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:00:05 +0000

This problem has been described to me as “Time Shift” by X number of hours, where X turns out to be equal to the time zone difference between the purchaser of the iPad and Cupertino. It has also been described as “my events don’t change to my new time zone when I am traveling.” I . . . → Read More: iPad Tip: Calendar Time Zone Support

SugarSync: Essential iPad Business App

Marke Clinger — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:35:03 +0000

I recently wrote an article which described how I picked SugarSync as my primary application for sharing data. In this article I will cover more about SugarSync and how I implemented it to not only create a great way to get files on my iPad when I am traveling, but to also create a way . . . → Read More: SugarSync: Essential iPad Business App

GoodReader: Essential Application for Business use of iPad

Marke Clinger — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:47:23 +0000

Other than multitasking and printing, file management is the biggest complaint you hear about the iPad. For me file management on the iPad was one of the biggest issues I had until I started taking full advantage of GoodReader. My goal, which I have accomplished, is to replace my laptop for business travel with the . . . → Read More: GoodReader: Essential Application for Business use of iPad

iPad Calendar and Mail Part 2

Marke Clinger — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:15:24 +0000

In an earlier post I wrote about my integration of Toodledo with my Outlook tasks. I have never been comfortable going to a pure Web based task management system due to the amount of time I spend traveling, which equates to time not connected to the Internet. Flights are a good time to reflect on . . . → Read More: iPad Calendar and Mail Part 2

iPad Day 1 – Outlook Data Integration & Toodledo

Marke Clinger — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:25:13 +0000

I worked from home on April 30th to make sure someone (ok….me) was there to receive the iPad. It arrived at 11:15 am and I had to leave it in the box for the next 45 mins while I finished up some work items. Was that really the reason for the delay in opening it . . . → Read More: iPad Day 1 – Outlook Data Integration & Toodledo