Web hosting for designers, sounds good right? It’s exactly that. I made the transition from GoDaddy to Site5 and couldn’t be happier. GoDaddy’s interface was sluggish, confusing, and at most times… completely pointless. A friend recommended that I try out Site5 for my hosting. The prices were higher then GoDaddy (price is the only thing that kept me there) and I couldn’t find a whole lot of user reviews on it....

A common topic amongst new and old Mac users, do i really need antivirus software on my Mac? Well the answer will depend on who you ask, but lets take a look at all the scenarios and weigh our options. First, what is a virus, how do you get one, and what will they really do. A virus is any kind of malicious code written to benefit another third party, or sometimes even disrupt your computing experience. Most people assume that a virus can...

For those of you trully nerdy enough to need something like this, i solute you. In fact i myself have recently needed to run a jabber (XMPP) server for one reason or another, so here is the simplest and most popular option available to Mac OS X users right now. Ignite Realtime’s Openfire is a simple yet powerful open source solution to this problem. Here’s how to do it. Check out the Ignite Realtime Openfire webpage and download...

If you are anything like me, you spend way too much time sitting in front of your computer. Listening to music is a great way to keep your cool after a long work day. Unfortunately the iTunes built in radio functionality is just not up to par with some of the better more accessible online alternatives. Today i want to talk about Last.fm, my online radio pick for your Mac. Lets take a look. Last.fm is an online radio/”scrobbling”...

How nice would it be to have your documents synchronized on all of your machines? Having the ability to work on a document on your home pc, then being able to pull up the same document on your work pc without having to transfer it. Dropbox allows us to do just that. It keeps all your documents synchronized and you can get a 2gb account for free. Here’s how. Go to the Dropbox website, and download the client. Fortunately it is...

Some people, mostly those new to the Mac OS, aren’t aware of the wide array of P2P software that is available. OS X i would say is just as good if not even better then Windows in a file sharing sense. With the relatively small amount of virus and exploit issues that Mac experiences, it is a much more safe environment to dabble in file sharing with. In this article, i would like to discuss a couple P2P options available for OS X, and...