Tag Archives: Linux

What Really Motivates Us

By Rob | Published: June 30, 2010
This is one of the coolest lectures I’ve heard. I can totally appreciate and relate to what Dan Pink is talking about. My job as a web developer and designer is considered a “rudimentary cognitive skill.” Now, his message is not to pay your professionals less money so they’ll be more productive but to allow [...]
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Keep your iPad, I’ll take an ICD Gemini

By Rob | Published: April 6, 2010
I came across an article by Engadget this morning highlighting and announcing ICD’s Tegra 2-powered Gemini and with all the iPad buzz that’s flying around I had to post a quick write up on this. Now let me say that I am by no means anti-Mac. I love their products and if I had the [...]
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Using Gnome-Do To Stay Up-To-Date With Twitter

By Rob | Published: May 28, 2009
There are a lot of applications out there that can help you stay in-touch with your Twitter account but for Ubuntu users the simplest is Gnome-Do. If you’re not looking for a all out interface to clutter your desktop and want a lightweight, minimalist solution I would suggest using Gnome-Do and it’s Microblogging plugin. It’s [...]
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Use CompizConfig To Set A Terminal Shortcut

By Rob | Published: May 2, 2009
Okay this a fairly easy tip but a huge time saver if your constantly using the terminal. I’ll show you a quick way to open up a terminal and set it’s window size. Obviously you need to be using Compiz along with the “CompizConfig Settings Manager”. If you don’t have CompizConfig Settings Manager installed just: [...]
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Installing And Configuring Synergy

By Rob | Published: April 28, 2009
Messing around at work today I realized how nice of a program Synergy is and how easy it can make things if you simultaneously run two or more computers. At work I have Synergy installed between a test server and my primary desktop. These two computers sit side by side on my desk but I [...]
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