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About Carl Natale
Posts by Carl Natale
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SugarSync isn’t such a sweet alternative to Dropbox
13 Aug 2012 by Carl Natale / 1 Comment
Dropbox is one the most useful tools that I use. Being able to easily access files from any computer is a must for anyone who works remotely, but it’s good to have alternatives to Dropbox sometimes. One of those alternatives is SugarSync. At first glance, it looks like it can do a better job than Dropbox. However, there are a few issues that may have you think twice. The bad news After i...
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How to find out if your Mac is infected with malware
04 Jun 2012 by Carl Natale
One of the favorite Mac vs. PC myths is “PCs are slow, they always crash, and get viruses!” The corollary to that would be “Macs never get viruses.” That’s getting harder to say with a straight face. In April, research firm Sophos released a study that found one in five Macs was infected with malware. The study comes from a survey of 100,000 Macs that downloaded Sophos’s fr...
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Privacy: Ghostery helps you elude online trackers in all browsers
19 Mar 2012 by Carl Natale / 1 Comment
Ghostery shows you who is tracking you and let's you stop them. Browser cookies are the black helicopters of the Internet age. Everyone seems to believe they’re only used for a secret, evil purpose. I guess it depends on your definition of evil. Companies use cookies to store information about Internet users. That information is coupled with other data collected via “tags, web bu...
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Simplify list making and note taking with WorkFlowy
05 Mar 2012 by Carl Natale
I used WorkFlowy to outline this blog post There’s another free productivity tool that harnesses the power of simplicity. WorkFlowy is probably the simplest, most powerful web app you will find. Basically it’s a list maker that can be used as a task organizer and project management tool. To use it, just start typing. Automatically you’re creating a bullet point. Press “re...
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iTriage helps people find medical care on their mobile phones
21 Feb 2012 by Carl Natale
There are mobile apps that will help you improve your health, but what about when you’re sick or injured? You need to know what is wrong with you and where to get it treated (probably more important). The iTriage app for Android, iOS, and Palm will help you diagnosis what ails you. If you don’t have a smartphone, you can still access the information on the web. It starts out with a...
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“Focus on the User” inserts competing social network links into Google search results
09 Feb 2012 by Carl Natale
When Google launched “Search Plus Your World“ (SPYW) it took a big step toward becoming the company that everyone loves to hate. By integrating search results from the Google+ network into your regular search, plenty of people cried foul. And not just the ones working for Twitter and Facebook. By excluding results from other social networks, critics claim that Google is tampering wit...
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How to create, format and self-publish your own eBook
03 Feb 2012 by Carl Natale / 6 Comments
When Apple rolled out iBooks 2, it also released a tool to create interactive ebooks called iBook Author. It’s free and supposed to be easy to use. The catch is that you can only use it to sell books via Apple’s iBooks store, although you can use it to create ebooks that you can distribute for free. iBooks Author is an important tool because creating an ebook is a bit more complicated ...
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Create better online videos with the YouTube Creator Playbook
23 Jan 2012 by Carl Natale
There are two ways you can use YouTube to gain fame and fortune: Create a viral video that gets viewed by millions of people. Create a YouTube channel that drives traffic to your brand over time. Viral videos rely a lot on quirkiness and luck. Despite that randomness, there are some best practices that will help your video. The more methodical approach to building a popular YouTube channel requi...
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Clearly: Chrome browser extension cuts distractions from web pages
13 Jan 2012 by Carl Natale / 2 Comments
Evernote has created a tool for people who are easily distracted. Clearly is a Google Chrome extension that strips out navigation, links and advertisement from any Web page and presents you with a cleaner, less distracting online reading experience. Clearly is a Chrome browser extension that strips navigation, links and ads from a page The Clearly reading experience is customizable: you can choos...
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Create a WiFi signal strength map with NetSpot for Mac
05 Jan 2012 by Carl Natale
Finding the best spot for wifi access in your home or in a public place is pretty much trial and error. Turn on your laptop, and see what happens. NetSpot is a free wireless survey tool that makes it more of a treasure hunt. Once you install it on your Mac (OSX only), your laptop becomes a wifi sniffer. Before you start up the app, you’re going to need a floor plan with measurements. NetSpot...
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