the tech post
This blog is about technology, software and social media. It's aimed as much towards 'normal' people as the tech savvy. The author is Tony Gallacher.
Category Archives: Web
Consolidate All Your Passwords Into One Manageable Login with LastPass
You use the same password for most websites. You know you shouldn’t but you’re busy. Back when you joined Facebook, you registered with your trusty password. A year ago, when … Continue reading
What’s Embedding a Tweet?
When you embed a tweet you add it to the code of a web page. It’s very similar to including a YouTube video in your page. When you view the … Continue reading
Remember Everything with Evernote
Evernote is a free, award winning, productivity app that promises to help you remember everything. It acts like a personal offline memory store. You can keep your notes, web pages, … Continue reading
Facebook IPO: is this a Tech Bubble?
Facebook floated on the NASDAQ stock market today. Many believe it’s overvalued and that the whole event is a sure sign that we are gearing up for another dot.com crash. … Continue reading
Apple and Google: too Many Smart Lawyers, not Enough Common Sense?
It seems that our favourite tech companies, like Apple and Google, may have become the soulless corporations that we hoped they never would. A level of arrogance has crept into … Continue reading
After Generation Y, Generation Y-not? (Part 2 – Digital Evolution )
This is the follow up to The Tech Post article After Generation Y, Generation Y-not? about the Digitally Agile Project in Scotland. The advance of digital technology gives us wonderful … Continue reading
After Generation Y, Generation Y-not? (Part 1)
No one in the printing industry, or outside it, had any idea that the iPad would come along and destroy three- to four-thousand-year-old human traditions concerning paper, as they didn’t … Continue reading
Embed Spotify Playlists in Your Blog
Now you can include songs and playlists from Spotify and other music sites in a WordPress blog, like this one. Embed just a single track or set up a playlist in … Continue reading
Social Media Scheduler Buffer Could Save your Sanity
Buffer lets you schedule Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn posts. You add messages for each to a list (or buffer) and the service will automatically send them, spread throughout the day. The best time … Continue reading
How Kaggle Makes Sense of Big Data
Ernest Cline’s science fiction novel “Ready Player One,” is about gamers. They compete in an online simulation for a fortune in prize money. The world watches as contestants leapfrog each … Continue reading →