Reviews - Rob Pickering

Apple/Mac

Serial - Driverless Serial Terminal Emulator for macOS

This review is a long-time in coming. Back at the end of 2013 I wrote an article on Enabling a USB to Serial Port Adapter in OSX [https://robpickering.com/enabling-a-usb-to-serial-port-adapter-under-os-x-10-9-mavericks/] . The issue

by Rob Pickering

3 min read

kickstarter

The Temperfect Mug by Joeveo

The team behind the Joeveo Temperfect Mug had quite a story in bringing this product to market: tree through roof, hurricane, bad factories, scheduling, design issues, and production issues. The concept is that

by Rob Pickering

3 min read

kickstarter

Ube (now Plum) WiFi Connected Smart Light Dimmer (Lightpad)

Ube renamed themselves to Plum and renamed the WiFi Connected Smart Light Dimmer to Lightpad. The Plum Lightpad is a WiFi-Connected "Smart Switch". It installs in place of an existing dimmer

by Rob Pickering

3 min read

Reviews

iBank for iPhone - Stuck in the Middle

Retail Info * Where to buy:iOS App Store [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibank-for-iphone/id919518925?mt=8&uo=4&at=11loW7] * Retail Price: $9.99 * Would I Pay Retail?Not

by robpickering

6 min read

hardware

PadPivot iPad Gaming Mount

The PadPivot is a “Lap and Desk Stand” for the iPad and other tablet-sized devices. I had purchased an original iPad the previous year and had kept looking for a nice desk stand

by robpickering

3 min read

hardware

C-Loop Camera Strap Mount

The C-Loop was my introduction to the Kickstarter [http://www.kickstarter.com/] service. If you don’t know, Kickstarter is a way for potential inventors / service providers to crowdfund their ideas. It provides

by robpickering

2 min read

finance

iBank 5 - The Leader in Macintosh Personal Finance

Over the last 6 years, IGG Software [http://www.iggsoftware.com]has continued to lengthen their lead in the Macintosh Personal Finance space, becoming the dominant player assisting you with all aspects of

by robpickering

12 min read

hardware

SmushBox - Smart SMS Texting for Everyone

On March 27th, I was listening to the Security Now podcast (Security Now #397 – “Listener Feedback #164” [https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-397.htm]), when Steve Gibson mentioned a Kickstarter [http://kickstarter.com]

by robpickering

4 min read

dropbox

Evernote vs. Dropbox

I got into a discussion the other day around the merits of Evernote versus Dropbox. Just about everyone has heard of these two services and I wanted to explore why you’d use

by robpickering

4 min read

backup

April Fools! Your blog backup is incomplete.

My first VaultPress [http://vaultpress.com/] backup was completed at 7:03pm, Fri, February 25. I felt safe. I had been playing with various WordPress backup solutions, including AWB [http://wordpress.org/extend/

by robpickering

5 min read

amazon

Battle of the Clouds - Rackspace Cloud vs. Amazon EC2

You can’t pick up a technical magazine, hang out on Twitter [http://twitter.com/robpickering], or read an article on a technology blog without hearing the phrase:Cloud Computing. What is cloud

by robpickering

14 min read

finance

Quicken Essentials for Mac - The Bare Minimum

> Update – 20120712: I was wrong, this is still a great article, but I gave up on Intuit and any and all of their Macintosh software, see my latest post here [https://robpickering.

by Rob Pickering

22 min read

finance

iBank - Your Quicken Alternative

[http://www.amazon.com/IGG-Software-001017-iBank/dp/B000Q1OTTG%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIIE33VISUW746DYQ%26tag%3Dbaldusgateitempa%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000Q1OTTG] I’ve entered my last transaction into Quicken 2007 for Mac. I’m tired

by robpickering

14 min read

quicken

Quicken Essentials 2010 for Mac. Why bother?

I’m upset with Intuit and I’m not sure what to do about it. First and foremost, let me get this out of the way. I love Quicken [http://quicken.intuit.com/

by Rob Pickering

7 min read