I got a 4G MiFi recently and to put things in perspective, I’m writing about the history of wireless data.  Part 1 covered wired modems and Part 2 covered wireless modems and static hotspots. Around 2007, I again broke free from the shackles of having to be connected via an Ethernet cable or to a …

I got a 4G MiFi recently and to put things in perspective, I’m writing about the history of wireless data.  Part 1 covered wired modems, which enabled people to connect to each other over the existing telephone network.  But people wanted to use their computers in more than just one place, especially with laptop usage …

I just got a Verizon MiFi that runs on 4G LTE.  It has been working great, dare I say magical, but instead of just diving into a review of it, I thought it would be interesting to go through the history of wireless data to better appreciate the technology we have today. Back in the …

I saw a nice definition of tags on the del.icio.us home page today (which isn’t something I normally visit because of WebnoteHappy.) The definition goes like this: Tags A tag is simply a word you use to describe a bookmark. Unlike folders, you make up tags when you need them and you can use as …

Happy New Year! 2007 was a great year for Happy Apps and all things Apple in general. It was my first full year as a Mac Indie – more on that later. Here’s to an even better 2008!

In “Portable WebnoteHappy“, I wrote that Plus, Mint tells me that 46% of visitors to happyapps.com are using Safari, 37% Firefox, and Camino only garnering 8%. I failed to realize that 18% of my visitors are from Windows or Linux. Since IE accounts for 5% of my visitors, that leaves 13% Firefox/Windows or Linux users. …

Last week, my wife gave birth to a baby boy. His name is Cesar and today is his one week birthday. He was born weighing 9 pounds, 3 ounces and here’s an adorable picture of him: To celebrate his birthday, I’m having a sale on WebnoteHappy via MacUpdate Promo. So help me celebrate Cesar’s birthday …

One side effect of having a software business where you publish your email so people can easily contact you is that you get a lot of spam. I guess everyone who has an email address gets spam, but I think you probably get more if you have it publicly visible on a web page. And …

I’ve got RSI – it’s sort of the universal programmer’s / anyone who works with a computer all day malady. Last year I used to have pain and swelling in my hands after I came home from work. Now I see a chiropractor regularly. He uses the Activator technique to adjust me and advised me …

rooSwitch has become part of my development process, especially when testing out new features. It’s a lot easier to test from a clean slate than with my current collection of 5000+ webnotes. Plus I won’t mess any of my personal webnotes up. I wrote about rooSwitch a few weeks ago while I was testing it. …