After dumping all my photo’s from my camera, this was probably my favorite shot of the weekend. I think by the end of the year the Freedom Tower will be seen from the Brooklyn Bridge just peeking out from the surrounding skyline. Here you may be able to see it is almost at the same height as the surrounding buildings. I will periodically get pictures as I go into Manhattan but there is also a live webcam at http://www.earthcam.com....

I recently stumbled across these works of art that are completely made up of cans of donated food. All these structures were done by Canstruction.org, an organization that is fighting hunger. These structures were strategically placed all over the World Trade Center Mall area and I thought it was an entertaining way to develop awareness of a growing problem. This is not just an organization that is asking for food donations, they are out...

Twitter adds instant notification via text. And this was the way twitter was originally intended to be used, As a text messaging service. You now have the capability to have all your mentions sent directly to your phone. These mentions can be just from people you follow or anyone on the twitter service. So I find out, while testing the new Google Voice app; and then confirming over twitter; that the Instant Notifications via Text service...

I got lost somewhere on the North Fork of long Island. Here’s a tip: The month of November may be the best time of year to go exploring the North Fork. You will avoid the crowds. Down in Greenport, LI I stumbled across the Kialoa V, a world class racing Yacht. The crew was preparing it to head out to the Caribbean for a winter of racing.  One of the crew did stop to talk about their upcoming races, a little bit of history about...

I have been investigating ways to make my iPhone more secure on Public WiFi. Knowing that the iPhone does not provide access to its file system, and does not have any enabled shell accounts unless you’ve jailbroken it, means that the only time your phone is vulnerable is when you are using unsecured public WiFi. Normally when I access a public WiFi network I will turn on the VPN network I use. The VPN I use for my laptop also...

These are web tools I use on a daily basis. They are also completely free. I’ll list them here if you want to check them out on your own. In the coming weeks I will go into detail on how I use them. There are also iPhone applications for each one making these free apps usable anywhere. Here they are: 1) Evernote - Do you have a dashboard at work? You probably do. Do you have a dashboard at home? Probably not. Are you asking,...

As those of you know, I do a lot of work off of public hotspots. As a freelancer it’s great to get away from the office and work someplace where there is a little public “noise’ going on. It’s also nice to get some fresh air and some sun in the process while changing things up a little bit. Here’s my latest video I made from the Apple Store, a public WiFi hotspot with some tips and tricks I explain in this...

There’s a Mac Team at Microsoft! Am I the only one who finds this funny? OK, the reason for this post was to research whether or not I should purchase iWork 09 over the new Office for MAC 2011. This video basically answered all of my questions and then some. Bottom line is even though iWork is significantly cheaper, Office for Mac is a must have in order to collaborate on documents between your work PC and your Mac. Office for MAC...