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Solutions > Social networking & podcasting
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Kill those annoying Mafia Wars posts on Facebook
Computing Unplugged Magazine - September 2009
Fortunately, you can permanently remove these annoyances from your news feed. I don't know if these things annoy you as much as they do me, but I find many of the little Facebook games annoying as all heck. Perhaps the most annoying is the Mafia Wars game, but all of the others (iHeart, anyone?) come in at a close second.
What to do if you're overwhelmed by too much Yahoo Groups email
Computing Unplugged Magazine - August 2009
A number of our readers have written in, telling us that they love their Yahoo group, but when they looked at their email inboxes they were like...whoa! Too much email!
Use the i-Sound Pro recorder to beef up your radio chops
Computing Unplugged Magazine - July 2009
Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz has done a lot of radio in my years as Computing Unplugged's editor-in-chief, but we think the recent rash of appearances has been something of a personal record. The thing is, while doing radio is fun, it also requires some degree of skill. And that skill requires practice. The more radio you do, the better you'll be at it. And the better you are at it, the more often you'll be asked back by hosts and the more radio you'll do.
Exploring the dark side of social networks
Computing Unplugged Magazine - June 2009
When it comes to social networking, it's not what you know, or even who you know, it's who knows you. And that's pretty much where the trouble starts.
Add To Any, the wicked widget with a dull name
Computing Unplugged Magazine - June 2009
Add To Any lets you incorporate a button on any of your Web pages so your visitors can easily share that page with anyone else.
10 Twitter apps for your business
Computing Unplugged Magazine - April 2009
This month, let's look at 10 applications that complement Twitter, enhancing its capacity to help you grow and operate your company. Thanks to Twitter's freely available API, there are piles upon piles of applications out there that integrate with it. Here are the ones Jorge Sosa found most intriguing.
Twitter basics for business
Computing Unplugged Magazine - April 2009
Raise your hand if you're sick of all this Twitter hype. Good. Now keep your hand up if you've checked out Twitter and don't understand what the big deal is. I mean, why putz around reading a sea of dispatches from narcissistic hipsters, obsessed with what they had for lunch, when you've got real work to do? OK, your hand's still up. Good. Don't worry. Your reaction is perfectly natural for any sensible adult. But, you shouldn't judge Twitter by your first impression.
Five tech ways to recession-proof your life
Computing Unplugged Magazine - March 2009
Here are five very simple and nearly hands-off ways to recession-proof your life. Lucky for you, between social media and your inbox, you can tweak your incoming doom-and-gloom filter and skip the rest. Anyway you shouldn't be watching so much TV, it's bad for you!
Editing your podcast with Audacity
Computing Unplugged Magazine - July 2008
Welcome back for round three of my podcasting series. My first article showed you how to plan a successful podcast. My second article suggested some digital devices for recording your podcast. Now, all you need to prepare your recording for primetime is Audacity. Not chutzpah -- although possessing some never hurt anyone -- but Audacity, a freeware, open-source, sound-editing program available for Macs, Windows, and Unix computers.
Choosing a recorder for your podcast
Computing Unplugged Magazine - July 2008
If you're serious about podcasting, you'll need to record your broadcast. In this very helpful article, Jorge Sosa discusses different podcasting recorders and which one worked best for him.
Podcasting tips from a (semi) pro
Computing Unplugged Magazine - June 2008
Earlier this year, Jorge Sosa decided to gingerly dip his toes into the podcasting pool. Several months into this experiment, he feels he can safely tell anyone who's podcast-curious to come on in -- the water's fine. If you need a little help getting started, read on and he'll share what's worked and what hasn't.
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