Tag: Tech

Changing your book format preference from hardcover/paperback to Kindle Amazon wish lists are great. See something you like? Just add it to your wish list. It’s not only a handy list for yourself, but your friends and family will appreciate…

Does anyone know of any chicago-related playlists on youtube/vimeo of short films done by Chicagoans? or even films about chicago? I also asked this question on Chicago Magazine’s Google Plus.

Do you find it hard to read on a Kindle or iPad, because you are easily distracted? Read my debate with author Marco Buscaglia on my syndication blog at www.mattmaldre.com.

Dear Google, You are fantastic, but can you seriously chill out on siphoning bandwidth from me? On an average day my server dishes out 6 GB of traffic (mostly from spudart.org and some from unlikelymoose.com). But today you have hit…

I found a childhood friend because of eBay. I told my brother about how I was bidding on a Huffer transformer toy. Erik wondered if we had that toy or Marty our friend down the block did. I’ve tried googling…

Is Google Plus worth using? Most people respond, “I already have Facebook.” Yes, but consider you can use Google Plus as a complement to Facebook without going into social media overload. Facebook is a place to share what you are…

Spotify. Why use Spotify? “Millions of tracks, any time you like. Just search for it in Spotify, then play it. Just help yourself to whatever you want, whenever you want it.” Here’s my reasons why you need to sign up…

Throughout 2011, whenever I saw a video I liked on Youtube, I would add it to my 2011 favorite playlist. Now you can enjoy all 68 fun youtube videos! If you are curious, I already have a video in my…

I like it when Etsy visits paypal.

I saw these two pins on the same day. Somehow they belong together. Here’s the links: First one: Face protector thing Second one: Baby face thing I like how the caption on the first one talks about how ridiculous it…

Everyone on twitter has the urge to tweet about what they eat. Or how their knee hurts. It’s the typical stupid twitter joke that comedians tell. I avoid tweeting about such uninteresting things on my main twitter accounts. That’s why…

I’ve always wanted a gun that shoots out strings of Christmas lights. I would hold the Christmaslightstring Machine Gun in the G.I.Joe Roadblock style and yell out in an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice, “MERRY CHRISTMAS AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!”…

Browsing through the public library, you see others standing in the same subject aisle as yourself. But when you Google something, you don’t see others doing the same search as you. Google should have an option where you can turn…

Let’s admit it. The Pace bus service in Chicago isn’t really all that popular. You always see only one guy riding on the bus, Mr. Pace. Here’s seven suggestions on how Pace can improve their bus service. 1) Pen cups…

While looking for more art podcasts, I found three audio podcasts that I’m going to bring into my mix of podcasts. How about you give them a try too? ————— Art Talk KCRW Edward Goldman offers impassioned views on what…

Tateshots and etsy are two video podcasts that I look forward to with every release. ————— TateShots A selection of short videos each month, with a focus on modern and contemporary art at Tate. TateShots is probably in my top…

I’m pretty sure that I’m the one who make Apple’s Softbank server die today during the iPhone 4S launch. And I’m serious. I know this probably isn’t true. But I do half believe it. Today was a great lesson in…

Be boldly simple. That’s my sticky note memorial I wrote for Steve Jobs. Lots of people wrote things like “Steve Jobs changed my life.” “I have a hole in my heart.” Do you really? The man is a great thinker.…

Three great things: 1) Fun city drawings on 2 ¬Ω” x 3 ¬Ω” paper 2) On sale for $0.99 on eBay 3) From Kelsterbach, Germany I was in. I bid. I tweeted about it thinking that NOBODY else would ever…

Tired of giving the same old Facebook birthday greeting? Mix things up and share a fun image. How about using a 15 pixel by 15 pixel balloon? It’s unique and funny. Sometimes people post obnoxious photos on their friends wall…

1) Hard drives need a computer to work I brought my laptop to a cafe to do some photo work. All my photos are on an external hard drive, so I packed up the drive and all its cords. I…

Here’s a playlist of my 70 favorite youtube videos from 2011:

Badges are cool. Like, actual badges you stitch on and stuff. But you know what’s cooler? Medallions. Wearing a medallions around is like being an Olympic superhero. They should make real-life medallions for the foursquare badges. And then you could…

How much data do you use on your phone? I’m making this blog post to keep track of my data usage on my iPhone with AT&T. Seeing that this is a blog about art, maybe I should do something artistic…

I was curious what would be the top result for a google search of design. The first result is wikipedia’s entry for design. I was very happy with the second result, IIT Institute of Design, aka the Bauhaus. My brother…

Here’s a collection of 10 youtube videos that feature Transformers clips with techno/dance music in the background. Transformers Soundwave breakdancing! Soundwave, one of the coolest Transformers ever, is a totally rad cassette player from the 80s. It only makes sense…

Oh Geocities. I miss my Geocities site. One of these days I’ll have to check my floppy disk archives to see if I have it tucked away like a hidden city. My URLs were: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/6389/ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/studios/9365 My brother had one:…

Seth Putnam tweeted “And then what happened?” To which I replied, “… and then the helicopter zoomed by my window … and then what happened?” It’s a fun question. “And then what happened?”

Remember Pieces of Flair on Facebook? The app were you could add a bunch of glossy buttons to a bulletin board. Here’s what my board looks like now: It’s got a lot more buttons on it than when I originally…

Today Mashable released a report, “Top 100 Socially Networked Cities in the U.S.” They took the the percentage of households that use social media to determine “which city has the bragging rights to calling itself The Capital of Social Networking.”…

Comcast limits your data usage to 250GB per month. Are you near your limit? You can find how much data you use at your Comcast High-Speed Internet Data Usage How much data have you used?