I picked up a (very) cheap umidigi smart watch from amazon It has a ton of features, but isnt androidwear, so its a bit limited That said, it has heart rate measurement, weather, step counter, sleep counter, it can alert you to facebook and whatsapp messages (and you can read Read more…
this post will show you how to how to disable facebook video autoplay on iphone. goto settings > facebook > settings > video > autoplay select ‘off’ now you wont rip through your data allowance..
I have released multiloquent – the theme I use for jonathansblog to the public: you can get it here: http://wordpress.org/themes/multiloquent I have a github if you want a cutting-edge version (but it will be broken frequently) https://github.com/localhost8080/multiloquent This is the readme.txt for multiloquent theme v9 Multiloquent html5 / bootstrap theme Read more…
WordPress and buffer for automatic google plus posts This is a short post about setting up WordPress and buffer for automatic google plus posts. Buffer is an excellent service that allows posting to multiple social media sites (twitter, Facebook, google+, linkedin) If you run a wordpress site then there are Read more…
This is my list of everything that I can get Siri to understand in iOS. I wrote this post entirely using the dictation feature. dictation I’m writing this blog post by dictating to Siri it’s pretty good. but you have to do it in small chunks. you also have to Read more…
Ive just signed up to ifttt for jonathansblog. Ive setup lots of things, so that when I make a new post on jonathansblog it will send: a tweet on the @jonathans_blog twitter page an update to jonathansblog facebook page add a public bookmark to delicious add a public bookmark to Read more…
Stumbleupon have a url shortening service: su.pr they also have a plugin for wordpress that lets you shorten your urls. if you use the ‘supr by stumbleupon’ plugin in your wordpress then it will auto submit your posts to stumble upon!! to set it up: first head over to su.pr Read more…
This post is a comparison of the various email clients available on mac osx (and some mac osx email clients and sparrow alternatives if you are looking for them – Ive included sparrow in the list aswell so that others might learn its awesomeness) 1) mail.app features: imap, pop, exchange, Read more…
Ive been using google plus a lot more recently. I think facebook has become overburdened with marketeering. one thing that I did notice however was that I was being bombarded with notifications (like Facebook does by default too) if someone replied to a comment that I made then id get Read more…
In osx mountain lion you can send imessage messages (or google chat / facebook chat if thats setup in your messages app) directly from the addressbook / contacts app open addressbook / contacts find the contact you want to message click on the ‘mobile’ or ‘phone’ or ’email’ tag next Read more…
Ios6 has facebook integrated into it, like twitter. to set up the connection goto: settings > facebook you can then log in and post from siri / share things direct to facebook. you can also update all of your contacts with their latest facebook info!
Osx mountain lion 10.8.2 is now out. it brings facebook integration, and hopefully a proper fix for the batter issues that were introduced in 10.8.0
Ios 6 is out now, you can download it to play with all its goodies like facebook integration and passbook and the new maps :)
Some of the new siri features in ios6 are really cool. you can launch apps, eg ‘launch facebook’ you can post to facebook directly from siri eg ‘post to facebook’ you can post to twitter directly from siri – eg ‘post to twitter’ we now have sports results in the Read more…
Facebook have updated their iphone / ipad app. It is no longer slow. actually, its pretty fast. the update is available in the app store now.
This post will show you how to sync all of your Facebook contacts details with the contacts in your iPhones addressbook. It will only add the information that your Facebook contacts have allowed to be synced, so if bob or joe don’t want you having their new cell number or Read more…
This post is about flipboard. with fipboard you can: add google reader accounts add (a single) twitter account add (a single) facebook account add (a single) foursquare account add (a single) flickr account once you have added them then you get a nice way to flip through all the information Read more…
This post will show you how to subscribe to your facebook friends birthdays using ical on your mac 1) login to your facebook account 2) goto events (in the left hand bar) 3) click on the maginifying glass in the top right 4) pick ‘birthdays’ 5) click on the maginifying Read more…
This post will show you how to subscribe to facebook events using ical on your mac osx 1) login to your facebook account 2) goto events (in the left hand bar) 3) click on the maginifying glass in the top right 4) pick ‘export events’ 5) click on the url Read more…
Imessage does not show contacts list in messages. By default when you open the imessages application it shows the sent / received window. This is ok if you are only going to send and receive to imessages contacts as you can search them from the search bar. It does get Read more…
I hate autocorrect. this shows you how to turn off autocorrect in osx! Its one of the first things I do when I install new versions of osx (I do a wipe before I install new versions, e.g. from lion to mountain lion, or from Yosemite to el-capitan) open system Read more…
Ive migrated all of the comments on the site over to disqus. it has a few benefits over the builtin wordpress comments system, mainly that you can post comments using twitter, facebook and google accounts. the system is crawling my site right now and is importing all the threads.
This will show you how to specify the image you want facebook to use when content from your site gets shared. you will need to add in the following meta tag <meta property=”og:image” content=”http://yoursite.com/image.png”/> facebook will then use the appropriate image. there are plenty of open graph meta tags to Read more…
How to enable secure https facebook browsing 1) goto facebook 2) goto account > account settings 3) under account security hit ‘change’ 4) tick the box labeled ‘Secure browsing (https)’ now whenever you log in to facebook your connection will be encrypted.
Automatic facebook twitter myspace linkedin and other status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This will teach you how to setup your wordpress blog to send automatic status updates to all your social networks every time you make a post. what you need: a wordpress blog social Read more…
Myspace has been dead for a long time. for everyone except bands. whenever you go to a local gig, or see a flyer for a local gig you will see the bands myspace. Is myspace still dead? myspace isnt being used to network, its being used as a glorified mailing list Read more…
Automatic facebook and twitter status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This will teach you how to setup your wordpress blog to send automatic status updates to facebook and twitter every time you make a post. what you need: a wordpress blog social network accounts the first Read more…
Defining and implementing a solid technical social media strategy. this post is all about how to get your content to as many ‘social media’ sites as possible with minimal effort and tracking it all so that you know whats happening 1 ) different types of sites, microblogging, news aggregation, etc Read more…
this one is excellent. I will tell you how to make automatic facebook status updates and tweets using google calendar. what you need: properly setup google calendar and ical sync properly setup iphone syncing with gmail and google calendar properly setup ping.fm account ok; so…. there are two methods here; Read more…
This will show you how to talk to your friends using Facebook chat in iMessages on your mac. Facebook chat uses the xmpp protocol. This means that you can connect to Facebook chat using third party chat applications. This makes Facebook chat comparable to the way you used to connect Read more…
Iphone 4 left handers. I’m glad I didnt rush out and get an iphone4. I’m left handed. That means I cant use it. why did apple design it with the antenna at the bottom? would the top not be the first place? well, it totally depends on the layout of Read more…
Update: ping.fm is pretty much dead. use the twitterfeed method here instead automatic facebook twitter myspace linkedin and other status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This will teach you how to setup your wordpress blog to send automatic status updates to all your social networks every Read more…
Syncing your iphone or ipad with google: Here are the detailed instructions on syncing your iphone or ipad with google gmail calendar and contacts. After doing this you will have all your google contacts on your iphone or ipad, and all your google calendars on your iphone (or your ipod Read more…
I thought I would write a post to show the apps I use every day on my iphone, incase you dont have them, or incase you know of a better alternative :) the first app is the facebook app. most of you will have it. it lets you use facebook, Read more…
I have setup a facebook page for artu. the link is on the left. the link for the music on itunes is on the right sidebar :)
I have setup a facebook page for hybrid machinima. im in the process of writing a new album. the link is on the left.
This post will show you how to sync your google calendar with ical. jump to: instructions for osx lion, mountain lion and mavericks instructions for snow leopard faq How to sync your google calendar with ical in osx lion, mountain lion and Mavericks In osx snow leopard it was possible Read more…
You probably know this already: turn off push in mail ( settings > mail > fetch new mail ) and set the schedual to hourly or manual – manual will only get mail when you open mail, it will also control the updating of calendars and contacts :) turn off Read more…
im testing out some gps apps for the iphone – mostly so that I can track my cycling, but also cos I think they are excellent =) first im trying out everytrail – its free, and its pretty basic. it tracks you, you can save the tracks and you can Read more…