{"id":3121,"date":"2015-07-18T19:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T05:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2015-07-18T19:49:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T05:49:40","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-123-tips-about-free-tech-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/18\/mobileviews-podcast-123-tips-about-free-tech-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 123: Tips about free tech solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/4896e-577294\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) took on the following topics this week:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Amazon Prime 20th anniversary sale a bust for consumers? Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/07\/15\/despite-complaints-consumer-demand-for-amazon-prime-day-was-huge\/\">TechCrunch<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s with the giant gap in Microsoft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new folding Bluetooth keyboard? Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/7\/14\/8954839\/microsoft-universal-folding-keyboard-price-availability\">The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ZDNet&#8217;s Mary Jo Foley asked Microsoft CEO Nadella about mobile strategy. Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ceo-nadella-talks-microsofts-mobile-ambitions-windows-10-strategy-hololens-and-more\/\">ZDNet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And, as a bonus, we discussed these free tips:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Instead of Adobe Acrobat to create PDF Forms, Use LibreOffice &#8211; it can export PDFs with FIllable Forms natively.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of purchasing books tied to one platform, download free e-books (or strip the DRM off of e-books you own) with Calibre-ebook.com<\/li>\n<li>Instead of using that stats package you were taught in school (Minitab, SPSS), use R<\/li>\n<li>Instead of using iCloud Photos &#038; Paying for storage, use Google Photos<\/li>\n<li>Instead of paying for push gmail with Google Apps, use <a href=\"http:\/\/jonwestfall.com\/2014\/07\/get-true-push-gmail-iphone-ios-device\/\">Jon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s iCloud\/GMail solution<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instead of using \u00e2\u20ac\u0153new fangled encrypted message service\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (There are a few out there that offer \u00e2\u20ac\u0153easy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d encryption from providers you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never heard of), use good ole\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 PGP \/ GPG &#8211; the tools are free.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of using Papers or Endnote, use Mendeley (2 GB free sync\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ing for your PDFs) https:\/\/www.mendeley.com<\/li>\n<li>Instead of using Audio Hijack Pro, use Soundflower + Audacity https:\/\/rogueamoeba.com\/freebies\/soundflower\/ (Made by the same company!)<\/li>\n<li>Instead of paying for clip-art \/ stock photography, use Flickr photos licensed under Creative Commons (if you pick the right license type, you can even use them for commercial purposes!)<\/li>\n<li>Instead of paying for Hulu &#038; Netflix, try YouTube &#038; TED talks<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And, a couple of paid solutions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Instead of using Twitter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s free clients, on iOS\/Mac use Tweetbot (saves your place, keeps Twitter under control)<\/li>\n<li>Instead of using your brain \/ a list somewhere \/ the power of prayer &#8211; use Lastpass or 1Password to rest easier at night!<\/li>\n<li>Try <a href=\"http:\/\/Viki.com\">viki.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/dramafever.com\">DramaFever.com<\/a> for streaming video content from non-English speaking countries. About $4\/month for either one<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Westfall and I (Todd Ogasawara) took on the following topics this week: Amazon Prime 20th anniversary sale a bust for consumers? Ref: TechCrunch What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s with the giant gap in Microsoft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new folding Bluetooth keyboard? Ref: The Verge ZDNet&#8217;s Mary Jo Foley asked Microsoft CEO Nadella about mobile strategy. 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