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Tech Review: Solid State Drives. Are They Worth the Extra Money?
Solid State Drives (SSD’s) contain no moving parts, therefore the time it takes to read and or write data is slashed significantly, compared to a typical Hard Disk Drive (HDD’s) that contains heads, an actuator, and a spindle motor. Are Solid State Drives…
Tech Review: Sphero 2.0
Technology- and all the thing that entails- is a wonderful thing for writers. I spend a lot of time working with tech products, and they help me in many ways. I look for ways to improve our writing lives, and in my…
Tech Review: Mechanical Keyboards
Why on Earth would anyone pay $200 for a computer keyboard?! My last blog post (which was actually my first ever post on a website) talked about speech to text Apps that would save you the trouble of typing. I’m not a…
E-Reader review: Kindle or Kobo?
It’s national reading month and what better way to celebrate it than talking about e-readers. I am a bibliophile. Don’t get me wrong I love the feel of an actual novel in my hands. When I am at home I…
Tech Review: Android Lollipop
Jellybeans make a wonderful, colorful snack; a wonderful operating system they do not. I have been writing and griping about Jellybean for a long time now and it seems the rest of the world is finally catching up. The buggy…
Writing on an iPad: A Review
With the many choices of tablets on the market which tablet would I recommend to writers? Simple. iPad. Like this one; Apple iPad Air MD788LL/B (16GB, Wi-Fi, Silver). When you open the box everything is simple-. The cable to charge your…
Can Social Networking Giants Facebook and Twitter Help Authors?
I’ve written at length about how Facebook and Twitter, and other social media sites can hurt your bottom line or create a challenge for an author to continue to have book sales. Use the technology wisely and it’s good for…