Archive for July, 2009
Click to Flash Safari Plug-in
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Review, Walkthrough on July 30th, 2009
In this video I demonstrate another great Safari plug-in call Click to Flash. This plug-in allows you to enable flash content on a click by click basis. This reduces Safari crashes and speeds up Safari for OS X. Download the plug in by following the link after the break.
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Google Voice update and giveaway results
Posted by Jordan Patterson in General on July 29th, 2009
In this video I dicuss Apple pulling GV mobile and other google voice apps from the app store. I also reveal the winner of the GV invite.
The winner is @jordanball33, Congrats. Stay tuned for more great giveaways.
Update Video – The Move
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Update on July 27th, 2009
This is just an update video guys, check out my Google Voice Invite giveaway that ends Tuesday night. Also Boxcar has pushed out a new update that fixed my main complaint.
Check out the video for all the details on entering
http://www.thecheapgeek.org/2009/07/22/google-voice-invite-giveaway/
Download Boxcar (opens iTunes)
http://bit.ly/10NYWQ
Boxcar, Push notifications for Twitter
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Review, Tutorial on July 23rd, 2009
In this video I demonstrate and review a great application for the iPhone, Boxcar. Boxcar is a great app to send push notifications directly from twitter to your iPod touch or iPhone.
Download Boxcar (opens iTunes)
http://bit.ly/10NYWQ
Google Voice Invite Giveaway
Posted by Jordan Patterson in General on July 22nd, 2009
Ok here are the rules on how to enter for a chance to win an invite to Google Voice. Submissions end at 6 PM Central time on Tuesday the 28th of July. Good Luck
Contest Rules,
1)Subscribe to my channel on YouTube or my Blog via RSS
2)Follow JordanPatterson on Twitter
3)Comment on this video with your twitter username.
4)Retweet the following message “Sub to http://thecheapgeek.org via RSS, Follow @jordanpatterson and RT this message for a chance to win a Google Voice Invite http://bit.ly/7ySQo”
Google Voice Demo
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Review, Tutorial on July 19th, 2009
In this video I demo the new free service from Google, Google Voice. This service gives you a new master phone number that will ring all your phones, as well as many other great features.
Request an Invite here
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/
TwitVid, share videos from your iPhone
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Review, Tutorial on July 19th, 2009
In this video I demonstrate the free application for the iPhone, TwitVid. This application works with the iPhone 3GS’s video camera and Twitter. You can upload previously recorded videos or record a new video and share it with twitter.
Download TwitVid here (opens iTunes)
AudioBoo, a simple application to share audio across the web
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Review, Walkthrough on July 15th, 2009
In this video I demo and review the cool new application and web service called AudioBoo. This pairing allows you to record short pieces of audio and blast them out to twitter, Facebook, and all of your AudioBoo followers. This is a free application download and a free service, so try it today and follow me on AudioBoo.
Download AudioBoo (opens iTunes)
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Prowl, push notifications at their best
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Review, Tutorial on July 10th, 2009
In this video I demonstrate Prowl, a growl client for the iPhone that utilizes push notifications better than any other app available in the app store. Download prowl after the break.
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Home networking basics
Posted by Jordan Patterson in Tutorial on July 8th, 2009
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