What set of tools, software and equipment do you use to produce your podcast? After a year, my co-podcaster, Tara Fort, and I are still experimenting and learning. We record our own conversations while in the same room, using digital recorders. Interviews are either recorded while in the same place as the interviewee, using digital [...]

This is a Mac office and in it, I often open Word files from clients who are PC users. No problem. Between a handy little utility file called icWord and keeping a version of Microsoft Office for Mac on my secondary computer, I rarely encounter issues. Till today. A client sent me a zipped file [...]

My bags are packed, the plants are watered, cat litter box “refreshed,” and … I started wondering where to eat once I get to MacWorld. Checking out some random posts about MW on MacRumors.com, I found this: MacWorldEats, which you can download, install in the Notes folder on your iPod (which of course you would [...]

Yes, this old gal is heading to MacWorld for the first time, and am I ever ready to take it all in! Pal Karin (aka the Wild Woman of Wild Woman Design) and I are meeting up in San Francisco to see what’s new and for a thorough meander of the exhibits. Karin has a [...]

Note from ktcosmos: Scroll down to view an Annual Calendar of Conferences, Summits, and Conventions, updated on 2/15/08. Got others you think should be added? Let me know! Original post follows: I discovered my invitation to BlogWorld Expo in my inbox while working on my third cup of coffee this morning. For a moment I [...]

In the Virtual Assistant industry, it’s rare to have in-person meetings with clients or peers. Here in Arizona, and around the country, VA colleagues do try to assemble quarterly to talk shop, but distance and other commitments make that challenging. Even though I believe there should always be some personal face-to-face time with business cohorts, [...]

As a happy (rabid!) technophile and consumer of all things Apple, I was bummed when I first learned that Verizon wouldn’t be an authorized provider of the iPhone. The product rollout was scheduled right as I would be cashing in on my “new every two” discount which Verizon uses to reel in all of us [...]

Mac Recon has a lot of great tools and tips for Mac users (like you and me!). If you’re blogging, the link above will take you right to Mac Recon’s “5 Mac apps for bloggers,” but don’t skip the archives / categories page where you will also find Mac-relevant material on accessories, free stuff, hacks, [...]

I remember when a VA colleague of mine announced that her office was going paperless. That was in 2004, when I was tired of running spyware and virus programs everytime I turned around. Paperless wasn’t a goal of mine, but becoming a PC-less office was. Whew! Am I glad I am all Mac these days. [...]

I’ve been cruising around the country lately exploring new realms and visiting distant family. During the working part of my extended winter holiday, I had plans to prepare for the upcoming tax appointment, clean up my office, rotate inactive files to their next resting spot, and so on. At the top of my list was [...]