May 29, 2013 By

The dangers of syncing over 4G/LTE

LTELast weekend I was in a hotel where I used my iPhone as a personal wireless hotspot while connected to 4G/LTE. The speeds on LTE are amazing but with these high speeds comes danger.

My MacBook had been on loan to my daughter for a month or so and my account hadn’t been logged into for as long. So when I connected via my phone’s data connection DropBox and Photo Stream/iPhoto syncing started.

I only realised that some major syncing was going on when I stopeed and thought about why the connection was a bit sluggish (given that it should be clocking 45 Mb/s).

In an hour or less of syncing I had promptly burned through more than 1.5GB of data. This pushed me into excess data usage and so far I’m facing at least $35.00 of excess usage with still more than two weeks to go before the plan clicks over. Over course I didn’t realise all of this until I got text message from Optus the next day.

So the lesson is…

So the lesson is make sure your devices are synced fully before travelling and then disable DropBox, Photo Stream sync or any other data-hungry syncing apps you may have. Also watch your general web browsing. Because the speeds are so fast it is much easier to burn  data through normal web browsing. Greater speed = faster browsing = more page loads =more data used.

Filed Under: Client advice, Off topic, Tech tips and tools
May 8, 2013 By

Colorbond Colour Chart

Finicky!

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Filed Under: Graphic design, Illustration, Portfolio, Technical communication, Web design
May 8, 2013 By

Using Clarify App to create tutorials

Clarify-app-logoSo I’ve just downloaded Clarify from www.clarify-it.com and am giving it a go to create tutorials and how tos. So far so good.

Here’s my first attempt - Setting up a WordPress site on your local computer using MAMP. While this is not something the average client needs to do it just happened to be what I was doing this morning. Here’s the PDF version of this tutorial (PDF 903K).

Not bad for half an hour. Clarify can export this to PDF or RTF plus other sharing options. The link above is sharing through dropbox.

I heard about this via Mac Power Users my source for all things nerdy.

Filed Under: Elearning, Instructional design, Tech tips and tools, Technical communication, Web design Tagged With: , , ,
May 6, 2013 By

Pagelogic has launched!

It has been some time in the making but finally I have made the move to my new business – Pagelogic.

Previously the business operated under my name – Scott Moffatt. But with a view to future growth and diversification we’ve moved our professional offerings under the banner of Pagelogic. You can read more over at the new Pagelogic website.

The change also reflects the fact that nowadays it’s not just me who is doing all the work.

In addition to the great help I get from Inge Moffatt we also rely on a small team of professionals skilled in graphic design, web development and server administration.

Even though we’re evolving, you can still expect the same friendly service and committment to producing great work.

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Filed Under: Graphic design, Instructional design, Portfolio, Technical communication, Web design
April 22, 2013 By

Repairing Roman mosaics (with Photoshop)

I could not let it stand. There had been some damage to this mosaic of Soteria from the Antakya Museum  in Turkey. And in such an obvious spot. Where would we be without the clone tool.

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Filed Under: Off topic, Photos, Portfolio, Tech tips and tools
April 22, 2013 By

Soteria Projects

Proud to be releasing into the wild our latest site developed for Soteria Projects. I also designed the logo and selected the images which have come up really nicely on this site. Soteria Projects is a coalition of domestic violence services across the Brisbane Southside region.

See more at soteriaprojects.org.au.

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Filed Under: Graphic design, Portfolio
March 20, 2013 By

WP-Filebase Pro turns your WordPress site into a document management system.

WP-Filebase Pro is a hugely useful plugin for sites that need to display large numbers of files.

The feature that I really like is the Dropbox sync option. Using shortcodes you can display and link to the contents of selected Dropbox folders. You can use FTP or Amazon S3 if you like but for busy clients Dropbox is always going to be the easier option. The beauty of this is that you clients can drop updated files into a shared dropbox folder and they will automatically sync to and display on the WP website. This overcomes a lot of the time and cost involved in uploading files.

There is plenty to learn with this plugin and lots of options to explore but well worth the investment of time and some well spent dollars.

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